Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

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ont of town. and it was one of the
most delightful social events of the
season. The dancing began with a
german, led by Mr.. L. D. Chandler
and Miss May Johnston, the favors
being appropriate to St. Valentines
day.
Bishop A. {. Hall. who was to
have officiated at st. James tomor-
row. is detained in Boston bv illness
aud there will be no services at the
charch.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. O'Byrne OF
Savannah were guests of Capt. Ell
ton a. Smith from Saturday till
Wednesday morning. They came
north hoping to see rouslng snow
storm and were not disappointed.
George c. Randall Post will hold
camp fire at their hall on the even.
ing of Feb. - at 7 o'clock, with a
general invitation to all G. a. RS,
old soldiers. w. X. C.'s, and each
can bring a friend.
a volume of poems, entitled "Day
Dreams" by Anna NJ. Batchelder,
IS in press. and will be out March 1.
They will be on sale at Clark's and
Whites book stores.
" alter Wood was in town Satur-
day on his way to Burlington, where
he has Il position with the New En-
gland Telephone and Telegraph
company.
f. b, Merrill is going to build a
new house the coming season and
has let the contract for the building
to a Springfield man. He intends
to sell his present residence and
have it removed.
The directors of the State fair to
be held at Billings Park next fall
have received from G. II. Mass of
Woodstock an offer to place in the
hands of the secretary or treasurer
$50, to be offered in premiums as
follows: For the first best display
and collection of vegetables, $50;
for the second best, $40; for the
third, $50; for the fourth, $40, and
$40 for the fifth Vegetables en-
tered under this offer must be grown
from seeds purchased of Mr.. Mass
and exhibited at the fair, Sept. IL,
q and II. Professional gardeners
are dcbarrcd from entering into COM
petition.
Clinton Rowland got into trouble
Thursday evening after slight
ovcr-,ndulgencc in liquor. In the
alley way between Smiths and Liv-
ingstone's stores he began to kick and
abuse one of John Bradley's dogs.
At polite warning to let the dog
alone he made 4 pass at John, who
avoided the lrnge and tipped How
land over with smash in the face.
y complaint was made against
Rowland and he was arrested. AT
Il hearing Friday afternoon fine OF
$40 anu costs of Sill was imposed,
to be paid within Fl hours with the
alternative of 20 days in jail.
John Bartlett was arrested in
Pomfret bv Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Thursday, charged with breaking
the game laws. 1t is claimed that
he shot Il deer illegally some time
last fall. Ills bail was fixed at
SloO, in default of which he remains
IN Jail. He came from New York
state about year ago and has since
worked in West Hartford, Barnard
and Pomfret.
Alonzo Thurston of Hartford was
committed to Jail here Friday after.
noon by Deputy Sheriff Peck fo'
not making Il proper disclosure In Il
liquor case before Justice y. ].
Darrah at Hartford.
Miss Nellie Edith kcmpton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra
kempton, and Mr.. Edward Lovejoy
of West Lebanon, y. H., were mar
ried at the home of the brides par.
ents last "Wednesday evening. Rev
p. Mcmillan performed the cere
mony. the bride and groom standing
beneath an arch of evergreen sur
rounded by palms. MIR. Frank
Durham of Clarcmont, y. H., was
best man and Miss Bertha kempton
was bridesmaid. The house was
filled with guests and the bride re.
ceived a large number of handsome
presents.
\ ROWLING STORM.
The blizzard of Monday ami Mon
day night can only be compared to
the storm of 'SS. The fall of snow
was not us great as that of a year
ago, but the high wind and low tenn.
peraturc made it record breaker ir
many disagreeable features. Roads
III all directions were blocked and in
places back on the hills many farm
crs say the snow was never SO badly
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