Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-06-28


Mrs. J. F. Simmons and son Clar-
encc arrived from Canton, N. y,
Thursday.
The Central House WAS ope ned
Wednesday under the management
Of 6. w. Whitcomb. The house is
newly fitted and furnished through
out and is prepared to give the best
service to its patrons.
A stray bullet fred by some care
less hunter in the woods entered a
window at Miss Hagar's house, near
the depot, Monday and lodged in
the wall on the other side of the
room.
Mrs. John Gilman went to Silver
Lake, Barnard, this week, where
she has taken two cottages tor the
season.
Mrs. Nellie Graham of Denver,
COL, was the guest of Mrs. A. E.
Bartlett for several DAYS this week
Mrs. Raymond Hazen of Morris
town, N. j., is the guest OF Miss
Boyce.
Among the weeks arrivals at the
Inn are John Coriss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Erastus &. Garfield and child, Mr..
and Mrs. w. p. Rankin, Boston,
Mr.. and Mrs H. c. Brown, Lowell,
Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Brown,
Tilton, N. H., MIR. and Mrs. A. C.
Whitredge, VIM. B. Mott, New
York.
A telephone subscribers petition
OF IS signatures was sent to the
New England Telephone Co. We'd
nesday, asking for the extra SER
vice of wives for fire alarm pur-
poses and for permission to connect
one or more bells with the central
office, providing the village adopts
an electric fire alarm system.
The new tennis court on the
Country clubs grounds, the build
ing Of which was recently com
pleted, is said to be one Of the best
in the country. 1t is we'll located
and will doubtless make tennis
very popular game among the club
visitors this season.
Rather than disturb the banks of
the kedron and have an unsightly
gorge in the bed OF the brook, which
could not be avoided if the dam was
removed, would it not be for the
village interests to enforce the law
and stop the dumping of rubbish
there? ~
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Whitehall
and daughter of Bridgewater, Mass,
are expected here next week.
The Ottauquechee Savings bank
will begin business in its new build
ing on Tuesday, July Isl.
Several local Masons attended the
funeral of Judge L. NJ. Read at Bel
lows Falls Saturday.
Rev. r. L. Lynch OF Amesbury,
Mass, will preach at St. James
church tom rrow.
Dr.. Holbrook has sold his fast
Bradlaugh colt to II. l.. Jones.
The White River Junction Land
mark says:
Arthur Pratt, one of highway
commissioner Il. l.. Hunts force,
found a few days ago, while work
ing near the Pomfret line, gold
watch which had been lost last
winter, and had remained undis-
turbed until Mr.. Pratt picked it up
in the grass by the side ofthe road.
1t belonged to a resident of Wood
stock and was restored to the owner
who had but faint hopes of ever
seeing it again.
A big swarm of runaway bees
made trouble for Carroll Story, the
locol "trouble hunter" of the New
England Telephone company, We'd
nesday. The bees came sailing
over the Phoenix block about noon
and swarmed in the cable box on
the pole in front of the central Office,
thinking perhaps they could rest I'M
disturbed on this lofty roost. In the
evening, however, Carroll climbed
the pole in the presence of large
number OF spectators, pulling box
up afte, him, and into this brushed
peck or two of honev-makers
from the cable box. The crowd
scattered when boy got stung by a
stray bee, hut otherwise the capture
was effected without accident.
The ladies of the w. &. Il. u.
held a flower mission service at the
home of Mrs. M. E. Purple Friday
afternoon. A devotional service
was followed by an interesting pro-
gram, after which ice cream and