Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-22

Alumni aSSOCldtlOn was nelu III tie
Inn last evening, with large at
tendance. Charles F. Chapman was
toastmaster, and the speakers and
their subjects were:
"Our Friends" Miss Ethel Story.
"Prize Speaking" Miss Bessie
Taylor.
1.-THE New High School," Mr..
John S. Eaton.
"Reminiscences" Mis-. E. {. OCH
anpaush.
| he POSTMASTER also called upon
others, and there was a number of
intorma! responses.
The members of the executive
committee were Hiram Johnson,
Mrs. George w. Merrill, Miss Anne
L. Gushing; reception committee,
Mis-. George R.Winslow, Miss Alice
L. Eaton, Miss Clara Purple, George
r. Winslow, William 5 Hewitt;
ushers. DR. Ralph w. Bo, ce, George
w. Merrill.
Arrivals at the Inn:
MIR. and Mrs. James Quinlan,
Brooklyn, N. y. >; Miss Curtis, Miss
Nj. q. Curtis. Miss Mary L. Sabin,
Brookline, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
d. Thayer, Franklin, Mass. Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Gray, Miss Gray,
Robert Keith Snow, Boston; Mr..
and Mrs. William Wilson Heaton,
DR.. and Mrs. q. H. Benjamin, Miss
Benjamin, New York Mr.. and Mrs.
George 6. Ely, Crawford, N. Y;
Mrs. A. %. Mott, BROOKLYN, N. ",
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Jones, Wye
Heights, Md.
"Quincy Adams Sawyer" played
to ali audience that filled Music hall
Thursday evening. The piece, which
was quite we'll staged, is a mixture
OF comedy, sentiment and robust
realism, with some of the features Of
other familiar rural dramas. Quincy
Adams Sawyer (James Thacher)
is 4 sort of Santa Claus to the whole
community at Mason's Corner, where
the scene is laid, spending money
freely, is c friend of everybody, and
everything comes out happily at
the fall of the curtain. The sup
porting company was capable and the
audience was liberal with applause.
The annual midsummer hop at
the Inn Wednesday evening was, as
usual, one OF the gayest social events
OF the season and the attendance was
much larger than for several years.
The house and piazza we've brilliantly
decorated, with Chinese lanterns out
side, and the music room was very
bright and attractive with decorations
OF tiger lilies and cat-tails. Besides
the Inns guests there were many
from the village among the dancers
and the evening was very enjoyable
to all. Refreshments were served at
10 o'clock. A. E. Ordway's orches-
ira furnished excellent music.
Automobiles are becoming COM
mon here, touring cars rolling into
town every day or two. Horses in
the village don't pay much attention
to them, and aside from the accident
ON Thursday and a mix-up on Central
street Thursday evening, no trouble
has been reported this season.
George H. Harding of Taftsville
was driving into the village about l
o'clock Thursday and near the depot
met X. S.White's automobile, which
was using considerably more speed
than the law allows. The Taftsville
horse jumped and the bit broke,
giving him his head, and he raced
up Pleasant and Central streets at
good pace. Near the square he
slowed up a little and he was stopped
by couple of men.
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond S. White
of New York arrived here Wednes.
day in their automobile, Panhard
machine. They stopped at the Inn
and left Thursday morning for Wells
River on their way to the White
Mountains.
Prof. Il. F. Wheeler of Columbia
University who is making a bicycle
tour through Vermont, stopped at
the Inn for day this week.
The Inn is doing very active
business just now. Many visitors
have had to be given rooms in some
of the adjoining houses.