Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-01-20
STATE ITEMS.

AT the Grange Oyster Supper at
Waterbury Centre. one man ate 6
oyster stews, one bowl of raw ones
besides the various side dishes.
Isaac Hunt, of Danville, owned a
sheep for nineteen years, during which
time she had thirty-eight lambs. He
then sold her to Eben Woodland, who
owned her until the time of her death,
which occurred two years after, In
the meantime she added three more
lambs to her family, making forty.one
in all. She was twenty-five years old
when she died.
Tie number of cCnvicts in the
State Prison is now LOG males and
four females. As there are only l04
cells. and two OF these have generally
been used for solitary punishment, it
makes the prison too small for the &C.
commodation of its increase in num-
bers, and there has never been any
proper place Of confinement of wo.
men.
Rev. L. Warren, late pastor of
the Universalist church in Barre, sails
for Europe in the Cunard steamer
China, from Eas.. Boston, on the 23d
inst. His daughter accompanies him,
and probably Rev. G. H. Forbes, of
Gaysville. They will have the best
wishes oftheir many friends for a
pleasant trip.
Mrs. Mcdonald Of Calls wrapped
her little child so closely for riding,
the other night, that it was smothered
to death.
English spparows have appeared
at Manchester, Vt.
"A citizen of Manchester, Vt, had
twenty-five sheep killed the other day
by worthless cur whom nobody
owns. The sheep were in the barn at
the time and the dog made short work
of it.
Mr.. John N. Bailey, a resident OF
West Rutland is probably the Oldest
mason in this section, having been a
member some sixty.three years-a
year or two longer than the late o. H.
Bounds Mr.. Bailey is eighty seven
years of age and still retains his ener
gies to a remarkable degree.-[Rut
land Globe.
Those abandoned women Of Bur.
lington who were reported to have
Joined the Valcoulists, were rejected
by the Community and forced to seek
more kindred spirits elsewhere.
"A curious fact in connection with
the subject of vaccination is that out
of twelve subjects who were innocu
lated in Burlington, nine have died,
and the vaccine virus worked well in
every case.
On Wednesday evening last as
Mr.. Seymour J. Everest, Of Addison
was crossing the lake near Norton's,
ferry, with load Of fresh meat for
Port Henry market, the team broke
through the ice, about ten rods from
the shore. He lost everything but
one horse.
MONTREAL AND VERMONT JoNRNAI
RALRoAp.-At the annual meeting Of
the Montreal and Vermont Junction
railroad. held at Stanbridge, p. c.,
Wednesday, Jan. 18th, 1875, the fol-
lowing directors were elected:
P. Fl. Moore, 10. D. Hatch,
J. Gregory Smith, Jed. P. Clark
W. G. Smith, F. &. Des Rivieres.
The White River Valley Agri.
cultural Association have invited the
State Board of Agricultural, Manu-
factnres and Mining, to hold a meet,
ing at Bethel during the winter.
"A disastrous fire occurred in Rut
land, Thursday night, which destroy
ed the Central House Hotel, a $780,
O)O building, the "Old Red Store,
Nichols Block, Merriden Block and
other buildings. Total loss 100000
Insurance $4,000 The Globe says
it was the work of All incendiary, and
complains of the lack Of hose and wa.
ter in the village.
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"A New Hampshire gentleman