Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-11-19

The Woodstock High School
Juniors and Windsor High School
Juniors played lively foot ball
game on Vail field Friday afternoon
amid intense excitement, the strug-
gle being fully as interesting as the
terrifying announcements of the
contest predicted. Score, Windsor
y. Woodstock o.
An entertainment for the ben eft
of the w. II. 5. foot ball team will
be given at the High school build
ing Tuesday evening, Nov. -.
Admission IS cents.
Philip w. Moen of Worcester,
Mass. after canvassing some of the
big herds of the country has bought
of Bill ngs farm yearIing bull, Il
son of Garfield Stoke Po2Is, to head
the herd he is establishing. The
animal WAS shipped to him this
week. Cloudand farm Berksh,res
are finding ready sales, boar beng
shipped to Canton, Mass, last
week.
Dan A. Talbcrt died at his home
on the South road " ednc>day after
quite Il long illness, aged 6S years.
tie had been Il resident of Wood
stock, engaged in farming, for the
past dozen years or moe and was
much respected citizen. Ills wife
and one son, Frank, who Is in bust
ness at White River Junction, sur
vivc him. The funeral services
were held Friday afternoon at :
o'clock, attended by Rev. NJ. i.
Morrill,.
Woodstock has an opportunity to
secure two excellent musical enter
talnmcnts and an illustrated lecture
tor the winter months and if there is
Il liberal response to requests for
subscriptions for season tickets the
following attractions will be engaged
to appear during the months OF De
ccmber, january and February:
The Trcmont-Svcnden Concert
Combination, illustrated lecture by
Prof. Barley of Harvard observatory,
Arequipa, Peru, and the Symphonic
Concert Company OF Boston, with
De Sieve, violinist, and DR..
George II. Clark.
+. S. Payne removed to his Fclch
vile farm, which he recently secured
in exchange for his River street
place this week. He has sold his
harness business here to Charles
Desc, an experienced workman,
who expects to continue Il e bust
ness at the rooms on Elm street late
ly occupied by Mr.. Payne.
The board of sclcctmcn have de-
cidcd to allow the popular circular
hill driveway, leading from West
Wooistock by the Aq ,cduct COM
pany'S reservoir down through wy
man avenue, to be kept open to the
public. The part of the highway
which WAS to have been barred has
been open to the public for over one
hundred years. May the next gen
Grafton have the privilege of using
the sumo driveway.
The sociab|c season which marks
the approach of winter is now well
started. On Thursday evening there
was Il parish sociablc at st. James
r.ctorv, the Univcrsalist \ Dung Poo
pies Union having sociable the
same evening. Friday evening there
was social gathering at the parlors
OF the Congregational church.
larry Button of B1idgewater,
who has been employed at the Inn
for tine past two seasons, went to
New York Monday to enter the en-
plov of W. +. Bridge as butler.
''Larrv," Mr.. Bridges handsome
setter. accompanied him.
Rev. Fr. Toupin of Nalleytield,
l.. O.. visited here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. { arles ] Mackcn-
lic of Franklin, Mass, are ut the
Inn.
Eugene V. Smith wishes, through
The Age, to thank all his neighbor>
and friends who rendered such valu-
able assistance at the burning OF his
house Sunday morning.
Mrs. Telrill is again occupying
her house on Union street, lately
pccuricd by Frank Wood, and the
latter has moved into the tenement
just vacated by +. 5. Payne.
Mrs. !. l.. Dana went to Peabody,
Mass, " ednesdav.
The W. II. &. nolds Il camp fire
ut Grand Army hall this Saturday
evening.
EXHIBITION At THE LIBRARY.
An interesting chronological COL
lection, loaned by Miss Billings,
was placed in the Norman Williams
publlt library Thursday and will
remain there on exhibition for some