Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-05-14

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at the Raymond, Pasadena, Cal, th
past winter, returned last week, tC
remain until the summer hotel sea
son opens. .....-.....
Franklin S. Billings went to Bos
ton this week, returning Saturda,
with Mrs. F. N. Billings.
J. r. Pcmber has been asked tc
represent Vermont in the Music
Teachers National association, which
meets this year at St. Louis in June
Mrs. F. D. Price and son returned
to Salem, Mass, Monday, with Mr..
Price, who was here over Sunday.
A. B. Jaquith expects to make
some Improvements soon in the
Holmes house on River street.
Mrs. !. Foster Rhodes has opened
her summer house here, her aunt,
Mis-. Kelsey of Meriden, Conn,
coming with her Monday.
Clinton l.. Hudson returned home
from Colorado Saturday, and will
remain in Woodstock, at least for
the summei. He is much improved
in health, though Tor two months he
was very i'll in a Denver hospital.
Mrs. ii. V. Tatum of New York,
a summer visitor here for some
years, has taken the College Hill
House for the season. A car load
of furniture for the house and sew
eral horses arrived Wednesday.
An inc,e ease of pension to SIS per
month, dating from Jan. 6, has been
granted to Charles H. Chambers OF
Canaan, N. H., and an inc, ease to
Slspearo m0 .S LAD dnat'nng f 1o% pe 81
Woodstock, through Attorney John
Gilman.
A runaway Tuesday morning
made Il lot of noise, but no damage
was done. Arthu, Howland's pair
of horses, hitched to lumber
wagon, ran from his barn on the
Boulevard to Court street, down
Elm street and up the hill to the
lawn on the Billings estate. When
found one was eagerly eating grass
and the other, badly winded, APP
peared to be wondering what the
fuss was about.
RED horse" are running at the
Plymouth reservoir and nearby wa
tiers, which means that the fishermen
who have been watching for the
chance are gathering in these fish
by the bushel and barrel and sailing
EN- down for future use. The red
horse resemble the common "suck-
er," but run from one to four pounds,
red fins probably giving them the
name. Once year, at about this
time, they appear in schools at the
mouths of the brooks emptying into
the reservoir, running into the shall.
low water until the stream is nearly
choked up, and then they are cap
tuned by forks, shovels and by hand
and thrown out, the fishermen getting
in below them and preventing their
escape into deep water again. They
run about 10 o'clock at night; at
least more are caught at that time
than at any other hour, the fun pro-
ceeding by the aid OF lanterns. After
few days the uncaught rec
horse disappear, scooting for the
deep water, or somewhere, and nc
more are hooked or torked for another
year. =
Herbert Hudson, who is employed
at the Central street market, was on
again Thursday, stiff and lame afte1
a runaway accident Monday after
noon. He was crossing the side
walk between the exp ess office ant
the bank with delivery Wagon
loaded high with empty boxes, ant
himself seated on top of the load
when tier OF boxes tipped owe
and he was thrown backward, dow
in front of front wheel. ii
gripped the wheel to save himsel
from being run over and held
while the horse dragged him dow
Elm street. AT the head Of Pleasan
street the wagon struck a post. Her
bert lost his hold and the wheel
passed over him, striking his necl
and body. The spectators wouldn
have given much for his chances a
they saw him go down the stree
but he was quickly picked ur
bruised, shaken and hardly cor
scious, and taken to r. E. Ricf
mond's house, where DR.. Kidder a
tended him, finding no broken bone
or evidence of serious injury.