Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-08

tertainment will also include songs
and tableaux, the latter showing The
"Sunbonnet Babies" and the "Over
all Boys" The play is in four acts
and is taken from a Christmas story
written by Kate Douglas Wiggin
1t tells of some of the tribulations q
the Ruggles family and ends with {
Christmas dinner with real food!
and tree.
A. B. Wilder will send a group o.
pastels, including one of the NORTH
Bndgewater hills and another show,
ing South Woodstock and Ascutney
mountain, to the exhibition Of the
Boston Water Color club, wbicl
opens Feb, 20. He has lately com
pleted several pictures which are re-
markably strong in color, compost
ton and wintry atmosphere.
Over sixty couples attended the
Gremen's ball at the town hall Tues
day evening, and the dancers had al
unusually good time the fremen APP
pearing in uniform Sherwin &
Whites orchestra played.
The Leap Year ball given by the
young ladies of the village at the
town hall last Friday evening was
one of the pleasantest of thesociaI
everts of the season. The hall was
very cheerful with its decorations Of
red and yellow, and with the well
gowned ladies made an attractive and
enlivening scene. Every one present
seemed to enjoy themselves to the
limit.
The board of selectpen has been
settling the town accounts this week
The entertainment BY Miss Ida
Jenness Moulton at the Universalist
church was we'll attended. Her
readings and presentations were es-
pecially enjoyable, the selections be-
ing entirely new to most of the
audience.
Next Wednesday evening, Feb
u, there will be a Bible study at
the Y. M. G. A., followed by a de-
bate The question is, Resolved
that the young man living in the
country is better fitted for his life's
work than if he had always lived in
the city" Affirmative, Messrs. Brai-
ley and Whitcomb Negative, Messrs.
Buchanan and Prior. All men are
invited to attend this meeting.
S. A. Goldschmidt of New York
and Woodstock is at the Inn for q
hday or two
Walter ShurtleF, who has beer
clerk in F. j. Perkins store for some
months, and his sister, Miss Alice
Shurtleff, went to New York city
Friday and today will sail for Jack
sonville. They will pass the re
mainder of the winter in Florida.
Mrs. w. ]. Boyce has been visiting
in Boston.
Richard Billings of New York was
at George Athens few days the
past week.
e. j Kelley of Dartmouth was in
town Tuesday and Wednesday and
his visit gave rise to no end of base
ball talk. If anything resulted from
recent confabs, however, nothing has
been given out, beyond the fact thai
Kelley, Walker and FELTON,, last sea
sons players, will be with Wood
stock again next summer.
The Kings Daughters will meet
Wednesday. Feb. IL, at 30 p. m
with Mrs. IL. P. Clark.
Miss Della Hewitt went to Boston
Monday.
Howe's popular moving pictures
at Music hall Tuesday evening Feb
IL; 35 and so cents.
Among the features OF, the new
program of Howe's moving pictures,
to be shown at Music hall Tuesday
evening, Feb IL, are polar bear
hunt, the quarrying industry in
France, scenes in Holland, among
the Zulus Ell South Africa. life on
French man-of-war, and many
others. Tickets, 35 and so cents al
Morgan's.
Col. and Mrs. F. S. Billings re
turned Wednesday from trip o.
several weeks to Boston, New York
Philadelphia and Washington.
Division Of the cooking classes
at the Arts and Crafts club met Fri.
day morning at'9 o'clock. There
are three divisions Division il
meeting Friday evenings at 7 and
Division III on Saturdays at 9 a. m
The machine shop equipment Of
the late G. f. Merrill has been pur-
chased bv Calvin A Wood of One.