Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-02-14

Colonel and Department Com
mander %. II. Henderson, St
lohnsbury.
Lieutenant-C olonel-E. A. Spear
Woodstock.
Major of First observation-disclosures
Campbell, Barre.
Major OF Second Battalion-A. E.
Spaulding, Woodstock.
Major OF Third Battalion--F. g.
Houghton, Rutland.
There will be no services at the
Methodist Episcopal church tomor-
row on account ct the illness Of the
pastor. who is making his first &C.
quaintance with la grippe in mild
form.
Mrs. James 5. Richmond and
daughter started this week for Den
yer to join her husband, who has
been in Colorado for some months.
DR.. II. w. Boyce was in Thetford
this week assisting DR.. Stevens in
testing cattle for tuberculosis.
+. w. Wilder was in Boston and
New York on business Il few days
the past week.
Prof. Charles W. French, princi-
pal Of the HYDE Park, Ill.,, High
school, has given up his position tor
a time on account of i'll health and
will spend six OF seven months in
Italy, sailing this week.
The annual meeting of the first
Masonic district, grand lodge OF Yer
mont, will be held at Proctorsville
Feb. Is. Grand Master Montague
and other local Masons will attend.
Es SaIam Aleikum. Illustrious
Potentate G. W. Steele directs that
the next pilgrimage of Mt. Sinai
temple be holden at Lancaster, n.
H., on Wednesday, + eb. IS. Mobiles
in this part OF the desert expect to
attend and the drone of the muezzins
Will find their lamps trimmed and
burning.
Major lloare went to New York
Friday.
John French of New York WAS in
town a dav this week.
S. b. Whitney of Boston was here
Wednesday.
Col. +. G. Hatch of New York
was among Tuesdays arrivals.
About $77 worth of apparatus for
the laboratory at the High school
arrived this week, it being intended
especially for experimental work.
Grand High Priest w. J. Boyce
attended the annual convention of
ROYAL Arch MaSons, District No. /,
at Burlington Wednesday.
The Vermont state tuberculosis
commission will meet with the
Windsor County MEDICAL society at
White River Junction next Tuesday
to' the purpose of discussing the
tuberculosis conditions in the several
towns IN the county. The White
River Medical society meets with
the county doctors in joint session.
State Auditor Graham was in town
Thu >,ay on official business.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Bridge
Of New York are at the Inn for 4
few days.
Among the arrivals at the Inn this
week We're Edgar l.. Fay, A. II.
Hoslord, Lowell, Mass. Mrs. q.
], Prescott, William Prescott, Brook
line, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. K. T..
Paine, I'd, MIR. and Mrs. Arthur S.
Johnson. Boston.
Deputy-Sheriff E. a. Thomas was
splitting wood Tuesday, using Il
sharp axe. when tie blade struck his
right foot, cutting cash an inch
and half long, severing a vein and
an artery. Drs. Logan and Hol-
brook dressed the wound and he
will be out again in week or less.
Dana Burbank of North Pomfret,
the well-known checker pla, CT, was
in town Thursday and passed most
OF the day in bowling over the LOCAL
experts at the Reading room.
George d. Thompson OF Bellows
Falls came up Thursday to attend
the charity ball.
Miss Corey will give up her posi-
ton as clerk in the post office which
she has held about year, on March
1, and Miss Bessie Taylor takes her
place.
y Valentine sociable was held at
the Congregational church parlors
Friday evening.
Besides ARTICLE l., there are Il
number OF interesting matters to
come before the town meeting. SUI
perintendent Of Schools Partridge
calls attention to one of them.
The charity ball given by the
Kings Daughters was largely at