Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-04

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business and took possession Aug. l.
A portable desk telephone has
been placed in the Ottauquechee
Savings bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. w. Sabin OF
orookline, Mass, are at the Inn.
Mrs w. l.. Wood of Burlington
has joined her husband here.
The Woodstock Inn is to have a
Gray "automatc" in its telephone
pay station booth an arrangement
similar to slot machine for receiv.
ing pay from patrons for the use of
the instrument.
{. w. Scarf of Burlington, spec
ial agent of the New England Tele-
phone company and Il poet OF con-
siderable caibre, was in town Mon
day.
Albert l.. Powers is expected
home from Northampton, Mass,
Monday for vacation of two weeks.
5. B. whitney of Boston is spend
ing his vacation here, arriving We'd
ncsday.
Misses Ellen and Alice Jones are
at home from Gloucester, Mass.
Mrs. G. ]. Ives mas returned from
Franklin, Mass, and is with Ter
mother, Mrs. Eliakim Johnson.
Miss Godfrey of Hampton Falls,
\. H.. is the guest of Mrs. F. S.
Dana.
Mr.. Frederick Barnes Pingree
and Miss Helene tombstone Sloan,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Sloan of Dover, y. H., We're mar
ried at Dover Wednesday, July 18TH.
Both are former residents of Wood
stock and are pleasantly known
here. Mr.. Pingree is deputy clerk
of Windsor county and is practicing
law at Chester.
Mrs. Clara Duthoit is expected
here from England in Il few weeks
and will make her home here with
her uncle, Thomas Smith.
Arrivals at the Inn:
Boston-Miss L. Johnson, l.. II.
II. Johnson, Mrs. Phineas b. Smith,
Miss Smith, Miss Bertha Z. Smith,
MIR. and Mrs. JOS. fl. Gray, Miss
Gray, Miss B. {. Gray.
PhiIadelphia-Ml. aud Mrs. VIM.
ii. Castle, Miss Edith G. Castle,
Miss Annette II. Castle.
New York -Mls. II. V. Tatum.
Miss Ruth Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs. f.
b.. Sexton.
Montreal-Lady Hickson, Miss
Mabel Hickson, II. n. dickson,
Miss Mary dickson.
MIR. and Mrs, F. 6. Crane, Dal-
ton, Mass. Miss Grace Richards,
Spokane, WASH; VIM. N. Camp
bell, Miss Marion Campbell, Chi.
cago; Mrs. J. II. Holiday, Miss
St. Louis; Miss Ruth
Cleveland, O.
The loan exhibition held by
the y. n. Il. at the Christian
church parlors Friday was visited
10y large number Of people and
was quite successful in every way.
The roo MS We're filled with many
interesting Revolutionary relics and
some of the contributions were of
great age. Many Of the great varie-
ty OF articles--old China, books, pic
lures, furniture, and household uten-
sils of the colonial period-had
history, very briefly outlined on the
accompanying cards. Two photo
graphs, one of Mrs. Sarah Chapman
Of Bethel and the other of Miss Lucy
Skinner of Royalton - both real
daughters of the Revolution and
both memhersIof Ottauquechee chap
ter-wcre prominently displayed.
Forrest a. Nye was returning on
his wheel from the South Pomfret
between 9 and 10 O'CLOCK,
Wednesday evening when he met a
rider in front of Horatio Thomas
place, coming up on his side of the
road,i II smashing head-on collision
1t was quite dnk night and the
crash came without any warning,
neither wheel carrying light. Mr..
Nye was thrown across the road and
while life was blank tor il moment
he did not lose consciousness. The
other rider lay where he fell, moan
ing. MIR. Nye could get no word
out of him for Il few moments, but
inally recognized him as Jacob Liv.
ngstone. The latter was able to
rise to his feet in a short time and
mount his wheel again, though bad
y dazed by the shock, the front
wheels of the two bicycles striking
'quarely in the collision. Neither
'ider got more than scratch or bluise
in the accident, but Mr.. Nle's wheel
was complete wreck, the rim of
he front wheel being smashed and