Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-28

Miss A. L. Holmes, Chelsea,
Mass. Mrs. NJ. f. Merritt, Miss J..
Merritt, Stamford, CT. 6. II. Myers,
Washington; Miss Mary F. Reed,
Mrs. J. Bond, Miss Bond, Miss
Louise Bond, Chicago; S. d. Davis
Miss Davis, DR. and Mrs. Ellwood
Hopkins. Miss Hopkins, Ellwood
S. Hopkins, Jr., Philadelphia; r.
D. Goodwin, Miss Goodwin, Miss
II. G Dinsmore, Boston; Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Howard, Ogdensburg,
y. y.
Miss Reed of Claremont, n. H.,
is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. b .
II. Pinney.
a SOLDIERS LETTER.
John Carbino received letter last
week from his brother Joe, of Co.
II, 46th regiment, in the Philip
pines. dared Indian, May 81. The
rainy season has just begun there
and it rains every day. He writes {:
"roday our band was going from
Indian to Selan when they were fired
ON by the insurgents and three killed.
The insurgents captured three of our
mules. Lots of the boys are sick
and they are sending lots to Manila
every few days.
The weather is pretty hot down
hcre-Ioo in the shade yesterday.
We have Just got in from hike.
We travelled all over the hills and
only got two natives with guns.
IL don't get the papers YOU send,
but there is plenty of time vet. The
Christmas boxes are just beginning
to arrive. One fellow got Il box of
rotten apples.
IL don't like the country a bit and
will be glad when get out OF it.
Joe also sends diary containing
brief memorandum OF the days
doings from April 3 to the middle of
May. A score or more of entries
say the day is ''clear and hot" the
repetition of this phrase indicating
that the weather is not always to the
comfort of the soldiers. They have
good and bad "feed." but Joe seems
to take what comes without little
complaining Inspections, battalion
drills, etc, and an occasional "hike,"
take up considerable time.
An entcrprising American came
along one day. the diary says, lock-
ing for Il place to start restaurant.
"lle saws he will keep ice cold beer.
That means lots of the boy S in the
calabooSe.'
WHERE Is MYRoN WARD, ARTIST?
Tie following advertisement APP
peureI in one of the Boston papers
IA week or two ago:
$Ioo acknowledgement from
Blattleboro, VT. August, 1896, My
ron Ward, an artist, now aged OF,
with his two daughters, Narka and
Zoe, now aged 10 and I years, both
with light complexion; $Ioo reward
is offered by the mother of said chill
dren tor the discovery of any one Of
The three parties. MARY X. WARD.
|. IS Lowell ST., West Lynn, Mass.
Myron Ward is IA native of Yer
mont and studied in Paris under
Leon Bonnat. On returning to YER
mont he spent some time in Wood
stock, where he executed several
commissions and Il number OF his
paintings are now owned here In
1854 he married Mary l.. Knight,
daughter OF IL well-to-do farmer of
Westmoreland, n. H., he being
AZ and she 20 years old. In 1891
he opened studio in New York
CITY. In the fall Of 1892 the Wards
removed to Wcstmoreland. MIR.
Ward, says Boston, dispatch, was
not content with tne quiet life of the
country and wanted to go to some
other place, while Mrs. Ward was
anxious to remain with he, parents.
In the summer of 1894 she went or
a visit to keene, and on her return
found that the two childl en- had beer
taken away by the father. Eve
wears later Mrs. Ward secured Dir
vorce on the ground of desertion
| The husband two children complete
ly disappeared and, so far as an,
one knows, have never been in Yer
mont since. She is Of the opinio.
that they are somewhere in New
England.
Mr.. Ward is a brother Of MARI
Ward of Prtney, formerly law
student in Woodstock.
Rev. and Mrs. NJ. 7. Morrill,, who
lately returned from Western trip
were given pleasant surprise Tues
day evening. On returning hom'
from prayer meeting they found TIN
members of Mr.. Morril's congrega
ton on the piazza, which wa