Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

lH ANU RBUU WUOUS LUX.
Il One of the persons accredited tC
thc "Pfllippinc commission" which
president Mckinley is to send out
t. investigate the islands, is Prof.
Worcester of the University OF
Michigan, who lcctured in Wood
stock last fall. He is Il brother of
George G. Worcester of Thctford,
Vt, and has travelled, hunted and
Hvcd in the islands for Il number of
Years. lie is now on his way
thithcr under special assignment
fro n the war department.
DR.. NJ. ii. Chandler, who has
Been quite i'll with the grip, is now
sRid to be improving.
Edward Ordway, who has been
confined to his house by illness for
some months, was out of doors
"Wednesday for the first time.
There will be no services at st.
Jamcs' church tomorrow.
III. G. Lockwood has resigned the
trcasurcrship of the Windsor County
agricultural Society after niue years
Of very faithful and able service.
No officer of the society has ever
dpnc more conscientious work. In
CHARLES II. English, the society Sc
cprcs an excellent official and worthy
sUccessor and the affairs of his de-
phrtment will be competently adj
uninistered.
"Lora," the little beagle puppy
Belonging to Elliott Brooks whose
disappearance was noted by The
Age two weeks ago, suddenly APP
peared to her delighted family and
friends last Saturday morning after
an absence of sixteen days. Her
looks indicated total abstinence
from food for some time and her APP
petitc which would have shamcd Il
pr;,iric coyote was evidence enough
that she hadn't been living any too
high. She was uncommunicative
but the my stcry of her disappearance
was soon solved. 1t turned out that
setcral workmcn at Park Cottage
while in the barn attached to the
prclniscs Saturday forenoon heard a
c9i,inc yclp, but at first they couldn't
locate the sound. The dog, how
eve. seemed to be in distress and
thy rummaged around and finally
Mtcd the trap door to the cellar.
Wm. Briggs dropped down INTO the
b6scmcnt and Il moment later passed
W "Lora,' weak and lettering but
@hly pleased at her liberation.
81 soon got her bearings and pat
tefcd off home. 1t is supposed that
hf dropped into the cellar from. Il
hOlc IN the wall on level with the
gafden and was unable to jump out
again. There were snow and water
inSDnc end of the cellar, but nothing
nahc way of food. "Lora" expects
toAppcar at the pet stock show next
month, when she may have more to
say about her sixtecn.days fast.
F'mes .Aitkcn. of Billings farm,
e1 carrier pigeon loose Thanks
giving day morning, to see if the
bird would return to its former home
nNew Jersey whence it had been
,rought here a few DAYS before. The
'lHcon rose. c,rcled about Il few
III cs and then struck bee line for
south Nothing has been heard
n the pigeon, however, and 1t is
" posed to have persisted in the
,,t storm of Thanksgiving week.
ne of the happicst couples who
ape here during the last term of
% IT to get 4 divorce was Young
na and young woman who "made
lp and went away still man and
y11f. The scene Of the rcconcilid-
iu4 was the Inn, where they were
suStS. and everyone knew what
va up. There wac another brief
lu4 rcl-a little onc-betwccn the
VIZ on their way to White River
u1ftion, but again they became
e&Dlcllcd and at last accounts there
ecuncd tc bc nothing to mar their
az lal happiness.
;'rtin ). Myers moved his family
~ household goods to West l.eba-
\. H.. Thursday. Mr.. Myers
Nw in the employ of Hart \
lbs, Utica. y. ", firm dealing
nNirnaceS and heaters, as travelling
sman. The firm is talking of