Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-17

Fellows attended Il c installation OF
a new canton at Lebanon, y. II .,
last Monday.
Recent Inn arrivals:
New YoRK-A Johnston, Miss Johnston,
Miss Mary Johnston. Mr. and Mrs Robert
Roethlsberger. A W Roethlisbereer.
BosToN-Dr and Mrs George B Shattuck
Alex H Findlay. Miss NJ II Butler. Mrs l. A
Demerritt. Mrs Chas B Amory, Miss Leila
Amory. Master Roger Amorv. Miss Gle.
Mrs. Geo G Hall, Miss Anna Neil, Mr. and
Mrs A Rodman. W Johnston, MIR and
Mrs Luther Adams. Mrs Tippett. Miss
and Mrs w H Aspinwall.
Mr. and Mrs F 4 Gaskell, Miss Gaskell,
Worcester. Mass; Mrs Geo H Monroe. Miss
Alice Munroe. Brookllne Mass: Mrs Z A
Clark. Chicago Mrs. W II Mittenherger,
child and maid. St. Louis; Miss s Il Hotch-
kiss. Miss q Il Louis New Haven, CT; Mr.
Resale Rpethlisberger. Switzerland; Wal
ter p. Eaton. Oiitlan. Mexico Miss Bray
ton. Miss NJ Mickey. Miss H + Vickey,
Fall River. Mass. Mr. and Mrs James w Blk
Ter. New London. Ct: Miss Bowers. Il
Wheeler, Miss J. Shaw. Miss Grinnell.
Burlington: Mrs W B Rice, Quincy, Mass
Mabel f Edgerly. Miss Amy j ,Alexander.
Springfield, Mass Mrs. J l. Richardson and
maid. New Orleans.
Twenty or more members of Cam
ton Woodstock No. IL will attend
the great meeting of Odd Fellows
next week in Boston, accompanied
by Sergeant Major E. "A. Spear of
the reg,mcntal staff. They will
leave next Tuesday.
Rev. DR.. Jackson of Ohio lee
tl,red ut the Methodist church last
Monday evening under the auspices
of the American Anti. Saloon
League. He is an eloquent speaker
and impressed his hearers very
strongly, making an earnest plea for
the enforcement of prohibitory laws.
The collection taken amounted to
500.
The Catholic fair closed last Sat
urday evening and was substantial
success in every way. The attend.
ancc was large each night, visitors
coming from all the nearby towns
and Rev. FIR. Drouhin and his parish
can be congratulated on the result of
their labors, the proceeds of the fair
amounting to over six hundred dol
lars. Arthur Maynes won the bicy-
Gle contest and the doll went to Miss
Charlotte Bourbon. Excellent mu-
sic was given each evening, Mrs. F.
A. Wilson, Miss O'Byrne, Miss
Bernicc NJ. Fuller, Miss Helen
Marble, DR.. II. Burbridge, Hugh
Philips. Karl Pcmber. and Stanley
Fuller, accompanies, assisting in this
pleasant feature of the entertain
ment.
The Woodstock members of Co.
6, Ist New Hampshire volunteers,
have all reached home, Philip Mar
TIN, Thomas Godsill, VIM. Hoising.
ton and Merle Sawyer arriving last
Tuesday and Will Markham on
Wednesday. Edward Billings, who
came home i'll week or two ago, is
now improving. All the other boys !
are in good health though they have
lost little in weight on camp fare.
Hardtack and bacon was always to
be had. AS one of the boys said,
tive-days' rations would be served.
but they regularly gave out in about
three days, when they would fall
back on bareback and bacon. The
boys are on 3o.days' furlough.
Charles T.. Woods was elected
road commissioner o. the second
ballot ut the special town meeting
held last Saturday, succeeding
Charles w. Smith, who resigned ON
account of illness. The other can
were S. ID. iIoughton,
George Perry and +. \. Lamphere.
MIR. Woods ha., been employed by
the former commissioner since last
Nj rich, and he is considered thor
oughly fitted to carry on the work
so we'll begun by Mr.. Smith.
AN IMPORTANT WORK.
DR.. .. W. Sherwin of this place
writes the leading article in the Sep
TENDER Vcrmonter, in which he
speaks at length OF the work of the
archaeological laboratory at Bur
lington. In the course of the art-
Gle, which is illustrated, he says:
From February until September
l, I67 examinations were made for
of typhoid fever, with re-
suits positive in I33 and negative in
"a; that is, 1873 of the suspected
cases proved to be typhoid fever.
During the same period 4O7 exami-
nations were made for diagnosis in
cases of diphthcria, with |
results positive in 247 and negative
in 100.
This sort OF work requires the an
nual expenditure of quite Il large
amount of money. Yet 1t is certain
that by means of this laboratory |
work many lives cam he saved each |
year. There is no appropriation
{ or tins work, and the State BOARD