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iii 1 ill. Spirit of tl)c 3lgc, oodstook, Aug. 15, 903. WOODSTOCK RAILWAY. TIME TAtir.K.

lii fffect July 13, 1903. TKA1NS UOIOG EAST. No.6 No.S No.4No.10t InoJil'Kfc, 5 30 1030 A. M. a.

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I'OKTEK, General Managcr. POST NOTICH MAILS CLOSB. Lum. New VTork. North and East, 10.00 3.00 r.

m. a.aup. m. nl'uwutor, ltutlaud. and Ludlow 6.15 nnrl OJ I.

M. lntli Woodstock andFelchviUc, 3.00 P. Irll.lICl HHU 11UH1BI. A. M.

kMlico houw from 8.30. u. toB p. m. Iiidiy.

12 to 1 r. m. I 'KEDElllOK CHAPMAN. V. M.

NOTICE. strictly forbidden I 011 niy lan II H. TOXMAN, South Vomfret, Vt. FIRST-CLASS UPRfcHT PIANO 1... Woiill.

fcl IMiiirmiicy. Any ine wiMunfj tiy the piano, call on tvJfs. VV. E. L-KCl 111.111.

inST. Fair of cve-ulasesK'e- r.cn oodstock iiiul the Citth- fc chuich. iMnder plcnse retuin Miss Metcalf, at the inn, anci re- ve rewnrd. lews ot Woodstock Kekinks will be closed Monday, legal lioliday. Ilis.

Carroll M. Story and son bnt to Canaan, N. "ht week hmsilay to visit Mr. Sloiy'h pa- lits. liillinus i'ann will make a larpe lWt at tlie Valley faiv at lir.ittle- incUidinK Jersevs, Southdown lieikshire swine, ponltry and llcrJe Sawyer, who has been with Wardvvell for scveral years, Ltto Lebanon, N.

Monday, Itvork for Hildicth a liiSing lini). Ijrs. G. W. Farlee, Miss Ddna I Loomis Dana of New York are he Inn.

Beorge F. Payne of Boston is vis- SYting Scldcn C. White. he old board of officers was Ifed at the annuul niesting of the Lita club last weok Friday, Aug. iin C.

Daut of Newaik, N. is Iding a mouth here. iss Packard al" Builington has the euest of Miss M.ugaret lett for a week, returning home lisday. l.tts for Qiiincy Adams Haw- lare novv 011 sale al A 15. Mor- Ldrug sfore.

Randlett of Concord, N. Itcct of the new school house, Ihas the contract for its erec- was in town Wednesday and Isday, bringing the working for the building. l'he plans Ipecifications were exaniined hy neinbers of the building com- le, who are well satisfied with Mr. Lockwood, who has the fact for laying the loundation, Mr. Randlett think now that begin to lay the brick in weeks, aud the building will kless he incloscd befoie snow ranch of the Tabard Inn libraiy oon be erectcd at the Wood- H.

E. Winsluw in twn securin names and Ig'arranaMiieiits tor us estau- Gilman, attorney, has se- pension of $8 per month for McAtthur, widow of John- McArthur of Hartland, dat- tin Feb. 24, 1903. C. VV.

French Cl icago town Tuesday. Prof. and french have just returned trom of several moiiths in England jrope. I. Baldwin, prcsidcnt of the Island Railroad company, was Inn Thursday, wherc his wife guest lor somc weeks.

Hiul Mrs. J. S. Brownell, Wina J. King and Gladys I.

land Dr. R. M. Tewksbury, Halstead Fairbanks nre in Tyson. and Mrs, Cantield and chil- te visiting the family ot Louis jdens at Windsor, cxpectjng early next week.

ler Paul Irvine, who has becn Ut of Master Hubert Canfield past five weeks, retuined to huc in Lowell, Thurs land Mrs. Clarencc Rowe of it, N. are visitinjr Mrs. parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Asaj ler. George Otis, who has been ill with typhoid fever t'or a month, is out ngain. Mrs D. P. Simpson and daughter are at Mrs.

Margaret McKune's. Rev. Mr. Hubbard, a guest at the Inn, will ofliciale at the a. in.

scr-vice at St. Janies' church toraorrow. Tlie annual meeting oi the King's Daughters will be held with Mrs. J. R.

