Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
WOODSTOCK NOTES.

LOWOiiy nldob.y dhu hOAe ANSoa3J '
with her cousin, Miss Mitchell joins
Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
to California, returning in six weeks.
A break in the cold spell came
Thursday. the change being vio-
lent but agreeable one from tenn
perature of 20 TO 80 degrees below
zero Wednesday morning, as record
ed by very reliable Thermometers.
Judge w. b. Sanders of Cleveland,
who will build house this season
ON his place here. formerly the Seaver
farm, is at the Inn.
Under the North Pomfret heading
the Woodstock friends of Mr.. Dana
Burbank - orator and checker
champion, whose years count as
nothing to him - will find an invi-
tation to his birthday dance. at
Munsell's hall, West Hartford. March
18th.
Joseph Gaiko, Polander, was
committed to the county Jail from
Bethel Wednesday on the charge of
burglary. The store of l.. s. Yeti
was broken into Tuesday morning
and money and miscellaneous lot
of goods taken. Gaiko was arrested
and portion of the stolen goods
found in his possession. He was
arraigned before Justice Flint and
bound over, on the charge of burg
larry, to the next term of Windsor
county court in the sum of $500,
he was unable to secure bail.
James Cooper. aged rs, for many
years station agent of the Woodstock
railway at White River Junction,
died Feb 80. He was born in
Barre, Mass, going to White River
Junction about 40 years ago, first
being employed by the Central Ver-
mont railroad for q time and then
became station agent of the Wood
stock road. In the early days of his
employment at the junction he used
to run trains to Woodstock as we'll
as perform the duties of general
freight and passenger agent. He
leaves a widew and one son. He
was charter member of Myrtle
lodge, . o. r and member Of
the grand lodge. Mr.. Cooper en-
listed twice in the Civil war, serving
in all about three years.
Skiing as winter sport is having
it's innings here, and next year will
be strong rival of snowshoeing in
popular esteem. There are already
few skillful skinner here, among
them Allen Bourbon and Wallace
Liberty, who have given one or two
exhibitions ON the Country club
grounds. Snow conditions were not
right. however, and the roughness Of
the ground wouldn't permit a grare-
full take-off and glide to earth. Both
young men landed i'll heap, and
were fortunate to escape injury after
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Mrs. Rosalind Dean of Barnard,
widow of Paul ID. Dean, aged about
rs years, died at the home of Edward
Miller in East Barnard Thursday
afternoon. She had passed much
time in Woodstock in recent years.
She leaves sister, Mrs. Luetta
French, mother OF Mrs. A. G. East
man, and three brothers, Henry A.
Wood of Barnard, who is i'll at the
home of his son in New York city
Herbert Wood, who lives in Iowa.
and DR.. Wood of Northampton, al
member OF the Massachusetts legis-
lature this year Mrs. Edward En-
cry of Woodstock is a granddaughter.
The funeral will he held at the Uni
versalist church in Barnard Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Fl. l..
Garfield officiating
Mrs. Mary Grace Garfield went to
Hanover Friday to hear Rev Anna
Shaw, national president of the Wom-
an Suffrage Association. who spoke
before the equal suffrage society of
Dartmouth college that evening.
Henry Whitcomb returned on
Wednesday from Boston, where he
has just taken course at the Mass
achnsetts college Of embalming, re-
ceiving diploma lie ranked 95l
per cent on bis final examination.
A seasonal chart Of the birds Of
Woodstock and Hartland. prepared