Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-03-17
STATE ETENaS.

was frightened, and ran frantically
under Mr.. limos barn, among u mass
Of hay, quickly setting the barn on
fire, burning up said barn and himself
too. Mr.. Jimo had quite quantity of
hay and grain in the barn and suffers
considerable loss by the perform
ancc.
Rutland is talking about q $75,-
600 village market, and the Globe is
of the opinion such an institution
could be made to pay.
Henry DAVIS Of Glover was hold.
ing q COW the other day for another
fellow to knock down When the
blow was given Henry discovered that
Lis thumb was between the AK and the
cows head The COW didn't fall, and
Mr.. Davis, noticing that part of his
thumb was gone, made up some queer
faces, and concluded that next time
the fellow might hold his own COW,
The Directors Of the Burlington
and Lamollle Railroad held a meeting
at the American House. in Montpe-
lier, last Wednesday, and elected the
following officers President, D. c.
Linsley Vice-Prcsident, William Is.
Hatch Treasurer and Secretary, f.
W. Peck.
Mrs. G. II. Field ofJohnson gave
birth to a promising boy some three
weeks ago, and is days afterwards
duplicated him. Both boys andnoth,
er are doing well.
"A pair of horses belonging to a
man from Marlboro, became irighten-
ed while standing at the Brattleboro
depot, Wednesday noon Of last week,
and, taking to the railroad track,
came into collision with the Boston
train The result was one dead ami
NAL and another badly injured.
The Standing Committee of the
Diocese Of Vermont gave consent on
Monday to the conservation OF the
Rev. DR.. DeKoyeD, Bishop-elect Of
Illinois, and the Rev. DIR. Jagget,
Bishop elect Of Southern Ohio,
Many Of the men and women you
observe bowling their heads 50 rever-
emily while the minister pronouncing
the benediction, are putting Oh their
rubbcrs. Il Burlington Sentinel
Cen. G. Il. N. Richardson, the
democratic mayor elect Of Portland,
Maine, is u native of Wells River.
Vermont, but went to Portland in
1856.
Il. b. Plat and r. H. Hoyt have
paid to the clerk of the United States
court, at Burlington, $3O,908,S6, in
full settlement and discharge Of their
liability as bail for Gen. George j.
Stannard, late collector of customs
for the district of Vermont They
realized about $4,000 from his bank
rupt estate.
-Middlebury boasts of a smallpox
pest house, situated near the railroad
track. a gay young damsel was seen
from the train, Standing at the door
smiling defiance both at the 'small-
pox notice on the fence and the curl
osity expressed on the faces of the pas
sengers. The female victim was seen
at the second story window viewing
the landscape Ger and longing appar-
entity, for fresh fields and pastures
new
There is 4 peculiar kind of sick
ness at Colchester. The patient is
taken with a fever, pains in the back
and chest, and a very sore throat; but
in few days RECEIVERS and feels as
well as ever.
The Richford Sentinel has chang.
ed hands, Mr.. J. b. Bowditch having
sold the establishment to Messrs. c.
G. Brown and William +, Scott, the
latter for some time foremn of the
Messenger Office in St. Adams, and u
practical printer.
The Vermont Tanners and
Leather Manufacturers Association.
which was in session at Rutland last
week, adjourned Thursday, to meet
in Burlington on the 9th of April
next.
Alvin Drown, boy sixteen years
old, who works for A. b. French, OF
Newark, recently chopped, in eight
hours, eighty-one mill,logs, which
measured seven thousand eight humid
red and thlrty-nine feet.