Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-04-09
WOODSTOCK NOTES


noon. and late in the evening il war
repeated with considerable force and
brilliancy. Phe electricity tinkled
the bells on the fire alarm system
for some time, and at about l0.45 il
turned in regular alarm from box
IL, near the railway station. Three
or four men started out, but evident
ly not all the house bells were rune,
and the gong on the engine house
made no sound. No trouble was
found in any of the boxes Thursday
morning.
The White River Junction Land
mark says of former resident of
Woodstock: Maurice j. Walshe. for
the past 20 years connected with
the Western Union Office in White
River junction, and for several
years in charge of the office, has been
appointed an inspector for the cor
poration and left Monday morning
for the superintendent Office in
New Haven. Conn. His new work
will call him into all parts of
southern New England, but it is
understood that he will be in White
River junction over each Sunday
and, therefore, he will not lose his
residence here. Mr. Walsh is one
of the towns best known citizens and
all congratulate him upon his adj
vancement. He is succeeded in the
local Office by James Mahar.
j. w. Cobb, from the bureau of
commerce and labor at Washington,
has been in town a week securing
statistics of manufactures in con-
nection with the census. Mr.. Cobb,
whose home is in Brattleboro, is
quartermaster of the third battalion.
v. N. G..
New picture post cards at Nor
gan's store show a familiar scene in
the village, the camera catching
Charles M. Perry and volunteers
conducting hogshead of molasses
into store basement. This is
job that Mr.. Perry has bossed sue
cessfully for a good many years.
The several views show half dozen
men holding the rope encircling the
hogshead, as it starts down the
incline. and in the final picture they
drop the rope at Mr.. Perry's COM
mand, LET co."
The town schools open Monday,
April Fl, for the spring term. There
are several changes among the
teachers in the ontside districts, the
grade teachers being the same.
Branch, Ethel l.. Houghton.
/ Curtis, Lille Raymond.
Lincoln, Nina E. Markham.
Pelton, Ada /. Horton.
Prosper, Edith M. Grant.
South Woodstock grammar, Lucy
Hammond; primary. Edith Hoadley.
raftsville, Eta s. Chase.
West Woodstock, Ethel Fits.
At a meeting of the joint board OF
the Ottauquechee Valley Supervision
Union on April s, Mr.. Linwood Taft
was reelected as superintendent of
schools for another year.
At recent meeting of the Wind
sor county Y, M. G. A. committee, a
unanimous call was extended to
Archibald @. Hurd, the present
county secretary, to remain with the
committee from one to three years
Mr.. Hurd came to Windsor county
from a successful secretaryship in
the Naval Y M. @. A. at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard, New York, and
closes three years with the Windsor
county work May LIST.
Mrs. Frederick G. Southgate is in
Boston for a week.
Miss Anna b. Marble of Boston is
at Mrs. L. B. Marbles
Mrs. E. F. Wardwell and daugh-
ter Doris are passing week in Bos-
ton.
Rev. R. j. Chrystie will preach his
farewell sermon at the Methodist
Episcopal church tomorrow evening
at Z 80 o'clock. having been trans
ferred from the Vermont conference
to the New England Southern con-
ference, and appointed to Hope
Street, Providence, r. 1. Rev. Mr..
Chrystie has been pastor here for two
years, and had been asked to retain
this charge for another year