Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-12-17

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Swift, The Destroyer, 25l8
Westcott. David Harum, 25l0
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Williams, Princeton Stories, 252l
Zangwill, Dreams of the Ghetto, 1922
lola, Paris, 1928
Frederick and Charles F. Chap
man were in Philadelphia this week
to attend the wedding of their
brother, James Henry Chapman,
and Mrs. Isabel Mcclure of Cam
den, N. ].
While S. D. Houghton was work.
ing in the woods Wednesday his
right foot was caught between the
brake and wheel of his wagon.
The team started up, setting the
brake and injuring the foot quite
badly.
The village schools closed on Fri
day for the holiday vacation. The
River street schools, under Miss
Eaton and Miss Fuller, united in
holding Christmas exercises consist
ing OF singing, speaking, etc, and
at the Stanton street there were also
interesting exercises, Christmas
tree being one of the features.
Prophecies of an unusually severe
winter are being verified fast enough
to satisfy the ordinary mind. Snow
came early and came to stay, and
now viciously cold snaps are getting
disagreeably common. The mercury
began to take a downward course
Tuesday evening and, according to
the local weather manager, John S.
Eaton, Wednesday mornings official
record was 30 degrees below zero.
Over ut Nathan Gushing the record
was the same. II. F. Durham, who
usually hands in pretty fair report,
couldn't do any better than 20. In
the village the record ran from 20 to
IS, according to location and time of
observation. At +. w. Doton's IN
Pomfret the record was Fl, and Mr..
Doton says that only few times in
his remembrance has it been as cold
at his place.
Robert S. Southgate, for many
years a resident of Woodstock, died
in Detroit, Mich, Dec. 10, in his
9th year. He was born in Wood
stock, the son of Rev. Robert and
Mary Frances Southgate, IN 1894.
In 1887 his parents removed to
Monroe, Mich, where he spent his
boyhood. From there, after som
years, the family returned east to
Ipswich, Mass, where Rev. Mr..
Southgate had Il pastorate. Early
in the civil war Robert came to
Woodstock as am assistant TO his
uncle, Lyndon Marsh; who was
then secretary of the Windsor Coun-
ty Insurance company. Later he
became secretary and treasurer of
the company and held this position
until it went out of existence. He
was married in December, 1865, to
Miss Caroline Anderson, daughter
of Dexter Anderson. In 1884 he
removed with his family to kimball,
Dakota, and from there went to
Detroit, where he died. He passed
away quite suddenly and the news
of his death was received here,
where he was always held IN the
highest esteem, with much sorrow.
His wife, two daughters, Helen A..
and Mary, and son, Rev. Benja-
min Southgate, survive him.
The Symphonic Concert company
opened the winter course of enter
tainments Monday night and the
promise of an enjoyable musical
hour was fully realized. The house
WAS we'll filled and the audience was
very ready with applause. The vo.
calists of the company were Dr.
George r. Clark and Mona Clark,
and both were Obliged to respond to
recalls, as did also Alfred De SIEVE,
whose violin playing was one of the
features of the evening. Eva Fair
banks. reader, did some very good
work in her various selections.
BURBRIDGE-OAKES.
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