Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-06-25


better tor wheeling. In Boston last
year he made Il mile in I.5S, a mark
not beaten by many amateurs. He
expects to resume racing next month.
Two divorce hearings heard in the
county court this week, Babcock vs..
Babcock, from Springfield, and
Wheelock VS.. Wheelock, from Bar
nard, possessed some unusual lea-
lures, the husband in both cases Pc
titioning for severance OF marriage
ties on the ground of intolerable Sc
verify. Mr.. Wheelock is man
some seventy-fve years OF age and
his wife is about fifty years his
junior and the court disposed of his
case with mild lecture to the petit
toner, who was married only year
or two ago, for his foolish plunge
into matrimony so late in life.
The following books have been
recently added to the public library :
Naval History of the United
States, J. w. Abbott; Year from a
Reporters Notebook, Davis; Sto-
ries of Famous Voyages, Fltz-Ger-
aid; Historic Houses and Spots in
Cambridge, Mass, Freese; Ro.
nance of Discovery, Griffis Ameri-
can Book Clubs, Growoll; Fall OF
the Congo Arabs, Hinde; Dungeons
of Old Paris, Hopkins; Story of the
Cowboy, Hough; Old Santa Fe
Trail, Inman; Forty-six years in the
Army, Schoheld
Biography
Hawthorne, Lathrop; My Father
as | Recall Him, Mamie Dickens
Napoleon Bonaparte, Sloan; Peter
the Great, Waleszewski; Private
Life of Queen Victoria; Victoria,
Queen and Empress. Arnold.
a local druggist remarks YEARLY
that the new stamp taxes are going
to be a source of considerable bother
to men in his business. The new
revenue law requires stamps on pro-
prietary medicines, perfumes, ETC.,
and on all proprietary articles and a
stamp will have to be placed on
every taxable article now III stock
when sold. This section of the war
revenue law is expected to yield
from four to six million dollars from,
the $4,000 drug stores in the coun-
tsv.
Mrs. J. F. Grecnough OF New
York, who has spent several sum-
mers in Woodstock, is at the Inn.
Miss Margaret Aitken of Mt. Hol-
yoke college, and Misses Agnes and
Marion Aitken are at home. Miss
Elizabeth Aitken is visiting in
Washington, D. G., having gradu-
ated from Mortified Seminary last
week.
At the annual meeting of the
Woodstock Electric Light company
Wednesday the following directors
were elected: Aubrey billiard,
Norman Marshall, Boston; A. M.
Mills, w. S. Hewitt, F. s. Billings.
Aubrey billiard was elected presi-
dent and f. S. Billings treasurer.
Nine. Eckhardt, Partisan, will
give lessons in French, either to be-
ginner> or to advanced pupils. The
adult class will begin June 18th,
and will be held in Miss Pitkin S
studi" For particulars, address
Nine. Eckhar dit, Woodstock Inn.
The Grout men won at the Re-
publican caucus last Saturday, the
result, reached after considera bic
electionccring, being little of q
surprise. The caucus was rather
SHINY attended considering the in
terest in the Grout-Read contest.
The vote stood Il to 81. The dele
gates chosen to attend both state and
district conventions were: Merritt
II. Chandler. Chas. F. Chapman
Z. c. Emmons, l.. c. Kendall
Wales \. johnson, &. c. Buck
There were some changes made pre-
vious to the conventions. the dele
gates choosing their own alternates,
and the delegation as finally made
up was as follows: State-J. II
Pember, Judge Seaver, E. {. EN-
mons, Harold S. Dana, DR.. Kiddcr
G. &. Buck. District-Dr. Chand
Ter. II. p. Clark, Z. G. Emmons
Harold S. Dana, +. S. Billings, G
c. Buck.
The delegates to the county con
vention, who will shout tor Henr,
W. Walker for senator, are: VIM
+. Johnson, +. S. Mackenzie, Chas
o. Thompson, f. {. Southgate
Chas. II. English, w. n. Johnson
James II. Hoadley, Z. c. Emmons
w. II. Moore, w. S. Hewitt
Fredk. Chapman.
The Woodstock and Central VeI
mont railroads join in an excursio
to Nergenncs on Wednesday, Jun
s9, via Lake Champlain and Otte
Creek river. The train leave