Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-01-01
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

The New England Telephone and
Telegraph company has reduced its
rates ON metallic circuit service three
dollars a wear. In residences the
rate, heretofore $50, is now $27 and
the former rate of $50 in business
houses is reduced to $53. Six in.
strumcnts ON the local exchange get
the benefit of thiT reduction. The
rates ON the cheaper service remain
unchanged.
John w. Titcomb of st. ]ol MS
bury, state game commissioner, was
in town Il day or two this week, and
in company with w. +. Mack dove
to Plymouth Tuesday.
\ large number of skaters were
on the mill pond Christmas day, the
ice company having scraped some Of
the snow from the pond. 1t was the
intention to begin cutting ice Mon
day but it was found to re only six
inches thick SO the harvesting was
postponed.
:. +. kilncr came on from New
York Saturday, returning to the
city Monday.
Gilbert Kingman of New Bedford,
Mass, who has been at the Inn,
went to Quechce Thursday, where
he is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ],
Dewey.
!. ID. Denison of Randolph was
in town this week.
Congressman ". w. Grout of
Barton was in town "Wednesday, re-
turning Thursday morning.
o. +. Washburn, the old-time
miner from the Bridgcwater " dig
gings," was in town Monday and
'ems as interested as ever in the
rk up that way. He says that
.ne Springfield Mining company
now has men at work on the old
Quartz hill property and is driving
into the hill in two places. The =
foot vein discovered il short time
ago, mention of which was made in
The Age, proved to be slide, and
they are now trying to locate the
ledge from which it was broken off
The mill started up Monday ON the
work of crushing 600 tons of oe
taken from the ground about thirty
years ago. Mr.. Washburn has IL
son in Seattle on the way to the
klondikc and he doesn't know but
that he shall 90 himself in the
spring. He is u years old, but is
in the best of health and thinks the
hardships of the trip would not he
too much Tor him. Joe Fagnant,
who is working at the mlnc. and
who is brother of Dr.. Fa.nant,
president of the company, is going
to start for the klondike as soon as
spring opens up, and he invites Mr..
Washburn to accompany him.
John Durant was brought TO the
county Jail from Ludlow Monday,
y Ludlow dispatch of Dec. - saws
that Durant. who has been working
at Proctorsule for some time. wen,
to Ludlow Monday and purchased :,
suit of clothes of Charles RAYMOND.
paving for it with check signed
with the name of Benjamin Shaw a
Proctorsvile. The check was for
$40. RAYMOND, suspecting some
thing wrong. telephoned to Shaw.
who said that the check was forged
Durant was arrested by Sheriff
Moore and was brought before Jus.
tice Hathorn, who bound Linn owe,
to County court in the sum of S zoo
William Moore, Il colored man
who passed his earlier life here in
the family of the late Mrs. b. W.
Rice. died recently in Philadelphia
He had resided there for fifteen o,
twenty years and for the past ter
years WAS employed in the depot OF
the Pennsylvania Central railroad
having charge of the uniforms of al
the conductors on that road, also
having other duties in conncctio,
with that work. His death was d,l,
to enlargement of the liver. lie
was IS Years old and leaves wife
Mr.. Moore was Mason, standing
high in the fraternity.
Chauncey Walker Of South Bar
nard made miSstcp while goin.
down stairs at his home Thursday
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