Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-03-14

Painters ana decorators aIc w"
at work in W. n. CampbelPs ne"
house on North Park street.
Miss +. S. Dana and Miss Mary
+. Dana, who have been at the Inn
the past winter, went to Auburn
dale, Mass, Monday.
Miss Johnson went to Lakewood,
y. J., Thursday to visit Mrs. II. Z.
Johnson, who has been spending
the winter there.
Sunday school Will be held
as usual at the Universal'Sf
church tomorrow. There will he
no other services.
Mrs. +. d. IIarpin of Windsor is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 0.
L. Taylor, at the College Hill
House.
Three new subscribers to the La.
kota telephone l:ne are M. J. Lewis,
Enos IIuntoon and w. ID. Kay.
mond. The instruments were put
in Friday.
Mrs. +. b. Merrill and daughter,
Mrs. Richard Billings, have gone
So nth for month. Mis-. Merrill
left Thursda, and joined Mrs. Bill
linss at Springfield, Mass.
The River street schools were
closed Friday for the day, to per-
nit the dsinfection OF the building.
No alarm is felt, however, and the
schools will reopen Monday.
Geo. Aitken, member of the state
board Of agriculture, was in Chester
Wednesday to attend the farmers
meeting held b, the board there.
The foot and mouth disease was I'M
der discussion, y subject with which
Mr.. Aitken has had considerable
experience.
The Bird club met at Mrs. Eve
lyn i.awton's Thursday evening for
reorganization and to plan for the
seasons outdoor and indoor study.
These officers were elected: PreSi-
dent, Mrs. EVELYN Lawton; vice
president, Miss Alice l.. Eaton; OK
ecutivc committee, Mrs. w. ii.
Moore, Miss Susie Montague, Miss
Lou Porter. The club intends to
take up the study of birds and wild
flowers the coming summer and
starts the year with twenty or more
members. The first meeting will
be held with Miss Eaton next Thurs
day evening at 7.3o o'clock.
The Holvoke, Mass, Telegram
of March 10 says:
"rhe Real Widow Brown" was
one of the pronounced hits of the
Empire last evening, where it
opened n three days engagement.
While the piece would stand alone,
specLlticS of the better order are in
truduced to meet the popular de-
mand for such torn OF entertain
ment. There was fair sized audi
ence 20 greet the piece and Judging
from the applause, it certainly made
good.
here have been one or two good
runs of sap this week in favorably
located orchards, though sugar
makers generally are not yet quito
ready tor business. Reed Brothers
have been getting ready to rush the
work as soon as sap begins to flow.
Billings farm tapped 400 trees this
week and Nathan Cushing has hung
Il number of buckets. The ground
is not Fl Oxen and farmers predict a
short season in consequence. No
new sugar has been offered here vet
and the present outlook is that
sugar prices will be high this sea-
son.
In splitting big elm log with
powder Tuesday afternoon at Mar
ble's saw mill, the log carriage was
knocked ont in a twinkling and the
parts scattered all over the premises.
1t was twelve foot stick, about
three feet through, and after getting
it into position it was found to be a
little too large to saw. SO it was
rolled off again, just outside the
mill and Pete Lus>ier and capable
assistant put in Il pretty stiff charge
Of powder to split it. The loaded log
exploded all right with 4 report like
b'oadSide. Usually in splitting \
log it drops apart without further
trouble, but this time things hap
pened. One piece was blown back
ten or fifteen feet from the building,
while the other sailed across the
mill, hitting and wrecking the log
carriage and landing against the
side toward the liver. The ma.
chinery Of the carriage was stripped
clean, broken and bent, snd it will
take some time to repair the outfit
and prepare it for business again.
MURRAY, the seven-year-old son of
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