Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-09-12
General Vermont News.

No damages has been reported by frost II
Vermont during the past week, although II
places light one occurred. Corn Is ripen.
ing fast and is very good. Ensilage corn ID
being cut. An extra good crop of oats hal
been secured. Onions are reported to be Q
light crop in Addison county. The apple
crop will be heavy and they are ripenir q
and wells and streams are low.
Application has been made by the creditora
of the Rutland fire insurance company fol
receiver to wind up its affairs and John
l.. Ritchie, president OF the Citizens Savings
bank and Trust company OF this place, has
been appointed receiver. Attorneys for the
creditors holding most Of the claims are
Bates and May. Mr.. Bates is at present in
yestigating the assets Of the company In the
West. The company was chartered in "a.
and commenced business In '93, at Rut-
land, claiming one hundred thousand
capital stock subscribed and paid which was
invested largely in western lands. 1t had q
general office in Chicago, the president be-
ing located there. Results show little or no
value In assets, and losses to the amount Of
$250 unpaid In Vermont an equal amount
outside OF the state and nothing to pay. The
commissioners enjoined them from further
business early in '95 but no effort till now
has been made to close up its affairs under
the law.
Sheldon Cook, q farmer and horse dealer
IN Bridgeport, attempted suicide u few days
ago He took large quantity of opium
about eight o'clock. Physicians were sum-
moned and two of them worked over him
oil night and managed to save his life.
Cook is man Of about so years of age and
has wife and five children, two of whom
are twins and were born about two months
ago.
The following Vermonters have been
granted pensions Addition Henry Y. Pol
lard, Plymouth; reissue, Marcelus D.
burlington; increase, Salmon X. Weeks,
Stowe Albert NJ. Adams, Fair Haven
Thomas Halo, Weybridge; restoration and
reissue, J ohm H. Miller, deceased, Topsham.
Perley l.. kimball. assignor to the Vermont
Farm Machine, Bellows Falls, has taken out
two patents forimproved centrifugal separa-
tors. Fred II. Lewis has received letters
patent for sap spout.
DR.. George W. Hoffman, Of White
River Junction, narrowly escaped seri-
GUS injuries the other day. While driv-
ing half broken colt in a sulkey at Billings
park, suddenly the colt bolted, ran against
fence and threw DR.. Hoffman down the
embankment, the colt and sulky falling upon
him. When picked up he was unconscious.
Aside from general shaking up, but few
bruises were received from the colt.
Mrs. o. II. Stickles, the wife of "a farmer
living outside of Stratford. gave birth to
four children, three girls and a boy. The
largest weighs seven pounds and the small
est five, a total weight of "a pounds. Mrs.
Stickles has given birth to five other chill
dren two of whom are twins. She is doing
nicely.
Rudyard Kipling and family left Brattle-
boro recently for England, where he will
make his home for an indefinite period. Mr..
kinIipU'S tp,inu 10 rptp fad Inv ha
here and it is hoped his stay abroad will be
brief, though he is reticent as to his future
plans.
John Martin, " years of age, and for 81
years an employe Of the Champlain trans
portation company. died recently at his
home in Valcour. Mr.. Martin was an old
boatman, having been mate on the steamer
Montreal, X. w. Sherman, United States
Canada, Adirondack and Vermont. Until
July 5th he was mate on the Vermont and at
that time he went to his home, being unable
to work. Mr.. Martin leaves q wife and two
children, daughter the wife of Mr.. Brom-
ley of Pennsylvania, and a son, George in
New Mexico.
Mrs. Margaret Bancroft of Montpelier,
widow of the late Carlos Bancroft, died re-
Gently. She was IS years old and had been
gradually failing for Il long time. Her
maiden name was Wallace and she was
twice married. Her last husband, Mr.. Ban
croft, died in 1876. She had no children OF
her own but leaves one adopted son, +. w.
Bancroft, the we'll known singer and musi-
cal lecturer.
AS .he $50 n. M. north bound train was
entering the yard at BrattleborO, 1t ran up
on and killei instantly Barney Breslin.
Two little children were playing upon tho
track and owing to the steam escaping from
an engine did not hear the approaching
train. Breslin who is employed In tho yard