Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-02-07

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IN Andover, n. ii.
The ground hog found a cloudy
genial Candlemas day. Signs mul
tiply that we are to have an earl,
spling.
Miss Marion Aitken is at HON,
from Boston, having completed {
course in the Children's Hospital ane
the Massachusetts, General Hospital
The funeral of Hosea V. French
was held Tuesday afternoon, at the
house, Rev. II. l.. Garfield official.
ing.
Mrs. Martha Reynolds Woods,
sister of the first wife of the late
Hosea V. French, died early Friday
morning aged So. She had been a
me nber of Mr.. French's family for
many wears. She leaves a son,
whose whereabouts are unknown to
the family. Her grandson, Roy
n Illoch, who lett here several years
ago, is now quite seriously i'll in a
{ dorado hospital.
The new safe for Town Clerk
Simmons office arrived last week
Friday, and the big piece of furni-
ture was ready for business Satur-
day night. 1t was made to order by
the Morris-Ireland Safe company.
The outside measurements are
Height, Is inches; depth. 81 inches;
width, 90 inches. The selec,men
exchanged the old safe and SAYS
" boot " tor the new one. The safe
had been long time on the road
AMI was so badly stuck and frozen
that 1t couldn't be opened on its ar
rival. 1t thawed out, however, in
the course Of day.
Presiding Elder Newton was pres
ent at the fourth quarterly confer
encc of the Methodist church held
Saturday night. 1t was the unani-
nous desire of the society that the
pastor, Rev. {. +. Partridge, return
here another year, and the society
also expressed very sincere thanks
to him Tor what he has done toward
the Improvements made on the
church and parsonage. Officers
TO- the coming year We're elected as
follows:
Stewards, Zenas Adams, {. w.
Sayward, John Morgan, J. U. An
hony. Ch.s. l.. Kingsley, Henry
Carpenter. ID. E. Thomas, Webster
Sawyer, Otis Waite, Otto Yuncker,
). +. Warren and E. Leonard;
nance committee, Webster Saw
yer, O. ii. Waite. &. W. Savward
district steward, &. w, Sayward;
treasurer, c. w. Sayward; record.
ng steward, Otto Iuncker.
The Bellows Falls Times of Ian. ,
g tells of an accident in which {
irwin {. White was slightly injured. ..
\ report here was that most of Mr..
Whites this were broken in the ac-
idcnt, but the FINES account says:
n runaway Monday noon caused =.
considerable excitement. a horse :
I'd aieigh belonging to the keene t
lrarkcr and Confectionery company
vas hitched in front of the Under /
ill grocery store on Atkinson street, Il
nd when the noon train passed the i
orse became frightened. The
river, Mr. White, went to the \
orse's head and tried ia hold him :
ut he copld moi, and injured his
nkle in the attempt. The horse ,
rokc his halter and ran down At v
in>on to the Henry street corner, .
which he turned. The animal was
inally caught in front of w. S.
towards house, after having COL '
'ded with a hitching post, which II
vas broken. Aside from the in. Il
lry to Mr.. Whites foot no other !
amagc is reported,
HOSEA v. FRENCH. ',
Hosea V. French, tor fifty years II
resident OF Woodstock, died at his
ONE on Pleasant street Saturda,
light. He was Il years old and
'as h'rn IN North bridgcwater,
earning the painters trade of Henry t
'. Marsh. For a quarter of cen.
nry he was actively engaged in bus t
ne IS here, dealing in furniture in
he "Fisher" block, later being t
artner of George Mellish in the
rocery business, and then engage =
* in the clothing business. For r
IL past Is years he has been travel
~ salesman for the Emerson Edge
DOL Co. of Lebanon, N. II.
MIR. + epsh Was taken III in Maine, +,
IS daughter going there to ACCOM- :,
'any him home.
On Dec. "a, IS49. Mr.. French
'arried Miss Lucy II. Reynolds OF
'ontpeIier, who died i'm December, :;
S93, In 1899 he married Mrs. r..
coca Bnrlsigh ii Conner Sandwich, il
/. It., who with his daughter, Mrs. p
lara Smith, survives him. Il
MIR. French was one of tie or. :.
anizers of the First Universalist +
hurch of Woodstock and has ALWAYS