Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-14
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS.

visiting relatives in Hartland and
Hartford, but finds few acquaintances
here after an absence of nearly forty
years. He was born in the house
now occupied by w. S. Hewitt, living
here until he was about six years old.
About the first mau whom he hunted
up was Joseph Bean, Jr., who pulled
Mr.. Brown out Of the water when the
latter as youngster fell into the
South Branch while fishing. AS Joe
tells the story he fished him out just
in time to save his life. Mr. Brown
has been in the railway mail service
for the past 33 years, running on the
Northern Pacific between St Paul
and jamestown, North Dakota His
mother, who is now 81 years of age,
is living in the west with another
son.
DIR. G. II. Spiller. optician. will be
at j G. Nutting's in Woodstock
August IL, instead of the 18th as
before announced.
Mrs. r. l.. Lermond of Northamp-
ton, Mass, who has been visiting
Mrs Munger, her grandmother, went
to Windsor Monday. Her daughter
accom- panied her.
The village trustees have put up
notice at Central and High streets
warning automobilists to go slow.
The notice would be of more effect in
protecting that corner if it were
postel farther up the street, say, on
the bridge. Now it can not be easily
read, even il observed, until the
autonobilist has reached the danger
point at that intersection.
A reissue of pension has been al
lowed John w. Peirce. of Plymouth
Union, at the rate of $l5 per month
from July 20, 1909.
There was not great rush to the
circus at White River junction Tues
day, but the morning and evening
trains carried number of patrons
of the one-ring performance. There
were no sensational acts, but some of
the more familiar features, like the
somersanlting bareback ri'ler-there
was Just one-were fairly good. And
our old friend who announced the
big after-concert = ten cents =
whooped it up in the good old-fash-
ioned style. "The performances is
not half over-the best acts are yet
to Gomez" and once more aud for
the last time" he called attention to
the after-show, with it's dancers. Jug
glers, southern plantation singers,
"batoon twirlers, etc. Half dozen
performers somersaulted over u
couple Of elephants was in the
big show--and three little Japanese
acrobats won tremendous applause.
There were better circuses in Wood
stock years age. There were more
leapers and they leaped over more
elephants; the bareback riders somer-
saulted through hoops of FIRE, there
was more ground and lofty tumbling.
and the lemonade was little redder
in those days.
Avlin Dexter, who is quite largely
interested in coal and iron mining at
Birmingham, Ala, and Lucian Fos-
dick we're in town Monday, coming
by automobile from Charlestown
NIL, where Mr.. Dexter has sum
mer home. They called on II e.
King, their cousin. and also stoppe ed
at Carlos Cliiford's, where the fiftietl
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs
Clifford was being celebrated They
returned to Charlestown Monday
evening.
Mrs. r. G. Morton of Randolph
recently visited her sister, Mrs. H E
King.
Arrivals at the Inn:
Mrs. W. j. Mcknight, Mrs. G. b
Mcknight, Washington, d. @; Mr.
and Mrs. F. B. Dewart, Burlington;
Mrs H L Harris. Fl. Hancock, N
j.; Mr.. aud Mrs. A. L. Tucker, New
Bedford, Mass; Miss Sarah Ripley
Miss s. G. Phipps. Mrs. A. G. Wy
man. Brookline. Mass; Mrs. 9. F
Harwood, Mrs. f. w. Marx, Wal
lingford. Conn; Mr.. and Mrs