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

the indications are that he will hus-
tie back into his hole for the next
six weeks.
DIR. @. L. Dana of New York has
bought of j. S. Hathorn about a
dozen acres of land adjoining his
property on the Hilltop farm road
In. mentioning the musical num-
bers in the notice of the reception to
Rev. and Mrs. Lewis last week, the
name of Mrs Frederick A. Wilson,
who sang, THE Bird and the Rose"
by Horrocks, was inadvertently omit
ted.
A stray shepherd dog, black with
white markings, is in the care Of DIR.
F. r. Jewett, humane officer, and the
owner is asked to come and claim
the wanderer.
Charles @. Bates is visiting his
mother, Mrs. H. G. Bates, for few
weeks. He has been in hospital in
Rochester, N. Y, for some time and
hopes to improve his health in noun
tain air.
The annual district meeting of the
first Masonic district will be held at
Masonic hall, Woodstock, on the
afternoon and evening of Feb. Is,
under the direction of D. d. G.. M.
Frederic I, Swift. Special train ac-
commodations over the Woodstock
railroad will be provided.
Roy e. Thomas fox hound, who
knows well enough when conditions
are right for good sport, went hunt
ing alone the other day. He started
a fox and chased him into E. S.
Spaulding's barn yard in Taftsville,
where he caught and killed him.
Roy learned Of the capture when Mr..
.Spaulding brought the skin here and
presented it to him.
The High school will put a base
ball team into the field the coming
season, which will be out early for
practice. At a recent meeting the
following officers were elected; Cap
tain, R. H. White; secretary and
treasurer, H. G. Whitcomb; man
ager, B. R. Taylor. With the mate
rial at hand the school should have a
good team, the best for years. No
position is spoken for and every one
must practice hard in order to play.
The pulp wood teamsters are max
ing the most of the good shedding"
and some big loads are brought in
daily from up the river. The big
gest load this season was brought in
one day last week by Albert Sander
son from Bridgewater Center-ten
miles. 1t contained 576 feet of pulp
wood-four cords and half, and
was drawn by L. H. Pratt's pair Of
greys. This has been equalled in
former seasons by Happy" Thomp
son and others, but is a record load
this year.
The fire department has twice been
called out within ten days to unreel
it's hose for burning chimneys-both
harmless affairs requiring no water.
One was on Elm street last week and
the second was on Tuesday, from
Mrs. Taylor's house on the "Boule.
ward" 1t was fortunate in the lat
ter instance that there was no fire tc
fight, as the only nearby hydrant
was frozen up, and dipping water
from the brook wouldn't have been 6
very practicable alternative. The
frozen hydrant, it is understood, has
been leaky or out of order for some
time, and of course went out OF com
mission as soon as cold weather SCI
t in.
Joseph A. Prentiss, who will bt
remembered by older residents as an
occasional visitor here years ago
. died at his home in Winona, Mimi.
Jan. 10. He was born in Montpelier
in 1920, the son of Hon. Samue
Prentiss, chief justice of the supreme
, court of Vermont, and for two terms
United States senator from Vermont
In 1852 Mr.. Prentiss married Re
: becca Loomis of Montpelier, sister o
> the late Mrs. Charles Dana, who sur
: wives him, together with four chill
!, dren Mrs. William Hayes of Wi
t mona, Francis f. Prentiss of Cleve
land, Ohio, now president of tn
Chamber of Commerce; Samuel L
!, Prentiss, vice president of the Sec
ond National bank of Winona, anC
! Mrs. Clark E. Bailey of Winona.
e Mrs. Mary B. Hayes, SO years old
n died at the ZONE of her daughter
}, Mrs. A. l.. Wood, Thursday night
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