Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-22


Misses Gertrude and Mary Dewey
were passengers, arrived at Liver
pool last Saturday.
Billings farm this week shipped
two southdowns to Chippewa Falls,
Wis, and three to Clinton, Mas
Cloudland farm shipped several
young berkshires to Richford this
week.
Mrs. P. Mcmillan and Dorothy
have gone to Cambridge, Mass, tor
a month. Mr.. Mcmillan accom-
panied them and will spend few
days there.
There will be no services at the
Congregational church tomorrow,
with the exception of the usual
Christian Endeavor meeting at 6
o'clock.
Joseph S. Rowland has sold his
farm of $50 acres at Prosper to
Oscar II. Atwood, who takes pos
session in two weeks.
Elton J. Fuller came in from a
deer hunting trip Monday with a
I5o-pound bear which he shot on
Shrewsbury mountain. The bear
tiotted into view while he was look
ing about for another kind of game.
He put bullet through its head at
the first shot, which ended Elton's
hunting for that day. He is now
off again after deer.
Ernest Slack returned from
Bridgewater Chateauguay this
week, where he had been deer hunt
ing IN company with Dell Desc.
No deer were seen, and there was
hardly Il sign of them in that neigh
borhood.
Franklin S. Billings and George
Dewson were visitors in town for a
day or two the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Marsh were
in Boston few days this week.
Mrs. w. S. French was in New.
buryport, Mass, a few days the past
week.
The market for cider apples has
been lively and three cars, 10000
pounds, have been shipped from this
station the past week. The apples
are consigned to the Albany County
Produce company OF Ravena, N.
V, and were brought in here from
Bridgewater, Barnard, Reading and
other towns. 1t is understood they
sold for 20 cents a hundred pounds.
The High school preparatory class
beat the Grammar school foot ball
team to standstill Thursday after
noon in the first half; score 20 to O.
The second half was not played.
The Woodstock and Ludlow
school teams put up snappy game
of foot ball on Vail field last Satur.
day. They were quite evenly
matched and neither side scored.
The mastering out process is be-
ing hurried IS fast as possible at
Concord and the 1st New Hamp-
shire boys will soon be able to re-
turn to their homes.
Inn Arrivals -
MASSACHUSETTS, Miss Z. b.
Thacher, Miss Mary De w. Thach-
er, Miss Dorothy NJ. Cults, Geo. H.
Wade, Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
l.. Adams, Plttsfeld; Mrs. Geo. H.
Shattuck, Miss c.. o. Emmerton,
Salem; F. Nj. Stockwell and wife,
birmingham; MIR. and Mrs. A. H.
Ladd, Milton; T. b. Purves,
Springfield; Mr.. and Mrs. c. B.
Wctherell, Brooklne. MIR. and
Mrs. w. w. Smith, Hartford, Ct.
An order just issued by the pen
sion department gives postmasters
authority to cash the checks by
which pensions are paid. Pensions
are paid quarterly, and pensioners
have been compelled frequently to
cash them at a discount, where there
are no banks. The new order will
enable all pensioners to get the full,
face value Of their checks.
Fredk Chapman was in Boston
and Worcester this week.
Mrs. Margaret G.. Clark has
bought the John Pinks house, next
to Park Cottage. 1t was owned by
Fred'k Chapman.
Philip ]. Farrelly has sold his
blacksmith business to James S,
Richmond, who has taken posses
sion. The former will work for
Richmond "a year, an agreement
having been made to that effect.
= GEN. MERRITT's BRIDE.
A Chicago dispatch of October Io'
says that Miss Laura Williams is
journeying over the Atlantic on the
Cunard steamsphip Can,pania to be
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