Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-11-18


$. L. Downer of Falmouth, Mass.
Il guest of the Inn for severa
months, went to Boston Friday.
Miss Bradford and Miss Baker oI
Springfield, Mass, are at the Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Cakes oil
Windsor were the guests of Dr.. ant
Mrs. Burbridge over Sunday.
Rev. E. II Randall Of Poultncy
will otficiate at St. James church
tomorrow.
Mrs. Adeline l.. Weston died at
her home in Duxbury, Mass, Wed,
nesday, Nov. IS, surviving her hus-
band, George Weston, but IL few
weeks. She was born in Wood
stock, where she lived Unit! her re-
moval to Massachusetts some wears
ago. a daughter, Viola E. Weston,
residing at home, and two brothers
Marshall w. and Andrew NJ. Taft,
who live in Bridgewater, survive
her.
Allen Smith, son of Capt. E. ~.
Smith, is the victim of the first foot
ball accident of the season here.
Thursday afternoon he was play
ing in game between the local
junior athletes in field below the
railroad station. He was running
with the ball when he was tackled
and thrown, one bone of his right
leg being broken above the ankle.
Three or four of the boys brought
him us far rs the station, encounter
ing Il barbed wire fence on the way
under which he had to pass, and
though handled carefully as possible
the jolting was somewhat painful.
From the station he was taken home
in wagon. Drs. Logan and Nc
kee attended % the injury, an
obliquc fracture which does not
mend as readily rs an ordinary
break. The broken limb causes
considerable pam, but the young
patient is expected to rest more COM
fortably in few days.
DR.. o. w. Daley, grand lecturer
Of the grand lodge of Masons of the
state, announces that the annual
district convention of the craft of
Windsor county will be held Janu-
AIRY IL.
The society column of the Bosto II
Sunday Herald has the following
iIem:
The second engagement is that Of
Miss Ruth Harding, the daughter of
Mr.. Edgar Harding of the Union
and Eastern Yacht clubs, and Mr..
:. Boyer Davis OF Philadel phia.
The llardings, who Lave returned
to their house on Beacon street, have
been spending the summer at Wood
stock, VT, as Il change from their
cottage at Woods Hole, and it was
there that the young people first met.
MIR. Davis-whose mother is Il
daughter of Bishop Hare-is we'll
known in the Younger society set
here, Tor he is "A nephew of Mrs
John Lowell of Chestnut HILL.
where he has often visited, and also
a graduate OF the Harvard law
school. He is Il Princeton man.
Miss llarcing made her debut about
two Years or more ago. 1t will rbe
remembered what success she was.
with her piquant beauty, her petite.
svelte figure and her fascinating
manner. The wedding will be late
in Dec ember.
The steel girders for the town
hall have not arrived and there NAV
be Il suspension in brick laying I'M
less they get along in few days.
Nearly all the other material is now
on the ground. Two or three weeks
work, with favorable weather, will
finish the brick laying.
Miss O'Byrne went to New York
Friday on her way home to Savan-
nah
a sewer is being dug on the Bill
lings estate from the mansion down
on to the lower meadow.
The y. p. 6. Y officers elected
at the annual meeting held last
week are: President, Henrietta l..
Brown; vice president, Mrs. Earle
Slack treasurer, Clarence A: Sim
mons; secretary, Bertha S. Knapp.
Kip Van Wrinkle, the best known
piece OF American comedy, and the
popular specially OF Mr.. Joe )effer-
son, will be presented at the Metho-
dist church Wednesday evening,
Nov. 70, by Mr.. Edward H. Frye.
the gifted monologue artist, Il favor
ite before Boston and New York
audiences, under the auspices of the
winter entertainment course. Mr..
Frye has been enjoined by Appleton
Il Co., publishers, from presenting
"David Harum" in public, but the
legend of Sleepy Hollow will be
decidedly more enjoyable. Com
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