Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-11-16
News of Woodstock.

News of Woodstock.
Mrs. Frederick Billings and lam.
ilv went to New York Wednesday,
for the winter.
!. l.. Dana has been in New York
rhiS week.
Mrs. +. S. Dana is in Boston for
a week.
Mrs. u. P. Knapp went to Boston
Monday and will I've absent about
two weeks,
Miss Pearl L. Sturtevant of Hart.
land is visiting at +. p. Marsh'S.
Edward I. Ryder was anon.
Mondays arrivals.
"Keith's Vaudeville Stars" who
played here a short time ago, dis,
banded at Bennington last Saturla,
The engagement is announced of
Miss Grace Marion, daughter of
Mark +. Slavton Of Maiden. Mass.
to Dana J. kidder of Maiden.
Mrs. Charles lorenzo. who has
made her home with her niece, Mrs.
Joseph Narcotic, for some wears,
died Saturday evening. She was
one OF Woodstock's oldest resi-
dents and an excellent woman. Mass
was said over her body by Rev. l..
{. Drouhin at the Catholic church
at 9 o'clock Monday morning. In.
lerment was at the King cem,ter, at
West Woodstock.
One of Elm streets towering
trees, standing in front of Hon. "
T.. ohnSon's house, was cut down
Monday, the fall of the great elm
being witnessed 10y Il large number
of interested citizens. 1t was set
ont in 1909 by Charles Dana and
was one of the handsomest of the
fine old trees in the village. 1t had,
however, begun to decay to I'm I'M
safe degree, Il big limb falling in a
high wind last wear. and the order
to DESTROY It was given to George
Perry. 1t took about all dav to cut
through it with axe and saw and it
vas nearly severed from it's base
before twenty men with five pairs
Of pulley blocks could pull it over.
MIR. Perry did his work well, the
little damage done in its fall to
earth being quite unavoidable. The
tree yields about eight cords OF wood
and MIR. Perry and his men We're
three days in clearing up the street.
DR.. W. II. Corey has sold the
horse he recently bought to s. S.
Beard of Lakewood, y. ]. The
horse was shipped Tuesday in charge
of Linn b. Corey. weo will spend Il
week in New York before returning
home.
The annual district meeting ct
District No. s, |. O. o. + of Yer.
mont was held at White River June.
ton TueSla; in the hall of Myrtle
ledge, No. .7,a delegation from
the local lodge attending.
The big horse which pulls the
American Express company'> team
IAN away Tuesday us he was leaving
Agent A.W. kendalIs place. The
hrcakingof Il thilI caused tine trouble,
the horse leaving the wagon behind
him. With the hitfietrec dangling
1T his heels he ran down River.
Park and Elm streets and around to
Nhittomb's stable, where he was
stopped. He received some severe
bruises, but will probably not be laid
up long,
ohm s. Eaton, Secre tary OF Wind
>or County Agricultural Society, has
called Il meeting of horsehreeders, to
Ice held in 6. \. II. hall at eleven
o'clock Il. m. Saturday, Nov q, to
consider the proposition OF making
provision tor Il stake race for foals
OF 1902, to be raced when the toals
are three years old. All horsemen
mr invited to he present.
!. Foster Rhodes has sold his
tarm-the old Gushing placc-,o
Mrs. Marion \. Muth of Rochester.
\. Y, in exchange for city prop
.rly. Mr.. Rhodes has for several
Years done profitable poultry and