Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-26
BETHEL,

friends Of out door sports In this viii
lage, There is plenty OF material
for an interesting season, the boys OF
the high school having an especially
promising base hall nine, but for love
OF money no ground Is oblainable'
That in u village trimming over
with enthusiasm Tor manly sports,
the progress Of industry and the
preservation OF property are 81 DOM
inant that a playground cannot he
spared Tor the bodily exercise, which
must re had somehow and some
where, Is u serious condition Of
things, The seleetmen properly
prohibit the use OF the streets ~ u
playground the very school ground,
strange ~ 1t max seem, is forbidden
ground, because oi the danger to
windows on three sides; the field
rented for several years from the
Congregational society is not avail
able, because during u shower last
Fourth Of July there was u stampede
from the ball grounds to u neighbor-
ing residence with some damage to
the pialzas. The demand for vii
lage playground is very much more
serious than might first appear, I'm.
portaht hygienic, social and moral
Interests are involved. To drive the
bows out of town tor their recreati, n
is to give them IN excuse which the,
ought not to have for town disloy'
atty and moral degeneracy. All
classes Of our healthful and prosper
Gus community have hitherto united
IN regarding it rs very nearly tie
best place in the world to live IN.
Let us not he so short sighted MS to
forfeit the enthusiasm Of the rising
generation by stolidly REFRESHING one
of its noblest instincts.
DR.. l.. W. Clough and X. =.
Stockwell attended the grand lodge
of Odd Fellows in Burlington last
week as delegates from Bethel lodge.
The doctor was given "A place on the
committee on the state Of the order.
W. B. &. Stickney and John Will
son were IN Brattlcboro TUESDAY to
orouc IN. case Of White and the W.
r. r. company before the L. S. dis.
trict court.
DIR. r. NJ. Chase attended a meet.
ing of the state dental board at Rut-
land Thursday,
Mondov afternoon Alfred Wells
of Randolph, one of the workmen
on the new c. v, II. bridge, fell six.
teen feet to the ground, bruising his
hip and sustaining slight injuries
about the head. The next dav when
the trcStle was being removed q
piece Of timber swung around uneN-
pectcdly and gave SIX men Il scram.
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ca MS mo'ne.' WITS. 10 n0,,',
u. ). Wright ana w. w. Ncaa
attended the teachers institute III
Woodstock.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Huntley and
two daughters of Charlestown, n.
H., visited his uncle, Kew. ,. n.
farker, from SATURDAY I'LL 'io'''"''
Inc H'gi se''oo, "I S o"n ,.';a
w.. p'" "
A.. 7 w c,oroh scent last
week with her mother in Burling-
ton.
Rev. Henry Bo,gmann of Sara
toga, Redemptor'st, VIII ho'o
series of morning and evening SER
vices at Gushing hall, beginning
June 10.
A pair of horses belonging to
Frank Lyman, harnessed to a heavy
wagon, ran at great speed from the
post office Monday forenoon, being
stopped after half mile run by
George Wheelock OF Barnard, who
drove by them and headed them off
near Kendall's slaughter house. Two
fine Holstcin calves were in the
wagon. No damage was done,
though many teams were in the