Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-01-08
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK

The annual meeting of the First
Masonic District will be held il
Woodstock Thursday, Jan. 20, af
tclnoon and evening. All Windsor
county lodges are included in this
district and large gathering is cN-
pcctcd.
1t is undcrst cod that DR.. Allcn
paid III. Nj. Eutur net less than
5000 damages for injuries, and It
is thought that several hundred dol
lars IN excess of that was received
by Mr.. Dutur. AT an, rate nt de-
served all the money consideration
he got.-Rradfold Opinion.
Mrs. Seville Dclphine Pratt died
at her home in Prosper W etlnc>dav
morning, aged 6S years. She had
been in failing health for several
months. She was the daughter of
Benjamin and Betsy Richard and
was born in Woodstock, where she
has ALWAYS lived. She leaves Il son.
Fred Pratt, who lives in Woodstock,
and daughter, Mrs. Frank Naug-
han, whose hoD.e is in Fremont,
Nebraska. The funeral will be
held at Prosper $ undav at | o'clock
Philip Royce was in town this
week.
Spear X Wilson have put in Il
separator at Quechec, near the saw
mill, and have milk from 100 cows.
Twenty high school pupils were
selected Wednesday for the prelim
y mary pliHc speaking contest the last
y of the term. Out of these five bows
and five glrls will be selected to
4 compete for the prize. The names
y of those chosen follow: Girls Ida
Atwood, Agnes Aitkcn, Nina King.
a Nino Thomas, Kate Rowland, Sd
die Perkins, Olive Cobb, Maud
II Tow nscnd, Maud Powers, Marie
Grllctt. Boys - Harry Chandler,
Arthur Thomas, Roger Griffin,
Clyde Spaulding, Charles Gallup,
4 Hiram Johnson. Clyde lloughton,
A Edwin Emmons. Carroll Story,
n Everett Perkins.
u The home talent MINISTRIES, greater
4 than ever appear at the town hall
next Friday evening, Jan Il. An
\ entirely new and varied programme
Il is promised, the old tavoritcs of
Il former seasons have bccilrc-t ne &c |.
u including the "iickanlnnv Quar-
y tcttc,' and musicallv AMI in rycrl
feature the performance Will b" llp-
to-datc and pleasing. There H'r
q twenty artists IN the c"mpanr, whilb
4 will he assisted hv l'iArk- NI'.;tlN
4 Orchestra OF nine ulcrr,. ot I.,ut-
4 non, y. II. Tickets vii, re ON ~at,.
next Tuesday morning at 9 o'cia.>;
N all seats reserved at IS cents. So
more than SIN ticket, will he sold to
one person.
"Cap;ain," Wan :. Frcnch's big
n black dog, Il well known figure ON,
4 the street. got in the way of pass
ing team couple of " crhs ago and
#his leg was broken by the carriage
8whcel, The injured leg was set
and he is now happily convalcsccnt,
A hugely enjoying many little attcn-
8tlons which were not his while he
was fiourishing on four legs. Soap
Y tain expects to resume his post at
the store very soon.
q On Jan. -, 1898, the Norman
Williams Public Library will have
been open thirteen years. Three
athouSand one hundred and sevcnt,s
q six cards have been issued. There
are 10000 volumes in the library.
3During the year 1897 I6,6oI VOL
'lmes were gwen out to I6.I4S per-
sons and the borrowers were from
crmont. New Hampshire, Ma>sa.
husetts. Connecticut, Rhode Island.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsvl-
ania. Indiana, Illinois. Michigan.
Nlinncsota. Missouri, Washington,
~. CT Canada. New Brunswick,
Mcst Indies. In 1886 there were
4ssued to 9sI3 persons ro.o4+ VOL
&mcs.
Fben Bridge and B. b. Rovce of
Bellows Falls spent New Years day
here.
Henry w. Walker and Moses
Ming attended the meeting OF the
N ermont Da,rymen's ASSOCIATION at
St. Adams this week. Mr.. Walker