Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-03-28
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Is the daughter OF inc latc NtlIuS ana
Anna Ranstead and was born at
Weatherstield, Vt. When girl in
her teens she went to Westmoreland,
n. H., to live with her grandparents.
1t was there she met and married her
husband, Oren Shelley, with whom
she lived nearly 70 years. Mr.. Shell
ley died May FL. 1850, at the age OF
02.
J. W. Swan. a photographer of
Island Pond, who suddenly disap-
peared many months ago, has been
heard from. He is in Texas, and
writes to his friends that he is igno-
rant of all that happened to him
after leaving Boston until he found
himself in New Orleans, and ILL.,.
After regaining his health he went
to Texas. where he is following his
old occupation. He has written for
his wife and children to ION him,
and claims that this northern climate
is "too cold'' tor him to return.
At the recent meeting of the Yer
mont State Dental Society, held at
Montreal, these officers We're elected
President, DR.. +. p. Mather of Ches-
ter; first vice-president, DR.. c. S.
Campbell of st. Adams; second
vice-president, DR.. ]. A. Robinson
ofMorrisville; secretary, DR.. Thomas
Mound of Rutland; corresponding
secretary, DR.. Grace l.. Bosworth of
Rutland; treasurer, DR.. w. II. Mum
sell of Wells River; executive COM
mittee, DR.. X. l.. Cleaves of Mont
pelier, DR.. II. Terrill Of Rutland and
DR.. c. w. Steele of Barre; state
prosecutor, DR.. 6. w. Hoffman OF
White River Junction. The next
meeting will he held at Montpelier
the third Wednesday in March, 1897.
Flaien L'tleureux, president of the
French Republican Club of Rutland,
died on Tuesday evening of pneumo-
mia, aged GO.
The trial of Ira r. Allen of Fair
Haven, charged with having given
away liquor at the state fish hatchery
in November, 1904. will begin in
Montpelier April %.
Miss Grace Wellington, graduate
Of the Manchester Seminary. has ac-
cepted the position of Greek and
Latin in one of the best English
schools in Paris, and will begin her
work next fall.
d. n. Richardson. editor of the
Democrat of Davenport, Iowa, has
arrangements for erecting,
July next, a summer residence in
Groton, costing $1,000. 1t is to be
located on a high hill.
Vermont pensions: Increase, Jo-
vite Pinard, st. Johnsburv; Marcus
G. Gibbs, Hubbardston; Joseph a.
Lambert, North Hyde Park.
Upon information furnished to the
states attorney nine places in the
village of Bennington were searched
Tuesday for Intoxicating liquors. In
eight of them liquor was found.
The proprietors were before the mu-
nicipal court and hearings were adj
ourned until Monday. The saloons
here have not been troubled much of
ate.
The schedules filed in the insol-
vency court of the estate of William
Foster, jr., president OF the New
York Rutland & Montreal Railway,
which includes the Lebanon Springs
road, show liabilities of 1854, $40,
nominal assets of $I,543,e5I and
actual assets of $5S2,357. Among
he creditors are Gen. Z. II. Ripley
If Rutland, SIS, 900, and the Central
National Bank of Boston, $l7,5oo.
Emory S. Harris of Bennington,
United States marshal, is beng flood
ed with quantity of express pack
ages containing lottery tickets. Some
IF these packages were sent to offices
n this State as far back as 1893, and
he people to whom they were adj
lressed have failed to cali for them.
The packages were sent from the
different Offices to the headquarters
he company, and are now returned
~ the company to the representative
If the government. Marshal Har-
is has written to the encouragement
o know what disposition he shall
make of them.
DR.. l.. c. Wakefield was called to
last week to test COWS
to be afflicted with tuber-
ulosis. A couple of children in
hat place died from what was pro-
bounced tuberculosis, and a vender
If milk was suspected of having fur
,ishcd milk from infected cows. \
ample of the milk was sent to Bur-
ington for examination, but was
pronounced all right, and second
me was reported as being infected
With the germs of the disease. A
est of the herd was made by DR..
Wakefield. and the herd was found
o be free of the disease. Dr.Wake-
ield was in Stowe last week and
ested about $50 cows, of which ~
we're found to he afflicted and were |
illed. The entire herd of one man. |
IS cows, was found to be
fflicted with tuberculosis and had to
e killed. The doctor also tested
erds in Royalton and Tunbridge.
The Magazines.
John Philip Sousa will contribute
ne musical feature of the Ladies'
lone Journal. The famous band
iaster has been induced to turn aside
rom marches to write q ,xaltz. which |