Pember thib cvening. Chairman Aitken ol the bonrd of village trustees states that onc or two changes will sooli be made in fiie alarm s)htem. A street box will be put in now, and if it works well more will probablybe installed. The striker on the court house bell is not too loud for the business now, and an attempt may bc made to im-prove its carrying qualities. Readers of the latcst novels will herealter be able to borrow the books they wiah, at the very reasonable ratc of one cent per day, from Dana's store, as a notice in another column anuounces.

F. V. Adams, of Smith's cloth-ing store, tuking a two-weeks' va-catiou. Channing Craig of Helicon Hall, Euglcwood, N. and Arthur P.

Kciicy ot tlie Ueneral U'beological Seminary, New Yoik, aie gucsts of Rev. C. li. Wells. A Li.

Morgan's exhibit of crystab lized hoiax hasuttracted much atten-tion ihe past week. E. D. Faulkner was called to New York Sunday night by a tire which did tnuch damage in his place of business in Fifth avenue. Dr Richmqnd of.

Windsor. and F. J. BnrreU of New York were in town Friday. Warren C.

Fieneh and family of New York are at Mrs. C. French's. A copper mortar, studded with coloicil glassand lighted by electric-ity, now lumgs over thc eutrance to the Woodstock Pharmacy. Dr.F.T.

Kiddei cariiesa riflewhen reeling off ihe miles on long drivjes, and shools at every woodchuck that shows his head. Monday he rolled ovci Kve and on Tuesday two or thiee, getting a few on every trip. Miix Mass has goue to Buffulo, N. wliere his brothcr George is located. Woodstock Inn will give its annual "Midsunmier Hop" on eveuing, Aug.

19. J. M. Fuller and Miss Fuller have opcned theit house for the sumiuer. Miss Wheeler and Miss Lambert of New York are the guests of Mrs.

Fredeiick Jiillings. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lee left on Tuesday for Canton, N. to pass a week.

Mr. aud Mis. J. E. Lemieux, from MoiUrenl, uie thc jjucsta ot Sabin Daigle.

They will start to-day t'i" Boston, accompanied by Mr. Daigle and vvile, and will he away eight or ten das. Their daughter will go and spend a week or two at Bridgewater. George Aitken isgoingto Worcester, to judge stock at the county fair, and he is also on thc program of meeting at Bellows ncxtlweek. Word camc to Billings farm a tew dns ago thata wildcator somc other wild animal had been seen near the roadside between there and Pomfret, and the hclp, headed hy Manager Aitken, tlirned out, all armed with mttskets and other weapons.

It was exciting and warlike for an hour or two. Near Charles Brown's place a Mreak grey ofur was seen to emerge fiom the bushes and shoot up a tree, and a bullet trom one of the guns brought down a large grey cat be-longing to Mr. Brown, and highh valuel by the owner for its weight (15 pouuds), size and disposition. New and popular iiovels have been lent at one cent a day in other places, and to the great satisfaction of many rcadeis. Dana's store has established the same svstem here.

WINDSOR COUNTY FAIR. Races and Other Attractions for the September Show. The Windsor County Agricultural Society offers the following pOrses for the races Srpt. 22, 23 and 24: 2.:0 Ghw. i50.

Odcii to ull hurses owoed or kcpt. iu tlio County thrce months prior 10 iiio air. 3.00 Cluss. $50. For threo and four jenrs old.

2.10 Class, 75. 2.35 Clns, $100. 2.3)Clas3,'$Sl00. 2.25 Clnss, $100. 2.17 Glnss, $200.

As special attractions, Prof. Cas-selle, "the unequalled high wire champion," and Prof. Willard, bal-loon uud trapczc artist, have been engaged to give exhibitions. Quincy Adams Sawyer." Nothing more artistically and finan-cially successful has been done for a number of sensons in the way of dramatizing a popular novel than that of "Qiiincy Adams Sawyer," thr. widely-rcad New England storr, which lor two years now has con-tituted to be one of the hest selling books in this country.

Qjnncy Adams Sawyer" in plav form will be seen in all the elaborateness of its five countrv scenes at Music hall, Thursday evening, Aug. 20, and the production will bc the same in eveiy detail as that which filled thc Acadc-my of Music in New York city for five weeks recently. MIZPAH UNION. The Mizpah Christian Endeavor Umon held its niuth senii-annual scssion on 'luesday, Aug. 11, with the Endeavor society of the Congre-gatioual church at North Pomfret.

