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


are visiting in Boston and Brooklin,:
for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin S. Billings
returned to New Work Tuesday.
Rev. =. Mcmillan, formerly pas
tor of the Congregational church
here, was installed as pastor of the
Edwards church, Northampton,
Mass, yeste, day. The program
was as follows: Reading of scrip
lures, Rev. &. II. Hanln of East
hampton; sermon Rev. DR.. p. S.
Moxom OF Northampton; installing
PRAYER, Rev. E. G. Cobb of Flor
ence; right hand of fellowship, Rev.
II. T. Rose of Northampton charge
to pastor, DR.. George w. Phillips
of Rutland, VT. the charge to the
people, DR.. Paul Van DYKE of
Princeton, n. !.
Rev. George r. Johnson will
preach at St. James tomorrow.
A. Z. Ordwav went to Randolph
Wednesday to play with Beetles
orchestra at the musical festival.
Rubber boots and shoes advanced
five per cent last week, making n
total advance OF about 20 per cent
since the formation of the ing rni,
Der trust IN the spring. Markln-
toshes and other rubber goods were
advanced 10 per cent in September.
The advance is explained by the
manufacturers and wholesale dealer 5
by the statement that prices prevail
ing before the organization of the
trust were almost ruinouS owing TO
the fierce competition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert \. Perkins,
who have been spending several
weeks ut their mountain camp near
Shrewsbury pond, are in town and
will soon move INTO the stone house
adjoining ". :. Hewitt'S.
MIR. and Mrs. lanes -. Aitkcn
returned from their wedding trip
this week and are now al george
.Aitken's for few weeks.
The local stars are talking of Il
foot ball game with Il Dartmouth
team on Vail field Thanksgiving
day, and the sold guard of former
glorious triumphs on the gri'lron
will probably be out to1 practice in
few days.
A. b. Jaquth lost Il horse by sick
ness few days ago ia faithful ami
NAL that had been in harness nearly
thirty years.
Edward Z. Ryder is at +. II.
Reeds. He will go to California
the coming winter.
There was a sociable at the Uni
versalist church parlors Thursday
evening. The y. =. c. L. will 81, e
"measuring" party at the pa,lors
next Thursday evening.
Rev. L. &. Drouhin attended the
funeral of Bishop DcGoesbriand
in Burlington Tuesday. Rt. Rev.
John S. AIichaud is now Bishop of
Burlington and the head of the
Catholic church in Vermont. When
he was ordaine,i as coadjutor bishop
in 1892, it was with the right OF Sue
ccssion to the hishopric, should he
outlive Bishop DeGoesbriand.
Nh. and Mrs. White of Northamp-
ton, Mass, are at +. b. Merrill's.
Rawlins Lowndes, assistant city
engineer of Waterbury,, Conn, i,
here in charge of the survey OF the
village authorized by the special
meeting held recently to consider
the question Of a sewerage system.
The work, which was given to X.
A. Cairnes, chief engineer of Water
bury, began this week.
The Windsor lodge of kehekahs
drove up Wednesday AFTERNOONS and
was entertained by the local lodge.
The program included hne excm-
plifcation Of the work of the order
by the Woodstock lodge, banquet
and social hour.
w. II. Mitchell has been in New
York for ten days.
Several big trout from Lakota
lake are now splashing around in
Postmaster Chapman's aquarium.
They are very handsome specimens.
though much larger ones have re-
gently been caught at the lake.
"Mckinlcy," the beautiful deer
which has for several wears been the