Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-09

falling ~ the ground ~ u tangl'
Of broken wheels, Their head
struck in the collision and Stevens
received bad cash over the RICH
eye, his wrists and one leg wer'
bruised and sprained and he lay
there insensible, Ruso escaped with
less injury, but he also was cut over
one eye and his face was terribly
bruised and swollen. lie was able
to get up, while Stevens was carried
into Woodruff's store, u physician
summoned, and he was later taken
home, Russo Is employed in ".
T., Views bicycle shop, lie got
another wheel-the two In the COLI
sion were badly demoralized-and
attempted to ride to his boarding
place, hut was too dizzy to keep his
seat long.
Kenneth Seayer Is at home from
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology, where he has completed a
course in civil engineering,
Charles Is. Chase visited his
daughter, Miss Elsie Chase, in Mer-
iden, \. H., last week.
Miss Nina King was at home from
Randolph and Miss Minnie Merrill
from Brattleboro to attend the w.
IL. :. commencement exercises.
The local branches of the |. o. o.
+. will attend the Universallst church
Sunday morning, when the pastor
will preach Il memorial sermon.
Romeo {. Clough has been par
doncd from state prison by Gov.
Smith. lie had served three years
Of q iive-yedrs sentence for an
assault on two Assyrian peddlcrs ut
Norwich. There are others con.
nectcd with the offence and it was
claimed that Clough's part was only
Il minor one
Rev. and Mrs. NJ. Il. Morrill,
started Thursday from Rye, y. H.,
where they attended the New Eng.
land Christian conference, for the
west, and will visit Wahpeton, S.
ID. Mrs. Frank Shaw, Mrs. Nor
man Smith and Mrs. Lucy Wilson
OF West Woodstock will accompany
them on their trip west.
Mr. and Mrs. +. l.. Kiddci and
Mrs. Il. l.. DYKE attended the New
England Christian conference at
Rye, n. H., this week.
VIM. ]. Sayward is at home from
Boston, and after spending week
or two here will 60 to New York,
where he has a position as draughts-
man. Mrs. Plinv Hamilton of New.
port, his sister. and Mr.. Hamilton
are expected this week, making the
trip by carriage. {
The July dividend of the Ottau.
4uechce Savings bank is one and
:hree quarters per cent S
There will he no services at ST.
James church to morrow, owing to Il
he repairs in progress there. Rev.
Mr.. Ewing is attending the con-
exercises at the Berkeley u
Theological seminary at Middle
own, Conn. this week. q
James S. Brownell and friend, ,
Mr.. Crosbrook, of Norwich Univer- =,
ity, were here to attend the High
school class day and graduation day b
Exercises. They came from North S
ield on their wheels and return
Saturday. fl
Mrs. Frank Morrill, of Berwick, :"
de-, who has been spending some .,
ime with Mrs. Mary Morrill,, re- "
llrned home on Friday. &C
In the annual report of the John
-rerar library of Chicago, for the
ear 1899. is memorial of the late y,
PRESIDENT of the corporation, Nor M
nan Williams. 1t is an eloquent
rbute TO his ability and high char
cter, and concludes as follows:
"Many are the men whom the ~,
ireen Mountain State that bore g.
norman Williams has given to our %
itv. Its rugged hills, its patriotic :"
additions. its colonial history, its &c
oundness OF faith, its heroic re. r.
ponses in every struggle OF the Re- -
uhlic, develop a manhood whose '"
,flucnce in professional and busi. "
e>s pursuits has been incorporated ""
ITO the very fibre of our citv's life. 81 81
$40 the number of these men ~
ho have joined the majority do we !.
ow add the name of one, the genial ~. W.
ght OF whose countenance, the w
eautv of whose character. and the
'armth OF whose friendship will TIC
yer dwell with us-Norman Will w
ans be
Ralph M. Tewksbury is at home o
ON the Boston Dental college for an
&c summer.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. II. Owen, II
RS. a. NJ. Brooks and Miss Lever ne