Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-29
IN AND ABDUL WOODSTOCK

lhe annual meeting Of tn" Winl
Sor County Agricultural society vii
be held ON Thursday. Ian. T.. The
board ol managers meets the follow
ing day.
Jack and Don kilner of New
Work are spending their holiday
vacation here. Mr.. k,ln?r WA.
here one day the past week.
With Christmas morning came
ideal weather, clear and cool. AM
there was nothing TO man out,looi
endowment of the holiday. Sntrr
da, and Monday were the two III.
DAYS for the stores and the loca
merchants report II large holida,
business, The express office make,
a similar report ANA at the pos
office there was Il flood of Christina ~
mail.
The ice house at West Woo,lstn, Il
was filled last week and the hurves
ing of ice IN the mill ponl here w.,'
completed Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. f. Pike of Clare
mont, \. H., will spend the winter
in Woodstock and perhaps remain
through the summer. Mr. Pike is
very well known on the racing cir
cults us starter and has acted in this
capacity at the county far races II
several wears
+. b. Ordwav, the photographer,
has Il well-eNtC lteu panoramic view
OF the village ON eXhihitio in \. b
Morgan drug s.u,e. II is the Iary-
est one. it IS underStoo |. ever m,i.
here. and was taken after Il recent
snow storm.
There were Chris"m - trees IN |
exercise, at al thc churches tits
weL and there were several ',oliulv
festivals n, private houses a
which many children WERE rntr.-
tanned. Monday nEtern ,,n thar.
was ii tree at Capt. Elton a ) nith'~
residence, Monia> evening f. Iw,rd
Leonard had a tree well loaded with
gifts. and Tuesday evening Doris
Wardwcll gave CHRISTINA, p,rt' e.
Mrs. James Y. Parker. who was
born in WoodSt"ck $ wears ago,
died in Chicago. Dee. 18Th She
WAS the daughter of t'orter and
Martha .Alden Southgate and lived
here until after her marriage. Sh.
has relatives living in thi, vicinity
and IN Bridgewa,er.
John &. Dean of Barnard, father
of Charles Dean Of this village. died
Suddenly at his hon. in Barnard
Christmas morning. He WAS living
alone at the time and was found
dead by Il relative soon. i, is
believed, after he EXPIRED The
funeral was held at Barnard Thurs.
day.
\ T.. Ordwav arrived home
Thursday to spend New Years with
his family here.
q. l.. Myers. who lost hi, foot in
an accident Thanksgiving day, is re.
ported to he getting along well, tive
wounded limb healing rapid, after
the amputaton.
The special service at the Aletho-
dist church Sunday, the first of the
kind held here in many Years, in
co nmemoration of the anniversary
of st. John the Evangelist, was at.
tended bv about seventy Mlasons.
Rev. {. f. Partridge, the pastor,
delivered strong and impressive
address. his theme being love us
taught by st. John the Evangelist in
John iv:I-,l. y very handsome
gold watch was presented to Rev.
MIR, Partridge at Masonic hall after
the service.
MIR. and Mrs. II. W. Frost of
C'arrmont. y. H.. were at p. \.
Plvrrr'S this week.
Aarl \. Pcmber is playing with
The Dartmouth mandolin club en- It's
holiday trip. joining the club We'd
nr>'ity.
The State Poultry and Pet Stock
SLOW opens here the evening of Jan.
l. closing an 4. and the large num-
NTr ct entries indicate Il very sue
tr>>iul exhibition. Some OF the
'Sa'ing pouitrvmen Of the state will
TIC represented, including Messrs.
N"Nse and Barrett Of Montpelier, II.
W. Barrett of st. Adams, Jenkins