Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-01-14
QENERAL NE us.

Conn, who can I'm 1900 ponds, an
another who raised 700 with one hand
"A rural man took his gil Il
Bridgeport, Conn, ono day recently
and LETT her at the home ola friend
Subsequently he could not find tn
place and spent the afternoon in search
Ing for It, finally calling In the aid oil
the police, which amounted 10 moth
Ing, Ills condition was plllable,
The startling statement Is mad
IN Dublin that the number OF pauper'
Ia Ireland Is about 100000, or abou
8 per cent, OF tho population, while
fully double that number will need
assistance TO prevent being forced into
the work.house and charitable instltu'
lions,
AN enterprislng man In Philadel'
phia hired an unoccupied hotel tor one
day, In order TO let oul the front win
dows to those who wanted TO see tho
Grant procession, lilo paid ssoOland
Il said to have made aproit of $1,000.
The late Peter Goelct, the nil
llonalre bachelor of New York always
gave as reason tor not marrying that
no was too poor. Ito left s25,ooo,oOO'
Flood the bonanza king, dlstrib
uled $4,000 In Christmas presents
among San Francisco charity,
The late DR.. Le Moyne's crcma'
tory IL at the service Of the public,
and fifty people have arranged to have
their bodies burned in II.
The state prison Of Connecticut
last year paid It's expenses and 1902
besides.
Wade Hampton wants a reunion
Of soldiers Of the two armies OF the
late war.
"A flood IN Cincinnati has cansed
damage estimated at nearly n $780,
300.
William Morton Of New Haven
lad bad luck and was assisted by
,amucl.Bullcr, lilo has repaid his
,cnciactor by runp'ng away with biz
wife and has broken up home which
ms been happy for IS years.
"A white woman named Emma
Foster was raped by four negroes
,ear Thorold, Ont, Wednesday night.
Two were arrested nj Clifton ard col.
essed their guilt, giving the names of
heir accomplices.
1t Is reported that Senator Blaine
las n fit at his home in Augusta 1t
5 not stated h AZ It's Of the same nature
IS his famous "sun-stroke.'
Newark is happy she, has her first
DEMO cratic Mayor in four years.
Helen ]. Ward, who was arrest
d for shooting her mother while ly-
ng in bed with her at her residence in
Boston on the night of December 3Oth
vas discharged Saturday, the District
Attorney stated that there was no
violence to prove that it was anything
'ut case of accidental shooting.
The evidence does not explain the
racture of the skull Of the deceased,
he case ofwhich remains mystery.
VERMONT.
Emma Sands, the missing girl of
essex Center, who disappeared from
he trestle bridge and walked to Ben.
ingtcn in the night, there put on
,ale apparel and masqueraded about
week before the mystery was par
ally solved, is still in the insane asy-
I'M at Brattleboro. She cannot re-
nember anything after the time she
arted with Aida Chilley at the
ridge until going through Winooski.
-C. II. V. Virgins of Walden
,ent to Montpelier recently, got mar
led, and when he returned was ar
ested for raising money OH forged
ote.
The first of the series OF musical
,stivals by the parish choirs of the
Vermont dioceses was held at Yer
'ennes, Thursday, under the direction
Prof. S. &. Whitney OF Boston. A
lrge chorus from IA parishes was pre-
snt. Besides the concert addresses
ERE made by several clergymen.
The firm of J. g. J. NJ. Poland,
ublishers of the Vermont Waterman
nd State Journal, has been dissolved
Y the retirement of the Junior part
er, on account of i'll heath. Mr..
oseph Poand remains the sole
roprietor.
"A horse owned by Mr.. Frank
'arsons, of Bethel, vas recently kill
d by falling tree that men were
hopping.
The fortieth anniversary of the