Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-02
General Vermont News.

Vermont has s.730 Union veterans. tn,
number in the whole country being 1.O34,'
073 There are only eleven Confederate
veterans in the state and fourteen VII eys -
Confederates.
A new switch board with 80 drops has
been put into the central station OF the
Enosburgh telephone company. New instri'
ments have been put in to replace the ole
ones in use 10y the Citizens company before
it passed into the control of the Enoshurgh
company. The line is now connected with
the Peoples line 81 that there Is close con.
nection through 81. Adams to Rirhford.
Horse disteniprr is prevailing to an I'M
usual extent all over the state til lis spring.
Very many valuable ANIMALS hav" sucrumb"d
to the disease, which seems t. spare no con-
ditiOn or environment
The latest telephone scheme is to connect
Morrisvillc. Hyde Park. Waterbury and
stowe. Citizens of these towns are to form
stock company for the purpose of owning
and operating the line and furnishing good
service at a nominal price. If the plan is
successful other towns will probably under
take the same thing so that, under normal
conditions of development, Vermont will yet
be covered with telephone lines which will
give good service ut small cost.
Rev. L. W. Cummings has purchased job
printing office in Barre and will begin the
publication Of monthly called Barre Gran
ite. Until recently he has been pastor Of the
Presbyterian church.
A bell foundry will soon he added to the
industries of Fair Haven. 4 Boston firm has
decided to locate there and will employ l50
hands. The citizens have raised $40, 900 in
stock to put into the enterprise.
There is n commendable endeavor to Sc
cure attention for home industries. Several
of the state press are trying to induce in
yestors to put their money into home enter
prises. strengthening what is already es-
tablished rather than to invest in new en-
terprises which may be schemes of foreign
capitalists. To secure the most possible
labor to work up the least possible raw ma
tcrial is the proper way to enlarge pop'ila-
ton and increase business. More attention
Is being paid to these matters than ever be-
fore and the appearance of new industries
all over the state to work up native raw
material Is proof that the advocacy of COM
mon sense methods by the state press hasn't
been in vain.
A. II. Wolfe's restaurant at White River
Junction was raided a few days ago and II
small quantity Of hop beer seized. The
analysis showed but 2.05 to 2.57 percent of
alcohol and the states ease amounted to
nothing for lack of evidence TO prove the
sale of intoxicants.
The furry in hotel circles at Essex June
tion is over. and Mr.. johnson has re-opened
his house on the temperance plan. averring
that no intoXicants will be sold under any
circumstances. One hotel ought to be able
to exist there, but when two are opened it
takes more or less liquor traffic to make up
the deficiency in the revenues caused by
lack of guests.
The Sunday News is a now venture in
journalism at Burlington. 1t is IL pages.
The Sunday sun, started to spite the News,
was launched the same day.
Work on the Hardwick h Woodbury. rail
road from Hardwick to the Woodbury. quar-
res. began this week. A large gang of Ital-
ian aborers will arrive the last of this week
IN trains are expected to be running by
June Is or July The question of there
movnl of the Fletcher granite company here
seems to be well understood, though the
company has authorized no definite stata-
ment of its purposes. 1t can have land for
the location of its immense shops at reason
able rate. and that was practically all that
prevented the question of expense fora sit
making the choice between this town and
Woodbury. probematical. But the location
wanted by the company can he secured at
low figures, and the last obstacle seems to
have been swept away. If the company
comes it will be Immediately, and large
amount Of building must be done here to
accommodate the increase in population oc-
rasiOncd by the move. Other firms are con-
sidering the advantages offered here fol
profitable operation and Hardwick seems
destined to enjoy an unusual growth this
season.
A Barre paper stated a short time ago that
the only way to sell other Vermont granite
was to say that it came from Barre. Desper-
ate cases frequently demand desperate RENEE
dies. but no one supposed that Barre 8 bust
ness was dropping Off SO that such state
mcnts were required to bolster it up. That
leaves out OF consideration ltyegate with its
immense quarries which have been profit
ably worked for years and whose granite is
sold on its merits as granite. not because it
comes from Barre or any other place.
Hardwick has large quarrics, which have
yielded superior stone longer than the quar-
res at Barre. There are monuments of
Hardwick stone standing in numberless
cemeteries of the country erected long be-
fore anybody knew that Barre had decent
stone for that purpose. There Is constantly
increasing demand for Hardwick stone be-
cause it is Hardwick stone. not because it
masquerades under the name Of Barre
product. Such statements are absurd.
The bicycle trade in Vermont this season
is going to he something remarkable II early
indications amount to anything. There
never was such demand for wheels, and il
it continues the trade will amount to prob
ably hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
call is chiefly for high grade wheels.
though q few want the cheaper varie-
ties. The cheap ones are so good this year
that they suit almost us well rs the high
priced ones. Every village has one or more
agencies and large sums of money are being
expended in advertising not only by the
firms themselves, but by the local agents
who are seeking for trade The best results
t,,N,, - IL, al,n
prevent in health arising from out door eX-
ercise.
A tremendous thunder storm swept over
the state last week, doing much damage in
widely separated portions of Vermont.
Roads were washed worse than for years.
buildings were struck and burned by light
ming, and Il number of farm animals were
killed. Fortunately no person was injured.
though several were shaken up. The season
has started in with great force and il it
keeps up it will be phenomenal for its dis;ls-
ters by flood and fire.
Wells river wants water and electric
light station. The village has no water sup
ply now and its lights are primitive.
The keene furniture company has com.
pleted the purchase of large tracts of tim
her in Chittenden and Pittsiicld. The lum-
ler will be shipped to its works in Kecnc.
y. II.
The stone cutters In c. II. Moore 4 Go. :
sheds at Montpelier, struck because the
firm failed to sign the bill of prices. The
difficulty was afterward amicably adjusted
and the work goes on as usual
The Barre members of the Granite State
Provident association are moving to secure
Il permanent injunction so that the $1,000
now on deposit in the local banks can be re-
tained and distributed among those who
have put money into it.
Lyndonvillc is raising money by pp, ular
subscription to ut in n 81 800 fire a,arm.
There Is school district in the town OF
AndOver known as Birthll which has n re-
markable history. -Four years ago 1t was u
region of deserted farms. Only one in the
whole district was occupied. and that only
by shiftless family having no care for the
morrow. 1t was the birthplace of professor
Arthur Marsh of Harvard college, however,
and he suddenly purchased his
grandfathers old farm. The transformation
wrought seems little short of miracle.
Thousands Of dollars have been expended
there and additional land purchased until
he has u western ranch in extent. Other
city men have purchased adjoining proper
ties until there iS a settleme mt of cjty Deope