Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-22
LOCAL NOTES

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has been received at the state house
Montpelier, and will be hung in the
supreme court room. 1t is the Gift
hf Rush p, John A., and S. Allen
\ Barrett, the three surviving sons
Judge Barrett was horn in Strafford
INLAY Ia, 1914, and died in April,
1900. Judge Barrett was first
elected from Woodstock where he
lived for many years.
Arrivals at the Inn:
Mrs. G. Hamilton, Miss b. Hamil-
ton, Montreal; Rev. and Mrs. W. D.
Smith, Winchester, Mass; Miss j.
B. Stockbridge, Stamford; Mrs. II. L.
Harris, Fort Hancock.
Mrs, j, Russell Murdoch went on
Thursday to spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. Currier, of Newport,
The Women's Relief Corps will
hold a Food Sale at the Arts and
Crafts rooms Friday, Aug 28, from
A to g. Everybody is invited.
John Bishop, the chauffeur who
went down the bank with P. II
Lynch's touring car on the South
Woodstock road, last week Friday,
was not badly injured and was at
work the next day. Robert Walker,
who was with him, was thrown some
feet, landing perllously near pile
Of stone, but was able to assist in
the rescue of Bishop from beneath
the car. The machine aside from a
twisted axle, was not much damaged,
and returned to the garage Saturday
under its own power,
. Mrs. N. d, Goodhue and daughter
of Dayton, O., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Pinney and friends here
Capt. and Mrs. E. A. Smith and
several members of their family, and
Miss O'Byrne and Col.MA 0'Byrne's
children arrived last week.
A second automobile accident oc-
Cured last week Friday afternoon
on the Taftsville road, near the
"iron kettle" a big Royal tourist"
going off the road and narrowly es-
Gaping total wreck. In the car
were Mr.. and Mrs, w. +. Earle,
Miss A. A. Pear, Miss G.. G. Way
mouth and D. G. Hyde of Cambridge,
Mass, and Miss G. S. George of
Haverhill, Mass. Mr.. Earle was
driving and in attempting to pass
Henry H. Wallis car the wheels cut
into the softearth by the roadside
and went down the bank, which de-
sends rather steeply to the railroad
track, little more than it's own
length. A tree prevented the car
from tipping over and the occupants
we're released without injury. w.
E. View was summoned and with
jacks and team from G. M. Perry's
rescued the car with hardly a scratch,
although the top was somewhat de-
moralized.
j. N. Marble came up from New
York last week Thursday. He has
opened his studio and will later have
here some of his pictures painted in
Santa Barbara, Calf, where he
spent last winter and spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cushing of
Gardner, Mass, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs: Frederick Howes.
Springfield VS.. Woodstock today
at 4 o'clock.
@. e. Woodruff was in Amsden
this week and verifes the report of
the wood-chopping story, all but the
big bets, as printed in another
column. Mr.. Woodchopper Moote,
he understands, is to cut, split and
pile FIVE cords Of wood in a day, be-
ginning with the standing tree; and
Mr.. Woodruff believes he can do it
easily.
At the Methodist Episcopal church |
next Sunday morning the pastor will
preach On "The Farce Of the Ages"
and in the evening on your School
Examination" Everybody invited.
w N. Campbell, Miss Marion
Campbell, and their guest, Miss
Margaret Bull of Chicago, are pass
ing a sew days in the Berkshires.
going from here to Manchester |
Thursday by automobile and thence
to Pittsdeld and Lenox.
The automobile accidents of last
week have been followed by a few
lesser mishaps. On Wednesday a
car from Bridgeport, Conn, was
stalled by a slump in the road near
West Bridgewater, the ground Civ
ing way beneath while it was wait
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