Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04

X. l.. Adams was in Boston thi
week.
- :. E. kilner came up from New
NJ York to attend the annual meeting
~ OF the Woodstock Railway company
20 Monday.
q s. b. Whitney OF Boston was in
town this week.
: Billings farm is cutting ice on the
Y Thompson pond
!! The Kings Daughters will meet
- at Mrs. Horace Slayton's this even
y ing at 7.3o O'Clock.
The local telephone exchange has
4 outgrown its present quarters in
Morgan's store and within two or
three months the switchboard will
be removed to the new bank build.
ing. the New England Telephone
company having engaged Il room
there tor use rs soon as the build.
ing is completed. G. w. Scarf,
representing the company, and w.
: Is. Hunt, superintendent of con.
struction, were in town Wednesday
and Thursday making preliminary
arrangements for the removal. The
pay station will remain in Morgan's
store, the night and day operators
being at headquarters in the bank
building. The business of the com.
panv is steadily increasing here and
the exchange now has Is subscrib-
ers.
"A large audience greeted San
American Gentleman" at Music hall
Monday evening. The hero of the
play, William Bonelli, got out of
several tight places, and as Il strong
man he won tremendous applause
by breaking log chains, tossing 500.
pound kegs of powder about and
throwing vilIainous gypsy in
thrilling wrestling match. The
play went smoothly through the four
acts, plot and action pleasing the
audience to the fall of the curtain. t
Mr.. Bonelli had good support in t
Miss Rose Stahl and the other mem
bers of the cast. !
AT the meeting of directors of g
woodstock National Bank, Monday t
morning, a semi-annlal dividend of T.
3 IL per cent. was declared, paya- !,
bic Jan.
The week OF prayer will begin "
to morrow evening. The union SER N
vices Of Sunday, Monday and Tues. "
day evenings will be at the Cohgre- +
sat'onal church; Wednesday and 81
Thursday at Methodist church; Fri W
lay. Saturday and Sunday at the al
Christian church. ~
Among the weeks arrivals at the
mn are: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. E. &C
BUSHNELL, Philadelphia; Miss f. II. y
lbtott, f. Burnett, Miss Burnett, tn
cambridge, Mass. MIS-. 6. l.. Low IL,
tt, Miss E. w. Lovett, West New. ne
on, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. n,
Wright, Miss B. Wright, Mrs. Pres 70
on, Boston; Miss Huntington, Ia &C.
naica Plain, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs.
m. Sheafe, VIM. Sheafe, Jr., MIR.
nd Mrs. Wallace l.. Pierce, Miss
lay, Master Vassar Pierce, Mrs. E.
:. Hovey, f. c. Hovey, IT,, Bos-
IN. go,
John Woodbury., who has been ca
ere with his mother tor Il few CHI
avs, returned to the McLain hospi- th'
Il at Waverly, Mass, Friday.
Clark llolbrook, from the Uni. bn
erslty of Pennsylvania, was at Dr.. ed
olhrook's a few days the past car
eek. III
he
The Clarement, n. H., Eagle says for
Maros entertainment:
lhe entire program gave satisfac- 1I''
IN; seldom does am audience oct ~
orked up to the point of enthusi- nc
M that Saturday nights audience "'
q. Maro's tricks mystifed the Pe'
nst skeptical, who were ready to gro
'n up to being fooled all right. wa
'rt two of the program was va
'tion, introducing musical special I ,"'
IS, pantomimc and charcoal draw a. -,
gs. i
larc
AT the regular meeting of Mt. and
I'M Encampment, No. Fl, l. %. rec,
r., held on Wednesday, Jan. lst, two
following officers for the ensuing L
ar were installed by D. d. G. p. of !;
. B. Hutchinson: bur
Z. p, E. a. Spear; S. W., B. b. the
'h; II. p. S. F. Warren; scribe, i
o. L. Otis; treasurer, F. Il. WIS.,
"ghan; J. w., E. NJ. Slack g., wee
Is. CIapp; Ist G. T.. G. p. ne
own; I'd 6. L, ]. l.. Gibbs; O. Nor
ii. V. Allen; l. S.. E G. Free. will
n; Ist w., c. Nj. White; ed w., ton
Is. Chase; sd w., Herman /
'ry; 4th w., J. p. Gilman. sun,
1aro the magician comes to Music r.,,,
January ii, and Il fine enter on q
'ment OF fun and mystery is prom to ,
/. He is ole of the clavereSt day.
ylcians on the stage, is 4 wonder.