Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-04
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Two Jacksonville men have been
seriously injured by lead poison 10
cider kept in a cask, the inside OF
which was painted
Mark Bannlster Of North Troy,
who was recently arrested for passing
counterfeit bill, has been released az
no evidently knew nothing Of the
character of the bill he was passing,
and gayea good one 10 lieu OF It rs
soon a. no discovered its worthless
ness,
N. NJ Whitman aud his daughter
o. Burlington, charged with incest,
have been bound over In the sum OF
5000 and $500 respectively,
The remarkable open weather has
been taken advantage Of by u, u.
Wright Of New Haven to SOW and har'
row In a halfatre Of winter rye rare
feat Ia that latitude during January.
Col. Joseph Baltell, proprietor OF
the "Bread Load Inn" at ltipton, will
build q telephone line to M'ddlebury
twelve miles distant,
The first step Of the new pro-
prletor OF the Bates hou,e In Rutland
Mr.. J. NJ. IIaven-~waS to close the
billiard aud bar rooms.
Arthur Powell n small son OF
Geo. 4. Powell, Of Fairbanks village,
st. Johusb0ry, ran his sled against a
post while coasting, the other evening
and broke his leg,
Father Lane oflhe Catholic church
at Bratlleboro formerly OF Burlington.
does not approve OF evening dances
by the young people Of his parish
Learning that company were ell
joying dance at Armory Hall sa'ur-'
day evening he attempted to enter the
room bu, some OF the company slam
med the door 10 his facs aud fastened
him out. This naturally excited the
Indignation OF the priest and on Sun
day he took it ont by giving the
young people Il short lecture in strong
aud forcible language.
The wife of Arthur Lane of Plain
fed jumped from sleigh with her
babe in her arms the other day, the
horse having taken fright, and strik-
ing on her head and was taken up
iusensiblc. Her recovery is very
doubtful.
Hon. Frederick Billings of Wood
stock has donated one hundred dol
lars to the Congregational church OF
Plainiield to be used in fitting up the
westerly so that they can hold meetings
therein, and they are now to work on
it for that purpose.
The Richmond Universallsts
have inst dedicated q $1,000 church.
William Alden. of Leicester, who
died the other day, was q direct dc.
scendant in the sixth generation OF
John Alden, the pilgrim.
The state prison directors are
SAID to have discovered deficiency
of some 1900 in the accounts of II.
P. Spencer, late superintendent.
Timothy Wheeler of Waterbury
who has been making scientific OBJ
servations from fall to January, and
then writing down his conclusions as
to the extent of the coming season for
maple sugar, has become so celebrated
tor the exactness of mis- predictions,
uniformly correct several successive
years, as to receive numerous letter
of inquiry from different parts OF the
United States. This year he says
"The sugar season will be very good,
but not the best
About seven o'clock Saturday
evening while Sheriff Halbert was
the prisoners in the St.
Adams Jail with coal, a prisoner dash
ed lot of PEPPER in his eyes and es-
capped. The man who escaped is
named Christopher G. Tracy, who
had been arrested for theft. There
were three other prisoners in the
room whose escape was prevented by
the prompt action OF the sheriff.
Tpr1ANn's WoE.-The secretary Of