Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-20

Mrs. !. P. Bryson and Mrs. Mar.
Semple Of St. Louis arrived Frida,
and opened the Richmond house 70
the summer.
Mrs. l.. Fl. Olzendam and chill
dren are in Brookline, Mass, TO
the summer.
Wales French OF Utica, N. Y.
brother of the late Warren c. French
is visiting Mrs. French, and his sister
Mrs. Knowles Of Cleveland, is the
guest, of Mrs. Harold S. Dana.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Story o.
Canaan, N. H., we're here Friday t
attend the exercises at Music hall
their daughter being one OF tn
gradua tes.
Miss Marion Campbell is enter
tanning q party of school friend
this Week.-Mrs. Field Of Chicago
Miss D'Este of Salem, Mass, Miss
Clark of Boston, Miss Remey o.
Washington and Miss Griswold o.
New York.
Miss Elizabeth M. Aitken, daugh'
ter of MIR. and Mrs. George Aitken,
received the degree OF bachelor o.
arts a, Cornell university commence
ment Thursday IL, Ithaca, N. Y
She was the only Vermonter regis
tered among the graduates listed fol
degrees.
lanes w. Hazen of Manument,
Mass, was here day this week
and bought three high-grade Jersey
cows and a thoroughbred bull OF
CloudIand farm, and three heifers OF
l.. Fl. Pratt. Dr.. Corey tested them
and the cattle were shipped Wednes-
day to the place Of which MIR. Hazen
is the manager.
Mrs. J. F. Simmons arrived from
Canton, N. Y, last week Friday
and her son Clarence came Thurs
day. They are occupying part OF
the Clough house on River street.
A Washington despatch Friday
says that the postoffice department
had resumed the establishment Of
free delivery routes, but the local
office has not vet received notice
that the proposed route from here
would be put in operation at pres
ent.
Fred Holt and Frank Switzer
fired several shots at bear early
Sunday morning on the Mack farm,
where Mr.. Holt lives. The bear
got away, but bloody trail showed
that he had been hit. John McDon-
aid and several other men SAW the
animal again about noon on the same
dav in the Biscuit hill pasture not
far from the Lincoln bridge road,
and gave chase. but hadn't cap
tured him IL, last accounts.
Frank Dean. vice president OF the
Srab,,ard National Bank OF New
York, who has been, with his wife
and son, 4 guest at the Inn tor sew
eral seasons, shot and killed him
self in the cellar of his home at
Orange, n. j.. Tuesday morning.
He arose In the morning about 6
O'Clock, kissed his wife good'by and
then went into the cellar. A few
moments later q shot was heard and
his mother, Mrs. Helen NJ. Dean.
found him lying an the floor with
bullet wound in his right temple,
and it is the opinion of his friends
that he killed himself while in Il fit
of temporary insanity due to de-
spontency over long-continued sick.
ness in his household. His wife
had been an invalid for some years
and his son Rodney is just recover
ing from an attack of pneumonia.
Peter Charon ran his clipper ove'
a horse in "a minutes and 80 seconds
the other day, and be
lieves this mark beats tn.
worlds record, which he un'
derstands is IS minutes. DR.. w
H. Corey held the watch and there
were one or two other witnesses t.
the feat. Mr.. Charon has improved
steadily in speed since he begar
clipping horses by stop watch
When first timed he trimmed I
horse in a minutes and IS seconds
and the next one in 20 minutes. H,
never takes more than twent, five u
thirty minutes, whsteve, the size
weight or disposition of the hors
may he. Mr.. Charon intends t,
challenge the world and the cham
pi"nship of this part of it clearly be
longs to him now.
The new fire alarm striker wa
! installed AZ the rourt hnuSe thi