Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-12
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.


held a meeting at Mrs. F. II. Gil
ling hams on Monday evening. The
petitio for the preservation of For
TiconCcroga, which is now being
circulated, was signed by the mem
bers of the chapter. 1t was decided
to hold meetings on the first Mon
day of each month, and they will be
of social and literary character.
Charles ]. Mckenzie of Frank
lin, Mass, was in town this week.
The friends of Nh. and Mrs.
William w. Miller will be pleased
to learn that they are to return to
Vermont soon. They are now in
Bristol, Tenn, where Mr.. Miller
has been IN business for several
years. About the first of May they
will take up their residence on the
Crosby Miller homestead in Pomfret.
Rev. II. =. Frost, well known in
Methodist circles in Vermont and at
one time pastor of the church here,
has been invited to become Il pastor
of St. Paul's church in Newark, n.
]. He is now closing five years
pastorate over the First church of
Baltimore, Md.
Lewis Hudson has added Fred
Pratt's herd of about Il dozen cows
to his milk herd.
The river and hill roads are getting
into ta,r condition, but travelling is
somewhat rough at hest. In the vii
lagc the roads have been badly cut
up by" cradle holes" and these places
arc being smoothed over as fast as
possible.
Rev. a. J. Hough and Rev. A.
H. Webb, both former pastors here,
We're in attendance at the preachers
meeting this week.
A party of Young men tramped
up Rake's hill Monday evening.
Norman Williams of Chicago ar.
rived at the Inn Saturday.
Ex-Gov. Pingrce of Hartford was
in town Tuesday.
Bishop Hall has made his APP
pointments tor Lent as follows: Ash
Wednesday, Feb. a3, Bellows Falls {;
first Sunday, Feb. ~, Barre; second
Sunday, March 6, Mortified; third
Sunday, March -, Rutland fourth
Sunday, March 20, Newport; fifth
Sunday, March II, St. Adams /;
Palm Sunday and holy week, with
all the Friday evenings in Lent, at
St. Paul's in Burlington. After
Easter tho bishop will visit Enos-
burg, Randolph, Royalton, Olcott,
Arlington, Norwich, Manchester
and St. Johnsbury.
DR.. Daniel Campbell, the we'll
known and successful physician who
died at Saxton's River last week
Thursday, aged n, was graduate
Of the Vermont Medical college IN
1912.
The members of the jury in the
Lawrence case presented petition
to Deputy She riff Peck last Sunday
morning asking that they be taken
to church, the paper being formally
drawn up and signed nv The twelve
men. Before the hour of service,
however, three or four backsliders
intimated that they didn't care about
going, but it was too late to decline
and they were all marched off to
the Methodist church.
Monday evening saw several snow.
shoe,ng parties on the move and
the sport seems fairly under way
now that the conditions for the pas
time are improving. One party OF
Twenty-Five met at the Inn and from
there took tramp of a mile
or more, including thrilling slide
down the "Bluff." Returning &c
the Inn refreshments were servet
and the evenings entertainment
ended with music and dancing,
a 3oo-spindle mule for the spin.
ming room at Mackenzie's mill al
B,idgewater arrived at this station
this week and will he put in place
as soon as possible. Business i,
rushing at the mills, where they are
now engaged IN making goods FOL
ladies' suitings. and this additiona
machinery is made necessary by the
large number of orders ahead. TIL,
null is now running on full time
the dresser is running all night ant
the spinning and card rooms till Ic
n aoinck ncary every night. 1t is ex
On pected that every loom will be run
ming when the new machinery is il
n place.