Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-14
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK

" A. E. Ordway received a letter
q Thursday from his brother, f. b.
Ordway, dated Liverpool, July :,
saving that his steamer arrived there
Sunday morning, july /, after fine
trip.
Mrs. VIM Il. Smith of Scranton,
Il Pa, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
n w. II. II. Moore.
u Miss Bessie Scmple of St. Louis
n is at Mrs. Richmond's.
M Miss Mary &. Dana of Brookline,
's Mass, arrived Wednesday.
MI Mrs. Charles Billings and son
WI Frederick of Fitchburg, Mass, are
N the guests of Mrs. F. n. Billings.
n DR.. and Mrs. F. II. kidder and
M Mrs. G. b. Warren moved this week
M Thursday into their newly rebuilt
IA house on Elm street.
Isl Ernest Slack has entered the en-.
II ploy of Geo. w. Smith a. Son of
H White River JUNCTION as travelling
n representative and began his new
n work Tuesday. Clarence Day takes
his place as clerk in E. X. Stacks
store.
4 The Franklin, Mass, Sentinel OF
n July 3, says of the late Charles ].
n Mckenzie:
II "Nlr Mckenzie was in many re-
III spects rare man. He was of Il
81 quiet disposition, unostentAtious to a
III degree, open, frank, Il hater OF shams,
IA firm friend, and had ever kindly
n word for every one. Perhaps no
man in town had more friends than
he, and no friend had they more
worthy. lie loved friendship for its
own sake, and cared nothing for
social or political power. Again and
again his friends desired HIM to take
office, always to be met with tie
same answer; he preferred to serve
in Il less conspicuous way, hut no
less to serve.
"He was thorough business man,
giving by nature that attention to de-
tail which makes for success, and so
long as he was blessed with good
health made himself felt in the manu-
featuring world. He was possessed
of excellent judgement, was Il sound
adviser and keen Judge of men. His
co,nscls We're wise and safe and much
4 sought after, rs evidenced by the
n many positions of trust which he
y held. His charities were far greater
than any one knew
Ex. Gov. w. p. Dillingham; of
n Waterbury was in town Monday.
ii. S. Peck of Burlington register
ed at the Inn Wednesday.
~ DIR. Robert L. Purple, who has
had several years valuable experience
in Massachusetts hospitals, is to be
gin practice here and his office will
bc in b. ii. Pinney's block on Elm
street, in the rooms formerly occu-
pied by w. l.. Damon,which are now
being fitted up for him. He expects
q to be established there next week.
III DR.. Purple is 4 graduate Of the I. V.
q Nj. medical college and tor year
had charge of the out-paticnt depart
ment at the State hospital in Tewks-
bury, Mass, where 1900 patients are
treated every year. The following
year he was house officer in the
same institution and he then spent Il
year in the hospital at Danvers. Mass,
where a thousand patients are annu-
! ally received.
Col. +. c. Hatch and Miss John
son arrived from New York Satur-
day evening, coming from the June
ton by special train. The steamer
on which they returned from Europe,
where they had spent several months,
being in Paris large share of the
time, reached New York Saturday
morning
Mrs. III. f. Durham, upon whom
an operation was performed several
weeks ago 1T the Hanovdr hospital,
was brought home Wednesday.
She rode home in hack and bore
the journey of 10 miles very we'll
and is now resting comfortably ut
her home. She was accompanied
10y the house physician at the hos
pItal, DR.. Carr. DR.. Chandler and a
nurse. Mrs. Doton, who has been in
Hanover some time. also returned
Young Henry Whtcomb is fish
crman. Last week Friday he caught
six-pound eel IN Silver lake, Bar
nard, three feet and eight inches in
length.