Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-22
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS.

/. G. Schroeder, physical director
of the Y. NJ, c. A. college at Spring
field, Mass, and noted all-around
athlete, was here Tuesday afternoon
with County Secretary Hurd of the
Y NJ. c. A. for the purpose of giving
school boys and others few practi-
cal hints in training for the coming
athletic meet. They met the young
men ON Vail field for practice and
suggestion and later on the fair
ground there were further demon
strations in pole vaulting, sprinting,
Jumping, etc. Mr.. Schroeder, in
Frankfort, Germany, last year, stood
3Oth among $500 contestants, and
took second place among the 100
Americans taking part. He is now
permanently enlisted in Y. NJ. G. A.
physical training work.
Thomas S. VanValkenburg of New
York was at the Inn over Sunday.
He expects to open his house on
Church hill for the summer about
June lst
Y. f. Bymes of Boston, vice presi-
dent of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad, was at the Inn
last week Friday
One of the stars of the High school
team is likewise the base ball hero
of Sunderland, where the game is
called regularly at midnight-no rain
checks, no OstponementS. All his
waking hours lately have been largely
occupied with the county champion-
ship, though of course he has gone
to school and studied some-when
he could get his mind off that last
game and coming contests. The other
night he retired at an early hour
after an arluous but triumphant
en- gagement on Vail field, his head
buzzing and his thoughts busy with
the next days battle Along towards
| a. m. his mother heard a racket re
semblng nothing she ever heard
before and rushing to his room found
the young man with his head be
tween the rails at the foot of his bed
an unusual and unrestful position
into which he had been thrown in
grandstand slide to third base in a
highly exciting game in Slumber-
land. 1t appeared that he was on
second, two men out and two strikes
on the man at bat His team was
shy a score or two and he had to do
something or wake upin the attempt
William Foy of Armagh, Ireland,
who was convicted Of horse stealing
IN Windsor county court in January,
1908, and sentenced to from three to
three and one-half years and has
been in the state prison at Windsor
since that time under the name of
Harry Werner, was taken by Supt.
W. S. Lowell to Boston, having been
paroled by Gov. George II. Prouty,
and put aboard the steamship Penn
sylvania, bound for Queenstown and
his native land. Foy has been a
model prisoner and it was through
the efforts of brothers in Latuque,
Que, who furnished his passage
money, that he was released by the
governor. Foy has college educa
ton and served seven years in the
English army.
b. II. Pinney Is building house
ON Golf avenue of cement blocks
which he made on the ground last
season, being the first to use this
material for this purpose here. The
house will be 30 * 40 feet, with a
mansard roof
Some good strings of trout were
reported on the opening day OF
the fishing season, May 10 On
account of the drouth last year, when
many brooks dried mp, the larger
streams promise to yield better this
season Shortly after , a. m Satur-
day the South Branch was well lined
with anglers. H. E. Davis, who
found eighteen ahead Ct him, and
more following him, caught 10 good
sized trout, and VIM. Shaw and
dozen others report fair catches
Dell Desc returned from his annual
trip up the river with % or 80 trout
Canton Woodstock, 30 -, |. O.
y. f., and Co. c., V y. G. will act