Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18


Miss Elsie r. Chase is atten din,
Kimball Union Academy at Meriden
N. II.
F. II. Reed started on busines
trip to st. Johnsbury and othe
places Tuesday.
+. b. Merrill is spending a week
in the Adirondac ks.
Frederick Chapman returned fro m
New York this week, his eye being
much benefited by the treatmen,
there.
Postmaster Chapman has just
placed handsome safe in the office.
1t is Il large one, b,rglar.proof,
containing a bankers chest, and is
up'to-date in every respect. 1t is
made by the Remington & Sherman
Co. of New York city.
E. l. Benson of West Woodstock
lost IA fine horse by sickness Friday
morning, the second one within a
week.
Rev. p. Mcmillan leaves on Mon
day for vacation OF two weeks, to
be absent one Sunday. Sunday,
Sept. IS, Rev. George Hood of
Boston will preach at the Congrega-
tional church.
Daniel J. Gallagher of Boston, w.
w. Lawrence's attorney, was here
several days the past week in consul
tation with his client.
Lieut. General Digby Barker, gov
ernor-gcneral of Bermuda, and his
daughter arrived at the Inn Thurs
day, where his wife and son, Capt.
Digby II. Barker, and wife, have
been guests for Il week. He is ac-
companied by his secretary, MIR. H.
E. Platt. He will be in Woodstock
till October.
Miss Florence Clapp has returned
to her home in Georgia, VT.
James Thorne Harper of New
York, member of the publishing
firm of Harper Il Bros, has been
spending several weeks at the Inn.
The iron for the Central street
bridge arrived this week and part of
it is now on the ground. The two
steel girdcrs, one of which is As feet
6 inches long, both about four feet
through, were hauled up from the
depot Thursday morning by Perry's
teams, the corners at Elm and Pleas
ant and Elm and Central streets being
turned with some difficulty. The
bridge was to have been completed
sept IS, but the recent coal strike
delayed the shipment of the iron
The bridge piers were nearly ready
for the IRON, but it will probably be ten
days or two weeks before the street
is again opened for traffic.
+. ID. Chandler returned to Dart
mouth Wednesday.
Mrs. !. l.. Lockwood of SIAM
ford, Conn, is the guest of Mrs. II.
c. Philips.
Ecll Desc, who has been in Mt.
Vernon, N. H., this summer, is at
home for few weeks.
Mrs. c. S. Perry, who has been
visiting in Grand Rapids, Mich,
has returned to A. b. Wilder's.
VIM. n. Campbell is on his way
home from Il long foreign tour and
is expected here next week.
Foot ball comes along soon to take
the place of the national game, and
the high school expects to have near
ly if not quite as strong team in
the field this year as last. There are
plenty of candidates and the work of
picking an eleven has begun. At a
meeting held Monday afternoon, H.
NJ. Chandler was elected captain
for the coming season and r. NJ.
Tewksbury manager. Monday
night number of candidates were
on the field for light practice, the
rain keeping away the new men,
who had no suits. The new assist
ant i'm the school, MIR. Blanchard,
will have charge of the coaching and
it is also expected that w. L. Nc
Cornack, ex-captan of the Dartmouth
team. will be here Il little later to
coach the eleven. A tax of IS cents
was raised in school to start the team.
A. b. Will has a number of
monosvpes displayed at Dana Bros
store, consisting mostly of landscape
sketches. water scenes, ETC., all
making pretty and very artistic ex-
hibition. Mr.. Wilder has been very
successful in this work, which IS a
branch of art not practced to much
extent, and these little studies will
amply repay careful inspection.
Indications are that the fair next
week will Re fully equal to the old