The day wasforbidding and rainy, but in spite of tha't a good delcga-tion was present in the afternoon, all but thc mot distant scctious being rcprcsented. Ninetecn delegates were present from the Norwich society alone. All the speakers lor the occasio.n were present, and gave niost helpiul addresses. Special signilicance attached to the meeting, as the day was the 11th anniversary of the organization ol the uniou, and part of the program was devoted to anniversary exercises, iucluding a hibtorical sketch of the union, and brief sketches of all the societies repiesented. Thc program, which also included devotional services and reports of societies, etc, was as follows: AKXEnNOON', Addrcsa "Clinrncteristics of tho Succoss.

ul C. E. Workor." S. H. Huiri nt.

Bluirou. Juulor 0. E. 8ervice Conductod b.v tho Bn. perintoiuleut.

Jlrs. F. M. SHltiuursh. West Hartford.

A Hlstoricnl skotcb of tho Uniou durinp; its oleveu years of KVENINO. Addross "Pnrasltos." A. It. l.oonurd, North Pomfrot. Addrcss P.

T. Womor. West I.obunon, K. II. Consecratlou scrvieca.

Ofticers were elected for the en-suingyear, as follows: President Rev. M. T. Monill. Woodstock.

Vice-piesident Rev. Mr. Strayer, Hartfud. Secretarv and Tifasurer Mrs. F.

L. Davis, North Pomfret. Jtiior ISupeiiiitendent Mrs. M. T.

Monill, Woodstock. COL. E. M. BROWN DEAD Old-Time Vermont Editor and Sol-dior Passes Away at St.

Paul. Colo'nel Edward M. Brown, the old-time publisher, politician and soldier, who was for thirteen years editor of The Age, died at his home in St. Paul, July 31. Hewas 82 vears of age.

Col. Biown is renlembeied as a resident of Woodstock in the days of the liveliest political speculation and he took an active part in the public affairs of the town and the state. Ue was born in Hartland, Junr 22, 1S21, and his earlv education was in the countiy school, complet-ing it at Norwich University, wheie he graduated iu 1844. He after-wards taught a military school in Bristol, retuining to Vermont in 1S46. In May, 1847, he succeeded E.

A. Kimball.as editor of T.hcAsre: Wil-liam D. McMaster takiug charge of the paper in 1860. In that year Col. Brown removed to Montpelier.where he ovvned and editcd the Patriot.

In Angust, 2861, hc received his tirst commission as adjutant of the Fifth Vermont infantry and was soon transferrad to thc Eighth regiment and promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He returned to Vermont in 1866 and was appointcd oflicial reporter for the state senate, a position he held tor four years. Col. Brown aud family went to Dakota in 1S73, locaiingat Yankton, where he resided for some years, and in 1890 removed to St. Paul.

Edw'ard Marcus Brown was mar-ried in Hartland, May 2, 1846, to Jcrusha Benton Hayward. Five children were born to thcm, all oi whom residein the West. His wife also sui vives hiiu, and one brother, Sidney, who lives in Hartland. WINDSOR COUNTY COURT. JUNE TKIIM, I903.

Windsor County court restimed its scssion Tuesday morning, after a recess lroni July 18, to finish the business of the tcrm. Martin F. Carrick, who was recently nrrested at Bethel for beating his wife, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to not less than three nor more than three and one-half. years in the house of correction. Divorce cases took up most of the remainder of the session, aud bills grantcd as follows Sarah Dimick vs.

Marshall A. Dimick; desertion. The paities lived in Plymouth and were married iu 1878. J. G.

Sargent for peti-tioner. Emma B. Clorau vs. Tohn Clo-ran neglect and rcfusal to support. Wm.

Batchelder tor petitioner. Martha M. Fickett vs. Freeman H. Fickett; neglect and refusal to suppo'rt.

Wm. Batchelder for petitioner. Klht F. Carlin vs. James Carlin refusal to support.

Enright and Buck for petitionei Roy Williams of Ludlow, aged 18, was committed to the ituhistri.il school at Vergennes for the remainder of his minority. SOUTH WOODSTOCK. Mrs.a W. H. Rood seems to be quite tortunate in securing a goodly number of city boardeis.

Thc Social Circle meets with Mrs. Tulia A. Wood at her home next Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Maria Perry's guests have all left for their respective places Woodstock, Springfield and Chicago.

