Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-03-24
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

The Electric Light company vii
put in Il new flume at its powe
house at Taftsville the coming sum
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen ID. Marcy
are IN Windsor, where the former
has employment on the Evarts place
q w. J. Boyce has been in Boston
this week.
4 Mrs. r. A. Perkins is in Boston
81 Mrs. c. w. Sabine and Miss Sa
binc OF Brookline, Mass, were guests
\ of MIR. and Mrs. II. p. Clark this
week.
Mrs. ]. G. Porter and Miss Por
ter went to Boston last week Friday.
E. F. Merrill went to BOSTON
Monday.
q DR.. F. 7. Kidder will join his
wife in New York in II Jew days.
Miss Pearl Sturtevant of Hartland
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
p. Marsh.
b. Z. Stockwell of Chester and
family removed here the past week
and Mr.. Stockwell has taken charge
OF the Hubbard barber shop which
he lately purchased. Mr. and Mrs.
Stockwell are occupying the Clough
house on River street.
b. H. Pinnev & Co. are ,etittins
the room over their shop, SO long
occupied by the late W. l.. Damon,
and will put in new floor, etc,
and it will then be rented. They
are considering the plan of putting
an addition ON the rear of the upper
room and using it as II shop, thus
giving them more space for their
show room on the first floor.
F. b. Dana, at the Billings green
houses, has recently secured an in
fcresting plant, the jatsopha, or wild
cassava. which is said to be etfica-
rious in the cure of leprosy. There
is nothing now to be seen but a stalk
about twelve inches high, upon
which are few green buds, but it
bears pink flower when matured.
The experiment station at Washing
pn is now engaged in cultivating
pc plant with view to its future
Tactical use in the Hawaiian
Stands. There are about 90 varie.
es of this plant. Another plant
ut found in many Conservatives is
be "streletzia," or "bird of para
ise"-hearing a yellow and blue
over, This has been in the green.
fuses many years and with four
and>omet sago palms and a large
range tree came from the old Tracy
reenhouses on Elm street. On the
jill about the greenhouses an
Tboretum was established last fail,
hich contains specimen of nearly
Pery tree and shrub growing within
RADIUS of 80 miles of Hanover, n.
:, and MIR. Dana says it is the in.
ntion to make the collection com.
etc as soon as possible.
Who makes sport of the wood
nck and his shadow? Six weeks
% today was Candlemas day.
bat day was bright, clear and cold.
he woodchuck saw his shadow and
bred for another six weeks hber-
hon. Almost every dav has been
ld or stormy, winding up !ester-
y with one OF the worst storms of
e winter. The woodchuck and
prophetic powers have been vim
fated Saturdays Montpelier Jour-
Mrs. Howard J. Brown. VINO has
IN visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Is. l. &. Mower, went to Ansonia,
nm. Thursday, acc ompanied by
aunt.
Miss Bertha S. Knapp went to
ston Friday to spend several days.
Dttauquechee Chapter, -. A. r.,
rented of Wan. S. Hewitt, agent,
front room on the third floor of
Munger block, over H. S. Dana's
r'rance office, for use as a chapter
m. 1t will be furnished and
ID up, newly papered and paint
ETC.. and made a very attractive
ce for the monthly gatherings.
e April meeting of the chapter
be held there.
rank ]. Simmons is fitting up