Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-03-10

was visitor here Thursday.
Franklin S. Billings and Edward
G. Bailey have formed partner
ship under the firm name of Billings,
Bailey & Co., succeeding to the
business and good will of Swift,
Billings & Co.. of New York.
Mrs. r. A. Willis has gone to
Windsor, where she will make her
home.
AT the annual convocation of
Ottauquechee Chapter, r. A. Nj,
Tuesday evening these officers were
chosen: High priest, G. w. Mar
BILE; king, Geo. Aitken; scribe, {.
F. Merrill; treasurer, A. L. Wood ;
secretary, George II. Mass; Capt. of
Fl, L. H. Pratt; Pr. Sol. c. w.
Spaulding; r. A. Capt, H. p.
Clark. NJ. of sd vail, +. B. Wood I;
NJ. of I'd vail, G. E. Woods; NJ. of
Ist vail, G. II. Mellish; stewards,
H. c. Gushing, w. S. Hewitt ;
chaplain, c. w. Sayward.
Sho Nemoto, japanese student
who will be we'll remembered here,
now a member of parliament in
Japan, lately succeeded in passing a
bill in the lower house forbidding
the smoking of tobacco by minors
and imposing fine upon the selling
of it to them. The bill as first pre-
ssnted put the limit at IS years, but
the committee to whom it was re-
ferred made the limit 20 years. 1t
is victory upon which the Ver-
mont friends of Nemoto may well
congratulate him.
Seltlen e. White went to Boston
Monday.
Billings farm shipped a yearling
bull to George o. Ford Of St. Johns
bury Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin S. Billings
returned to New York Monday, w.
S. Hewitt accompanying them.
DR.. w. H. Corey sold handsome
saddle horse to Frederick Billings
this week.
A PLmfret woodchuck is first on
deck, and is out unusually early even
for Pomtret woodchuck. Fred w.
Doton saw him Thursday summing
hin self on the crust and perhaps
looking for something with which
to vary his bill of fare. He must
have dug out of his den up through
two feet or more of snow, and he
found the weather all that tired
woodchuck could wish foi after his
long confinement in winter quarters.
1t is expected that Miss Jessie A.
Ackermann, the round-the.world
missionary of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union, will be in
Woodstock on March 2Ist and 22d
and deliver two evening addresses
here. Miss Alderman is widely
known as a traveller and lecturer.
On her first visit here year ago she
made most favorable impression,
being Il very interesting speaker,
and she will be heard again with Il
great deal of pleasure. Her subject
the first evening will be her expert
cnces in South Africa and her i'm.
pressions of the Beers and of their
president, Kruger. The second
evenings address will be on diff.
ferent topic.
Mrs. Frederick Billings and fam
lily are going to Europe in about two
weeks, visiting France and Italy,
and will return July list
The outlook for the susaring sea-
son is not unfavorablc in the
orchards not great, affected by the
caterpillar pest of the past few
years, though unfortunately great
many trees have been lost in this
way in some sections. Snow is
deep, but Reed Brothers, the leading
sugar makers of this vicinity, have
kept their orchards open all winter
and with other sugar men are wait
ing and hoping for good weather.
PERRY-ATwoOD WEDDING.
There was very pretty wedding
at the HON. Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
G. Atwood on Hartland hill We'd
nesdav evening, when their daugh-
ter. Miss Matte E. Atwood, was
married to Mr.. Herman S. Perry.
The rooms were decorated with
evergreens and flowers, and many
guests were present. Mrs. Oscar
Atwood PLAYED the bridal chorus
FROM L"hcngrin us the couple en-
tered the room where the ceremony
took place, and during the cerc.
mony, which was performed by
Rev. F. D. Handy, they stood under
an arch of evergreen from which
was suspended bell. The ring
service was used. The bride wore