One of the youncest boys to be sentenced to the Vermont Industrial school for some time was sent by Judge Hawkins of the Burlington citv court Thursday. The lad is only nine years old and incorrigible. BASE BALL TODAY. Woodstock plays the Hartford team today. WOODSTOCK I.OSES AOA1N.

Woodstoc dropped another gatnu to the Junctions Saturdav, 7 to 3. The lpcal team played a good game and woiked hard, Holbrook striking out 13 men, bnt still it couldn't win. The locals got in the lirst two runs in the third inning, through Ilowes' tvvo-base hit, the hall stop-ping a little shoit of Townsend's nieadow. The winners scored a home run on a lost hall, Tenney making the circuit of the bascs dttring a search through thc tall grass. There was a little break in the ranks of the home guards in the fifth inning and the enemy scored four.

It was a lively game, with a lot of good plays. The score WHITE IUYEU JONCTIOK. An it un ro a KcDnlmn. of 0 1 1 2 0 I) Jones. 31 5 10 4 11 Gutm.

If 5 1 1 2 0 0. Carroll, 4 0 2 10 0 0 llyati. rf 4 0 0 3 0 0 B. Cniroll, 21 3 0 0 1 0 3 Hodet, ss 4 0 0 2 0 1 Tonnov. 1 3 0 3 1 0 Hu.

i 1 0.3 1 To'tals 35 7 5 27 "0 WOODSTOCK. All It IIH TO A Khodos. It 5 1 0 1 0 0 Cuahin-r. us 4 2 4 1 Howns. 5 0 2 11 2 1 MitolioU.

cf 4 0 1 0 0 Wvntt. rf a a 0 0 0 Holbrn-k. 4 0 0 0 a Sawvcr. 31) 4 0 0 2 1 0 Orinin; 21 4 0 0 2 1 1 Mowor, lb 4 0 0 1 Totnl 37 3 4 2G 4 RCOI1E 11Y INNINOS. 1 2 3 4 5 fi 7 8 1 W.

0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2-7 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-3 Hodot out forCarroll'sinterfercuoo -with Griffln'H throw. Rtolnn Imses Rynn. Tmiiipv (2). (1. 'nr.

roll. Iteneban. Two-bnfo hits Howw. Cushlnp. Horao run Toiuib.v.

Dnublo plays Grifflii to Cushintr. Hnsps on bnlU lly Holbrook. bv Hall. 1. Struck out Bv H11II.

I bv Holbrook. 13. Hit bv pitchcd bftll Bv Holbrook, Tonnev. Timo of juni(i lb. 3-im.

Urnpirc TewkRbnry. Scorer Pember. NOTES. Vail field necds mowing, and it is the gencral understauding that it is the business ol the village olHcials to keep tl'egrounds inshapefor games. HAItTFOnn BKATS THE SOI.DlliltS.

The 23d battery, F. hase ball team, from I'ort Ethan Allen, crossed bats at the White River ball grotinds last Sattirday afternoon with the Hartford hase ball team and were defeated by a scote ot to 4. Bat-teriesfor foimer, Geiger and Leslie; for the lattcr, St. Johns and Olm-stead The game was cxciting and intercsting trom stait to (inisli. The batterv hoys scored all their tiins iu the first inning.

POMFRET'S OLD HOME DAY. Suocoscful Calliai lnsr Under the Ati-spices of the Farmers' Ciub. Under the auspicesof the Pomfret F.lnlell., club, OIJ Ilomc Utiy was obseived by a large gathering at Pomfret Center Thursday. There scemed to be more old-home eom-ers than ever before. The foreuonu was duvotcd to sucial talks anil old.

iiccpiiiiutances' meetings and greet-ings; then the crowds did jurtice to the vvell-fillcil tables. In the afternoon the hall was filled to the full capacitv of its seats and the meeting was called to order by the president, H. N. Bruce. The following oflicers were elected for 1904: President, S.

II. Warren. First vice-prcsident, F. W. Do- r.

1 a 1011 secoiui vice-presiociii, xv. Hardiug. Treasurer, W. Perkins. Secretary, Miller.

Executive coiiimittee, Albert Slar-burne, Mr. aud Mrs. S. II. Leonard, Mr.

and Mrs. Sumuer Sherburne, Mr. and Mrs. P. Thatcher aud Mr.

aud Mrs. A. E. Fuller. The following speakers were theu called out by the president, aud their talk was vety eutertaining, instruc-tive and amnstng George Bartholo-mew of Cmcinnati, an.l Mr.

