Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06


with IS occupants was turned wrong
side up in twinkling and the pas
sengers were rolled cut like spilled
berries into the snow. No one was
hurt.
The village meeting was as usual
entertained by a humorous Interrupt
ton by the member from South
street. The meeting was JUST get
ting interested when the gave
brought him to order.
Woodstock is proud of the fac
that $4,000 was expended for new
buildings and Improvements on ole
ones, during 1899. 1t is record oil
which any town has right to be
proud. Among the improvements
was a new town hall.-Barre Tele'
gram.
The State convention of Congre.
gational churches will be held al
Newport Jan. IL and 10. The Ver'
mont Domestic missionary society
and the Vermont Woman's Home
missionary union will hold their an
nual meeting at the same time.
F. F. Rowe, Dana Rove and
Frank Coburn of Sherburne, who
were arrested recently an the charge
of illegally killing deer, were dis
charged at a hearing held at the
Rutland county court house last
week Friday afternoon, there not be-
ing enough evidence to convict.
The hearing was before Justice
WAYNE Bailey and 7. w. Moloney
appeared for the defendants.
S. b. Whitney came up from Bos-
ton Monday.
Miss Alice l.. Eaton returned to
her school at Belmont, Mass, Mon
dav.
THE Song of the Rappahan'
mock Sketches of the Civil War"
has just been presented to the pub
lie library. 1t is the gift of "Co.
&, 9th w.t." and the book will he
read with great interest bv the vet
er.,nS familiar with the scenes and
incidents it describes. The book is
written by Ira Seymour Dodd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter l.. Wood
spent few days at G. H. Days
this week. They expect soon to
make their home in Burlington.
There was a pretty wedding at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c.
Rowland, on Prospect street, on
Monday evening, when their daugh-
Miss Katie E., was married to Mr..
John b. Carbino. The parlors
were handsomely decorated with
evergreen and blossoms, the young
couple standing beneath an arch of
evergreen, from which hunga horse
shoe of evergreen and daisy BIOS
sons, while the ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. NJ. T. Morrill,. The
groom was attended by Mr.. Gard
ner McCarty, Miss Ida l.. Clapp
was maid of honor, the ushers were
MessIs. Edward Billings and Lucian
Myrick, Miss Harvey playing the
wedding march The bride wore
slate-culorcd cashmere, with white
silk and passementerie, and the maid
OF honor's gown was of green chev-
lot, trimmed with ecru lace. The
br,:e received u,any handsome lifts,
both the bride and groom being very
popular among the Young people OF
the village. Mr.. and Mrs. Carbino
left after the ceremony for brief
wedding tour.
SUICIDE AT THE COUNTY JAIL.
w. j. Sheehan, prisoner at the
county Jail who was brought from
Windsor last week Wednesday On
charge of grand larceny, committed
suicide Wednesday morning. There
are at present no proper accommo-
dations for prisoners at the jail
pending the repairs there and the
few there are kept in the jailer's
tenement under surveillance, all be-
ing locked up at night In one of the
chambers. Sheriff Spafford was
talking with Sheehan about II
O'Clock in the forenoon and few
minutes afterwards Tailor Thomas
was told the prisone, was missing.
Mr.. Thomas looked through the
premises and found Sheehan hang
ing from beam in the barn loft,
dead. He had evidently stood up
on small box there, adjusted tho
rope about his neck and stepped
off. The body was ut once removed
to Nutting's undertaking rooms.
>;heehan's former home is given as
llaverhill. Mass. Nothing is known
here us to his relatives.
Later -Sheehan, it is learned, has
IA mother and four sisters living in
Newburyport, Mass, and a brother
in Haverhill, Mass. Relatives AZ
rived Friday afternoon to claim the
body.