Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-07-23


lake Friday.
Ernest Burdette of Leominster,
Mass, has been visiting at T. E.
Burdctte's.
Recent Inn arrivals -
New YoRK-Mrs Esther Chapman. Miss
Caldwell.
CHICAGO Miss Williams. Mrs NJ Spauld-
ing. Mrs NJ $ Foxwell. Frances A Foxwell.
BosToN-Mrs s E Westcott, Mrs l. L Bur-
roughs, G ID Hunnewell, Joseph Stone,
Mrs Stone. Miss Stone. Miss Forbes.
G Il Folsom. Brookline, Mass; Mr. and
Mrs John Bl Bouton. Cambridge. Mass; Mr.
snd Mrs + A Gray. Wellesley. Mass; Waldo
Lincoln, Worcester. Mass; Miss Pearsall,
Miss NJ Pearsall. Miss H W Pearsall, Phila-
delph!a.
There seems to be no safe and eff
fective method of destroying the
caterpillar m.ths now flying about
fruit and shade trees. They lay the
eggs that will produce crop of tent
caterpillars agrin next year and it is
unfortunate that something cannot
be done to lessen the violence of
another plague. A. b. Jaquith sug-
gests the building of fires in the
evening, which lure the moths to
their death, but this scheme cannot
result IN a heavy mortality, and a
lot of moths are bound to survive in
spite of everything.
Miss Williams of Chicago, daugh-
ter of Norman Williams, whose en-
to Gen. Wesley Merritt
was recently announced on the eve
of the latter's departure for Manila,
is ut the Inn.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Hatch, wife of Al
vim Hatch, died at her home here
last Sunday morning, July y, after
I'm illness of several weeks. She
was the daughter Of Asa Jones and
was born August IS, 1924. In 1916
she married Alvin Hatch and they
have always made their home here
She was Il most cstimable woman,
active in church work, having been
a member of st. James church for
man, years. Funeral services were
held at the house Tuesday morning
At 10 o'clock, attended by Rev. f.
w. Smith.
Part of the material for new
switchboard has been received at the
central office of the New England
Telephone company at Morg.n's
.lrug store. There are now FL in
,truments ON the exchange. Tn.
intends to put in new
copper line between here and White
River Junction in a month or two.
From Taftsville up the wire will be
strung on the north side of the river
to avoid induction from the electric
light wires.
Mrs. w. II. Bartlett, Miss Bart
lett, and w. II. Bartlett, Jr.. of
Chicago are at the Inn for a month.
Mrs. Edward F. Payne and little
son and George Payne of Boston
are at +. 5. Paync's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Billings
are at the Hill, arriving Tuesday
night. Mrs. Frederick Billings and
family arrived last Saturday.
w. 6. McCartv of South Pom
fret is clcrkng in Smiths clothing
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. l.. White of
Rosland, l.. l.. are at T. A. Pierce's.
a. NJ. Mackenzie is at home from
Boston.
Mrs. Foster T.. Swift of North
Mass, is visiting Mrs.
Henry Boynton.
The local fund for the Vermont
soldiers amounted to $50, which has
been sent to Chickamauga.
Mrs. II. II. Symonds is visiting
IN Gloucester, Mass.
DR.. \. y. Logan is in the Home
opathic hospital at Boston i'll with
typhoid fever, Charles +. Chapman
him from here.
The terrific thunder storm last
Tuesday afternoon was successful in
the biggest fire Woodstock
has seen for thirty or more years.
About 1 O'Clock the large barn on
the Bridge place, formerly the Blake
farm, at the lower end OF the village
was struck by lightning and in
few moments the entire upper part
OF the building was IN flames. There
was no livestock except young
colt which was rescued, stunned and
frightened. by Victor Frazer. a lot
of farming and saw mill machinery,
belonging to ii. II. Daniels, was
stored in the barn, and all that could
be removed before the flames made
the work dangerous was hustled out
in Il hurry. There were besides
some two hundred tons of hay, the