Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-25

IlOVHtIo luOtl"s VI LuuioW wan
in town day or two this week.
Philip Royce Of Brownsville WAS
in town Frioay.
The Bridgewater band will play
at the Windsor County fair.
Miss Addie Bradley of South
Ashburnham, Mass, is at Mrs.
Carrie Mo,gan's and will enter the
High school in the fall.
The committee in charge OF the
soldiers reunion at Silver Lake,
Barnard, August 18TH, has engaged
the Green Mountain band of Ran
dolph for the day.
A party of five are at the New
Park, having rooms in DR.. Jewetts
house, for few weeks. The yare
Mrs. Edwin f. Wyer, Master Geo.
p. Wyer, Mrs. Il. Herbert Holland,
OF Woburn, Mass. Miss Jessie Dib-
Bile, Brooklyn, N. Y, and Charles
A. P. Bartlett, Easton, Pa. Mrs.
J. II. Strong of Boston is also at
the Park.
Several pieces of new machinery
have made haying time Il pleasure
on the Billings farm. A hay-loader
was put into commission last week
that proves to be il great time and
labor saver, loadiug cart in IL or
IS minutes and rolling up the hay
as fast as two capable men can take
care of it. A new side-delivery hay
rake is also in successful operation
on the farm, cleaning up field
much better and faster than any
machine ever in use there.
The county lookup has one cheer
tule prisoner. The Brattleboro
Phoenix says:
The VI oodstock Jail has no terrors
for Thomas Dempsey. Dempsey is
a tramp who was arrested by Police
man Amidon Tuesday night for in
toxication. A more comical speci-
men never has been brough before
Judge Newton. To use his own
expression, he "throwed song at
the Judge" when arrested Wednes :ay
morning, but it didn't go, and he
was fined S. and costs, amounting
to $lI.45. Being unable to pay he
was taken to Woodstock Jail for 20
DAYS b> Chief-of Police Hall. After
receiving his sentence Dempsey
settled back in his chair with a
broad grin aud said: swell, it'll do
me good. ri get long rest and
some good sleep Then he related
some of his experiences in other
towns and cities, showing that he
had been arrested at least seven
times before. He had keen mind
and ready tongue, and it was inn
possible to keep from laughing, even
in the face vt his misfortune.
The Catholic church fair will
open next ednestlay evening, July
%. at 7.3o. and continue until Aug,
/, inclusive. 1t is intended to hold
a sale of fancy articles, food, Ice
cream an, houe-'nade candle, every
evening, f'om 7.3o to $50, the two
first hours being entirel, devoted t.
the sale Of fancy articles, of which
there will be a table under the direc-
ton of the &. O. + and the other
under the care of the men of the
parish. Every hali-hour the receipts
of the sales at each table will be
reckoned and the most successful
will be entitled to IA flag of honor
which will be hoisted on the Sue
cessful booth. From $50 to mid
night the time will be specially de-
voted dancing on Wednesday, Thurs
dav and Friday, and the distribution
of articles will take place on Satur-
dav. Come, have good time and
help paw off the old debt.
Wood Il Eaton, of the local theatre
manag, ment, will open the new town
hall ut Ludlow, Aug. 81, with
"Quincy Adams Sawyer"
Charles $. Forbes OF St. .Albans,
publisher of the Vermonter, was in
town Monday.
Cottage Hill House expects a
number of summer visitors next
week, am, the house will be well
filed during August. Among the
early arrivals will be Miss Julia
Wilme,ling and sister OF Bay Shore,
l.. l., and Rev. Mr.. Hawkes. and
family OF Springfield, Mass:
The skies let loose Wednesday at
ternoon, and the hardest downpour
of rain that weather managers have
any record of followed for about
two hours. There were two show
ers, with a brief inte,mission. The
streets were flooded in few min
utes. No damage is reported in the
villa. e, but the hill roads doubtless
suffered considerably. S. Eaton's
official record Of rainfall at Billings
farm was 2.63 inches and Observer
Gearing reports 2.45 inches. at the
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