Thompson of the same city; O. M. Tinkham, Calvin Sherburne, II. W. Vail, Solon Putuam, Arthur Leoti ard and Sumuer Sherburne.

The Pomfret choir furnishe finc music, and Mrs. Thomas of Cincin-nati rendeied a line piano solo. The general verdict was: We had a had a finc WEST WOODSTOCK. Mrs. Augic R.

Vaughan is visit-ing at W. C. Vaughan's. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles E. Woods. are visiting in Bellows Falls. Frank Howard has been in Burlington and other townsin the north-ern part of the' state this week 011 business. A party of est Woodstock peo-ple enjoyed a picnic at Silvcr lake Wednesday.

Miss Mary Dascomb, Miss Alice Dascomb and Miss Judd, from Bellows Falls, are stopping a few days at Guy Smith's. Mr. and Mrs. F. G.

Churchill are visiting tn Stockbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cobb and Asa Shaw visitcd Mrs. Alonzo Shaw in Northfield last week.

Adrian Malloy is at Abel Saw-yer's. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wood of Springfield stoppcd at Mrs. F.

Guy Smith's Thursday morning on their way to the Old Home day celcbra-iion in Pomfret. They made thc tripby automobilc and camc up Irom Springfield in two hours and a quar-ter. They returned to Springfield Thursday evening. A fireof unknown origin destroyed the dwellmg-house and barnof Peter McMillan in. Ludlow last week Wcdncsdav morniner.

Thc loss was about $1600; $1000 is covercd byj insuraiibc. J. I. Dana New York Cash Store Woodstock, Vt. Book Department.

THE LATEST NOVELS LENT AT ONE CENT PER DAY. Beginning Saturday, August 15, we shall lend books from this department at one cent per day. No cleposit rc-quired. We start with about forty volumes of the newest current fiction More will be addetl as the demand warrants. Any recent fiction of pop'ular interest may be had on request.

As hcretofore, we have the latest popular books for sale. 1T0ETH BRIDGEWATER A. L. McClay and two sons, from IllinoU, visited his sister, Mrs. G.

A. Slocum, Wednesday of this week. Mrs. M. E.

Scott visited her eousii), Mrs. 'Ed Bassett, tde first of the week. Willie Thomas of Woodstock is working for G. R. anTl Frank Datby of Woodstock and Frank Shu'tleff are helping him in haying.

Ed Bassett has tinished haying. F. S. Hedges has got through hav-ing for George Vaughan and is now cutting S. Francib' iiay.

Luther Spaulding of Taftsville was town this week iuiying old iion. Mrs. L. A. Richmond of Barnard iiiul Mrs.

Hemv Anderson Rochester. N. visited recently a' Her-bert Shurtleff's. Rev. Mr.

Jones of Hanover will be present atour Sunday school ne.st Sabbath at 4 o'clock. Luinau FiinU visited hi mother the fiist of the wcol; at Bridgewater. SOUTH rOKFRET. The funeral ot L. H.

Atwood was quite Inrgelv attende.l (he hall last Tuesday, Rev. M. 'I Morriii heing the officiatmg clergman. S. II.

Leonard and wife of Noith Pomfret furnished very appiopriato music The remains were laid in Riverside oouictcry. Mr. Atwood 'had been gradually failing in health for a year or more, but had neen about and Wfjiking some'until two days before his deatn on Fritluv, Au. 7. IIc got the cows milked on Thtns-dav.

He was oiie of the last few elderly meu in South l'omfiet that have spent thfir lives there. 1 here were about 25 boys of his age here whcn he was a small bo Mr. Atwood was well lcnown to the people of Pomfret and Roy will be general ly missed amoug us. A widow sur-vives him and three children, Charles and Frank, residiug 111 Masvachu-setts, and Cora, living at hoine. They wero all piesentat the funeral.

The boys will remain here a few days, returning home about Saturday. There is quite a large a mount of grass in town patimtly avvaiting the harvest. The farmers are very im- patiently awaiting'to harvest it, but they can clo it without snnshme, and sunshine doesn't come to stay long. Harley DeWolf is to have his brother's old farm and has cem- menced opeiations tbere. Lee Newton has bten mowing his coinfields and filling his silo.

