Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-02-16


Star card parties will be held in the
Masonic parlors Wednesday evening
of next week.
The subject of Rev. Joseph Ham
ilton's sermon at the Methodist
church tomorrow morning will be
THE Duty of the Church toward the
Negro of the South. "
The Kings Daughters will meet to
sew Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 2.3O p. M,
with Mrs. Pember, 1t is hoped each
member will make an extra effort to
attend, as the work contemplated
should be done without delay. Don't
forget the day and hour.
Randall Post, G. A. r., will hold
its annual camp fire at Grand Army
hall on Washington's birthday, Feb.
%, at 100 o'clock p. m, The ladies
of the Relief Corps will have lunch
ready for all soldiers at noon, sharp.
All are cordially invited to the camp
ere at l.30. By order Of committee
of arrangements.
venezuela" will be the subject of
Hon. Frank Plumley's lecture at the
town hall next week Thursday even
ing. He is well known here as a
speaker and he is especially well
qualified to make an interesting talk
about Venezuela and its people. This
is the third of the seasons course of
lectures.
Woodstock will again have good
base ball next season. It's little
early yet to discuss plans, and Man
ager Howes isn't talking, but he in
Inmates that there will be something
doing when the time comes to take
the field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Pinney
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ferris j. Perkins
were called to Hartford, Conn, Sat
urday by the death of Edward Car
penter
Peter Charon goes on Monday to
Montreal for an operation at the Vic
toria hospital in that city. He will
be absent two or three weeks and in
the meantime his blacksmith shop
will be closed.
Henry Carpenter has closed his
house and repairs will be made upon
it the coming season. Mr.. Carpenter
and his two youngest children are
now at Otto Yuncker's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Billings of
New York are at the Inn.
H. w. Hoye was in St. Johnsbury
this week to attend the opening Of
supreme court.
DR., R. W. Boyce has begun repairs
upon his house on Pleasant street,
Miss Isabel LaMountain is going
to Worcester, Mass, Monday, to re-
main several months.
A fine horse belonging to G. II.
Cady broke leg in its stall Sunday
and had to be killed.
The Vermont State Board of Agri-
culture will hold meeting in Music
hall, Woodstock, Saturday, Feb %,
at 10 O clock a. m. and at 100 p. m.
Orion Grange of South Woodstock,
Ottauquechee Grange of TaftsTille
and the West Woodstock Grange
have arranged for basket picnic at
noon in the hall dining room, when
coffee will be served free to all who
wish. DR.. j. l.. Hills, diaector Of
the Vermont experiment station, Ma
son S. Stone, superintendent Of ed
ucation, will be among the speakers,
and Gov. Proctor and ex-Gov. Bell
are expected to be present.
Sabin Narcotic Of this village and
John Narcotic, his brother, Of Wind
sor, we're jailed as the result Of a dis
turbance at the formers house on
Court street Sunday afternoon.
About 4 o'clock Mrs. Narcotic ran
out of the house, screaming for help,
and Sheriff Thomas was summoned
in a hurry. He found the house in
terrible state of upheaval, Narcotic
in drunken frenzy having smashed
furniture. pulled out bureau draw
ers and scattered and broken their
contents, silenced a phonograph and
destroyed the records, until the
rooms were mass of wreckage.
Sheriff Thomas dug Narcotic out
from beneath lot of bed clothes in
back room to which he had retreat
ed and landed him in Jail. John
Narcotic was calling on Sheriff
Thomas just before the trouble be-
came acute, having friend in the
cage" and also having an official
acquaintance with the sheriff He
was about to leave when Sabin was