Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-26
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George y, Wood, the well know
architect and contractor Of RAJ
!, dolph, died At Brandon Wednesda
y afternoon, from consumption, II
was brother Of VIM +, Wood, tn
7 contractor and carpenter Of thi
place,
!: Miss Helen Blake sley OF Brool
l line, Mass, is the guest Of Mis-
Boynton,
Hiram w. Johnson, who has bee'
in The Age office for the past few
p months, will be employed In tn,
, extra train service on the Woodstock
railway this summer,
Linn Corey, son OF DR.. w. II,
Corey, is At home from St, Alhans
Frank II, Knapp goes to Great
Darlington. Mass, TODAY to resume
his position as head waiter ut the
Berkshire Inn.
Charles Butchelder starts for Mil
waukee today to attend the national
convention Of state railroad COM
missoners.
". Z. Cox has been appointed
cnumerator fer the town Of Wood
stock, and r. J. Flint of Bethel Tor
the village. Census cnumerators
will wear badges while on their
rounds,
Charles u. Hudson died at his
home on Linden street Saturday and
on Tuesday morning his wife passed
away. Mr.. Hudson was u years
old and his wife 70 years, aud they
had been living here about u years,
seeing little OF their ncigbors. The
neighbors for day or two had seen
no sign of lite about the premises
and Sunday morning ]. S. Iathorn
went to the house to see il there
were any trouble. lie raped scv.
eral times. Mrs. Hudson came to
the door and Mr.. lIathorn entering
the house found Mr.. Hudson dead
on the bed from which his wife had |
just risen, having apparently passed
away some hours before. lie had
long been i'll with consumption and
his death was doubtless fastened by
an attack of the grip. Mrs. Hudson
had an attack of the same trouble
and was too i'll to realize what had
hIppenrd. ID. Chandler was sum-
moned and Mrs. II. Preston of
North Bridgewater, daughter of the
couple, and Charles Hudson, their
S III, residing in WiIliamstown,
MISS, were notified, and everything
was done for tn. care and comfort
of Mrs. Hudson. Mr.. and Mrs
Hudson came to Woodstock from
Brattlcboro, aud for many years pre-.
vious MIR. Hudson had been in the
tailoring business in Cambridgeport,
Mass. They lived with the greatest
economy, denying themselves almost
the necessaries of life, though their
children did all they could for them
and were ready ut all times to minis.
ter to their wants. MIR. Hudson was
BON at Stratton and his wife at
Athens. The remains of husband
and wife were taken to Cambridge
port, Mass, Wednesday, after very
brief services at the house, conduct
ed by Rev. {. f. Partridge.
OF THE SUN NEXT MONDAY.
The eclipse of the sun which takes
place next Monday, Nav Is. will
not be total in this section but most 3,
If the suns disc will he in shadow. {
The path OF the total eclipse is about s
% miles in width. 1t begins in
Egypt and passing over the Medi'
errancan Sea, crosses Spain and
Portugal; thence crossing the Allan :
ic it enters North America at Nor.
ok, Va, and reaches the Gulf
coast near New Orleans. The par
ial eclipse visible here begins at
lbout S Il. m. and lasts until about
o.3o.
FRANK SHAW HERE AGAIN.
Frank Shaw, who shot DR.. Hof. :
nan, is again back in the county Jail
rom which he escaped with his
ather in April. Since he was shot
md recaptured near Middlebury he
las been confined in Jail in that
own and left hi. bed Tuesday for
he first time to make the trip here. !
His arm still gives hi in some pain
md ne looked i'll and weak as he left l
he coach, supported by Sheriff
,pafford, and walked to his cell on
he second floor of the Jail. He was
brought from White River Junction '
" a special train, Deputy Sheriff {
Peck and DR.. O. w. Daley accom-.
the sheriff and his prisoner.
)r. Logan was at the Jail on Shaw's