Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-18
General Vermont News.

VIII ueltut u IL Nu'N caI. IL may pe nuU
rs well for the town in the end
These shoe factories that are alway
seeking some place for location are apt L
be in degree irresponsible and are quite n
ready to 80 elsewhere If II more favorable
opportunity is offered. The ease of Pitts
field, y. H.. is an illustration. From Il tow
with large manufacturing population an,
busy shoe factories it has run down 10 al
most nothing While the apparen
benefits are large, the real results
have not always been entirely satisfactory
What few dcmortats there are left in Yer
mont. about 100 in number. have receive,
invitations to meet at the Berwick Hous,
April 23 aud after partaking of a liberia
banquet discuss the political situation. DIR
Jackson of Barre is most prominently men
toned as candidate for governor and thu
other offices which ordinarily go to the re-
puhlicans will receive honorary nominations
Henry \. King of Bellows Falls, one o
the founders of the Vermont farm machine
company, and for years an honored bushes
man died of heart disease recently, YER,
suddenly. Mr.. King had retired from actiy,
business, and was enjoying his declining
years on his beautiful place.one of the pleas
antest situated in Bellows Falls.
Hiram $. Allbce of Simonsville, a promi
nent farmer, died very suddenly OF pncu
mOna and spinal meningitis. He was sicl
only a few days. He leaves one son, editO
Of the Hardwick Gazette, one daughter an'
a widow.
Montpelier has contracted with the Con
solidated Lighting company to light the cit.
for one year from April for 81 600. Th'
streets are to be lighted 800 nights in tn
year until l30 and on special occasions a
the request of the council until midnight
The lighting of the city barn and the cit,
nj, -, 10 al N tho
The Big Falls at North Troy has been sole
to Parker & Hunt and o. NJ. Fowler Son
The purchase includes several valuable
water privileges and the new owners IN
nOunce their intention of developing thou
at once. In consequence of this decision the
property owners of North Troy are antict
pating Il boom of unusual proportions this
season. The property is alongside the rail
road and shipping facilities can be made eN
ceptiOnally handy with small cost. Iht
owners have not stated what branch OF man
uiacture they will begin, but it is expected
that same sort of wood working will he be
gun.
Sugaring has not been as profitable IL.
was hoped. The season began a month late
and was seriously handicapped by poo
weather even then. Good judges estimate
that the product will be about one-half al
average crop. Yet the usual quantity o
pure Vermont maple sugar will be sold il
the city markets all over the country. Tn,
quality varies greatly this year, some
makers reporting exceptionally good sugar
while others, apparently quite rs advan
tageously situated, report just the op
posite. The truth Is maple sugar, while I
very profitable crop, is as yet comparativel,
little understood. There il, in general. to,
little care used In making and sap whicl
might Weld excellent sugar is spoiled In th'
boiling apparatus by want Of attention.
is very exactng business and few care
to give it the attention required to produce
superior goods
The new river and harbor bill appropriate
$1O, 900 for the harbor at Burlington ant
81, 900 for the otter Creek river at Nergen
nes
The business for the first quarter OF 1896 a
the Burlington postoffice amounted to S52,
S76.60, the largest In the history of the cit.
by q number OF Thousand dollars. The post
master attributes it to the general growtl
throughout the city. OF this amount tn
Weels, Richardson company paid fully one
third.
H.F. Stevenson of BrattleborO has beer
in the boot and shoe repairing business ther'
since 1S4S.
Ihievery and getting money under fals'
prctenses are exceedingly common thi
spring, showing to what lengths the har,
times of the past winter have driven the
floating population. Most of them are beint
given an opportunity to work for theiI
honrd anyway. and that is more than man,
have made through the winter.
The I.yndonvllr board of trade at its last
meeting voted to instruct the Lyndonvill'
journal to write up and publish specia
edition descriptive of the town and its ad
I.r,l ~ Vnhr
bury, who has been doing special work fol
the st. .Johnsbury Republican, has been en-
gagged to do the work and has already be
gun. There is prospect of the Winde ma
chine company moving there, the price
being fully equipped building for which
the company will pay six percent.
The Bellows Falls opera house, always q
bone of contention, has developed another
phase Of difficulty as unusual as 1t was ln'
expected. Messrs Blakely h BrOsnahan, /;
responsible firm, made the selectmen a prop.
osition for case which was refused. Inas.
much ms the sum named amounted to fully
1900 more than is secured from the use o
the building as ut present managed, there is
likely to be an opportunity for expla
nation by the selectmen. The gen.
tlemen say that they have been un-
able to secure the use of the opera house
upon several occasions when first class ~
fractions would have gone there, even though
1t stood idle on the nights wanting. All
these things are being laid up against the
present board of selectmen and there is
likely to be plenty of war at the next annua
meeting.
The Wilmington grain and lumber COM
pany have put in considerable new machin'
cry, including n new palmer of increased
capacity and Il new engine to accommodate
increasing business.
The Central Vermont Railroad company
is going to make some extensive repairs or
the narrow guage road between Brattleboro
and Londonderry. Some $4,000 new ties
will be replaced with modern structures.
new locomotive will be added to the equip
ment and 1t is now in the shops at st. Albans
undergoing necessary repairs before being
put into use.
Milford has an inexhaustible supply OF
blue granite of the finest quality which will
be developed his season.
At special town meeting in Milton it wa!
voted to grade the road bed and lay the rails
for new railroad from point on the Cen
trail Vermont road to the Great Falls, a dis
tance Of about II mile. This actiOl
s necessary to secure the grea
posed to establish there and which will fur
nish market for the lumber of the region
The LamoiIle river divides the town in
halves. and has within distance Of foul
miles about six falls. one of which has a
direct fall of over ninety feet, and the com.
bination makes one of the finest water
powers in the state and it ranks as one OF
the finest in New England.
Bradley d. Newell. the famous healer from
Jacksonville, who heals for consideration
has raised his price from - to $5 heal
He says himself that he helps only one
third of those he treats, but no one hears O
his returning twO-thirds Of the income. HI
has had successful visit in Boston and re
turned to his home laden with a large mum
ber of Boston dollars. There is danger
however, that If the present crop of healer.
keeps on increasing that the business will b,
so overdone that no one will get anything tt
do.
Negotiations are practically completed b!
which the Fletcher granite company of st
Albans furnishes the required capital t.
finish the Hardwick Il Woodbury. railroad
taking therefore common stock in suffl
ciently large block to cover the cost of tn,
investment Work will begin as soon as the
weather permits and trains are to be run.
ming by June Is. The object of the company
is to get at its immense Woodbury.