Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-21
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

Some of the local fishermen hav t
been m pursuit of ''red horse"
(which resembles a "sucker" some
What, this spring. a party went to
Barnard Il few nights ago, where the
A'red horse run up the brooks from
|)he lake at certain times. The brook
Is then damned up and the lubberly
&ictims are scooped out by hand,
3peared or hooked. The Woodstock
party returned with empty baskets,
nut saw one pickercl during the
Progress of the expedition.
b. l.. Pinney goes to the Hotel
Pemberton at Hull, Mass, for the
3.ason about the first of June. The
Indications are fol good season at
his house, though the war scare is
bid to have made difference in the
lumber of applications at some of
be sea shore resorts.
The meeting held ut the Christian
hurch last Sunday evening in the
hterest of the Mary Hitchcock Me-
borial hospital at Hanover was well
Blended. Prof. E. ]. Bartlett was
be principal speaker and he de.
4 tribed the work of this institution,
4 purposes and its claims on the
eople of neighboring communities.
+. o. w. Sherwin and Rev. F.
mmons also spoke briefly and at
close of the meeting collection
aid of the hospital was taken.
Miss Dora Davenport of Mendon,
Rss., is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
\. H. Pinney.
saac Rush Of Rupert is in Jail at
4 lnchester, having been arrested IN
Z buit brought by Philip Bull of
Fnby for private damages sustained
shooting affair ut Weston the
OF last July. The two men had
uarrel, Rush shooting Bull in the
-, and Bull now claims $3oco
images. The ease will be tried in
tland next September. Rush was
ID here on state complaint at the
term of court and was dis
Urged.
Edward Billings, now on his VA,
18th with the Third New Hamp-
Re regiment, writes home from Il
hnsylvania station that he and the
pr Woodstock boys "are all right
having a fine time seeing the
ltry. At every station there is Il
crowd, cheering and giving lis
IRIS and everything. We expect
10 to Tampa, Florida. We have
ned meats, bareback and coffee
(nt, and sleep in the sa ne car. :"
y expect to be five days on the
., having left Concord Tuesday
ming.
|Hold Payne, who has been SIM.
in 1.-THE Chorus Girl" company
New York, is expected home
week and after a short vacation
will join the sold Homestead
rtette."
he Woodst ,ck railway has laid Il
bred tons of new steel this
hg, covering little over mile
Rck.
iss Grace Woodward, who was
Jed IN IA carriage accident at the
Newton, Mass, station last
!, is improving, though she suf.
considerable pain.
lief Justice Jonathan Ross of
ohnsbury will preside at the
term of Windsor county court.
Fc are e3I cases on the law
et and IS on the chancery dock.
s cases are set for trial by jury
Jog by the court.
{. Johnson recently bought a
some Wilkes mare at Roches-
black, and stands 1872, weigh
$50 pounds. +. E. Richmond
new high-hooking team, hav-
bought bay horse from the
Fman estate to match the one he
BIT of Eugene Thomas Il few
ago.
mer Storie, Homer Pecor, CLYDE
Walter Houghton, Harry NJ.
tiler, Joe Lewis and Arthur
Roy Mcmillan will represent
gh school at the interscholastlc
pc meeting at HANOVER next
Nesday.
|itallons have been issued for
Fedding of Miss Annie Metcalf
y, daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
J. Dewey of Quechee, and
Peorge Elwood Mann, to take
June Ist a. the home of the
s parents nj - o'clocL