Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-02-03

he would inform himself as to the size
of the place. Upon ascertaining that
the grand list was only six dollars
more than that of Hardwick, he said,
''let the poor cusses have the school /;
they need it.
business is unusually dull at st.
Johns0ury. Most Of the merchants
complain that trade:was never light
err and the Fairbanks scale works are
very considerably reducing their num-
Der of employees. Some of their best
bands, men who have worked in the
shops for dozen years, are out Of
employment, whereas in the panic, a
year ago, they only discharged the
greenest and poorest hands.
The President has nominated
Justin w. Moody as postmaster at
Waterbury.
Ten young men in Hardwick
have signed written agreement to
neither drink nor ask each other to
drink any intoxicating liquor during
the coming year.
The Union says that the Gale
donia county court adjourned, after
a five weeks session, in which some
evils were redressed and others con-
cocted.
The "volcano" at North Fayston
has a rival at Sutton, on the eastern
side Of Moose mountain. One expla
nation Of the phenomena is, that warm
air penetrates the deep caverns in the
summers and heats the rocks, and in
the winter the cold air is heated by
them and, when is rises, moisture in
it is condensed into steam.
-Eben Bridge, of Pomfret has a
pair of three year old steers, Of the
Durham blood, that weighed recently
$3.50 labs. The have done the work
on his farm the past year.
-Enos Stimson of Montpelier, has
received a patent for a CRATE, and
John f. Davis Of Bradford, for an OK
shoe.
The Vermons colleges have to
tai of 1874 students; of this number
Vermont furnishes 20. In 1870 Yer
mont sent 100 students to colleges
outside of the state.
The contributions of the Yer
mont churches for foreign missions,
last year, exceeded the average of the
preceding five years by more than
$4,000, an advance Of about ten per
cent. greater than that of any other
State.
The mean time of closing of the
lake at Burlington, for the last sixty
years is the Goth Of January, the earl
lest date of closing being the 7th Of
January, 1868, and the latest March
4, 1919. Only four years in that pc
Rod the lake did not close.
There is one lucky man at Rut
land, Mr. S. Hayward. He took out
insurance policies amounting to 49,
500, Thursday afternoon, at four O.
clock, and twelve hours later the prop.
erty insured was in ashes.
The Pavilion Hotel at Montpe-
lier, one of the best known hotels in
the State, will terminate its existence
next Monday, and give way for new
house.
Some of the schools at Burliug-
ton are closed on account of the pre-
valence of small pox A half hun
bred cases are said to exist in the CT
ty.
Samuel Sinclair, formerly of
Poultney, and late publisher of the
Tribune, lost his fortune in country
seat on the Hudson-sunk it blindly
in stone walls, bitches, trees and turf,
barns and houses, and he is now in the
New York custom house at a salry Of
1900 a year.
Alfred Cotton of Irasburgh, had
some trouble with his wife, last Tues
day and Mr.. Y. E. Jameson was called
in as peacemaker, when Cotton drew
q revolver and shot Jameson, hitting
him back of his ear The wound is
not considered dangerous Mr.. Jane
son has been member Of the state
board of agriculture and is Il promi-
nent citizen of the county, and Il wor-
thy man.
The attention of young men and
old, who are residents Of Vermont,
who O out of the state 10 be married.