Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-07-13

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Bureau of Plant Industry of U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Rev. E. @. Drouhin attended the
annual retreat for the clergy of the
diocese of Burlington, which was
opened Monday at St. Michael's col
lege.
Mrs. Richard rockingham and
daughter Gwendolyn are at Pigeon
Cove, Mass.
The Woman's Relief Corps will
meet at G. A. R. hall Wednesday
afternoon, July II, at 2.30 o'clock.
Miss Ida N. Whitcomb is passing
the week at Cryetal lake, near En-
field, N. H.
Miss Nina j. King of South Gard
ner, Mass, is with her father, H. E.
hing, Tor the summer.
The Young Peoples Christian
Union of the Universalist church
will hold service Sunday evening
at 7.l5 o'clock in the church parlors.
The subject, "The True Interpreta-
ton of Rest" Leader, Mrs. Emma
Slayton.
George F. Mass of New York is
visiting his father, u. ii Mass, and
sister, Mrs. W. II. Mitchell
Mrs. H. S. Brooks aud two chill
dren, of Ardsley-on-Hudson, N. Y,
are at Easterly.
Three Hungarian laborers are now
employed at the Billings farm, COM
ing from an employment agency in
New York.
Civil Engineer Henry Harding has
been running lines for the new street
from Lincoln street to the Hartland
hill road.
Principal A. D. Wiggin is attend
ing the two-weeks summer school for
school superintendent and super
visors, at Willoughby Lake. Mrs.
Wiggin and the children are visiting
in North Troy.
Mrs. E. F. Lawton is visiting the
summer school at Plymouth, N. H.
Mrs. E. Thayles Emmons of &C.
neva, N. Y, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Townsend.
W. j. Sayward of New York, son
of G. W. Sayward of this village, ex-
poets to go to Europe in September
on business for McKim, Mead &
White, architects. Mrs. Sayward
will be in Woodstock during his alb
sence.
Bishop A. G. A. Hall will lay the
corner stone of the new St. James
church on the afternoon of Thursday,
July 25, at 4 o'clock. A confrma-
ton service will be held in the even
ing.
The White River junction Land
mark prints this hopeful item: ut
is reported that Forepaugh & Sells
Bros circus may exhibit in this
place the last of July Or the first Of
August.
Among the Inn arrivals this week
are: Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Sexton of
New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Wells, DR.. James D. Tanner, Bur-
lington; George H. Myers, Washing
ton, D, @.
ne wv. B. Turnbull of Allston,
Mass, and Mrs. F. S. Ogilvie of New
York, sisters of E. P. Ashley, are at
the Inn.
An exchange says: Through the
courtesy of Charles NJ. Russell of
Wilmington, Gen. 7. S. Peck of Bur
lington is enabled to correct state
ment by him that Dana H. Whitney
of Co. B, (Woodstock) LIST Vt. Regt.,
was the the first soldier from this
state killed in the War for the Union.
1t appears that Corp. Russell H. Ben
jamin, of Co. G, (Brattleboro) I'd Vt.
Regt., was the first soldier killed.
Corp. Benjamin met his death at the
battle of Bull Run, July 81, 1861;
and Priv. Whitney at Newport News,
Va, July, 1861, one day later.
T. S. Farrelly went to Lawrence
Mas, last week Friday, being called
there by the death of his sister, Mrs.
Daniel Koran, and her l2-years-old
son, who were drowned that day in
Hittit pond at Salem, N. H. Mr..
Koran was in camp at the pond with
his family at the time the accident
occurred. The boy sank while in
bathing and in attempting to rescue
him his mother was drowned. The
funeral was held in Lawrence Sun
day.
The White River Junction Land