Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-05-07
Capt. Elton A. Smith was in

Inc kings Daughters VIII meet
with Mrs. J. r. Pember this even
ing at 7 o'clock.
S. +. Kilner of New York was in
town Monday to attend meeting of
the Woodstock National bank.
st. Agnes Guild held sociable
at the home Of Mrs. w. F. Jones
Thu sday evening.
Walter {. Story Of Canaan, n.
H., is visiting his daughter, Miss
Ethel {. Story.
The streets have already reached
a midsummer condition of dust,-
ness, after the rain Of last week, and
there are calls for the sprinkler.
Miss Vail of New York is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. F. S. Bill
linss. Henry Fl. Vail, who was
here few days, returned to New
York Tuesday.
The hour OF the early morning
service on Sundays at st. James
church is changed to 7.3o, beginning
with Sunday, May s, thus returning
to the former custom.
The Grand Lodge Of Vermont,
/. O. O. F., will meet at Bellows
Falls Tuesday, May II. E. A.
Spear and Dr.. f. r. Kidder are rep
resentatives from Quechee River
Lodge, and b. b. Rich will repre-
sent Canton Woodstock.
Among this weeks guests at the ,
Inn are: Mrs. David McFarlane,
Mrs. w. Grant Stewart, Mrs. w. ID.
Sutherland, Miss Sutherland, Mont
real Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Jones,
Newtonville, Mass. Prof. Edward
II. Williams, Andover, Mass. DR..
and Mrs. S. w. Torrcy, Beverly
Farms, Mass. MI. and Mrs. Archi-
bald E. Reid, Miss NJ. l.. HYDE,
New York.
The Bean murder case is set for
hearing at the May term Of supreme
court which convenes in Montpel-
Ter Nav 10. AS it is among the first
cases on the trial calende, it will be
tried the first week of court, and
will rrobrbly be one of the first
reached.
Reports from the trout fishermen
who were out May lst and I'd were
of mild sort and the inference is
that the streams were too high for
good sport. 1t is no, expected that
mlny big strings will be taken until
the water is considerably lower and
warmer.
Dr.. A. N. Logan opened the AUTO
mobile season in Woodstock by pur-
chasing a Waverly electric runa-
bout, a handsome and noiseless ma
chine that the horses seem to like.
DR.. F. T. Kidder expects to have a
StaEJsr steam aiitnn,nh;ln e.,~-
hill climber, and with the machines
brought in by summer visitors there
will doubtless be many horseless
vehicles here during the season.
George Aitken and F. S. Bill
lings attended the first annual meet
ing of the Vermont Good Roads
association, held AT Montpelier on
Thursday OF this week. X. S. Cur
rier of Barre is president of the asso
citation, whose object is to arouse
an interest in the making of better
highways and the advantage of bet
ter, roads throughout the state.
Among the speakers were Governor
Mccullough. George NJ. Powers of
Morrisville, Senator w. II. Dilling-
ham. Congressman d. ]. Foster,
aid Mr.. Aitkcn spoke on "High-
ways Abroad"
F. T.. Richmond was driving up
North Park street "Wednesday morn.
ing with Joe Fitzgerald, an employe
at his stable, when the horse started
to run. Mr.. Richmond got him in
hand again at once, but just as he
was turning at the head of the park
the girth broke and with a jump the
horse was beyond control. He ran
down the street and turning at the
library cut across the corner of the
lawn in front. AS the wagon struck
the curling Mr.. Richmond was
thrown out, striking on his chest
on Tie stone curb, but arose unhurt.
In dropping off the lawn into w. S.
llewit,'s driveway the horse fell,
Joe alighting safely before the wagon
Topped upside down and jumping
for the animal's head, G.. NJ. Perry
taking a hand there about the same
time. The horse received one or
two bad cuts and the wagon dasher
was broken, this being the extent OF
the damage.
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