Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-19


+, Z, Richmond has sold his bay
PAGER "Meade Carpenter" to NJ
Whitcomb, Mr., Richmond expects
to move into his new quarters In &
NJ, Perry's barn on Elm street neN'
Monday,
On the invitation OF Dr. Sherwin,
DIR, O, W, Daley and Sheriff spat'
iord Of White River Junction, with
o, L, Taylor and Ernest Gilman
had q days fishing At Lakota Mon
day, taking out 81 pc unds OF trout
William Batchelder was In town
Monday and Tuesday to attend q
hearing before Judge 7. O. Seave'
in probate court in regard to the
will Of Anna Bradley, contested b,
her husband and heiIs. William
and Henry +, Hollis of Concord aP'
peared for heirs of Mrs Bradley, and
William L. Johnson and Henry g.
Sargent Tor Mr.. Bradley and heirs
contrasting the will. Judgement has
not been rendered.
st, James parish elected officers
At the annual meeting held Monday
evening Ms follows'
Vestrymcn, lanes d. Jones, Al
vim Hatch. George W. Paul, Fred
crick Chapman, Charles +. Chap
mau, !. Read Pember, Henry /,
Gleason; clc,k, Frederick w. Will
der; treasurer, James B, Jones'; col
lector, Charles +, Chapman; dele
gates to the annual convention at
81. Johnsbury next June, James Is.
ZONES, Charles +, Chapman; alter.
mites, Frederick Chapman. Read
Pcmher. james b. Jones was elect.
cd senior warden, George w. Paul
j,mior warden and secretary.
As to the New York state record
OF the Shaws an exchange says:
1t seems that some three years ago
while they were in New York state
IN officer attempted to arrest young
Shaw for some minor offense when
Shaw struck him with IN iron pin
like n car coupling pin, and escaped.
The blow cracked the officers skull
and he died s>mc time afterwards
from the effects of it. The New
York officers recently found that he
was in the Woodstock Jail and were
about to make out papers for his ar
rest and removal to New York state.
presumably on the charge of killing
the officer, when young Shaw heard
of it and broke Jail.
Mrs. Hannah Hagar Montague
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. William Davis, on High street,
early Saturday morning, May IL,
after weeks illness uf pneumonia.
She was SO years of age and since
her marriage to Norman Montague
in 1874 has resided in Woodstock,
with the exception of few years
spent elsewhere. Her husband died
in 1904 and she has since made her
home with her daughter. She was
born in iIardwick in 1890, and was
the daughter of John and Hannah
Hagar. but her home has been. in
Woodstock since she was twelve
years of age. She was Il most es-
Unable woman. Ter surviving
children are: Mrs. William Davis,
Mrs. L. =. TcwkSbury, and David
Montague, of Gardner, Mass, two
dau shtcrs, Ella H., and Carrie E.,
diving when quite young. Funeral
services were held on Monday alter
noon, attended by Rev. NJ. Il. MOI.
rill. interment being in River street
cemetery.
The voters of Woodstock will as.
semble in the new town hall tor the
first time on Saturday, May 2o, for
the transactioun of a little important
business, to hear few speeches.
short oncs-and incidentally to in
s,,ect the handsome new meeting
roam. The selectmen have posted
IA warning for the meeting, the prin-
cipaI article reading as follows:
"First-To see if the town will
vote to huild Il highway bridge at
West Woodstock, near the Benson
q Johnson saw mill.
The trustees of the Norman Will
liams public library are constrained
to call attention to the repeated an
noyances caused by small boys or
the grounds about the building
nearly every evening. The racke,
is kept up by the playful youngsters
in spite of continued warnings and i
is gross abuse of the library as
we'll as an annoyance to the librarian
and her assistants and to the patron.
of the library. The trustees say tina
the nuisance cannot be tolerated
much longer, and the privileges OF
the library, which the small bows
would be sorry to lose, will be de-
MED them if it continues.
Charles Boyce, young farmer o
Woodstock, has bought the oh,
Ward i'll ace, & acres, in Barnard.