Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10

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price OF rubber has advanced Sc
much that tires will cost almost
twice as much. There will be no
very great changes in the construc-
ton, although nearly all firms have
made minor Improvements. The
cFalnless will be the popular wheel
The music hall IN the new town
hall promises to supply the need of
comfortable, well-lighted audito-
rum which the community has so
long felt. The hall is large enough
to meet all requirements, a balcony
in the rear charging the seating
capacity, and the stage is consider.
ably larger than the one in the old
town hall which did duty for so
many years. That, to be sure, was
an improvement on the shaky plat
form formerly used and which was
for long time menace to life and
limb, but the new one will give
every opportunity for the develop
ment of local talent and for the
proper staging of PLAYS that may be
put on by travelling companies. The
stage is % feet wide and IS feet
deep. the scenery arch rising about
Is feet above the center. Mr.. F. S.
Mackenzie, it is announced, has very
generously offered to supply the
chairs for the music hall at his own
expense-a gift which will make
this new place of entertainment Il
Joy even to the most jaded theatre
goers.
At meeting of the Northern
Bankers Association, composed of
Vermont and New Hampshire bank
ers, held at Wells River, VT. Feb.
9th, Frederick w. Wilder, cashier
of the Woodstock National bank,
was elected president.
!. Couillard of Boston, electric
inspector, from the New England
Insurance Exchange, was in town
Thursday.
The mill pond has been turned
into Il speedway the past week.
Four tracks have been scraped, the
course being half a mile in length,
allowing straight-away dash of
about quarter. Several of the sta
bles about town are wintering some
fast ones and they have all been
turned loose on the track to the total
humiliation of all ice records. So
the local sportsmen say, and the
daily asscmblage of local "topnotch.
ers" makes the Harlem speedway
look like gathering of cripples.
The only accident thus far-a harm
less one-was the tipover of w. D.
Ray mond's rig.
Secretary of State f. A. Rowland
of Montpelier was in town Thurs
day on law business.
Some repairs are to be made on St.
James rectory before it is again oc-
cupied and the house may be raised
up when they ale made. No plans
have been decided upon, however,
and nothing will be done until late
in the spring. Rev. Mr.. Ewing, the
new rector, comes at Easter, hut
he will not occupy the rectorv until
later.
The Felchville stage was an hour
or two late Monday on account Of
the storm and the Bethel stage came
in way behind schedule time.
More snow fell on the hills than in
this vicinity and il high wind drifted
it badly.
Winter quiet reigns at Lakota
park. rl'dely broken recently by the
sound of falling trees as they bowed
before Supt. Bradley's keen axe.
The wood is now cut and the ice
gathered for the coming season.
There was Il number of visitors
at the High school debate Wednes-
day afternoon. There should be moe
outsiders at these exercises; they are
interesting to all who attend and IN
structive and helpful to the students,
aud are made more SO by the encour-
aging presence of parents and friends |
of those who take part.