Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-15

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three weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Pe,ton, in Worcester, Mass.
| The W. C. T. y. will meet with
Mrs. Eben Fletcher on High stree
next Friday afternoon at Egg
o'clock.
The pupils OF the Grammar school
accompanied by their teacher. Miss
Rogers, went to Montpelier Friday
to attend a session of the Legislature.
They returned Friday evening.
! The High school boys have be-
come interested in basket ball and q
team has been organized. They
have used the Floral hall for prac.
tice, but this is not quite up to win
ter requirements and they are look.
ing for Il better place.
Mrs. Callie Howe of Missouri,
national lecturer of the w. c. 7. u,
will speak at the Congregational
church next Thursday evening,
Nov. 20. Mrs. Howe is one of the
most brilliant speakers engaged in
temperance work and comes here
from Montpelier, where she was
very much liked.
Daniel Sullv in "The Parish
Priest" is booked for Music hall
Monday evening, Nov. s4th. OF
this pla, the Burlington Free Press
says:
The piece has been presented in
Burlington OH several previous &C.
casions and last night fully sustained
its favorable reputation. 1t is a
strong emotional production of ex-
cellent character and is well played.
The story of the play is one of love
cast aside for time Ivy the dictates
of ambition and the whole finally
brought to ii happy ending by the
manipulation Of the parish priest,
while even he, at times, was led to
believe that, he like tl.e others, had
put his foot in it. "The Parish
Priest" is tie work of Daniel Hart.
1t furnishes an unusual amount of
pathos and humor and is well sus.
tanned until the end.
The annual dinner to the stock
holders of the Woodstock Hotel
Company was given at the Inn
Wednesday. AT the business meet.
ing which followed the old board OF
Officer, and directors were reelected,
as follows: President, F. s. Mac
kenzie; vice president, J. Foster
Rhodes. The above named, with
F. w. Wilder, VIM. E. Johnson,
Frederick Chapman, Franklin S.
Billings and VIM. N. Campbell con.
stitu.e the board of directors. G. X.
Montague is secretary and treasurer
OF the company an | VIM. S. Hewitt
auditor. The financial condition of
the COMPANY was reported very sat
isfac,"ry considering the high prices
of fuel and supplies, there having
been substantial gain in the mum.
Der of guests and the length of their
stay, especially during the month OF
October. The directors reported
some permanent improvements in
Guiding the addition of twelve bath
rooms, II large ice house, with cold
storage, and a considerable addition
t, the steam power in the working
department.
Robert Walker of Hartland was
recently brought to Jail here by
DEPUTY Sheriff Kiniry of Windsor.
He is charged with assault and was
put under bonds tor his appearance
at Windsor county court. For sew
eral Years Walker is said to have /
shown signs of insanity, being some
what violent at times, and his
mother was finally obliged to leave
his house, where he has since lived
alone. Lately, it is reported, he
has made one OF two attempts to
break into houses at lIartland. What
led to his arrest was an alleged
hold up Of team, Walker stopping
James Stevens horse, taking the
bride from the animal and as
santing VIM. Cushman, who was
with Mr.. Stevens. Since his con-
fincment here Walker has been
very quiet, showing no signs of
any mental trouble.
"FLORODORA."
Bright, tuneful "Florodora," the
we'll known musical comedy, was
the attraction ut Music hall Saturday
evening. Presented by Il large and
capable company, well staged and
we'll sung, it was much the best en-.
tertain,n ent that has ever come to
Woodstock's new playhouse.
There is only the shred OF a plot
to "FIorodora," which gets its name
from an unmapped island in the