Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-14
BETHEL.

years superintendent OF the Bethel
Shoe company, will go to New York
Feb. to accept an important situa.
ton with Morse Il Rogers. the larg-
est shoe jobbers of that city. He
has acquired large interests here
during his residence in town and he
will relinquish none of them. He
will probably retain his house rs a
summer residence and he will still
have his share in the shoe company
and electric company. AS superln-
tendent of the former and treasurer
of the latter, and director of both,
he has been closely identified with
the industrial development of the
town.
Edward Strong, a former clerk
for A. \. Brooks and NJ. Sylvester,
now for many years Il successful
merchant in Jamestown, n. d., and
Mrs. Strong were in town Thurs
day. They are east on two
months trip. Mrs. Strong is a sis
ter of Representative w. b. Wall
of Randolph.
Misses Hilda Telford and Eliza
beth Dreamer went Monday to Mon
treal, where the latter is attending
the convent of the Sacred Heart.
Mrs. E. F. Wilson was with her
aunt, Mrs. Kate Wills of South
Royalton, the last fortnight of that
lady's long illness terminating in
her death last Monday. :ohe came
home Tuesday but returned to attend
the funeral which occurred Wednes-
day afternoon.
Miss Mary Kinball gave pleas
ant soclable under Christian En-.
dcavor auspices at her fathers resi-
dence Tuesday evening.
Last Tuesday the shareholders of
the White River National bank in
their annual meeting elected the fol-
lowing directors: w. b. G Stick
ney, A. A. Brooks, j. r. Upper,
]. O. Belknap and Z. "A. Davis.
The directors then chose w. b. c.
Stickney president and e. A. Davis
cashier.
After a years retirement George
E. Clark has bought back the bar
Der business which he sold last Jam
uary to E. II. Ashley. The latter
returns to Waterbury.
Hiram Dean of Gaysville filled
up his coal stove last Saturday night,
forgetting to replace the top of the
stove. Abont noon Sunday he awoke
and found the house full If coal gas
and his wife and aged mother in a
stupor from which they were not
aroused tor several hours. All three
have fully recovered.
The body of the late Mrs. Marinda
Tisdale OF Swampscott, Mass, was
brought here last Saturday and bur-
led at the Ranney cemetery in Stock
bridge. Her father, the late Dustin
Bowen, is we'll remembered as one
of the familiar local figures of the
last generation.
One of the Oldest residents of
South Stockbridge passed away
Tuesday, in the person of Joseph
Newell, who had grippe first and
then pneumonia. He was born in
the same neighborhood in which he
died in his Sgd year. Four sons and
a daughter survive him. For some
years he had made his home with
his son Albert, whose wife is 4
daughter of Selectman w. II. Ed
munds of this town.
In the vital statistics for 1898 fur
nished by Town Clerk w. r.
Adams, the village again shows
up favorably, proving its unusual
healthfulness. OF 81 deaths ii oc-
Cured in the graded school district
and 20 outside, while of 80 births
the graded school district is credited
with IL against 9 for the town dis
trict. The population of the two
districts are about equal. The male
births outnumbered the female, Is
to II, as might be expected IN war
time. August was the most fatal
month with seven deaths and March
ranked next with six. The oldest
person who died during the year
was Mrs. Caroline Dulton Wood
worth, aged So years and ? months.
X. p. Stockwell, who for some
time has represented the National
Life Insurance company, has accept
ed general agency for the Pruden-
tial of Newark, N. J. His territory
is the nothern half of Vermont.