F. E. Derby was in Oxford, N. last week to attend a funeral, Will Hawkins taking his place at E. Carpenter's during his absence.

Ed Potvvin has finished his labors at the mill. Dolph Lacoc and family left Monday on a three weeks' visit in Iron-vil'le, N. Y. Mrs. Marshall Taft of Springfield is visiting relatives in town.

The band gives an open-air con-cert Saturday uight. Carrol Southgate and wife spent Saturday and Sunday in Woodstock. Mertie Davis has returned to her work iu the inill after a long vaca-tion which was spent caring for her mother, who is in very poor health. Bert Shephard has finished working in the mill and returned to his home in South Royalton. Thonas Stringer returned from Saxton's River Monday accompanied by little Thelma Bean, who will stay here for a sliort time.

Ed Potwinand Charlie Bean went to Springfield, Tuesday. Rey. VV. A. Remele is taking a vacation af his home in Poultney.

E. D. Goodhuc of Columbus, is a guest at Edward Carpenter's. Gertie Vaug inn is at work tn the mill again, after a month's vacation. LARGEST VERMONT GRANGE.

A class ot about 40 candidates was iniliated in the first and second de-grees at thc West Randolph Grange Friday evening, Aug. 7. This is the largest class ever initiated, and the West Randolph Grange is the largest in the state, having about 440 mem-bers. MUSIC HALL WOODSTOCK, Thursday EveM Aug. 20.

Big Scomo Production 2 lay Form of "Tho Best New England Story Ever Wntten." "It is us Kweotly natural as the broath of tho flolda." rhiladolphia llecoid. QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER MASOH'S CORHER FOLKS, "Tho Villasjo Oos-ln wotidnred who' ho was, what ho was, what he canio for, und how Ioub ho intended to stay." LARCE AND EXCELLENT COMPANY. "Oneereat ble laush frow bcsiuiihiK to cudaud thoswoetost lovo st'ory ever told." Seats 50c. 75c. and $1.

Ticketson sale at Morgan Pharmacy. SPECIAL Telephone Service FOR FARMERS. THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGH.VP1I GOMVANY ifl pre. parod to furnlsh servico iu tho mnil dis. triuts At Very Low Rates Fr inforination iu to tliis cluss' of telephone nei vico, uddrcss tho Now England Telephone and TeloKraph Company, 101 Milk streot, lloston, Mass G.

H. GREELEY, Eye Specialist li uble to oorreot tho most complicated vlsu.il dofeutR lcnown to scienco. If you ivo paiun thronxh your hcad aiul eyos. coiisiilt Dr. Greeloy, for his Proserip-tlon Glassoi work woudeis.

Can be oouMtltod at NEW PARK H0TEL FOR 10 DAYS, COMMENCINO Tuesday, August 18 OllH'o Hours AFTERNOON and EVENING. Consuitation Free. Notice to Taxpayers. The tax bills for town, hishway and Hohool taxcs on tlio 190!) grand list of Wond stock, Ver-jiont, have been ilelivered to uie for collectiou, aud taxpayers nre called upuii to pay their rcspectivo taxes withiu ninety days from date (by Oct. 8th.

1903). The dodiiction provided by law wul bo al-lowodon taxcs paid during that timo. Taxes not no paid will bo oollected by the Oonstablo with eosts. I will recpivo at my otBce every day and till i-isht o'clock Woduesdav nnd Saturdav ovouings. F.

C. SOUTHGATE. Towu Treasurer. Woodstock. July 10, 1903 CAVENDISH WILL CELEBRATE.

Cavendish will have a grand cele-bration and basket picnic, so posters announce, on Old Home day, Thursday, Aug. 20. There will be a grand barbecue, parade of floats, horribles and calithumpians," music, speeches and sports. Judge T. O.

Seaver of Woodstock is on the list ot speakers. M. F. Preston of Randolph demon-strates that it isn't necess.iry to go out of Vermont or to wait until some other. y.ear to produce a verv fair article in herdsgrass.

