Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-29

| numbers ", lle largest III ll""s
Years. Class day exercises will be
held Thursday, June 10, in the as
sombly hall at the school building
The assignment Of speakers is as fol-
lows; Historian, Ethel Jocksoni
VIII, benjamin r. Taylor; Prophecy,
Philip Ransomr; poem, R0lI' Stay
ton; class presentation, Martha Per
>ins. The graduation exercises will
be held at Music hall Friday after
noon, June II. The program in
cIudes speaking by ten members Of
the class, Harold Adams being SALT
ratorian and katherine Wilder vale
dictorim. III the evening the grad
uating class will hold reception in
the town hail.
There will be a special meeting Of
st. James parish on Wednesday,
June ., at $50 p. m. in the church.
The mock town meeting held at
the town hall Wednesday evening
was well attended by local voters and
others. The various reports Of the
officers were accepted after spirited
debate over some of the items, there
being few extraordinary expenses
which were questioned by interested
taxpayers. An able list of officers
was chosen for the coming year and
matters of municipal administration
were very thoroughly threshed out
1t is quite safe to say that the town
affairs will be abb " conducted during
the coming year.
The family of Dr. Hurlburt arrived |
at their home ON Rose Hill on Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner and Mrs.
Gaillard are expected at their sum
mer home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Goldschmidt arrived |
at Nelholm on Friday.
f. IL. Reed went to bingham,
Mass, on Wednesday to attend the
funeral of Stephen ?. Gallup, a
brother of Joseph A. Gallup. Mr..
Gallup left Woodstock about thirty
years ago and had since made his
residence in Massachusetts.
Notice has been received at the
local postoflice that on June | a new
issue of postage stamps will be re-
ceived in commemoratiOn of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
The new stamps will be issued in
2-ccnt denominations on y. At the
top Of the new stamp will be the
words, ~. S. Postage" and at the
bottom "Two Cents" In the top
panel will be ribbon containing
the words, "Alaska -Yukon-Pacihc,
1902 and the portrait ON the stamp
will be of William H Seward, who
as secretary of state, conducted nego-
tiations for the purchase of Alaska
from Russia.
A pension has been allowed Mrs.
Emily Dean of this village at the
rate of SI2 PER month from April
80, 1909.
Any resident of Woodstock seeing
the need Of special work ON the
of the village, may receive
the cooperation of the Woodstock
improvement Society by applying to
the chairman of the special street
committee, Miss Bertha S. Knapp
All communicat ons must be made
in writing and signed by the writer.
Mrs John b. Swinington of l]os-
ton gave a very entertaining recital,
CAS- You Like 1t, in the Music Room
Of the Inn ON Monday evening.
The June term OF Windsor County
Court opens next Tuesday, Judge
Hall of St. Adams presiding.
NJ. j I'itzmorris arrived Friday,
and will be in the employ of the
Electric Co.
Miss y. b. Chapman who has been
spending the winter in California
arrived Friday bringing with her
the chill dren of Mr.. and Mrs. James
II. Chapman.
Mrs. Geo. b. Parkinson of Cincin-
natl has been at Mrs. O. Y. Marsh's
for the past week,
Mrs Euston and two children of
St. Louis is here for the summer.
They are occupying a part of Fred
,;,l. (lon,nnn bpuca on Elm Sfrnnt