Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-07-03
IN AND AEOUT WOODSTOCK.

The banks will close to-day, the
legal holiday in this state. TIL c
sores will close Monday and that
lm will probably be generally OBJ
served as Il holiday here.
Halle Willis and Elmer Strong
returned from Il bicycle trip to Bos-
ton last week Friday, having had an
enjoyable holiday. They left here
in the morning and reached Nashua,
\. H., Io2 miles away, at s o'clock,
@kncss only preventing their push
|ng on to Boston. 1t was only fair
wheeling, the roads being rather
heavy after recent rains. The next
day they made Boston, their cyclom-
ctcrs showing that they had covered
H., miles. They wheeled leisurcly
homcward, coming us far rs Gard
ncr the first day, then to keene
and Springfield, VT, to Woodstock,
reaching here the third day. They
made the whole trip without an ac-
sident of any kind, not even pune
hrcd tire.
Herman Durham of Deliver is
visiting his parents here.
Mrs. Aldrich and Miss Simonds
went to Cambridge, Mass, Thurs
day.
Tacks have been pretty freely
scattered about the village within
the past week or two, on the side
walks and in the roads, and the per-
pclratora of this contemplate Of
teusc have been quite successful,
great many bicycle tires having been
punc'urcd lately. Few meaner
tricks than this can be done, and it
is unfortunate that the offenders cam
not be discovered and punished in
some way.
Arthur Woodward of Brooklyn,
n v, will spend the summer here
with his sister, Mrs. Minnie Ray
mond.
James Bryson of st. Louis, who
has just graduated at Yale, is here
for the summer.
Richard Billings, a graduate of
Amherst this year, is at home.
Frederick Billings attended the
| commencement exercises at L. V.
NJ.
The inn orchestra arrived We'd
nesday and played for the first time
Thursday evening. The members
Of the orchestra are George Pollak,
violin; +. l.. Pollak, flute; Koch
piano; S. Jarow, cello. They have
PLAYED at Lakewood for the past five
years.
The Felchvillc stage met with an
accident Friday morning near Tai
| hcrt's place on the south road. One
of the whiifiotrccs came ont and the
horses kicked and ran. MI. Hewlett,
the driver, holding on for some dis
lance. He was finally thrown out.
the horses clearing themselves from
the stage and running into the vii
agc. Mr.. Hewlett was not injured,
nor was his one passenger hurt.
lhe only damage to the stage was a
broken pole.
The somewhat unusual honor has
fallen to DR.. ( harlcs l.. Dana, of
having been offered a professorship
of nervous diseases in both of the
great medical colleges of New York,
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
and the University Medical College
DIR. Dana has accepted the chair in
the Bellevue school.
Frederick Chapman succeeded
VIM. d. McAlaster as postmaste
July /. Mr.. Chapman has for as
sistants Henry l.. Gleason, Forrest
Nyc and Leon Sampson. Mr..
Gleason did his first post-otfice work
in 1861 and has been connected with
the office here great deal of the
time since. This is the fourth adj
mnistration under which Mr.. I'VE
has been employed in the office.
Mrs. Marion b. Baxter of North
Harvey. Ill.,. national lecturer of the
W. {. /. T., who was to have come
here July 81 tor three days work
among us, has postponed her en-
g"gement indefinitely on account OF
Illness IN her family.
{. S. JOHNSON,
Sec'y. w. {. T. U.