Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-04


Ill.,, is visiting Mrs. G. r. Lockwood,
The regular meeting of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton will be held with Miss Hap
good Tuesday evening, April 7,
S. B. Whitney of Boston was in
town a few days this week.
The Kings Daughters will meet
in Mrs. II. T.. Davis rooms in the
Standard block, Monday evening.
j. Edward Curtiss will be care
taker at the Meccawe club the COM
ing season.
W. w. Washburn, of Erie, Pa, is
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
T. Washburn, over Sunday.
Miss Olive P. Holbrook is at home
from the Moody school at Mortified,
Mass.
Mrs. M. e. Purple, who passed
The winter at Waterbury Center, re-
turned last week and is stopping at
Norman Frenchs.
The basket ball game last week
Thursday evening between the mar
ried men and bachelors was won by
the latter, 23 to Is. The single men
were naturally elated at the victory
over their aged opponents led by
Howes, and The Age hastens to cor
rect its report of the result of the
contest
The weather for April, according
to Forecaster A. A. Davis of Burling-
ton, will be something like this
April | to 10, considerable cloudy
weather with frequent precipitations.
April 10 to l6, rising temperature
With frequent showers.
April Is to %, generally fair and
mild with some showers.
April 20 to 80, >changeable and
cooler
The Canadian Jubilee Singers and
Imperial orchestra entertained a large
audience at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening The quartette
sang very pleasingly several we'll
known songs as we'll as others less
familiar, Mr.. Millar, the bass, having
a voice of extraordinary volume, and
strong enough for a monster chorus
alone.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Sayward, who
have been in Seattle, Wash, for
about two months, write that they
are greatly pleased with the place,
the climate and their surroundings.
Mr. Sayward has, in company with
another young man, opened an az
chitect's office there, and business is
opening up well.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.. Rowland Of
Bridgeport, Conn, have been at the
Inn few days the past week. Mr..
Rowland is owner of the Quechee
Fells farm, at Quechee.
The annual meeting of the Uni
versalist parish occurs next Monday
evening at 7,30 o'clock in the church
parlors. A supper will be served
free to the entire parish at $50
o'clock. In the afternoon at 2,30 the
Ladies' Social Circle holds it's annual
meeting. also in the church parlors.
All the ladies Of the parish are urged
to attend.
Next Wednesday night there will
be short Bible study at the Y. M.
G. A, followed by quiz on the post
office. Everyone will have an oppor-
tunity to ask questions.
The receipts at the local postoffice
increase steadily from year to year.
For the twelvem months ending March
81, 1908, the receipts were $4,000 26,
and for the year ending March 81,
1907, $865079, showing an increase
in the past year of $36947.
The Fashion is making sales
room of the basement of its store,
thus adding 400 feet of floor space
S. E. Kilner of New York was in
town few days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Fraser will
soon move into one of E. f. Eaton's
houses on upper River street.
The Judge Abbott who is United
States attorney for the Pueblos in
New Mexico is man that hailed
from Kansas, and not our Pomfret
friend Abbott, as the dispatch to one
of the Boston dailies few weeks
ago led The Age to suppose.
The new church of st. James par
ish was opened Tuesday morning by
Rt. Rev. A. G. A. Hall, D D., bishop
of Vermont, the ceremonies at this
snruice heino very simple. Mr.. S