Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-30
General Vermont News.

The arrangement for the summer school
for teachers nj Burr and Burton seminary
Manchester, commencing July and con
ilnuing two weeks, are nearly completed
Among the Instructors will be professor Wal
ter Sargent of Boston. who will devote ten
periods I" drawing. He is one Of the best
teachers of this subject IN New England.
Superintendent |. Freeman Hall Of North
Adams will give instructions in school
management. history and methods prin-
cipnl l.andon of Burlington, ciyirs; supt-
intendrnt Turner of Rutlnnd, nature study ;
superintendent Nash of Gardner. Mass.
physiology I,arithmeti" and geography prn-
cipal Bristol of thd Vermont academy. Ian
guage work Mrs. Jennie =. Baldwin of Bel
mont, Mass, primary reading and number
work Mary VI. pryritr Of Shclhurne, ad-
Nanc.d reading. II i-r>pectrd that over 100
teachers will he present.
meeting to vote on the electric light
question was held AT West Rutland Wedncs-
day evening. II was voted to award the
contract for lighting the streets 10y electric
ity for five years to the Vermont marble
company, which agreed tn furnish ~ lights
for five years AZ ~ 800 Il year and furnish
additional lights at the same pro ,'ortion. Tho
contract will go into effect August |.
Harley Eygrston of Brandon. was srri-
ousy in iurrd in II runaway accident Thurs
day afternoon. lie iS employed 10y jcrum"
Trnnian to take charge of the stock horse
Daniel :. While driving the horse down
Centre street the animal started ON wild
run. and in front of l.. \. krrlrrs store,
Egglrston was thrown from the wagon. His
back struck ON the edge "f the plank plat
form in front of the store. He was carried
into the store insrnsiblr and after h"
recovered sufficiently was taken to the
office OF DIR. Gee. where the doctor and
pr. Baker mad" an examination. II was
found that his shoulder and three ribs were
ken "A al hoe hlI ly nt
he was taken Ia the hum" of Mr.. Tennian.
The horse was uuinjurrd.
The deer in l.. &. lioughtons park ut
Halifax are increasing and thriving. Forty
Virginia deer and three of the blnck-tnilcd
variety were placed in the park year ago
last May and the number has now increased
to so. The angora goat and the elk are also
increasing in numbers. The deer separated
into two herds Il year ago have continued To
travel apart. They were not fed at all last
winter, but as their numbers are increasing
some forage will he grown this summer, To
be used if necessary.
Some poarhers on Fairlee lake had quite
II scare the other night. They had placed
Il gill net at the mouth of Middle brook and
were discovered hy captain Raymond and
"matr" Harte Of the Ompompanoosuc Fish
and Game league who gave the poachcrs
chase. Both boats were pulled across the
lake to the wooded hill opposite at rate
that would do credit to u varsity" crew,
but the poachers landed ahead and mad"
good their escape.
A man in Enosburgh recently had to kill n
horse which had become too old for further
service. Thinking that the carcass might
attract II fox he left it exposed in the pas
ture and s,t several traps around 1t. He
caught thiity-Seven skunks and netted more
than $50 from the skins and oil.
Mr.. House, an old gentleman of East
Bethel. came near losing the sight of one
eye one day last week by one of his COWS
sticking its horn in the optic. The lid was
split and the eyeball bruised. but il il thought
that his sight will remain unimpaired,
The Northern contract and supply com
pany, a corporation organized under the
Vermont law but in which Boston men are
leaders. has ust concluded II contract with
the Estey company for the lease of the
Centcrvillc factory for Il year with an agree
ment to purchase it in that time. The COM
puny has two branches to its business, one Is
the manufacture of collins, caskets, trim
mings and undertaking supplies, which is
all to be done here where its main office
is located. and the other is the "Provi-
dence Savings Department. organized
under the same plan as has proved so
successful in England. for the making of
burial contracts taking payment monthly,
and the payments being II . per cent in
vestment until the insured releases the
money Up to this time the company's on
ergy has been devoted to organizing this de-
partment and establishing agencies, which
have been very successful all over the cOln-
try. large sum is to be laid out in repairs.
the machinery has been purchased to put
into the establishment, and work will be I'm
mediately begun, employing goOdly num-
Der of hands, and ii is a business that In the
nature of the ease must rapidly develop.
The quarterly meeting of the Caledonia
county ministerial association was held in
st. Johnsbury Tuesday in the parlOrs of the
Sonth church. Rev. G. w. Patterson Of st.
JOhnsbury East was moderator. Rev. +. +.
Lewis. of Hardwick. presented II paper upon
the Bible in the light of recent discoveries
in Egypt and Palestine and Rev. G. l.. Guild
of Greenboro upon the Bible of tomorrow,
wherein he showed how the Bible is coming
to be regarded. An informal discussion was
held upon both these papers.
A Sunday school rally of all schools in 81.
Johnsbury and Waterford will be held in ST.
Johnsbury on June 5. The rally will De
held under the auspices Of the county asso-
citation and it is expected that field secretary
Miller will be present The general theme
of the rally will he "How to promote more
thorough Bible study.
Work ON the Brsby bell company's shops
at Fair Haven is progressing rapidly. The
company has purchased the Waldo marble
company's plant for $l3,25O. The officers
of the new company are: n. II. Reed, pre5i-
dent: A. n. Adams. vice president; +. II.
Phelps. treasurer and clerk: Nahum Z. Bus
bee. general superintendent. The capital
stock is 800. 900 and the new plant will enl-
ploy $50 men. the product being bells Of all
kinds and carpenters squares.
Rev. r. h. Fisk is invited to give the cen
tennial discourse of the church in Waits
field. his native town. June %. The town
was settled by general BENJAMIN Wait, great
great grandfather of Mrs. Fisk, the centcn-
nial celebration came in 1859, the address
being given by Walter A. Jones. u boy play
mate of Mr.. Fisk, and brought up on tn"
next farm. The First Congregational church
(the first religious organization in town
was organized June 27. 1896, with eleven
members. who struggled along with
regular meetings and occasional preach
ing till 1901 when the first pas
tor. Rev. Mr.. salisbury, was settled, who re-
mained eight years. In 1901 Moses Fisk
grandfather of Rev. J. b. Fisk, joined the
church and was elected deacon that year.
When he resigned active duties his son, Ly-
man, father Of L. h., was elected in hi-
place and served from lsiT till his death in
In 1884, when his nephew, Edward, still in
office, was elected in his place For 9j
II. MIL \