Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-26
THE AGE,
Woodstock Vermont

New Minister" at Music Hall on Sat
nrday, Dec. 10.
Richard S. Southgate was at home
from Dartmouth Thursday.
E. p. Ashley has returned to the
Inn after two-weeks vacation.
E. G. Bailey of New York was
among the Thanksgiving day guests
at the Inn.
Under direction of the federal pos
tai department, all mail matter pass
ing through the postoi1ice has been
weighed during the past ten weeks,
ending Nov. %. During that period
fhe Woodstock office has sent out
1871 pounds of mail and received
24,967 pounds, making a total of
35,S7S pounds Of mail handled at
this Office.
Miss Mary Bradley has bought of
Fl. II. Daniels the house on the Bou-
levard at present occupied by Fred
Parker, and also the barn, formerly
a blacksmith shop. Miss Brad
ley and her father, George Bradley,
will occupy the house as soon as Mr..
Parker vacates it.
The "Our New Minister date at
Music Hall ON Saturday, Dec. 10, is
eagerly awaited
A petition signed by so leading
business men of II is village was pre-
sented this week to Chairman Ait
ken of the board of trustees. 1t
reads as follows
We, the undersigned taxpayers Of
the Village of Woodstock, consider
ing the advantages that the village
now has, and realizing the supreme
importance of village adopting a
new fire alarm system for village,
also an appropriation for disciplin-
ing and equipping our fire depart
ment as village should have ask
your honorable board to have mem
toned in article of warning as law
directs, upon calling out the next
annual meeting, in order that the
village may have power to act upon
the matter at the next annual meet
ing.
The snow storm of Nov. l3 made
good sleighing for few days, but
subsequent thaw has spoiled it. Now
it's neither good wheeling nor sleigh
ing, most of the out of town people
coming in on wheels. There are
drifts, however, in few places back
on the hills that make life burden
for the traveller. On the r. F. D.
route Mail Carrier English reports
the going" about the worst ever
known. Part of the trip he makes
on runners; wheels go better some of
the way, and now and then he has
to leave the highway and cut through
field to make time.
The Thanksgiving turkey roasted
high this year and refused to come
down for less than 20 cents a pound,
or about that figure. Vermont raises
some turkeys, and hal a good many
t. sell this year, but the usual
number, f xes and a wet season for
the young birds partially account
ing for the scarcity. The local mar
kets had some good looking birds,
the flock Of dressed poultry at Whites
market being headed by 2S-pound
turk" that attracted lots of atten-
ton in the window. The bird was
from Kansas, however, and is proba-
bly, large even for that land of tall
corn and other big things.
Mrs. Angela S. Tinkham, daugh-
ter of the late Henry T. Marsh, died
at Stockton, Cal, Nov. 5. She was
a sister of Fred P. Marsh of this vii
lage, Mrs. Albert Sturtevant of Hart
land, and Walter p. Marsh of Stock
ton. The Stockton Mail in notice
Of her death says:
MANY people paid their respects
to the memory of Angela S. Tink-
ham today. The deceased passed
away last Saturday after lingering
illness. She was aged 81 years, 9
m onths, and left beside devoted
husband daughter, who has been
her faithful attendant during her i'll
n ,ss. Two brothers and sister and
many relatives and friends in Ver-
m ont, from which place she came in
1860, will mourn her loss. George
Tinkham, the historian of this city,
is a nephew of the deceased.
| At 9 o'clock this afternoon the fu-
neral was held from the family resi-
dence, No. 927 East Channel street
Rev. Lundy of the First Presbyte-
rian church conducted the services
The funeral procession was very