Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-11-23
News of Woodstock.

Rain is needed badly in this Sec
ton and farmers are hoping tor some
before winter sets in for keeps. Up
l'omfret way dryer season has not
been known tor Years and similar
reports come from other neighbour
Z hoods. The Ottauquechee is quite
low and the White and Connecticut
rivers are in the same condition.
II. ii. Daniels, who owns cons;d-
cradle real estate in Barnard, has
bought another timber lot in that
4 town.
Judge Wendell P. Stafford will
preside here for the first time 1T the
December term of court, which
. opens on the 3d. The docket con-
n tains ,.33 cases and new cases will
be added to this list. There
are 81 divorce cases and "a state
ID cases.
II. l.. Jones went to New York
last week with ii. B. Dohnson's sad
q die horse.
n DR.. llolbrook has just bough Il
new operating chair for his office
j Il handsome piece of work and
marvel in up-to- date me, hansm.
"a MIR. and Mrs. Francis Is. Rice of
H Boston. who have been ut the Inn
aSfor about two months, returned home
Nv cdnesday.
Y Waiter Douglas, the tailor. has re.
tnrned to Woodstock, and is ready
for business in the rooms in SIM
mons block which he formerly oc-
cupied.
DR.. E. Fl. Spiller, optican, will
be at J, 6. Nutting's Nov. 20 and
90,
Dell Stickney returned from a
two weeks trip to New York state
last week. Part of the time he was
hunting deer in the Adirondaeks,
being in camp with four others at
Lake Meacham. Sport was fairly
good, the party of five getting six
deer, tut heavy snow storm the
last few days interfered and saved
the lives OF more wild animals
Snow began falling Tuesday and
three feet tell in Il couple of days.
! The hunters We're unable to do much
waist deep in snow and SO broke
camp. 1t was one of the heaviest
storms ever known in that section
and one hunter, who afterwards
went into the woods, has not vet re-
ported.
Troops F and G., nth l.. S. cav.
airy, stationed at Fort Ethan, which
We're in Woodstock last August,
have been ordered to the Philip.
pines.
Two carrier pigeons from Billings
farm We're set free at White River
Junction last week Wednesday with
the expectation thar they would soon
return here. Nothing has been seen
J Of the II since, however, and as the
day was stormy, with snow in the
air, 1t is supposed they became be-
wldered and got lost. Pigeons from
Billings farm have made successful
trips from Pomfrct and the nearby
points, but the best of carriers can do
nothing in storm.
Robarts Harper, the we'll known
traveller and lecturer, appeared at
Music Hall last week Friday even
ing, entertaining tar sized audi
ence will: beautifully illustrated
description of trip around the
world on Il man-of-war. Mr.. Hair
per is Il very agreeable speaker and
on the Music Hall stage he was able
to show his pictures to full advan-
tage. Among the views were sew
eral beautiful tropical scenes IN color,
some with moonlight effect. and
few motion pictures, including a
Spanish BULL fight and the spectacle
of the Sultan's procession to the
mosque of St. Sofia. A storm at
sea was one of the exciting adven-
tVres of the trip, and the audience
was intensely interested from begin
ming to end.
y pleasant reception was rendered
to Mr.. H. y. Thomas and Mrs.
Lucy Wilson. at the chapel of tn