Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-18
WOODSTOCK NOTES

7. nj. @. A Prof.. Edward II Will
Jams. jr. will give A Talk on The
Book Based ON it's Proper Names"
] Professor Williams has given CON
siderable study to his subject and
will present some new ideas which
will make his talk of especial interest
to all. RI
Mrs. Joseph Hamilton of Randolph
has been visiting her son. P. ]. Ham
ilton.
Rafaelo Maghetti. Central Yer
mont railway section foreman, and
his brother, Pasquale Maghetti. who
works on the track, were arrested at
Bethel and were given hearing be-
fore Hon. R. j. Flint, justice of the
peace. They were bound over to
county court, bail being fixed at
$1,000, on the charge of breaking the
seal on freight car October % last
in the Central Vermont railway yard
at Bethel. They will also be charged
with breaking into the car honse on
October ii They were,brought to
Woodstock Jail to await trial ~
John s. Eaton attended the Yer
mont State Poultry associations show
at ST. Adams this week, taking along
pen Of famous Vermont Blues"
the name under which they have
been shown here. and they seemed
to have aroused tremendous interest
among the poultry-wise people at
the exhibition. The st. Adams
Messenger says:
Zone of the great attractions at
the show, which every visitor will
want to see, is the pen of birds called
the Vermonters," an entirely new
breed originated and exhibited by
John S. Eaton, of the Billings farm
at Woodstock 1t surely is dis
tinction to a man to say that he has
evolved breed such AS no other man
on earth has, and no wonder Mr..
Eaton values them. In color these
birds are light blue, the cock being
darker colored than the hen, and
they have yellow legs Years ago
the owner picked up from farm
flock nondescript cock that had
something like blne upon his breast
This he mated to Rock hen, and the
result, after IL long years of breed
ing, was this new addition to poultry
dom "a blue fowl with yellow legs.
Another surprising thing connected
with them is that now and then from
their eggs come forth beautiful
black fowl, which lie calls his " Black
Vermonters and these are noble
looking birds Although Mr.. Eaton
has flock of some 80 "Vermonters.
none are for sale ~ in fact, cannot
be bought at any price"
Ectcr P Gobie was called to
Winooski Sunday night by the i'll
ness OF his daughter, Rachel, who is
member of the training school for
nurses in the Fanny Allen hospital
An operation for Appendicitis was
performed upon her Monday, from
which che is making good recovery.
Ice cutting began on the mill pond
Monday and both of the houses are
now about one-third filed Oper
ations we're suspended Friday on
account of the slush or anchor ice
which fills the pond where ice is cut,
making it impossible to handle and /
move the cakes. Work there is
perilous also, one Of the men falling
in Thursday and was completely lost
for few seconds, his companions
being afraid to prod for him with
pike. Then his head appeared
through the icy slush and G. w
Perry pulled him to safety.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene d. Bourbon
celebrated the 18th anniversary OF
their marriage Thursday. January 9,
receiving their friends at The Gem
in the evening. There were many
presents from the guests, and Mr..
Bourbon in a few words happily ac-
knowledged the gifts and congratu-
lations. Refreshments were served
Several relatives from Claremont,
N H., were present, including Mr..
Paige, father of Mrs Bourbon Mr.
and Mrs. Maxim Charon, Miss
Josephine Charon aud Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Carlisle.
Stephen Pecor, aged nearly 81
years, who came to Woodstock from
Quebec when he was about 81 years
old. died at his home on Maple street |
ON Monday. He bad been i'll for
| A. 4 ~