Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-04


and repairing and will have to rush
work IN order to get what he has on
hand ready for the opening OF the
season. He is now storing about
one hundred machines and more are
coming in. Bicycles are little
lower in price this year and good
one can be bought for from $40 to
$50.
Sliding in the village is attended
with some peril for man and beast
Last week Thursday evening Charles
Nav, with his wife, was coming
from down the river, his wife being
in the sleigh with him, and when in
front of VIM. Billings house at
Kings corner down the hill came
two boys on sleds. Instead of keep
ing straight on their course they
turned at the corner and nearly ran
into Mr.. Mays team. The horse
jumped, overturning the sleigh and
emptyins out the passengers, but
MIR. May held on and brought
the horse to standstlll. No one
was injured but the sleigh sufferd
some damage.
The children at the Stanton street
school have always used the steep
hill there as sliding ground, but
the sport has been stopped, for the
present at least. A few days ago
Ezra Kempton was driving a one
horse team loaded with wood toward
his house half way up the hill when
the horse fell in the slippery road
way worn smooth by sleds and horse
and load beat retreat for few feet
down the bank. The accident was
reported to the trustees and the chill
dren will have to look for another
coasting place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. ]. White are
expected home from Philadelphia
this week.
VIM. N. Campbell, writing from
Rancho dc Sahuaro, Glendale, Ari-
IONA, encloses view of the "Sahua-
70 Golf Links" which he has cstab-
lished there. The place resembles
Il section of billiard table, dry and
trceless, with cactus sticking up
here and there. The rabbits and
coyotes, he says, think golf queer
business.
The Springfield, Mass, Republic
can of Feb I'd says:
A. F.. Lerchc. for IS years en-
ployed in CT aries p. Alden's drug
store, and for eight years head clerk,
has bought the business of John p.
Merrill at $50 Main street, taking
control Yesterday. w. c. Cowan,
for some time clerk in |. r. Barker's
drug store, becomes head clerk for
Mr.. Lerche. Mr.. Merrill's future
plans are not made, but he will
enter some other line of business.
Bishop Hall will visit St. James
parish and preach the first Sunday in
Lent, Feb. 70.
Geo. l.. Myers, representing the
firm of Richardson & Boynton, left
Friday for tr,p of several W eeks IN
northern New Hampshire.
The entries for the poultry show
are a complete success. The exhibit
will cover all the leading or staple
varieties. including ducks, geese and
turkeys, fancy bantams, polish, gold
and silver wvandottes, etc. Hand
some cats, dogs and puppies, dressed
poultry and eggs are more than well
represented. Those who do not at
tend this show will have cause for
regret The show will lie open to
the public Wednesday and Thurs
day OF next week.
For Id days in January the mer-
curry ranged from zero to 81 degrees
below--two weeks of unusually cold
weather even for Vermont. The
temperature for these II days was as
follows, the figures indicating the
number of degrees below zero:
o. t, 8, s. IL, IL, II, IS, 10. II, Il,
%. 80, 81. The lowest record was
on Jan. II.
J. J. kneen and H. l.. Jones
turned lower Pleasant street into a
race track a few days ago and sew
eral warm heats followed. MIR.
knccn's horse was surprise to the
talent, as he dstanced Mr.. Jones
high stopper and then defeated
Henry Perkins with comparative
ease
The ladies' afternoon whist club
met with Miss Alice Dewey in Que
chez Friday.
The annual Fireman's ball was
held Friday evening and was a
pleasant and successful affair.
Deputy Sherffs Kiniry of Wind
sor and Lowell of Springfield arrived
in town Friday morning and pro-