Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-05-11

| mOnllS, nc Iluln VIII Soli''S"NS
running June = and continue dur
ing the summer. 1t is commonly
known rs the " bite Mountain train
\ part, from Rutland assembled
Killington "Wednesday and reported
finding snow banks eight to Is feet
deep on the mountain, the snow ap.
pcaring first over mile down from
the top. The party walked to the
summit ON the snow crust, The
snow is up to the second story win
dows OF the summit house.
Principal Parsons and Miss Bart
lett attended a conference of history
teachers at Hanover this week.
Rev. J, +. Simmons will preach
at South Woodstock tomorrow at
p. m. This is the first meeting of
the season and Il good attendance is
looked for. All are cordially in
vitcd.
Harold :. Dana has rented his
house on Elm street to Mrs. Mary !.
AIyrr, of Washington, ID, G., for
! the summer. Mrs. Myers comes to
Woodstock June Ist.
Rev, J. d. Ewing returned from
Il vacation Of two weeks Saturday..
He will occupy the rccto'r this
summer and Rev. W. II Robinson
of Fair Haven will be with him for
Il rinc.
The Woodstock band is beginning
marching practice and the organiza-
ton is Improving as Il result OF per
sc>cring work. The band made
about S.5 from its recent entertain
mcnt.
The library will remain closed
until further notice. Misses L.
Louise Jones and Josephine NJ.
Clark. expert catalogucrs. of WAL
than, Mass, are now at work there.
Miss Bessie Vaughan has been
chosen delegate from the Rchckah
assembly to the meeting at Bradford
next week.
Mrs. Earl NJ. Slack and Miss
Lula Willis returned from Boston
Saturday.
Mrs. W. II. II. Moore is at home
fro Scranton, Pa.
!. Foster Rhodes and family are
at Maplewood farm.
y petition asking for 4 new high
way in the village has been in cir
culation this week and will be pre.
scented to the Srlcctmen. 1t has
found half Il hundred signers among
the business men OF the village, and
it asks the sclcctmcn to grant a high
way, beginning nearly opposite the
school house on Stanton street, RIM
ming casttrlv through Chapman's,
Anlrrsun's. Furhcrs and Dcarborn's
lands. parallel with Pleasant street,
and lntcrsccting the public lane lead
ing from Pleasant street to the
Hewitt (\lillcr) pasture. The APP
p,oach to the lower end of the new
street would thus be at Kings cor
ncr. Thc land is well adapted for
building purposes, is easy of access
and the proposition is finding favor
among all who have looked the
ground over In connection with
the plan Dearborn & Co. come for
ward with the liberal offer of a
building lot to- any one who will pnt
up house on the line of the pro-
posed highway.
Mrs. Rhoda Wentworth of Wor-
ce>tcr. Mass. is visiting Mrs. Arthur
Lewis.
Mrs. Otis Dumas returned to Ran
dolph last week Friday after visit
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Narcotic. Her sister Georgiana is
quite ill with pneumonia.
The village trustees have been
doing some good work on Vail field.
The ground for IS feet back of the
bases has been filled in. an improve
ment that will be much appreciated
by holI PLAYERS and the patrons of
the sport.
Hon. VIM. +. Johnson was in
Bellows Falls Tuesday as SPECIAL
master in Il hearing on the question
Of damages to property owners re-
sulting trnm Il cut made for the new
electric road.
Mrs. Mary \. (GuilD Meli,h
died at Brighton, Mass, Sunday,
of pneumonia, after short illness.
She left Woodstock several weeks
ago to visi, her daughter. Mrs. Kate
Harvey, in Brighton, and was taken
i'll soon after her arrival there.
Mrs. MclliSh was the widow of |
William b. Mellish, of Walpolc, n.
H.. who fell through the railroad
bridge at Cold River station IN 1860
and died from injuries received.