Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-05

MIR. and Mrs. Charles II. English
will move into the HAYDEN house on
Central street about Sept. list. HIS
son. Lewis English, will continue
the farm work.
DR.. and Mrs. Deane Richmond
dove up from Windsor Sunday.
Horace y. Bradev shot great
blue heron on &. Nj. Perrv's mead
ow, near the 'eddies," Thursday
afternoon. 1t measured / feet 3
inches in height, 6 feet from tip to
tip of wings and weighed three
pounds and Il half. The heron vas
a Young one. These birds are not
+ uncommon. but water BIRDS of this
size are seldom shot about here.
The great blue heron, the magazine
"l}irds" says, is we'll known as one
of the most characteristic of North
America, breeding, as it does. singlv
and in colonies from the Arctic re.
| gions southwark to the West Indies
and South Am erica. In the warm
er parts of the country it brec DIS in
vast hcronrics in company with
other species of herons, of which
there are eleven or twelve, to which
places they resort year after year.
1t is Il common bird except in locall-
/ ties far removed from streams or
ponds which furnish its food supply.
Base ball Observation-Disclosures VS..
Bethel. ut Bethel
The annual meeting and banquet
of the Lakota club was held at the
club house Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Chapman
of Philadelphia are visiting MIR.
Chapman's mother.
The members of the Country club
and II few guests enjoyed Il dance at
the club house on Tuesday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Frost of Clarcm ont,
\. III are ut Il. a. Picrcc's.
The State convention of the
Young Peoples Christian union will
b. held in Bethel August IS and 20.
/ The State convention of Universal
list churches will also he held there
Tuesday evening, August IS. and
holding until Thu slav evening.
The Woodstuc& and Bethel ball
game Saturday WAS ~on bv Bethel.
I3 to I. l he teams played quite
evenly for the first frW innings, but
the result was Of course Il dlSap-
pninlmcnt to the local rnoters.
, Bethel hrnu9h, along l'rcman for II
pitcher and he was fast enough to
puzzle the local men, whose lack of
practice is the only drawback to
winning ball. Desc was in the box
for Wonds;ock and pitched Il good
game.
Mrs. Harry W. French Of Dor
chester. Mass, is visiting her par
entS, Dr. and Mrs. !. NJ. Curr,er.
Mr.. French is expected today.
Mrs. John Foster and daughter of
Lynn. Mass, are ut w. ID. Fosters.
Rev. ". G.. Newell of Uncasville,
Conn, will preach at the Methodist
church tomorrow.
b. II. pinnev a. Co.., expect to
move their tinsmith business into the
Hatch block in about two weeks and
L. +. Wardwcll will move INTO the
store in the tlett her block vacated
bv them. Mr.. Wardwell has made
some improvements in the upstairs
tenement in the same block, bought
by him not long ago, and will reside
there.
United state Pension Agent
Hugh Henry has given the follow
ing facts about the pensions in his
district. win, ch includes tho states OF
New Hampshire and Vermont.
There are on the rolls of his agency
the names of 10000 pensioners.
There are 900 more pensioners in
Vermont than in New Hampshire.
The total account paid Out by him
during the wear is in round numbers
Sc 900, 900. Every three month s he
signs 20, 900 checks which will go
into every postotficc and hamlet in
| the two states.
: rhc Poultnev Journal has the fol-
lowing pleasant paragraph about 4
former resident OF Woodstock, of
whose success his friends will be
glad to hear:
". l.. Wood, representing the
New England Telephone Co., who
has spent several weeks in Pou!tney
in the interest of the company and
through whose efforts the list of
subscribers has been quadrupled,
left poultncv on Thursday of this
week for Montpelier, VT. Mr.. Wood
is Il gentleman who makes friends,
and at the same time serves his
company in Il solid and substantial
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