Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-06-01

ball management is considering the
plan of triplc-plating the grand
stand screen or fixing up the netting
in better shape as protection from
the many foul tips that threaten to
pierce woodwork and wire rs they
come off the bat. The netting now
doesn't cover the open front OF the
stand and there are also several
places where n ball can find its way
through to the seats.
Patriotic exercises were held at
the High school Wednesday after.
noon, with the following program;
Sleep, Comrades, Sleep. Choir
Barbara Frictchic. Bessie kidder
The Ride of Jennie McNeal,
Everett Perkins
The Battle Of Gettysburg, Della Dun.more
Aiirc., ~ '' Rev. NJ. T. Morrill,
'Amrrica,' by school
Exercises were also held at the
River street and the Stanton street
schools.
!. 6 Porter has bought the house
ON River street where he now lives,
of Mrs. Margaret c. CLARK. paving
$500.
The Woodstock railway will
again run eight trains daily the COM
ing season, the summer schedule
going into effect at noon Monday,
June ;.
Rev. y. IIammatt of Bellows
Falls will preach at the niverSaliSt
church tomorrow in exchange with
Rev. !. +. Simmons, Rev. Mr..
llammatt will preach ut South
Woodstock at p. m.
Mrs. Elmer Chickerng of Boston
and Mrs. II. +. Russell of Cam
bridge, Mass, have been at the Inn
Tor few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Powers of
st. lohnsbury are visiting Mrs. +.
III. Powers.
\ rOKTN-ACRE TROUT POND.
The Maccawc club is now build
ing a big dam at Beaver meadow, in
Reading, and when completed it
will have one of the finest trout
ponds in this section. Work was
begun ON the dam last fall, but snow
stopped operations. \ large force
Ct men have been at work there
about thirty at one timc-and the
structure is going up rapidly. The
dam is built manly of stone, and
some of the big pieces require four
horses to pull them about. The
dam will he IS feet high and I25
feet long, and between the overflow
and the stone work is roadway
across the dam. Three brooks of
good size feed the pond, which will
cover about forty acres. Fifty
thousand Young trout were put into
the pond this spring and in anoihc,
season fishing ought to he fairly
good in this particular preserve.
The pond will be from four to
twelve feet deep.
Among the local members of the
\Iaccawc club are b. III. pinnev,
who has been experimenting the
work on the dam; J. 5. Eaton, b.
l.. Pinncv, George Aitkcn, L. +.
Wmdwell. II. II. Daniels. +. b.
Dana, Nathan Gushing, Selden c.
White, ]. G. Nutting, John Gilman.
W. {. Raymond and George NJ.
Bradley are two of the Bridycwatcr
members.
WOODSTOCK GRAND LIST.
Woodstock's grand list for 1901
gives the following figures:
Real estate, ST. ,,S39.5So; personal
$I,4II,o o3; total. $a,75I,-
IS3. There are OOl taxable polls.
The total grand list is SIS, S03.S3.
Thc appraisal OF last year gave real
,statc $I,,5,4,a5o; personal proper
y, SI.4'o,S77; total, S,,735,I,9;
polls, 695; grand list. $.S,74I.e9.
l he listers report the total NUM-
Der of taxpayers rs Ills, OF which
number only OF are non-residents.
The total appraisal of property
therefore gives an average of about
$4,000 to every taxpayer and us the
otal population Of the town is some
hing like 200, each inhabitant
,arrics about an average list OF over
81 900.
Increase in grand list $I5..54;
four polls less this ycar than in 1900.
Lister :>paulding thinks Wood
stocks grand list is larger than that
II amy town III the state OF the same {
size.
CHURCH SERVICES.
Universalist - Usual services in
he morning and evening.
Christian Norn,nU service ,t