Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-17

| WAS On his way 10 LakOta, LOOK tIs
party back to the club house ant
they were brought home by another
team sent from here.
William II. Slayton, one of Leb'
anon's oldest citizens and a nativ.
of Woodstock, died at the home OF
his son, George W. Slayton, in
Lebanon, N. H., on Saturday night,
at about 10 o'clock, after in illness
of varying severity which began late
last winter. He was a carpenter
and carriage maker, being cons,d-
cred a splendid mechanic His wife
died some years ago, and he is sur
vived BY his son, and daughter,
Mary, who lives in New York. He
was quiet, industrious man, up
right, and highly respected by all.
Funeral services were held on Mon
day at p. M, Rev. E. Il. Farrill
attending, burial being in Glenwood
cemetery.
Mrs. F. II. Gillingham, her son
Rolfe, and Mrs. l.. A. Gillingham
arc going to Chicago soon to visit
the latter's son.
DR.. Sherwin has been to College
Hill, Mass, for Il few days lest, re-
turning hst Wednesday.
Adams drug store is now lighted
by electricity.
Miss Mary +. Brooks is gong to
the Walnut Hill school at Natick
Mass, next week.
Mrs. Francis w. Smith gave an
afternoon tea Thursday in honor of
Mrs. Harvey b. Smith OF Chicago.
Misses Bertha S. Knapp and Eta
l.. Brown returned from the White
Mountains Wednesday.
S. W. Carvillc of Reading, Mass,
is spending few days in town.
Alexander II. Flndlay of Boston,
one of the best known of the pro.
fessional golf-players of the country,
was the guest of the Country club ut
the Inn from Wednesday till Thurs
day morning. He came here from
Windsor, where he spent Il couple
of days playing on Mr.. F. A. Ken
nedy's links. at Buena Vista. Thurs.
day morning he played over the
Country clubs course, giving fine
exhibition of the noble game of golf
and making the round IN 43. He
suggested some changes in the
course, which he says is better than
the majority of the links in this part
of New England. He likes
"spo,ty" course, and Woodstock
certainly has one. Mr.. Findlay lett
OH the morning tram for Norris
town, n. j., where the amateur
championship tournament has been
in progress this week.
O. w. Sherwin has begun work
on his new house near the factory
bridge. The old barn will he torn
down as soon as the house is built.
The annual meeting of the Wood
stock Railway company was held on
Wednesday. AS quorum was not
present no business was transacted
beyond the election of Richard Bill
lings to the board of directors, sue.
cceding S. f. kilner.
The base ball season ended last
Saturday with very one-sided
game between the local team and
the functions, as the score Fl to 4
in favor of Woodstock, shows.
The home team, with Mitchell in
the box, was in prett! good shape,
while the visitors were badly ratified
from the start. They brought along
three veterans from Chickamauga--
Starr, Sullivan and Laportc whose
play showed the effects of the recent
campaign in the sammy but feverish
south. Dell Desc, one of the local
twirler., who was laid up recently
by kick from Il horse, took in the
game from the benches. McCarty
proved an easy mark this time and
the visitors put Lapo'te into the
box, hut he was soon withdrawn.
Cobb, the local teams etiicicrt back.
stop, added to the hilarity of the
chilly occasion Ivy enveloping HIM.
self in an ulster and cloud of ciga.
rette smoke during one inning and
thus equipped continued his fault.
less game.
The Ludlow Tribune of Sept. 10
has the following notice of a we'd
ding of local interest, the bride hav-
ing formerly resided here:
At Orwell, VT, Wednesday at
half-past one o'clock, Miss Marion
Prior and Rufus Nelson Hemenway,
both formerly of Ludlow, were unit
ed in marriage at the home of the
bride by Rev. Benjamin Swift.
Miss May Arlington acted as maid
of honor, and Perley A. Prior of
Maiden, Mass, as hest man. Miss
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