Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-29
LOCAL NOTES


was badly bruised but no bones
were broken and it is believed he
will be all right in few days. lie
was riding along near Mr. Heads
carriage which struck the forward
wheel of his bicycle, throwing him
to the ground. An automobile was
behind the carriage and a coach on
one side, otherwise the accident
might have been avoided.
Pearl E. Partridge, who has been
with E. A. Spear for the past two
years and who is a popular and cap
able young man, starts on Sunday
for Lowell, Mass, where he has a
good position in George Healey' &
undertaking rooms.
Woodstock's closing games are
with the Barre Italian A. G. team
today on Vail field; the Franklin, N,
H., team, claiming the New Hamp-
shire championship, Saturday, Sept.
5, and two games on Labor day
with st. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Swan, of
Rutland, who lived in Woodstock
for 30 years, can probably claim the
distinction of being the only couple
in Vermont who are both "a years
old, and whose birthdays come with
in eight days of each other. Mr..
Swan celebrated his Saith anniver-
sary August IL, and Mrs, Swans
was observed August 20. On both
occasions the aged couple received
the congratulations of their friends,
and each has been given a surprise
party. In speaking of the present
campaign Mr.. Swan said it was like
that of 1910. Although that was a
hot campaign, said Mr.. Swan, there
was none of the planning and fgur-
ing that there is now. There was a
lot of hard cider in those days and
the campaigns were made enthusi-
astic by plenty of it." Mr.. Swan
was born in Stockbridge in 1924,
His family lived afterward in Bethel
and other Vermont towns. He was
employed at his trade as woodworker
in Ashburnham, Mass, where he
was married, for a time, then moved
to Barnard, where he was burned
out and then came to Woodstock.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church
tomorrow evening, Rev. j. M. Sprin-
ger of Africa will give a stereoptican
lecture on Life and Missionary
Work in the Dark Continent" Ad-
mission free. The lecture will be
very interesting. Everybody in
vited.
E. G.. Bailey, who has just returned
from European trip, arrived here
Thursday.
Principal A. D. Wiggin and fam
lily returned this week.
John Thomas, son or E. H. Thorn
as Of Maiden, Mass, is spending his
vacation at Fred W. Clark's.
The schools of the village and
town open Sept. s.
G. W Swain of Melrose, Mass,
formerly local agent of the American
Express Co., was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. j. f. Simmons and Clarence
A. Simmons left on Thursday for
Webster, N. Y, where the latter is
to resume his duties as pastor of
the Universalist church on Sept. 6.
The monthly communion service
in the Congregational church will
be held tomorrow instead of the first
Sunday of the month as usual
The board of Civil Authority will
meet today to make final corrections
of the check list for the election next
Tuesday.
The two Great Danes in bronze at
the front entrance of the residence
of Mr.. F. S. Mackenzie are notable
and striking examples Of the art of
young sculptor, Miss Anna Hyatt.
They were executed in Paris. She
is daughter of the late Alpheus
Hyatt, professor of comparative zool-
ogy at Harvard college. Her study
of sculpture began early in life, and
she has been very successful, having
been called upon to execute heroic
groups for many public buildings in
this country, one important com
mission being the figure of a lion for
building in Dayton, Ohio.
James V. Parker of Chicago is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Wilson
Parker, and sister, Mrs. G.. H. Mass.
F. H. Chapman of Rutland was in
town a few days the past week.