Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-11

again in a few days.
Ouechee River Lodge, No. 40,
|. O. O. f., installed the following
officers Friday evening, Jan. 3:
Irving b. Gilbert, n. G.
DIR. +. 7. Kidder V. q,
Edw. b. Clapp, Secretary,
Earl NJ. Slack, Financial Secretary,
Chas. W. Sayward, Treasurer,
G. =. Brown, w,
F. w. Bradley, X. S. n. q.
S. c. White, l.. S. N. G.
Geo. NJ. Warren, G.
Herman S. Perry, l.. S =,
Harry A. Moore, !. &.
F. A. Averill, o. G.
Geo. X. Winslow r. s. " g.
Rev. C. +, Partridge, l., S. v. G.
Seth f. Warren, Chaplain.
Geo. G. Randall Post, No. 81,
G. y. r., has elected these officers
tor the coming year:
Com, q. w. Sayward
=. ", Harvey Vaughan.
J. ", G.. w. Perry.
Adj, o. H. Mackenzie
q. NJ. Nathan Cushing.
q. S.. Frank Metcalf.
s.. Henry Boynton.
5, NJ Vim. G. Vaughan.
G., CHARLES English.
o. IT,. A. A. Shaw.
O. d., l.. b. Thomas
Miss Mary {. Dana returned
Monday to her school at Forest Glen,
Md.
Linn Blanchard, who went to
Flor ida on the approach of winter,
has returned very we'll satisfied with
his native state, and Pomtret, his
old home, in particular. There has
been some cold weather down there,
too. Linn found employment in
fishing while IN the Sunny South
the northern part of Florida-but on
his last excursion he had to wear an
overcoat to tend off the cold, and
most OF the time he found clothing
suitable for the winter temperature
here very comfortable down there.
Fishing was good, but there seemed
to be no other attractions to keep
him away from Yer mont in winter,
and he fled north at the first oppor-
tunity.
Deacon Ezra McCollom of Gays
vile, who has been with his daugh-
ters here since September, died at
their home Tuesday, aged 81 years.
The funeral services were held at
Gaysville Thursday noon.
DR.. Ralph w. Boyce reached
home Tuesday night on his return
from a second trip to South Africa.
He has twice made the voyage from
New Orleans to South Africa in
charge Ola shipload ot'horses for the
British government. He spent a
week in Cape Town on his last trip,
going from Port Elizabeth there,
several hundred miles, by rail. He
got Il glimpse of the chain of Brit
iSh blockhouses and at intervals OF
IS or 20 miles along the railroad
were stationed small squads of SOL
diers, but he saw nothing of their
friends the Beers.
Mrs. NJ. II. Chandler, Mrs. 5. &.
Dunha II and E. d. Chandler nave
gone to Baltimore, Md, to visit J.
S. Durham. Mrs. Dunha II will
remain for the winter.
Miss Minnie \. Woodruff gave a
dinner party Saturday evening.
Marc, the magician, who appears
at Music Hall next Tuesday even
ing, gave performance at Rutland
this week, of which the News saws
The crowd of spectators was cas-.
lily the largest that has attended any
of this seasons course. Marc is il
good entertainer and he kept his au-
dience, both children and adults,
we'll amused all the evening
Marc is an expert at palmistry,
quick in his motions and clever in
deception and it is in this manner
that he springs his magic on the pub.
lie and performs IN unlimited num-
Der of tricks that keep his audience
guessing and create much merri- !
ment.
Marc is an all around genius and
his effo'ts do not end with his
magic. He did some clever work
last evening in autobiography and |
rapid sketching and aside from this
he showed himself to he something
of a musician. The amount of music |
and harmony that he could produce
from a one-stringed banjo-like in
strument which he called google.
peg. was astonishing.
Miss Luna b. Converse of Welles-
ley, Mass, is the guest OF Miss Por-
ter.