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

with an extension table building, one
house and covered bridge, were
burned recently. Chubb's loss is
estimated at $4,000 Insurance 49,
900.
"A citizen of St. Adams has been
sued for $25,OO0 damages for writing
obscene and scandalous letters to a re-
spectacle lady in that vicinity.
-Mumps and measles are the la
test prevailing diseases in Rutland.
Canker-rash and diptheria are raging
in other towns in that vicinity.
The Supreme Court ofthe State
has decided that the stockholders Of a
bank are not responsible for the loss of
bonds deposited therein fol safe keep
ing.
The Trustees of the State Reform
School have visited Vergennes, and
report that the buildings are entirely
unfit for the use Of the school, and
that the soil of the farm is very poor.
These with other facts recently dis
covered, seem to make the wisdom of
the last Legislature somewhat ques-
tionable article.
The Brattleboro town auditors
nineteenth annual report now being
circulated shows that the treasurer has
disbursed during the past fiscal year,
ending on the 9th ult,, the sum of
500. $685. "a, and has received from va
rious sources S20.93S.07, leaving q
balance in his hands of $S7453. The
1T orders drawn by selcctmen, which
he has paid amount to $l7.550.46
the 9 orders Of the overseer of the
poor, S8S4.0S and selectmen's orders.
to school districts. $3.50. The dis
bursements for poor amount to ST.
609,26, and dcducting receipt from
town farm, $621, 02, leaves the total
amount paid by town order $685.
"a.
Captain Pettengill, custom house
officers at North Troy, recently confs-
Gated nearly half a ton Of butter, to-
gether with the team making very
liberal contribution toward the liqui-
dation OF the obligations Of Uncle
Sam.
ALL appearances indicate that the
copper mines at Wolcott are going to
prove mines of wealth to those who
own them, and that they are richer
than we had any reason to suppose
when they were first opened. We
were at Wolcott village last Thursday
and saw specimen taken from a
blast the day before, that would yield
at the rate of $45 to the TON [Citi-
zen.
There were SO business failures
in this State in 1874, the least in mum.
Der OF any State IN the country.
The three Vermont members and
all the Wisconsin members of Con
gress are natives of Vermont There
are fifteen Vermonters in Congress.
The city street lights in Burling-
ton, last yerr, cost the city S2.326.
Of this amount $1.444 was paid for
gas, $39S for lighting the lamps, and
the rest for lamps, posts and repairs.
-Therc is no truth in the report
that Rev. j. Ishman Bliss, of Ben
nington, intends to retire from the
ministry. Mr.. Bliss says that he has
mot the slightest intention of the
kind.
Some farmers in Stowe have to
sit up nearly all night to melt snow
for their cattle to drink. The popula-
ton of Stowe is 1850.
Joseph Plant, employed in Gale
Brothers meat market, Burlington, at
tempted to commit suicide by shoot
ing himself with revolver. Fortu-
nately, however, the bullet struck arb
and glanced off, inhicting dangerous
but not mortal wound. Disappointed
love was the cause of the rash act.
The centennial of Ethan Aliens
capture OF Ticonderoga, May 10, 1875,
will be celebrated in northeastern New
York and Vermont.
The two official organs of La
noble county are now struggling with
the honest people of "Spunkey La
moille,;" and each vieing with the 9th
er to the extent of the premiums they |
can offer for subscriptions. The Cih-
zen is down to thirty-seven and q half
cents for six months, and few takers
The Ne,osdealer offers sewing machine