Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-11-02
New England News
Maine,

Maine,
iiOnllOn boasts q marvellous and mys'
lerious cure, Augustus hpOnhplz's baby
was sick, apparently with dlphtheria,
and hisler iUnise, 4 years old, II u asleep
and soon hogan Staging q sweet Sunday
sehO0l song, Aiier The last verse sie
said "GeIlie hasn't gol diphlheriai il's
eanker, Put dry sulphur On her tongue
and cover Il with eamPhofaled lard, "
II was done, consciousness returned, and
lhe baby got well,
CAPT, Charles Y, Shaw Of the schooner
Uncle Fam fatally shot his brother while
earelessly handling a nlsket On the yOy-
age from ilOekland " iipslon,
A ship Of 1888 tons, named JOieph II,
Thomas, was launched recently ~ Ihoni'
aston, Me,
Hall q, Dunton, charged with forging
receipt 0t The American express com,
pany Tor siihi, Was arrested near Han
g0r, hut sDOn escaped,
Over 1000, 900 tons Of Ice will prob
ably be taken from the Ice fields Gf the
kennebec next winter " The season Is
favorable,
II IL estimated that 50 tons Of hlueber-
rles were shipped ron Bath last season,
and 4 plekers male 5000,
The steam saw mill At Hath. owned by
he heirs VI William Rice, was burned
loss $4,000 insurance SO 900,
Thomas Matthews Of Warren ipll Into
Tie hold OF a vessel NJ ThOmaslOu, and
was killed,
Lewiston sends cotton goods 10 China
every year, and Tie trade steadily In
creases, Tie Cinnamon Use the cotton
Tor tents, awning and sails,
II Is now thought that the shoe shop
recently burned NJ Paris will be rebuilt
this fall, The stockholders have pledg,
cd themselves 10 do 50 provided the
stockholders will raise n sufficient
amount 10 build m elevator,
A quack doctor who lins heen pcddlIng
blttefs In skOwheenn got Into q bit OF
trouble recently, lle got u man from
COrhyllle Into his room and poured some
of lila stuff Into him, The man became
Wild. and II was necessary 10 call two
doctors to quiet HIN,
Now Hampshlre.
A bill In equity was filed nj Ports.
mouth In behalf Of Alexander Bruce Of
Marseilles, III, John Shepard Of Lowell,
Mass, md the Boston aud Lowell rail.
r0ad company against the Manchester
and kecne railroad company. The plain,
tlns hold $4,000 Of the bonds Of the
Manchester and kCCnG road. and fear
that u proposed sale nj auction will I'm.
pair their rights ~ hondhodcrs. ~ they
expect some Of the trustees named may
seek to bny the property nj n nominal
price and render Tie bonds worthless,
Tho Appalachian mountain club climb.
I'd the UncanoOnuck mountains last
week, Half Of the climbers We're wo.
men.
The piscalaQua association Of mlnist.
Crs celebrated It's tooth anniversary ut
Portsmouth recently, Many prominent
persons were there, and DR., Spaulding
Of Dover delivered the historical nd.
dress,
Benjamin Roy md his wife, OF Man.
chester. ate Paris green and potatoes for
dinner and their recovery Is still doubt.
iul.
The Peniacook house ut Long Pond
was burned recently with It's contents
loss on house S2sOO, insurance $4,000; In.
surancc on furniture $4,000,
Massachusetts.
The treasurer Of the Massachusetts,
school for idiolic aud feeble minded
youth reported ut Boston recently tia,
the years cypcn ~ Ind been S26,Gil
and the receipts SEQ, 1877. There are
now 70 boys and 81 gir,s In the school.
The state wholly supports 90 and parti.
ally supports 10. The children are on
the average two inches shorter and nine
pounds lighter than ordinary children
Of the same age.
The Boston common council recon
siders its vote refusing TO appropriate
$50, 900 for the Arnold arboretum, and
refers II to special committee.
Representatives of the French Can.
adams, who take exceptions to Carol d.
Wrights statements In his report rs
chief Of the bureau of statistics. were
given hearing ut Boston. Mr.. Wright
made n short speech, in which he said
the evidence which oflends the CAN
adams did not relate to NJ ssachusetts Mt
ali, and admitted that il was not suffi-
cienty explicit. Many people testified
that the Canadians are industrious and
well-behavcd in their towns.
Two more cases of smallpox are re-
ported in Boston tenements. There is
~, nj, al M thn M, |
infected premises have been thoroughly |
fumigated, and the disease Is said to be
under control. Two Of the hospital cases
are dead.
Billerica's new public library. the gift |
OF Mrs. Eleanor Bennett, was dedicated |
lately, with speeches by William vii.
kns Warren, Thomas Talbot, DR.. Noyes
and Others.
There have been only IL 96 inches rain
fall in the vicinity of Boston since April |
|, md water famine is feared. About
81, 900, 900 gallons day are now supplied
to the city by Lake Cochituatc and the
Sudbury river systems. The supply in
the latter is fast giving out, and the
authorities say it will be practically ex-
hausted in about 30 days. Lake Coehit.
uate. too, is going down rapidly, and
there will be trouble unless heavy rains
set in. The lake water even now is very
impure.
Atame partridge has lived in the woods
at Parker's Mills (Oakham) since De-
cember, 1879. Coming ut the call of
"biddie," or the striking oftwo pieces of |
board together, it will even perch on the |
shoulder of a stranger, but any undue |
familiarity is promptly resented. The
sportsmen in the vicinity know the bird |
and respect its freedom.
The Massachusetts, eye and ear intirm-
airy at Boston treated 10, 55S patients dur
ing the past year. The expenses exceed
ed the receipts by S2409.
Accidents are becoming alarmingly |
frequent on the Vermont and Massachu-
sets division of the Fitchburg railroad,
hardly day passing without collision
of some kind.
Real estate in Springfield is changing
hands whenever any one can be found |
willing to sell, but az such persons are not |
numerous the sales ARE hardly more fire. |
quent than usual. People think their
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