Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-11

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The Kings Daughters Circle vii
meet to sew at Mrs. j. r. Pember'
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. j. G.. Underwood of HartlanC
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
F. P. Marsh this week.
Rev. II. M. Springer of Hartford
will preach in the Methodist church
at Woodstock next Sunday, Marcel
IL, at 1890 a. m.
Mrs Joseph Bond of Chicago, q
summer visitor in Woodstock, an.
nounces the engagement other daugh-
ter, Miss Louise Bond, to Mr..
Joseph f. Rhodes, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Foster Rhodes.
A batch of prisoners arrived at
the Jail this week, which now has
ten inmates. Nicholas O'Sha was
committed from Chester ON the
charge of larceny.
Mrs. Ida Adams was committed
from White River junction on the
charge of keeping a disorderly house
aad Mildred Green and Della Nor
man were jailed for alleged disorder
ly conduct,all these coming from the
Junction police court. A couple of
sentences for intoxicat!on complete
the list.
The will of the late F. B. Merrill
was filed for probate this week. The
use of the whole estate is left to tho
widow during her life; her daughter,
Mrs. Martha White of Springfield,
Mass, then receives $500, and the
remainder of the estate is to be di-
vided among the children and the
grandson, Frederick Hamilton Mer-
rill. A few years ago Mr.. Merrill
placed between $4,000 and $40,-
600 in the hands of his son-in-law,
Richard Billings, in trust, the in
come of which was to go to Mr.. Mer-
rill; at his decease it goes to his
widow as long as she lives, and then
it is to be divided among the chill
dren. The estate and money held |
in trust amounts to about $4,000. |
The March meeting of the Ottau-
quechee Chapter D. A. r., met with
Miss IIapgood Tuesday evening.
There was a full attendance. The
programme for the evening consist
ed of music and papers, after which
ice cream and cake were served.
Poem, Lovers Errand" by Long
fellow-Miss Grace G.. Marble.
Grandma's Story of Bunker Hill
as She saw it from the Belfry," by
Oliver Windall Holmes-Miss Hap
good.
Charge of the Hussars, OPP. l40
(Husarewitt), Fritz Spindler; Ma
zurk, OPP. "a, Benjamin Goddard
Mrs. George R. Winslow.
The Woodstock Electric Co. re-
ceived two new transformers this
week and Supt. Smith has been busy
for day or two thawing out water
pipes. Several water services were
put into running order Thursday,
the work taking from three to ten
minutes in each case. The best Job
done was the thawing out Of nearly
1000 feet of four-inch main on South
street. One section of $50 feet was
cleared in one hour and 55 minutes,
200 amperes at 200 volts being used,
and a second section of the same
length was thawed out in 20 min
utes The transformers are each of
300 lights capacity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Walker
of South Woodstock celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of their marriage
Monday evening, the members of
Orion Grange giving reception in
their honor at the hall. About
eighty guests were present and
many congratulatory letters were re-
ceived by the couple from former
teachers and pupils of the old &c.
M. P" Academy, with which Mr..
Walker was associated for a long
period. Mr. j. H. Hoadley spoke in
behalf of the Grange, Mr.. Walker
responding with many thanks for
the kindness and congratulations of
his friends Refreshments were
served by the ladies of the Grange.
Among those from whom Mr.. and
Mrs. Walker received pleasant letters
reminiscent of old times were Prof.
Shipman of Tufts college and Rev.
DR.. Almon Gunnison, and letters
were also received from Wade Keyes
and Prof. Frederick Lee Of New
York whose father, Rev. j. S. Lee,
married them fifty years ago at
South Woodstock. Their anniver-