Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

| mug DduSlVOlo Sp"iN NOV - 'HNA'
Christmas work, please leave with
Miss Hapgood, chairman of the
| Christmas committee.
Charles Gould has moved into
part of A. ]. Bourdon's house on
South street.
Wallace E. King of Harvard,
Mass, visited his brother, H. E.
King, last week.
Karl A. Pember is instructing a
mandolin and guitar club made up
of High school students,
j R. Pember, George E. Mann and
Luther G. White, Jr,, from Windsor
county, attended the banquet of the
Vermont alumni of Dartmouth col
lege at Montpelier last week, upon
the occasion of the reorganization of
the Vermont Association. Mr. Penn
Der was called upon to respond for
the older graduates, having been
admitted to the college fifty years
ago
Mr.. and B. X. Wright of Quechee
were Thanksgiving day guests Of
Il
Mr.. and Mrs, E. K. Wright.
Charles Switzer spent Thanksgiv-
ing with his sister, Miss Julia Swift
zer.
s. B. Whitney of Boston was a
Thanksgiving week visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Merrill of
Boston came Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving with Mrs. F. B. Mer-
rilI.
DIR. G. L. Dana and family sailed
November Is from Genoa ON the
steamship Moltke of the Hamburg
American line, which is due in New
York Nov. 80 or Dec. l. A cable
from Genoa the day they left said
that DR.. Dana's daughter Elsie, who
has been i'll in Venice for several
months, had stood the. journey well
to that point
Mrs. George w. Merrill gave a
reception to Mrs. John P. Merrill of
Boston at her home on Mountain
avenue Friday afternoon5 from five
to six o'clock.
Miss Clara Chedel passed Thanks
giving with her sister in Franklin,
N. Fl.
Charles R, Marcy spent Thanks
giving with his sister, Mrs. Henry
Perkins, in White River Junction.
About two hundred children saw
the play, 'Black Beauty" at Music
hall, having the privilege through
the kindness of Mr.. and Mrs. f. S.
Mackenzie. Nearly every seat in the
house was taken and the audience
was thoroughly interested in the
progress Of the play. BLACK Beauty"
was on the stage and bowed her
thanks to long continued applause
The Central market handled over
three thousand pounds Of turkeys
the past week or two, shipping about
400 pounds to White River juno
ton.
The illustrated talk on Egypt and
the Nile given by George Aitken at
Music hall Friday evening, Nov. 20,
was heard by a large audience and
the speaker was very closely followed
in the story Of his travels and OBJ
servations. A large and illustrated
map of the Nile region, drawn by
Karl A.. Pember, was used by Mr..
Aitken in the first part of his talk,
and following this about sixty lantern
slides were shown, some of which
were taken by himself and some by
Miss Billings in an earlier trip
through Egypt.
+. G. Woodward Of White River
junction has been awarded the con-
tract for the Woodstock Inn annex
and will begin work next Monday
morning.
Mrs. p. w. Clarke is passing few
days in White River junction.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday morning the pastor will
preach on "The First Christian
Church" and in the evening on IAN
Opportunity of a Lifetime" Every
body welcome.
VIM. s. Dana of Boston came Sat
urday to spend Thanksgiving, and
will remain until his Pleasant street
house is closed next week for the
winter
Mr.. and Mrs. N. b. Hazen Of Hart