Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-07-01
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK

IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK
Col. Crosby Il. Miller was at the
Miller homestead at Pomfrct over
Sunday. He leaves Waterford, Ct.,
is present headquarters, for San
+ francisco July 5th, and on the 18th
Eill sail for Manila, where he is to
+ chief quartcrmaster under Gen
I Atis.
Mr.. Sylvester of West Woodstock
itched up his team few days ago
nd came down to this village with
lis wife on pleasure and business
Ic drove about town and after an
hour or two here started for home.
bn the way he stopped to speak to
passing team when he heard Il
ittlc rustling under the wagon seat,
md taking look he found Il moth
zerly old hen serenelv sitting on II
omfortable nest undisturbed hv the
novelty of an out OF town visit.
MIR. Sylvester let her alone and she
Settled blisstullv on her eggs again
&for the remainder of the journey
&homc.
Il One or two changes If tine went
q Into effect ON the Woo Is ock RAJ
Way this week Tuesday. The early
mor,ling train now leaves here at
! Is 20, 10 minutes earlier, and the late
AFTERNOON train arrives ut SOP.
The New England telephone COM
Rpany's gang moved Tuesday from
#Ha,tford up to West Woodstock
Tand pitched camp i'll Wales n.
Johnson's pasture. The poles on
the new line are now wired from
the Junction to this place and the
3wirc will be strung from here
Edwards Rutland as fast as the poles
/ ARE set.
Miss Laura Montague is at home
from. Boston accompanied by her
friend, Miss Bowkcr.
Miss Madeline Smith went to
Winchester, Mass, Thursday, to
remain st, cral weeks.
Miss Frances S. Sou,hgate gave a
tea Saturday afternoon in honor of
her friend. Miss May Morgan.
a new rule affecting post offices
requires that all printed matter
mailed with insufficient postage be
held and not sent out from the Office
at which it is mailed. 1t is ncces-
sary that those sending matter of
this kind through the mails be care
full to put on enough stamps to carry
the packet properly. The rule is
promulgated as the result of an in
vestigation in which it was found
that at some offices three times us
much revenue was derived from the
mail held tor postage as iro II that
which proved to be properly stamp.
cd.
Mrs. +. $. Dana and children OF
Brookllnc, Mass, are at their home
here for the summer.
Mrs. Norman Williams. her son
Norman and General and Mrs. Wes-
ley Merritt left Monday morning 70.
their summer home ut Little Bears
Head.
Barney, the we'll known PAGER,
who Eolds the record, Ell, II. on
the track here, will not be seen on
any track controlled by the National
association for year. Barney, his
owner and driver. have been sus.
pended for queer work at Nashua,
\. H., last week Friday.
Miss Pitkin will begin her draw.
ing and painting classes MONDAY.
July the third.
Alden Rogers of Q1,echee, one OF
ii. II. Daniels teamsters, had ba,
accident Just above East Barnard a
few days ago. He was driving &
heavily loaded lumber team near O.
q. BugbceS and in some WAY TN,
team worked toward the edge of the
road and went off down the bank
the horses going through fence il,
the tumble. The load tipped fairl,
over, throwing MIR Rogers, one arm
being broken. but he received n,
serious injuries. The horses wer,
not hurt.
+. II. Gillingham was in Boston
this week.
+. {. Southgatc and Richard ut
tended commencement exercises a
Dartmouth this week. MIR. South