Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Amo OF
Charlestown, Mass, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark during
the holidays.
The annual meeting of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution will
be held with Mrs. Mary Vaughan
Tuesday evening, Jan. 10.
G. A. j. White found a pair of
large deer antlers, with four points,
in the road while driving recently
through Pinney Hollow in Plymouth
Rev. John Cotton Brooks, rector
of Christ Church, Springfield, Mass,
brother of the late Phillip Brooks,
who with his wife and daughter
passed the summer of 1904 here in
DR. Hurlbutts house, died in Paris
Thursday, Jan, 3.
The lecture course will be opened
in the Methodist church Thursday
evening, Jan. II, 8 p. M, by Rev. P.
S. Henson, D. D., pastor of fremont
Temple, Boston. Subject, "Fools.
Tickets for the lecture and the course
are on sale at Morgan's store and at
the Woodstock Inn.
There will be special music at the
Uuiversalist church Sunday morning
by quartet including Mr.. Holland,
tenor; Mrs. l.. H. Olzendam, soprano;
Mr.. Karl Pember, bass; Mrs. Mary
Vaughan, alto. Rev. Mr.. Cheever
will repeat his sermon, the subject
being, Nonsense and common sense
about amusements.
The following officers were installed
at the last regular meeting of the W.
R. G., ian, 8, 1907: President, Mary
Morrill,; s. V. P, Emma Slayton; j.
V. P, Belle Payne; secretary, Marcia
Colston; treasurer, Clara Atwood;
Con-, Mary Sylvester; guard, Geor-
gianna Cushing; chaplain, Clara Gil
son. The next regular meeting will
be held Wednesday, Jan. l6, at 2
p. m.
At the annual meeting of the
Woodstock National bank Tuesday,
directors were elected as follows:
William E. johnson, William S.
Dewey, F. S. Mackenzie, Samuel E.
Kilner, Fred'k w. Wilder. The di-
rectors organized by electing the
following officers: President, William
E. johnson; vice president, William
S. Dewey; cashier, Fred'k W. Wilder.
At the annual meeting of the Wood
stock Ice Supply Co., held Wednes-
day evening, the following board of
directors was elected: F. S. Billings,
W. j. Boyce, Fred'k Chapman, F. T.
Kidder, H. G. Gushing. The direc-
tors organized by electing F, S. Bill
lings president, W. j. Boyce treas
urer, f. Il. Kidder vice president, H.
G. Gushing secretary and auditor.
William A. Whitecar will be seen
here Jan. "a, with Jules Murry's
own company in Isaac Henderson's
great comedy success, "The Mummy
and the Humming Bird" Mr..
Whitecar has become thoroughly
identified with the role Of Lord
Lumley," and his splendid perform
ance has assisted materially in plac-
ing the play in the prominent place
it holds in public favor. The sup
porting cast this season is announced
as the strongest that has ever pre-
scented the piece, and again includes
Henry Carl Lewis as Giuseppe, the
Italian organ grinder.
The report of the Librarian, Mrs.
0. B. Jaquith, shows that during
1906 the Norman Williams public
library loaned 81 ,494 books to 81, 1893
persons. OF these volumes 1912
were fiction and 1889 juvenile, 1920
of the latter class being fiction. The
March record Of books loaned was the
largest, 2344, for any one month, and
December the lowest, with 1919
books. In the year 1905, 20,997
books were loaned, and the increase
the past year in the number of vol
umes circulated over 1904 is about
one thousand, the library thus show
ing steady gain in patrons from
year to year. The total number of
volumes in the library is now Is, 1903,
the number of accessions in 1906
being 430. The library was opened
% years ago.