Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-06-16

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turned home Monday.
DR.. Holbrook was called to Spring
field, Mass, Monday, by the illness
of his father.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Walter NJ. Houghton, former resi-
dents of this village, in Hartland
June IA.
A. L. Washburn and family OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, who were here last
summer. have taken Or Holhrook's
house for the season. DIR. and Mrs
Holbrook are at DR.. w. H. Corey's
for the summer
A. E. Ordway, who is travelling
with the Stats Sextet Club Of Bos-
ton, was at home a few days the
past week.
Mrs. NJ. E. Purple of Mt. Vernon,
N. Y, is visiting here.
Mrs. Sheldon S. S. Campbell and
child of Collinsville, Conn, are Wis
ting DR.. and Mrs. w. FL. Corey.
The postmaster general is consid-
ering proposition to provide the
farmer with weather reports at least
twelve hours earlier than they can
be had by the present methods. The
plan is to have the postmasters stamp
on the envelopes going out to the
rural free delivery patrons the
weather signs as indicated by the
forecasts received by telegraph, us
ing a rubber stamp for the purpose.
These kilograms are supposed to be
received at the postofices before the
rural carriers start on their routes,
and the stamping is to be done at
the same time the postage is can
celled.
The Republican caucus elected
tile following Proctor delegates tc
the State convention Saturday: j
R. Pember, H. w. Walker, Isaiah
Benson, VIM. H. Smith, J. E. Mon
tague, w. S. Hewitt; alternates, G.
w. Sayward, w. f. Jones, Paul O.
Kendall, John f. Thompson, Geo
Fl. Vaughan, Geo. w. Marble. rhe
delegates erected to the second dis
trict convention are John S. Eaton
| Il. G. Lockwood, Chas. F. Chapman,
H. w. Walker, Isaiah Benson, VIM
FL. Smith. They were elected over
Bell ticket by a vote Of 1877 to Is.
The following ticket for town com
mittee-J. S. Eaton, !. B. Gilbert
and L. H. Morgan was objected to
by seversl voters as containing the
names of men favorable to the Glenn
ent candidacy, and it made things
interesting for a few minutes. 1t
was elected, however, over an opposi-
ton ticket, AZ to %.
DR.. George Fl. Spiller, optician,
will be in Woodstock at ]. G. Nut
ting's June 10 and 20, in Hartland
the 2lst, in Windsor 22nd and 23rd
Springfield June 25th, Felchville
June 20.
At a special meeting Tuesday
evening, Woodstock Lodge F. and
A. NJ, the third degree was received
by several candidates. A delegation
from the lodge at White River juno
ton were present.
Rev. G. H. Wells of New York is
in town for two or three weeks.
John G.. Foster of Lynn, Mass, is
visiting his father, w. D. Foster.
A Lebanon, N. H., automobile was
disabled Sunday between here and
Taftsville and was towed back by
an OK team to the Central street gar
age minus a wheel which it had lost
by the breaking of an axle. The
wheel rolled into the river when the
accident occurred and was fished out
Monday.
Fred b. Dutton has sold the fine
stallion Brown Bird to Messrs.
Underwood & Ellis of Brattleboro,
and he was taken down there last
week.
Mrs. Charles French of Dorches-
ter, Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Boyce.
F. H. Knapp of Portsmouth, N.
H., was in town a day this week.
While driving toward Woodstock
about 9 o'clock Sunday evening, Ara
Thompson and Miss Dora Chase
collided, above Bridgewater Cor
ners, with team driven by Lewis
SpaulGing. The crash freed both
horses, and the carriages rolled down
a bank with broken thills and other
wise damaged. Miss Chase was
thrown out but not severely hurt,
while Thompson rode down the
bank a prisoner, his head thrust
through the carriage top, finally get