Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-01
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK

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\ Vermont singer well known i,
Woodstock:
1.-THE friends of Frederick W.
Bancroft will he Interested to know
that he recently appeared with sue
cess at a recital given IN Florence
Italy, before IA large and fashionable
audience. He SANG the "I>omanza
from the sec, nd act of Bizet's "Car-
men, and also in concerto numbers
from RoeSni's "NlcSsa Solennc.'
Saturday was the first of three
4 DAYS of snow. rain and mist. The
N ground was wei! whitcned during
|.'4h Saturday evening, the snow being
s)'c">v with moisture, and after a
change to rain in the evening more
snow tell during the night. \ misty
sort of drizzle kept umbrellas in use
all day Monday and the storm con.
tinued Tuesday. SIcighs were ont
Sunday and ON Monday the stage,
took to runners.
DR. George lIolhrook now ha.
an office in the Moore 4 kidher
| block.
Miss AIaudc +. Townsend goes
to White River Junction today To
spend a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Wilson and
daughter have gone to Newton.
Mass. for IL stay of several weeks.
IA K. w. Bo,cc is at home from the
&Bgl harvard veterinary college.
mi +. X. Wright scent SUNDAY here
with his family.
1 Ralph NJ. TewkSburv came Satnr.
day to spend Thanksgiving week.
!. l.. Dana went to Peabody,
Mass. Monday TO spend Thanks
giving, expecting to return l'rdav
Bills to pay Sheriff Thad ~.
Chap nan and Sheriff X. \. Splf-
tore! the sums therein named ior
catching Frank Shaw were passed
toy the Legislature Monday.
Rev. George l.. I.add. son Of
Mason w. l.ad.l of this place. pas
ton of the Congregational CHURCH at
W atclhnrN, read his letter of rcSy-
nation at Waterbury Nov II, the
resignation to take effect on Feb. Ist,
1904. MIR. I.add has been pastor of
the Congregational church in Water
bury for about three and Il halt wears
and has won many friends. The
resignation has not vet been accept
ed.
Frank Shaw, convicted OF the
murder of Deputy Sheriff Hoffman,
NNaN brought to Jail hcIe from Mont
Pellcr last Saturday. His case will
Be- heard again at the JANUARY term
the Supreme court.
Miss Leila Corey is at home, hav-
n9 finished successful term of
school in Hartland.
Charles Batchelder, clerk of the
state railroad commission. was in
own over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il l.. Pinnc> went
Milford, Mass, We ines law to
pen' Thanksgi They sail for
|rrnodl Dec. 9Th.
Mr., and Mrs. W. II. Brown spent
thanksgiving in Lynn, Mass, re-
lnnln. home Friday.
The sun appeared Wednesday
tier ,evcral days retirement and
with it came cooler weather. The
travelling has been about as bad as it
rould he. muddy and slushv, but the
roads have now stiffcncd up, and us
Soon as they are smoothed down Il
trlt'r. Il local horS.man SAYS, the hv-
trN will be able to step along SO ne
:, h, Whitney came up fro n B,s
tom t" spend Thanksgiving.
Manager George Aitken of BIZ
lms> farm has been appointed b,
Governor Stickney member OF the
State board OF agriculture, vice Y. |.
Spear whom the Legislature refused
10 confirm. The secretary of the
'"md IN a note congratulating MIR.
-Nthcn said there had always been Il
complaint that none of the members
The board know Il thing about agri-
u.turc. but that it was the intention
put the whole ut sincsS under MIR.
\'krn'> wing. MIR. Aitkcn will
'''anly make a competent member /
ne accepts the appointment. On |
iusS pertaining to farming and
N'"ck raising he is probably as we'll
posted as any man in the state.