Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-05-19
STATE ITEMS.

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son-ln-law of Hon. Luke p. Poland,
and Clerk Of Caledonia County, has
been appointed United States Consul
to Mcssina, Sicily. Not a very lucra-
tive position, but it may placatc, Gun
Gle Luke.
The town Of Alburgh, Grand Isle
county, pays tax this year on l06
dogs, which amounts to as much as
the tax on six hundred acres of land or
$106 worth Of personal property.
There are 292 polls, which makes the
average q little more than one dog to
every third man.
Julia Therens, girl about 10
years of age, employed as a domestic
in the Vermont Episcopal Institute at
Burlington, gave birth to a child Mon
day night Of last week. 1t is thought
that she strangled the infant, carried
the body to Lake Champlain and
threw it in the water. The next day
she disappeared. The affair is under
going legal investigation.
The body of male infant, APP
parently still-born, was found under
the bridge near Charles II. Sabin's, at
Montpelier, last week Monday. The
body was badly decomposed, and was
ordered buried by the authorities.
Horace Fairbanks Of St. Johns
bury, who has been seriously ill of
pneumonia at the fremont House,
Boston, is much better, and a speedy
recovery is now anticipated.
The venerable Daniel Kellogg, a
wellknown citiven of Vermont, died
at his residence in Brattleboro on
Monday evening of last week, at the
age of "a years. Judge Kellogg from
his early manhood has been prominent
as lawyer, legislator and judge, and
his name was familiar to all sections
of the state.
"A meeting Of the trustees OF Nor
witch University was held there last
Saturday, but adjourned until com
without taking any action
toward filling the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of President Doug
lass.
AT Danville, Charles O. Shat
tucll's wooden mill was burnt on the
9th, together with a dwelling house
and outbulldings. The loss is over
$4,000. Insured for $4,000. The
lumber yard and saw mill Off. Dearth
which stood near the factory, were al
50 destroyed. Loss $4,000; no insur-
ance.
"A recent brood of chickens hatch
ed by a hen b elonging to John Parks
of Chelsea, had one with two bodies
and four legs.
A St. Adams printer has sued f.
NJ. Bradley, Secretary of the printers
union, for libel in publishing him as a
"rat," that is, one not belonging to the
union.
Civil rights have been exempli
fled at Rutland by the holding Of Dan
Higgins, a white man, % years old,
$500 bonds for trial, for adultery with
Julia Hawkins, a colored woman, sew
eral years his senior.
business men were recently sur
prised at the noble act of one Mr..
Flano, who left Stowe several years
since, owing about 500, going to
Massachusetts. There, by industry
and economy, he saved enough Of his
wages, after supporting a large family,
to cancel his Stowe debts, which he
recently paid up like man.
The performing bear has been
here. He had two keepers. The
most exciting performance was on one
of the streets when the bear and keep
er wrestled. The keeper threw the
bear twice, but on the third trial the
bear got his temper up and threw the
keeper and began to whack him with
his paw after he was down. The
other keeper than came to the rescue
and broke club over the bears head,
before q general truce prevailed b.
f. Times.
DR.. NJ. c. Edmunds, State Fish
Commissioner, is to visit the northern
shore of Lake Champlain to Obtain
black bass for the purpose Of stock
ing ponds in the eastern part Of the
state.
The REFORM SCHOOL. Trus-