Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-07
Mrs. John {. Dana of Springfield
Mass, is at the Inn.

| Mr.. ana MIS-. N e'''oe'
to White River Junction Thursday
afternoon to attend the musical fes'
tival, returning Friday evening.
Miss Eva Dutton, who has been
in Keene, n. H., and Cambridge
Mass, tor Il couple of years past, is
at the home of her father, Y. H..
Dutton, for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Billings
went to Lebanon. N. H., Tuesday
and witnessed the departure OF
Shaw's Rifles for Concord Wednes-
day morning, their son Edward
who enlisted from Hanover, being a
member of the company. A letter
from him this week says that the
boys are comfortably fixed at the
Third regiments camp ground
wearing blue army coats i'll the
shape of a uniform, camp life being
varied by daily drilling. The men
have not been examined yet and it
NAV be a week before many of them
will know whether or not they will
90 farther than Concord.
Vermont Commandery No. 4,
Knights Tcmplar, OF Windsor, VT,
will escort Randall Post on Memo
rial day. The address will be de-
livered by Rev. F. II. Buffum of
Concord, N. II. Official program
of exercises next week.
Mr.. A. M. Mills writes from
Paris that he and his wife have just
completed 7oo-mile bicycle trip
from Nice. They have wheeled
1000 miles through Italy and France;
the roads were fine and they aver
aged fifty miles day. Some Curl
| Gus towns were visited, where the
bicycle was unknown, and still more
curious hotels. From France they
go through England and Scotland.
Of the roads about Rome MIR. Mills
speaks with the most enthusiasm.
and there they We're able to cover
twelve miles an hour with little
effort.
Commodore Dewey's great victory
at Manila was noislly celebrated
here Monday evening. "A torchlight
procession with an effective fife and
drum corps and zobo band went
around town leaving Il trail of red
fire, the racket of the patriotic
paraders being accompanied by the
booming of cannon and explosion of
cannon crackers. The enthusiasm
lasted till about ii o clock, the cele-
bration winding up with demon
stration in the square.
DR.. and Mrs. Hurlburt and chill
dren arrived from Stanford, Conn,
Monday and have opened their house
for the summer. Dr. Hurlburt will
return to Stamford soon for IA short
stay.
Henry II. Vail and the Misses
Vail returned to New York Tues
day.
The elections at the annual parish
meeting of St. James church held
Monday evening were as follows
Clerk, Fred'k w. Wilder, treasurer,
James B. Jones; collector, Charles
F. Chapman; vestry, ]. b. Jones,
Alvin Hatch, G.. w. Paul, Fred'k
Chapman, G. F. Chapman, J. r.
Pembcr, Henry l.. Gleason. The
vestry election: Senior warden, ].
B. Jones; JUNIOR warden, George
W. Paul; clerk, George w. Paul {;
delegates to convention, ]. B. Jones,
c. F. Chapman; alternates, J. r.
Pember. G. w. Paul.
DR.. II. II. Symonds low has an
office over Z. X. Wright & Co..
drug store. His veterinary hospital
is for the present located at Mrs.
Bovce's barn on River street.
One of Woodstock's oldest resi-
dents, Mrs. Sally Goodnow Wilder,
passed away at her home on Noun,
tain avenue last Saturday, aged g.
years. She was born in Newfane
and was married IN Plymouth, Feb
26, 1929, to Ebenezer Wilder, who
died eight years ago. They had
four children, none of whom are liv-
ing. Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, interment being in Ply
mouth.
| Charles b. Chase visited his
daughter at Meriden, n. H., this
week, accompanied oy Ernest Chase
Trout fishermen were on the move
Monday. the season opening on
Sunday this year. Brook trout were
a bit slow IN taking the hook, so the
fishermen say, but some good catch,
es were made in private ponds. Al
his Plymouth pond D. c. Sherwiu
took out ~ which weighed II Ii
pounds and at Lakota w. f. Jones
and his friend w. d. Shortwcll o.