Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-10-04

day evening, the presentation Of tn
time.worn piece being much bette
than the average brought here. Thu
dancing, cakewalking and othe
specialties were especially good
The band, under the direction of F
A. Church, gave one of the hes
concerts ever heard on the street.
James D. Purnell of Pittsfield
Mass, has been in town once o
twice recently looking over tn.
Woodward factory with view tt
starting wooden mandatory here
He has some machinery, having
operated yarn mill in Massachu
sets, and it is understood is en-
deavoring to interest local capital in
the enterprise. He was accompa'
MED here last week by F. e. Davi.
of Springfield. 1t is not learnee
that negotiations have proceeded
far as yet.
w. b. Burlingame of Exeter, N
H., who has charge OF the work of
installing the local company's new
electric plant at Taftsville, was in
town Wednesday. The plant in.
cludes dynamo, boiler and engine,
and it is expected that the work
will he completed in two or three
weeks.
Last Satul day at Travers Island,
New York, A. l.. Newton, son of
Isaac Newton of Randolph, won the
American steeple-chase champion
ship by defeating the worlds cham.
pion, George Orion. The race was
run over Il grass course of two miles.
Each runner had to jump O. hurdles
#. 6 in. high, and IL times had to
clear Il water jump II it. E in. wide.
Newton made all his jumps with an
artistic finish, but Orion went into
the water several times.
Four cars of stock were shipped
to Somerville, Mass Monday and
the depot yard was filled with teams,
cattle, sheep and swine, and most
of them going in different directions
in the pelting rain. Frank Kicker
of West Randolph, who buys cattle
up the Central road, shipped two
of the cars, coming into this terri
tory it is said in retaliation for
local cattle-buyer's excu, sion into
his section. The Boy I'd brothers were
his agents here, John Blanchard of
East Braintree also being here in
his interest for a day or two. There
were about eighteen cows and IS
sheep in his shipment. The other
two car loads were shipped by Frank
S. Atwood.
The Woodstock Hunt Club, reor-
ganized and enlarged, held its first
midnight meeting of the season
Wednesday, making an excursion
into Po'nfret in search of coons.
The dog taken along was lost in the
darkness, and after using up valua-
Bile time that should have been &c.
cupied in looking for coons the
party found him sitting in a corn
field waiting for something to turn
up. He wouldn't work and the
club returned without any game.
A valuable fox hound, "Nancy,"7
owned by d. 6. Spaulding of Tatts-
willie, was poisoned Wednesday and
died after terrible suffering.
Nancy" was in Woodstock Thurs.
day and met O. E. TAYLOR, who
trained her last winter, and followed
him up to the College Hill House.
Soon after reaching there she ex-
pred, showing every symptom
of strychnine poisoning. Strych.
nine isn't lying about loose very
much and the supposition is that the
poison was administered to her, or
that she got dose intended tor
some other dog. This is only one
Of several similar cases that have oc.
Cured within year or two in the
village and the owners Of highly
p,ized dogs are naturally incensed
over the contemplate crimes.
Lewis Morrison's Faust"
Lewis Morrison's famous "Faust,"
with its new and magnificent seen.
cry, dazzling electrical effects, new
costumes and skillfuI mechanical
devices, will be seen here OFT. 20.
The scenery, costumes and effects
are SAID to be the finest ever used in
the long career of this play.
THE LOCAL FUEL PROBLEM.
The scarcity of coal and calamity
prices begin to set people thinking,
now that there have been few cool
days. Some of the families in the
village were fortunate in filling their
bins before the coal strike was in
full swing, but there is an appalling