Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-10-18
News OF Woodstock.

L. Chandler visited their aunt, Mrs.
&. II. Emerson, in Rutland a few
days last week.
Nelson D. Powers has returned to
Everett, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Ives left
for Cedar Rapids, Ia, Wednesday.
Charles Stainsby, of the Profile
House, and wife are at the Inn tor a
tewidays.
Mrs. II. w. Frost of Claremont,
N. H e, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. p. A. Pierce, before their
departure for Florida.
Weather conditions remain as
freakish as they have been the whole
season, and pleasant day is still
worthy OF record.
Rev. Nj. T. Morrill, has shortened
his southern trip and will be at home
for the services tomorrow, here and
at South Woodstock.
Lad, Dawson, her son, Rankin
Dawson, and niece, Miss {. B..
Harrington, Mrs. ]. T. Nelson and
Miss Nelson, of Montreal, are at the
Inn.
Clayton Hudson, who has been in
E. A. Spears furniture store for
about three years, goes to Gardiner,
Me-, next Wednesday, where he has
position.
The will of Mrs. Charles J. Mac
kenzie, who died in Franklin, Mass,
Sept. 70, makes bcquest OF $1,000
to the Riverside Cemetery, the money
to be used in taking care of the
Mackenzie lot and also for the gen.
eral purposes of the cemetery.
Ortway's orchestra closed the sea-
sons engagement at the Inn Friday
evening. The quartette is one of
the best that ever played here, and
the Sunday evening concerts have
been greatly enjoyed by the hotel
guests and others the past summer.
Perrine's comet, called Comet B
of 1902 because it is the second dis
covered this year, has just crossed
the earth's orbit and is approaching
the sun, with which it will be in
conjunction about November %. 1t
is moving southwest among the con-
stellations and at 8 o'clock each
evening is almost directly overhead,
being little to the north of the
zenith and near Deneb, the bright
est star in the constellation Cygnus.
The Emanon Reading Club held
meeting last Saturday evening to
arrange program for the winter.
The great artists of the world will
be the subject Of the course of study,
including the old masters and mod
ern painters and the German, French
and other European schools of art.
The first regular meeting will he held
Saturday evening, Oct. IS. The
club meets every two weeks. The
officers of the club are: President,
Mrs. M. H. Chandler; vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Duthoit; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Marble; executive
committee, Miss Eaton, Mrs. Law
ton, Mrs. Mackenzie.
The Bethel correspondent of the
Randolph Herald writes:
Be- Rogers has sold back to D.
ID. Howe the stage outfit recently
bought by him Of Mr.. Howe, includ-
ing the horses, teams and harness
complete. This covers both the
Woodstock Bethel and the Bethel
NoCneStef routes.
Mrs. Zilpha S. Washburn, one of
Woodstock oldest residents, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred
=. Marsh, Monday, aged 50 years.
She was the widow of the late Will.
lam Washburn, an excellent woman,
much esteemed here, where she had
passed most of her life.
Among the guests at the Inn are
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Mari, Mrs.
Frederick Higginson, Mrs. B. s.
Blanchard, Mrs. Albert A. Cobb,
Miss Alice G. Cobb, Brookline,
Mass. Miss Ellen Bracket, Brook
lyn, N. y; MIR. and Mrs. George
c. Lee, Westwood, Mass. Lorenzo
Gillet, Miss Gertrude M. Gillet, Mrs.
Richard rockingham, Mrs. c. Daw.
son, New York: Mr.. and Mrs. {,
r. Boss, New London, Conn; Mr.
and Mrs. n. w. Stackpole, Magno'
liza, Mass; Daniel c. Davis, Frank
II. Davis, New York Mr.. and Mrs
Robinson Vail, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
E. Bushnell, Philadelphia.