Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13


H. L. Kindly of the Rutland
Herald was in town Thursday.
f. S. Billings went to Fitchburg,
Mass, Friday, to attend the funeral
of his aunt, Mrs. Charles j. Billings.
Ottauquechee Chapter, D. A. r.,
will give a military ball at the town
hall Friday evening, Jan, 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark, who
spent the holidays in Boston,
Charlestown, Roxbury and Franklin,
Mass, returned last week Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Marble,
who have spent several weeks here
with Mr.. Marbles parents, started
for Chicago Wednesday.
N p. Wheeler of White River
Junction has sold Nat H., 2.l0 Ia,
who has been seen ON the loca! track,
to Massachusetts parties.
DIR. II. G. Jackson returned ON
Wednesday from Wiscasset, Me-, be-
ing called there by the illness OF his
mother,
Philip Royce has bought of f. s.
PAYNE the Mitchell lot, on the south
side of the mill pond at West Wood
stock, paying $500 for the six acres.
Mr.. Payne retains a piece of land be-
tween the pond and the highway,
where he expects to build a house
next season.
The report of Mrs, O. B. Jaquith
librarian. for 1905, shows tlIut tire
Norman Williams public library
loaned 20,997 books to Fl, DAT per-
sons during the past twelve months.
OF the books loaned 1897 were
fiction. Juvenile readers took out
5O75 volumes, which included 4577
works of fiction.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution elected the following
officers at their annual meeting;
Regent, Mrs. Mary P. Vaughan; vice
| regent, Mrs. Minnie Pinney; secre-
tary, BHrs Ada Gillingham; treasur-
err, Miss Grace Marble; registrar,
Miss E. A. Hapgood; historian, Mrs.
Maude Spear.
j. G.. Underwood, a vice president
of the Vermont Christian Endeavol
Union, was in Bellows Falls Tuesday
in conference with Rev. G. w. Jack
son, also one of the vice presidents
in regard to the arrangements 1ol
the mid-year meeting which is to be
held there Tuesday and Wednesday
February 20 and q,
The wide-open winter closed witt
snap Wednesday morning, wher
the mercury dropped as far as q
degrees below zero in nus, some ntAef
ate very much during the day, but
Thursday morning was not quite as
severe. The cake Of ice that, has
.ovvn Stunning itself Just outside A
| L. Wood & Co. 5 store still holds its
own, however, and is a fair sample
of this seasons mill pond harvest,
At the annual meeting of the
Ladies' Aid society Of the Methodist
| Episcopal church, held Wednesday
the following officers were elected
President, Mrs. Martha Yuncker
vice president, Mrs. j. U. Anthony
secretary, Mrs. j. E. Leonard; treas.
urer, Mrs. j. G. Morgan; executive
committee, Clara Kidder, Mrs. M
Dutton, Mrs. II. Barnes. 1t was
voted to give supper and entertain
ment at the church parlors, Thurs
day, Jan. Is. Admission Is cents
w. N. Campbell has bought Of
Elmer Cotton the Chauncey Walker
place in Barnard, consisting of about
$50 acres of land. The farm adjoins
the place bought last summer by
Mrs. Alice Perkins Chace of New
York. Mr.. Campbell expects to
make repairs and alterations on the
house in the spring and will devote
considerable time to the improve
ment of the property, bringing many
advanced ideas to the cultivation and
care Of the soil.
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