Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10

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pleasure many times before.
Mrs. Susan Howard Ere eman
died Thursday morning after several
years of suffering, in her 18TH year.
Four years ago she sustained Il
severe shock of paralysis which con.
fined her to her home most of the
time since. For the past three or
four weeks she failed very rapidly
until the end came. She was the
daughter of Arson Howard of Bar
nard, and lived there, where she
married John Freeman, until about
thirty.fve years ago when she
moved here with her son, Oscar II.
Freeman. Besides her son, Il
brother, Nelson Howard of Bar
nard, and Il sister, Mrs. w. ii. H.
Wheat OF Fargo, S. d., survive her,
the Latter being So years old. The
funeral will be held at the house
Saturday afternoon at o'clock,
Rev. ]. f. Simmons officiating.
For Il week or two II. H. Daniels
has had gang OF men busy fortify-
ing section of the river bank on
the Blake meadow. Two years ago
high water in the spring cut away
large slice of the meadow and
sho,t piece of wall was built to pro-
tsct the bank from the inroads of
the river. This proved successful
and now that the whole meadow is
threatened similar work on larger
scale is being done farther down the
stream, the wall being three or four
hundred feet long. 1t is built of
logs laid lengthw,sc along the bank,
two or three in a layer, and rises to
the top of the bank Shorter ties
arc run into the bank and fastened
to the ends of the logs with stout
spikes. Gravel, rocks, and brush
fill the space back of the wall, the
whole making strong barrier
against the action of the water and
ice. At one place the wall was run
out into the stream about ten feet in
order to >trai ghtcn crook in tine
bank. Earth and gravel cut from
the meadows edge have been
thrown in great part on the opposite
side of the river and have made
quite substantial addition to the
acreage of the Billings farm. With
the protection the meadow now has,
however, it may he found necessary
before long to fortily the bank on
the Billings side, else the water held
in check by the wall Mr.. Daniels
has built may exert its force in othc,
directions and even wash back to its
original place the soil taken from
the meadow. MIR. Daniels thinks
the land is safe now, and the Job
certainly seems to have been very
thoroughly done.
Mike Vittrau, an Italian, living IN
Woodstock near the Bridgewater
line, was brought to Jail here Thurs
day charged with assaulting his
wife. At the hearing before Justice
Seaver Friday morning his wife ard
other witnesses appeared against
HIM, but he was discharged, the
curt not finding the evidence suffi-
cient to hold him.
The Woodstock Inn entertained
about ninety young guests at Il lawn
party and dance Tuesday afternoon
from 3 to 5 O'Clock, the event being
a very pleasant and happy one for
the children and their older friends
present. Games ana dancing were
the chief amllse.ncnts. y number
of living portraits were shown in
the music room and during the
afternoon several gaily-colorcd hot
ar balloon, were sent skvward.
Refreshments We're served ON the
lawn.
a couple OF telephone poles Tell
across the Woodst, OK railway track,
bct"ee the station aud Taftsville,
Tuesday night. Wednesday one of
them was picked up by the forward
truck of the engine pulling the early
train and carried some dis.
lance before the train could be
stopped.
In another month the new dam on
the Billings farm will begin to take
on look of completion, the stone
work now going up rapidly The
new steel penstock. three feet in
diameter, is now partly in place,
from the dam to Il point on
the brook near the Thompson barn,
going under the building Elect'i-
ritv is to be generated on quite Il
large scale and will be used for
turning all the machinery of the
THANKSGIVING, threshing, and rum
ming the creamery. The power
house will be located at the end of
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