Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-03-12

Medicines, WnlCn mas nllhS tncr'
for over thirty years, came down
and the name of E. X. Wright &
!. Co., in particularly bold letters tool
its place. E. II. Blossom also ha.
!; a new sign.
Miss Sarah Hutchins returned tc
P Lowell, Mass, last week Saturday
after few weeks vacation with hcl
parents here.
The blowing up of the Maine re-
calls to David L. Howe a tragic in
!. cident of the war, the City Point
explosion, which he witnessed. 1t
occurred Aug. 9, 1864, when yes.
sci belonging to the Federal govern
ment was destroyed by an Internal
machine smuggled on board, IS men
killed and Is6 wounded. The man
who caused the explosion, Capt.
John Maxwell, is now living in
Richmond, Va.
The "Gentlcmen's Sociablc" at
the Congregational parlors on Fri
day evening excited not a little
interest beforehand and pleasurable
anticipations were realized. About
$50 people sat down to the feast at
6.3o p. M. The four brightly light
cd tables were handsomely decorated
with plants and flowers, the domi-
nant colors, one for each table, be-
ing white, red. pink and yellow.
The waters were in full dress.
Following the banquet came speech
es and vocal and instrumental music,
etc., the whole entertainm ent beng
very successfully planned and car
ried out by those in charge.
Miss Frances GroSvenor returned
to Peabody, Mass, Thursday.
Reed Bros. have tapped 1000 trees
in their sugar orchard and are max
ing considerable sugar. Sap is run
ming well, but snow interferes with
work in some of the orchards
Ira Atwood died Thursday morn
ing after an illness of some
months. He was about S. years
old and has been failing for some
time, his illness becoming more
severe within few weeks. He
has been resident of Woodstock
for many years, being one of the
leading farmers of the town, COM
ing here from Barnard. His wife,
who died several years ago, was a
sister of z. A. Pierce. Trey had
seven children, those surviving beng
Eliza, wife of Edward Reed of
Ga, dner, Mass. Harriet, wife of
Charles Fred Fisher of Woodstock;
Dana, of Wilder, VT, and Frank c.,
of Woodstock. His funeral will be
held Sunday at 1 o'clock.
B. II. Pinney is running the Sid
ney Davis mill at South Pomfret.
a New York correspondent of
The Age writes:
"rhe prevalent feeling in New
York, so far as | can gather. is that
there will be some kind of war
eventually, before we get through,
but that it will be short one, unless
Spain makes some unexpected ALI
ance. No Spanish cabinet will dare
to give up Cuba without Il fight;
they would fall at once, and another
cabinet would be put in, which
would fight. That is the position,
so far as Spain is concerned. Our
own president will not dare, even if
he wished, to leave the Cuba ques-
ton unsolved, and he will have to
demand either a pacitication Of Cuba
within a pretty early day,-a thing
which cannot be accomplished, - or
the recognition of the independence
or possibly the complete and genu-
inc AUTONOMY of Cuba, 50 that, I'M
less Spain is wise enough to back
down, see no other outcome"
Dell Desc, former proprietor of
the Central House, is now in Rox-
bury, Mass.
The village was without gas part
of Saturday evening, F A. Fair
banks being Ill and confined to his
house. Fred Delano took charge ut
the gas house Sunday and things
were in running order that evening.
At the meeting of the new board OF
school directors last Saturday Fl. w.
Walker was chosen chairman and
Charles F. Chapman clerk. Rev.
+. Mcmillan was reappointel super,
Of schools.
Harry a. Durham of Ashcville,
N. G., was III town Tuesday and
Wednesday. He was called to his
home in Bethel by the death OF his
brother last week.
Mrs. ]. M. Eapgood and Miss
Lena Day went to New York Tues .
day. Miss Maud Larrabee of Que
chez is in charge of Mrs. Hapgoods
millinery store in the latter's absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davis enter
tanned a whist party of eight tables