Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-07-09

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found that his neck was broken ant
his entire body paralyzed from
bruise on the spine. These inju
ries, it was said, could have beer
caused either by fall or by an as
sault with a club or sandbag. He
could tell nothing as to how he re.
ceived his injuries. He had S..
when he lett Providence. He leave.
Il widow in East Cambridge, :
daughter, Alice l.. Prentiss, and :
son, Arthur Mahan, of Rutland
this state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Billings
who have been travelling in France
and Italy, sail tor New York today,
George Perry of Athol, Mass,
son OF the late Thomas Perry, was
in town day or two last week.
This is his second visit here in
twenty years.
l he Inn orchestra gave its first
concert last Sunday evening. The
members are George Pollak. violin,
leader; w. c. Greene, cello; l.
ZwilIing, flute, and {. Koch, plan
list.
Among the weeks Inn arrivals
are VIM. II. Owen and wife, VIM.
Fl. Owen, Jr., Mrs. E. Tatum, of
New York; Mrs. Myers and George
II. Myers of Washington, D. c.
The quadrennial appraisal of real
estate in Woodstock has caused an
unusual amount of dissatisfaction
among the taxpayers of the village,
and a large number of them are Sc
riously at odds with the board of
listers. The complaint is that the
appraisal of real estate was far
too high throughout the village and
that It was in some instances parti-
cularly unreasonable and unjust.
Ore property owner remarked that
his buildings were appraised at four
times the amount he asks for them,
and while there are not many ex-
IRENE cases like this there is gen.
eral protest against the work of the
listers. Things are badly out of
joint and it looks as though the
board of civil authority would have
its hands full IN strengthening them
out. The following appeal to the
board, signed by about forty tax
payers of the village and one or two
outside, was filed at the town clerks
Office Friday:
We, the undersigned, taxpayers
in the Village of Woodstock, being
aggrieved by the appraisal of our
real estate in said village by the lis
ters in their recent appraisal, as re-
turned to the town clerks office,
hereby appeal to the Board of Civil
Authority in said town of Wood
stock, according to law, and hereby
notify the town clerk Of such appeal.
Dated at Woodstock July 9th,
1898.
The law relating to appeals from
appral sal $ reads as follows:
Sec. 1872. A person aggrieved by
the appraisal of the listers may,
within three DAYS after the day the
list is required by law to be returned
to the town clerks Office, appeal to
the board of civil authority in the
town where the real estate is situat-
ed, and shall give immediate notice
to the town clerk and to one of the
listers.
Sec. 1898. The town clerk shall
Immediately call Il meeting OF said
board. by posting notices in three
public places, giving not less than
SIX nor more than ten days notice
thereof; and said board shall hear
all appeals and their decision shall
he final.
Miss Mary F. Collamer went to
Rutland Wednesday.
Miss Bartlett has gone to the sum-
mer school at Cambridge, Mass,
which is in session for five weeks.
The New England Telephone
and Telegraph company has given
notice that i, will pay the taxes lev
led by the government on telephone
messages over its wires without any
additional charges to its patrons.
The telegraph companies have
raised the rate of all messages one
cent to reimburse them for the one
cent tax. The express companies
have made Il similar raise in the
price of sending express matter.
Henry w. Pelton, son of the late
Capt. Pelton of Woodstock, and
Miss Mildred F., daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. f. A. Ransden of Elm
W God, Mass, were married at that
place on Wednesday July 6~by Rev.
James NJ. Pullman of Lynn, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pelton are now here
on their wedding trip, the guests of
Charles c. Watkins, where they
will remain for a week or ten days.
MIR. Pelton, who was for severM