Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
News OF Woodstock.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Kilner are
spending a few days at Hotel From
tenac, Thousand Islands.
lanes NJ. Chapman of Philadel-
phia is in town for a week or two.
T. Foster Rhodes is in Chi cago,
leaving here Tuesday.
Mark E. Slayton of Maiden,
Mass, is visitor here this week.
About forty five boys from the
summer camp at Squam lake,
Holderness, N. H =, who are touring
the state on foot, arrived in town
Monday, coming here from Men
don, walking about twenty.seven
miles that day. They are accom-
panied by DR.. w. Talbot, who has
been at the head of the camp at
Holderness for some years. They
camped on the fair ground, using
the floral hall for sleeping quarters
on account of rain; and spent part
Of Tuesday in looking about the
town. The party has one or two
physicians and the boys are well
cared for, all appearing to be in the
best of health. They have climbed
Killington and one or two other
Green Mountain peaks. The boys
left for White River Junction Tues
day afternoon on their return to
Holderness.
A little loose electricity on Pleas
ant street shocked two or three
horses and dog last week Friday,
but the mystery as to what set the
surprised animals on edge wasn't
solved until Monday. Joe Hathorn
drove his milk cart up to a big elm
tree near the Christian church when
suddenly the horse jumped, snorted,
shook and showed every symptom
of fright, and prepared to run. He
did everything but run away. Just
behind Hathorn was G. r. Lock
woods milk cart and the ordinarily
Fteady old horse attached to it also
began to unbend and get ready to
DIN the milk peddler ahead in bolt
Up the street, dancing up and down
IS skittishly as two-year-old. Both
horses were caught before they had
aiken many steps, but the drivers
couldn't discover what had upset
hem, finally attributing the coltish
behavior to bothersome bees, and
hey continued on their routes.
later in the tiav Charles Marcy's
log approached the same tree,
where there was large pool Of
water, and went into the air with a
|elp of pain in imitation of the pre-
ious performances. Monday morn.
ng Harry kidder got to the root Of
he trouble. He drove up to the
fec in Whites delivery wagon,
Then the mare reared and paved
be air fiercely, then dropped and
bcked like bucking broncho, lift
be- her feet out OF the water one
ter the other in rapid succession.
here seemed to be some hootloo
bout the tree. Harry thought tina
erhaps the mare had received cult
some way, and putting his hand
one of her forelegs got shock
BIT from bees--that nearly keeled
i'm over. Recovering from his
rprise he looked around and found
at an electric wire lay against the
in-soaked tree, seasoning the trunk
fetty thoroughly with the fluid that
id glngered up the dog and horses.
Electrician Tarleton has fixed the
ire.
Z. II. Fraser's house and barns
South Woodstock, were struck by
shtning Monday afternoon and
lrned to the ground. Part of the
pusehold goods were saved, also
700 pounds of wool, but nearly
erything else was lost, including
% horses, g sheep, five head of
line, four calves, and about forty
ns Of hay. Mr.. Fraser was not at
me at the time Of the fire. The