He shows stalks 5 (eet 9 inches high, with heads 8 1-2 inches long, raised on his land near the liver. The crop there is very heavy and of fine quality. BIRTHS. In Bridgewoter, Aug. 0, a daughtor (Kuth Manning) to JMr.

and Mrs. Eilwin Al. Wliileliill. In Norwich, Auf. 4, a daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. R. A. Gore. In Dewuys Mllls, July 18, a dauhtcr Allco Gertrude) to Mr.

and Mrs. Jajr Gihbs. MARRIACES. In Norwich, Aue. 4.

by Kev. K. H. N'ich- ols, Joseph Huntley and Miss Emma Slack, both 01 Norwich. UEATHS.

In Norwich, Mrs. Obcy, ged 66 years. In St. Paul, July 31, Col. Edward M.

Brown, agod 82 years. In Woedstock, Aug. 0. Mrs. l'ollr Foitsr Gttet, aged 84 years 8 msnths.

CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Klnd You Have Ahrays Bought Bears the L5 Blgnaturo DANA'S New York Cash Store 1802. Sporting Gooris. Tcnnis Rackets Tlie Wright Ditaon Itnckots aro I'oooguizod us the sttuidurd of cxcellence. We have them in all the gradeB.

all of this seasou's production Championship Balls the best. Tcnnis Nets Golf Clubs Golf Balls Haakcll's and Indian Clubs Wood Dumb Bells Punching Bags Miniature Prints A new souvonirof Woodstock. Hand colored minia-turo photogruphs, mounlt'd 011 white eards. Every iie-tuir colored hy htind. Loeal an' near, hy iews, 15c cach New Tork A Novel of New Bligland Home Life: QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER.

THE $1.50 EDITION FOR 50 Cents. A. B. Morgan, PHARMACIST, Woodstock, Vermont. OTTAUQUECHEE SAVIN6S BANK WOODSTOCK, VT.

Senii-Annual Statement at elose of business Juue 30, 1903. KE80UBOE8. Loans on Ileal Estate, 66 Loaus on I'ersonal Securities, 24,320 08 Loans on Deuosit Books. 3,322 68 Loaus with Bank Stock as collat- oral. 1.000 00 Loaus with Mortgages as collat.

eral. t.535 00 Loans to Towns, Vjllages and School Districts, 2.500 00 Stato, County, City, Town and School Bonds. 383.104 00 Rcal Estate forBanking rurposes, 30,000 00 Roal Estate by Foreclosure, 6,705 00 Interest. 21,683 18 Cash on hand and in Banks, 106.086 20 1.374.770 68 MXBILITIEB. Duo 3645 Dopositors, 1 ,267,679 85 110th Dividend.

July 1. 1903, 20.956 74 Sumlus Fund lteserved, 41,543 27 Other Surplus. 44,691 32 1.374.770 68 Officers. F. S.

Mackeuzie. President Alvin Hatch. Viee President Charles Chapinan, Treasurer TRUSTXES. F. 8- Mackeuzie.

Henry W. Walker, Alvin Hatch. Wm. 8. Dewty.

Charles H. Maxham. Wm. 8. Hewitt.

J. W. Parker. F. C.

Southgate. Charles F. Chapman. tNTESTMZNX DOXBD. F.

S. Maokenzie. Alvin Hatch, Charles 11. Maxham. J.

W. Parker, Charles F. Chapman. ACDIT0B8. VV.

S. Hewitt. Wm. 8. Dewey, U.

Soutngate. Dividends for the year. 3 1-2 per cent. QUECHEE. Mrs.

Emily A. Sperry, widow of Dr. Sperry, passed awny Friday morning about 1 o'clock. She had a partial shock ten days ago, from which she never rallied. She was about 65 years old.

FOR AUGUST $1.00 Year 15c Copy Cash Store B. H. PINNEY CO. ONE MORE Lawn Swing Left. Want to buy it SO ft.

Hose Left. Want to buy it ONE WA8HINC MBCHIHE LEFT.) I 1 i (10 MOltE ON THE KOAT.) Want to buy it ONE BALL-BEARING WRIMGER LEFT. (more cojiing.) Want to buy it? ONE BOX OF TIIOSE 3for25cKnivesleft (another gross COMING.) Want to buy it? B. H. PINNEY GO.

F. W. B. SMITH. We have a Few Su mmet Suits Which we will sell to close at ahnost your own price.

Also Summer Underwear, Straw Hats, etc. Don'l forget we have the beet line of Ham-mocks in towu. See our NEW CUFF HOLDER. The only kind you can put on without removing your coat. Agency Concord Steam Laundry F.

W. 8. SMITH. I.

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