Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
The Kings Daughters will NEE

school work of the River Street Pri
mary schools this afternoon from
to 4 o'clock.
Sheriff Wilson S. Lowell ha
dropped Paul Tinkham OF Roches
ter from the list of deputy sheriffs,
and it is not learned that his place
has been filled.
Michael Co, ne, who has been IL
Boston since Christmas, returned
Wednesday.
A, b. Jaquith has bought of l.. A,
Richmond the Holmes place on
River street, now occupied by &. II.
Cady. Mr.. and Mrs. Jaquith expect
to take possession soon.
Misses Maud and Clara Richard
son were in Concord, n. H., a day
or two this week visiting their grand
father, Ward Richardson, who IL
quite i'll.
6. |. Wilcox Of the Woodstock
creamery has bought of NJ. Fl. Miller
Of Pomfret the Hewitt place, at the
lower end of the village, which inr
cludes a double tenement and two
barns at "king's Corner" and farm
of about 100 acres. Mr.. Wilcox
does not vet make public his plans
in regard to his new purchase.
One Of pair Of young horses
from Billings farm, driven by John
p. Gilman, slipped on the ice on
Elm street Thursday and attracted
considerable attention by his strug-
giles before he recovered his feet.
In the fall and scrimmage the "nigh"
horse and :" off " horse changed
places, but there was no other dam.
age.
There was quite stea dy rain or
drizzle Thursday. clap of thunder
coming along with the thaw. To-
wards night the temperature fell and
Friday morning the streets were COW
cred with ice and ready for sanding.
The general weather conditions
agree with the calendar spring to
some extent, but this was a blizzard
month in SO and New England is
for any kind of weather up
to about July Ist.
Royal &. kalloch, grandson
,f the late Mrs. Martha Woods,
who lived in Hosea V. French's
tamil, for some years, died of con
Feb. IS, in Portland, Tenn,
where he was staying with relatives. |
He was 81 years old. He went to
Smithvillc, II. j., from Woodstock
several years ago, and afterwards
entered the navy. He was in hos.
pital at Pueblo, COL, for some time
before going to Tennessee.
ODD FELLOWS MEET. -
The annual district meeting OF
he encampments of the seventh ois-
riot, l. o. o. f., WINS held with
Mt. Tom Encampment, No. II,
evening, March 2.
The encampment was opened in
'orm by the officers of Mt. Tom En-
,ampment aud the grand officors re- !
,eived. District Deputy Grand Pa.
triarch E. A. Spear then took the
chair and introduced Patriarch Chas.
F. Partridge, who welcomed the Wis.,
tors ON behalf of Mt. Tom encamp-
nent, Patriarch {. E. Ross OF Leh-
anon, n. H., happily responding.
The patriarchal degree was exem-
plitied upon six candidates by the |
deg,ee team of Mt. Tom encamp-
mcnt, and Morning Star encampment
of Lebanon conferred the Golden
Rule degree in very impressive
manner. The regular officers Of Mt.
Tom encampment then exemplitied
the Royal Purple degree in their
usual fine style.
AtII p. m. adjournment was taken
to the Inn, where the brothers sat
down to an excellent banquet. Fol-
lowing the feast District Deputy
Grand Patriarch E. A. Spear intro
duced Grand Senior Warden w. P.
Hor ton of Rutland, Grand Repre-.
sentative H. r. kimball of St. Al.
bans, Grand Treasurer l.. J. Brown
of Bradford, District Deputy Grand
Patriarch c. b. Ross and Past Dis
trict Deputy c. d. Angel of Leba-
non and others, who spoke enter.
upon the work of the order.
The visiting brothers departed
upon special train. There were
SO Patriarchs present.
Report Of the Lincoln school,
which closed Feb. II.
Arthur Potwin, Walter Gallup,
Alfred Moore and Harold Potwin
were each absent one day, and Mar
jorie Potwin two days. During the
past year Alfred Moore and Harold
Potwin were each absent one day,
Marjorie Potwin two days, Raymond
Robinson three days, Airline Liberty