Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
A party from Woodstock attended

Mr.. and Mrs. |. II. Whitcomb and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Brown
and Miss Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Il. Nancy, MIS-. Pattle Woodbury..
MIR. Emma Smith. Miss Katharine
Welch and Miss Adlie Paul.
DR.. Hurlburt and family are en-
pectcl to arrive at their summer
home here in about two weeks.
Through misunderstan ding the
High school was represented at the
Dartmouth Intcrscholastic meet by
only two members, Erwin Fraser
and Frank Osmer. With Il broken
bicycle Fraser got third place in the
two.mile race, Osmcr showing up
well.
Among the weeks arrivals at the
Inn are Miss Kate de + Prentice,
Mr.. and Mrs. w S = Prentice, Miss
Eleanor Prentice, Mrs. II a Den-
son, Miss Dcnison, New York; Mrs
p I.undv, Miss Lundv, Edward ii
Williams, f G Carey. Philadelphia;
Mrs. |. G French. Miss + 6 +
Bovd, Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. w l.
Malcolm, Beatrice | Malcolm, Geo
III Malcolm, Mrs. NJ A Hoag, New
York.
The Lebanon. y. ii, Free Press
SAYS that the Ascutney Congrega-
tional club will take an outing to
I this place next Monday. y RE
ception and Welcome" will be given
the president, DR.. Tucker. in the
parlors OF the Inn at go. Oppor-
tunitv will then be offered to visit
points of interest about Woodstock.
The dinner will be served at the Inn
at 6 30. DR.. Tucker will give an
address in the music room after the
dinner, and Rev. MIR. Mcmillan and
Others Will speak.
b. ID. | icknor, one of the propri-
ctors of the Berkshire Inn, Great
Darlington, Mass, and wife. are ut
the Inn.
Rev. Chas. S. Hale of Clarcmont
will otficiatc at St. James church on
Sunday next.
The class day exercises of the
Woodstock High school class of 80
were held Thursday afternoon at the
school building The program was
very sac .csStuI, carried out, the
musical and literary features being
especially well rendered. The grad
lllting exercises were held Friday
afternoon at the Congregational
church.
George Aitken was IN Windsor
recently looking over +. \. Ken
ncdy's electric plant, Billings farm
being about to install quite an en-
ten>ivc plant here. 1t is the inten-
ton to light all the buildings on the
estate and utilize the power for run
ming machinery wherever required.
Billings tarn recently sent pair
o homing pigeons to Homer ".
Vail in Pomtret. They were Young
birds and had never been ont of
their nest when they We're put into
Il closed bag and thrown into the
wagon which carried them to North
Pomfrct, apout nlne miles away.
n dav or two afterwards the pi gcons
were seen hving about the barn here
from which they were taken. 1t
was thought hardly possible that
they we're the same birds when first
seen, but through the telephone it
was learned that they were missing
tom MIR. Wallis place. That they
were able to find their way back is
considered quite Il re narkablc IN
stance OF the homing instinct in the
pigeons.
1t is rumorcd that the Boston par
ties who own controlling interest
in the Woodstock Electric Company
have sold out to the Mascoma Elec-
trio Company OF Lebanon, y. III.
The New England Telephone
tompany's gang of 10 men engaged
in setting poles for the new line
campcd on Perrv's meadow this
week and have completed the work
to this village The worl; of string
ing wire between here and White
River Junction will begin at once
and from here to Rutland the wire
will be strung as fast rs the poles
are set, the wire following about Il
mile behind the gang with the poles.
DR.. T. lwaad III. Williams of Phil
adclphia is in town tor Il few days.
:. l.. l>iner returned to New
York Thursday.
The Green Mountain Association
of Universalists will held its annual
meeting at Gaysvillc next Wedncs-
day and Thursday. Rev. J. +.
simmons. Miss Knapp. secretary,
and others from WoOdstock will