Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-19
News of Woodstock.

l.. &. Myricli and wife drove up
from Claremont, y. H., Tuesday
and passed the week here.
O. \. Whitcomh OF Boston is Wis.
iting his parents here. He has had
quite serious trouble with his ewes
and has been under treatment tor
some time.
Mrs. NJ. II. Morrill, has Joined her
husband at Piqua, Ohio, this week,
where he is attending the Christian
convention there. Mrs. Morrill, is u
delegate to the International mis-
sionary conference to be held there
this month.
Rev. !. d. Ewing gave an in
tcresting address at the chapter
rooms of the Daughters of the
American Revolution "Wednesday
evening, his subject being "The
Church of England in the Colonies
before and at the time of tie Revo-
lutionary War"
Prof. $. F. Jones of Dartmouth
preached at the Congregational
Church last SUNDAY morning.
Il Clarence q. HoweS, Dartmouth
Il 'oS, is baritone soloist ut the Con.
IA gregational church.
81 About two hundred cheering
II sports saw E. +. Merrill's blac k
IN horse defeat another local sprintcr
s# DR.. kidder's white faced mare
on the fair ground track last Thurs
dav afternoon. There bias been some
rivalry between the horses, and
after Il heated talk Thursday morn
ing little money was put up and
Il match quickly arranged. Mr.
Merrill drove the black horse and
Frank Bradley got up behind the
mare mighty confident that he had
4 the better one. The race was in
u half mile heats and p. !. FarreIlv
4 acted as Judge, referee, timer and
N starter. Considerations of weight
81 were waived hv the drivers and the
81 horses got the word the first time
~ down. The black horse at once
III took the lead and logged under the
"a wire Just as some one shook the flag
in the white-taCed mares face ut
M the distance pole. The second heat
was a repetition of the first, the
black horse stepping the half in
even better st>lc and landing the
81 purse with ease. The time was not
announced.
Clinton Mower, night policeman,
went to Orange, Mass. Tuesday,
and will go to Boston before return
ng home.
MIR, and Mrs. +. ID. Faulkner
have closed their house for the sea-
son and returned to New York.
MIR. and Mrs. John G.. Foster of
Lynn, Mass, who have been several
days i'll Buffalo, are expected to a. =
rive at w. ID. Fosters this evening.
Woodstock is shipping enough
cider apples into "l'ork state" to
carry county or two through sew
rrI! hard winters. The railroad
station has been busy place, with Il
string OF teams unloading apples
from orchards in the vicinity. and
owes ten thousand bushels have al
'r''' been shipped by l.. II. Pratt
and O. +. TAYLOR. They are paving
80 cc.> per hundred. They have
also stopped several hundred barrels
TO Massachusetts.
MIS- AIden Churchill of Bing-
hampton, y. y, a former resident
ms village, is visiting friends
here.
N'hacl Coyne started for the
wa country" Tuesday, going to
''''''n' from which port he SAILS for
I'e'anj,oday.
."'nr> :. Richmond and family
'''' moved from West Woodstock
"" the +. :. Pavne's tenement on
River street.
ne Lebanon football team PLAYS
mere Saturday. Nov. :.
'hr of the veterans of the Bill
''S> herd of Jerseys had Il narrow
SN'Pe from drowning a few days