Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

Logan'S stable.
Mrs. Munger, who has been max
ing improvements on her house, is
now having it wired for electric
lights,
Frank II. Knapp returned from
Boston, where he has been engaged
in hotel work for some months,
Thursday.
William Davis returned from Bos-
ton Thursday accompanied BY his
brother, !. II. Davis, who has been
quite i'll.
A Hanover, y. H., item SAYS:
Leon +. Sampson will immedi.
ately commence the erection OF 4
residence upon his North Park street
property. which, in architectural de.
sign and convenience of arrange.
ment, will bc an ornament to this
new residential portion of the town.
Mrs. &. II. Harvey, who has
been visiting her daughter in Bos-
ton, returned Thursday.
The High school athletic associa-
ton has decided to wait another
year before joining the intcrscholas-
tic association. as there was hardly
time enough to prepare for the con-
tests this spring.
The warm, dry weather of the
past icA days is welcome enough in
some directions, but there is already
a call for rain, to settle dusty roads
and to save the grass crop. 1t is
now said there will not he halt
crop of hay unless water comes
soon, but the prophecy may be lit
tie ahead of time.
A fire in the plant of the Inter
nstional Salt Company, Of which ID
L. Gilingham, brother of F. IL.
GiIlingham, is vice-president, at
Chicago Tuesday night completely |
DESTROYED the company'S docks and
sheds, covering dn area of sixteen
acres. Two grain boats in the Cal
umet river and between forty and
fifty freight cars were burned or
damaged. Many adjoining buildings
and lake craft were destroyed. The
damage will reach $I,5oo.coo.
There are few plays on the road |
that never seem to wear out and |
1.-The Old llomestrad," which was
presented at Music hall Tuesday
evening, is one of them. DEM nan
Thompson himself was there as
q" Josh Whitcomb," q part that loses
much in othe, hands. this being the
first appearance here of the kindly
old farmer from Swansea, y II.
The other characters were well
taken. "Seth Perkins" especially.
The double quartet was feature of
cou'>ei not many haymakers can
sing az we'll rs they do, and the Sal
walton Army lent picturesque
touch to the Grace church scene.
The house was sold out long before
the opening of the doors and about
one hundred admissions were sold
a, the box office.
Manager Aitken Of Billings farm
has received a package of 20 pounds
of rurkestan alfalfa seed from Sec
rotary Wilson Of the United States
of agriculture and will
test its adaptability to Vermont soil
and climate. The seed will be plant
ed ON the lower meadow, about two
acres being given up to it. MIR.
Aitken has tried growing alfalfa, one
of the most nutritious Of all grasses,
here before, but it has been winter
killed, and he is DESTROYS Of finding
some that will stand the climate.
Tulkestan also has severe weather;
but there may he other necessary
climatic conditions there for the
growth of alfalfa that are wanting
among the Green Mountains.
Hon. James O. Putnam, father of
Rev. +. {. Putnam, who died at
his home in Buffalo. y. v, April
,4,h, at the age of 81, was one Of
the most honored residents of that
city, a man who had served his
state and the nation in many inpor-
tant positions. Mr.. Putnam sus-
tanned Il pa"al vito stroke March 24th.
On the FRIDAY preceding he feel
and broke Il rib and was unable to
rIllv from the two successive shocks.
lie began the practice of law in
Buffalo about 1912. In 1851 he
was appointed postmaster of the
cit, hy President Fillmore, holding
the office throughout the adninistra.
ton. In 1858 he was elected state
senator. Throughout the war Mr..
Putnam was consul at Havre,
France, having been sent there by
President Lincoln. and in 1850 he
was appointed minister to Belgium
by President Hayes. He was mar
,ied twice. HIS first wife was Har-