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

| Plymouth reports that he raised
pretty good crop of Strawberries il
spite the dry season, harvesting from
2200 to $500 quarts. These he dis
posed of in the Woodstock market.
Mrs. Fletcher d. Proctor and fam
lily are passing a few weeks at tn
Inn. Governor Proctor was witt
them Saturday and Sunday,
II. S. Brooks and r. S. Baldwin
returned to New York Sunday night
Mrs. George Beyette and sol
Ralph, assistant superintendent o
the Calvert Lithographing Co., o
Detroit, Mich, are guests of Mr.. anc
Mrs. F. A. Nye.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Boynton o
WATERFOWL, Mass, were guests o
Mrs. Henry Boynton several days
last week.
The knights of King Arthur, &C
companied by the Rev. @. s. Lewis
and Henry B. Chapman, will camp
at Silver lake, Barnard, three days
next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Billings d
New York are guests of Mrs. Fred.
erick Billings for few days,
Clark M. Hall of Union City, Mich.
is visiting his aunt, Mrs, r. M. Rus
sell.
George WinsIow of Mortified is
at o. II. Mackenzie's for a few days,
In accordance with the agreement
of the Merchants Association, their
stores will be closed on Monday,
Aug II, all day, in observance Of
Bennington Battle Day, which occurs
on Sunday the 10th.
Nelson D. Powers Of Everett,
Mass, is in town for two-week S
vacation.
The ladies of the Universalist SC
ciety will hold their annual sale
August IA, in the town hall
Mrs. Edwin T. Emmons of Gen
eva; N. Y, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Townsend.
Maurice Seaver is bookkeeper at
CIoudland farm, succeeding Robert
P. Woods.
Mrs. Walter D. Parsons went to the
White Mountains on Thursday to
spend a few days with college
friend.
The arbitration of the affairs of T..
j. and G. A. i. White OF Woodstock
was in progress on Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday of last week
at the residence of Charles e. Heald,
Esq, at the Nathan Gushing farm.
The arbitrator are Gilbert A. Davis
and Charles E. Head. A steno-
grapher is employed, Miss Rosie E.
Barrett, and a large mass of testi-
mony has already been taken. The
hearing was continued August 5.
Part of the material OF the soldiers
monument has arrived and the re-
mainder is expected today from
Barre. Matt. Haley is coming today
with derrick and tackle with which
to take down the monument on the
school grounds and erect the new
one at Tribou park.
Thomas j. Adams was in Mont
pelier day or two this week
e. G. Swane, who with Fred Lewis
of Lebanon borrowed two fur over
coats from w. S. Hewitt's store last
winter and failed to return them,
was arrested in Maine last week, and
in county court Thursday was fined
1926 and costs, the alternative SEN
tence being term in prison. Fred
Lewis. the other man, was arrested
in Lebanon some months ago. In
court Friday he was sentenced to
three months in state prison. Ex-
ecution of the sentence was stayed,
and he was placed in charge of Pro-
baton Officer Southgate.
Robert Clarke arrived from Bel
bingham, Wash Saturday, and is
with Mrs. Clarke at T. G.. South
gates.
w. Lawrence Marshall of New
York is with his family at the Hatch
homestead.
Miss Donna Panayotora, a native
Bulgarian missionary, employed by
the Congregational Home Missionary
Society at Ellis island, who is a
highly educated lady and very in
teresting speaker, will give an adj
dress at the parlors of the Congre-
gational church on Friday, August
IA, at 3 p. m. All ladies are cor
daily invited to be present,
At the Methodist Episcopal church
newt Sunday mornino the nastor will