Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-01-22
n AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

sleigh,ng party of about TWEEN
1ktudents from the West Lebanon,
WH., Grammar school, accompa-
\ I'd by their teacher, Miss Ida Nj.
lid, dined at the Inn last Satur-
Deer are interferi rg with fox
biting, say Bridgewater sports
b. Any dog that will chase
will chase deer and as deer are
ore plentiful, or are seen in greater
dmbers than ever now, hunters
I've to be very careful that their
,,nds do not strike a trail that may
r. d them into trouble.
NJ. S. Hewitt returned from Bos-
~ Friday.
Miss Helen Rannev of Boston
WIS here Saturday to attend the
fNheral OF Sarah NJ. Fletcher, re-
tsfning home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. E. Johnson
cIcsc tn cir house for the winter today,
living taken rooms at the Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. S. Eaton have
y<turned from Boston.
Frank II. Chapman of Rutland
Us been in town this week.
Mrs. F. A. Wilson gave whist
Hrty on Mondy.
#Dr. A. N. Logan has been con-
Ned to hts rooms with cold this
Week and M. c. Fairbanks is also
s0ffcring from cold.
miss Sybil V. Boynton entertained
! whist party on Monday evening.
Boys were skating o the sidewalks
Thursday afternoon, the walks hav.
ixg coat Of ice that r,atle it un-
pleasant and dangerous Tor petes-
tfians.
4 The arrival of the Rutland stage
IN hour ahead of the usual time has
sSrprised the patrons of the post
dice several times of late, allowing
- the hustling way the drive, over
Ne mountain, George Bradley, has
a getting his team over the ground.
lis passengers are surprised, too,
one of them remarking after Il par
tieularly quick slide down this side
q the mountain, that he'd never
Hken such a trip before in his life.
Mrs. F. T. Kidder gave an after
neon tea Thursday.
MRS. Aldrich of Cambridge,
ass, is the guest of her sister,
rs. p. Mcmillan.
Mrs. H. p. Clark entertained a
porty at whist Wednesday evening.
1here were five tables.
MIR. and Mrs. Payson n. Pierce
I've been visiting their daughter,
Ms. Horace Frost, in Claremont,
Mrs. George Aitken and Miss
Aknes Aitken are going to Scotland
4 Et month.
Mrs. ]. Nj. Hapgood entertained
arhist party OF four tables on Tues
evening.
BY the death of Sarah NJ. Fletcher
Dartmouth college gets $1,000
IN ougl the will OF Richard Fletcher,
ote of Boston's we'll known lawyers
enc years ago. In his will he left
300 to each of his thirteen nieces,
1ong whom were Miss Fletcher
81 her sister, Mrs. b. w. Rice,
Try to have the use of this sum
ling their lives. Two thousand
lars Of the sum the nieces were
owed to will away, as they pleased,
remaining $1,000 to go to Dart
Puth college. A. A. Ranney of
Pston is the surviving trustee of
fund.
Frank S. Payne has bought the
uble dwelling house on River
Pet owned by F. c. Southgate.
Judge VIM. Rounds, who died last
w$ek, was once in Barrett & Ira
cRs law Office and was admitted to
bar while here. From 1868 to
S he was probate judge for the
Strict of Windsor.
Billings farm teams have been
wing some big stones for use in
construction OF the new dam in
spring. Four horses pulled a
ton rock from East Barnard,
ERE the material is being quar-
d, the other day, its dimensions
ing I5x3 feet and IL inches thick.
bother slab is 7xS feet and four
hes through. The stones are
" under cover and will be cut
ring the winter in readiness for