Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-21

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DR.. H. G. Jackson gave an instruct
i've talk on tuberculosis at the Y. NJ
@. A. Wednesday night. The meet
ing was well attended and much in.
terest was shown in the address,
which was along practical lines
There will be no meeting next week
DR.. and Mrs. R. w. Boyce have
returned to their house on Pleasant
street.
The fall and early winter business
at the Inn has been unusually good
and a large number of guests are
booked for New Years week.
A statement recently published
has caused the post Office department
to call attention to the law governing
writing upon mail matter of the
third and fourth classes. The de-
partment has been accredited with a
statement to the effect that holiday
greetings written upon mail matter
Of the classes mentioned might sub
ject the offender to a fine Of $40.
AS matter of fact, the law govern
ing this subject reads as follows;
Such Inscriptions as Merry Christ
mas, Happy New Year. With Best
Wishes, ETC., together with the name
of the addressee and sender may be
written upon mail matter Of the
third and fourth classes, or upon
card enclosed Herewith, without af-
fecting it's classification"
Joseph Anthony arrived from
Haverhill, Mass, Friday morning.
With his son Harry he went to Cal
iiornia last spring, but Mr.. Anthony
soon returned east and has been in
Llaverhill the past summer and fall,
He expects to remain in Woodstock
for the present.
For the winter season of sports
the Woodstock Inn is well prepared
to meet the wants of its guests and
others in the way of snowshoes, skis,
toboggans and double runners. 1t
has large number Of snowshoes for
rent, to the public as well as to the
patrons of the house.
Henry Ii. Vail, who has bought
and removed the Whitcomb livery
barn, Sayward's lumber storage and
other buildings, recently purchased
the Merrill machine shop and w. j.
Boyce & Co.'S. storehouse nearby.
These will also be removed, thus
clearing the whole space between the
rear of Mr., Walls houses and the
brook.
The post Office has more than its
usual holiday appearance, with the
evergreen trees that fill the win
dows, and other decorations in APP
propriate colors. Business at the
Office has been fully up to the aver
age thus far. The money order and
registry business has been heavy
and a rush of Christmas mail is ex-
pected today and Monday.
A young man who has looked for
one says that spruce trees are scarcer
than humming birds at Christmas in
the vicinity of this village. He went as
far as John Chambers, climbing up
and down and over the hill, but
couldn't discover the one holiday
evergreen he wanted. He said he
walked about three hundred miles.
His boss was pleased to observe that
he brought back his Ratchet.
Architect G.. E. Barton sailed for
New York Dec. Is, after European
trip Of several months, and is ex-
pected here about January LIST.
Roger Montague is at home from
Worcester, Mass, for the holidays.
The soldiers monument arrived
at the station here from Barre Sat-
urday and the work of unloading
the big granite blocks and carrying
them to the schoolhouse grounds
was begun Tuesday. The men i'll
charge were erecting a derrick Fri
day, but the monument will not be
in place for day or two yet. The
contractor is Thomas f. Jackson of
Waterbury, Conn.
IN THE N0IINTN IAN