Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-06-27
General Vermont News.

Not the least amongthr interesting events
which will occur in the state during the
summer will be the centennial celebration
of the Congregational church nj Waitsiirld.
II will hr held from June u Ia ~, inclusive,
and will be most important event for the
tongrrSationais OF the central portion of
the state .as II will hr the one hundrcth birth
day of this demon nation in Washington
county.
Brattcburos : total grand list, according
to the listers returns is Si,Nii .325. an in
crease over last year of about : 300 There
ar" | $50 polls, II slight increase over last
year. Personal property is - ,S5S,5S9 and
realty -. 753.736
Ira ID. spencer. of rlainIlcld had one leg
broken las, week "Wednesday. Tie was roll
ing Il large stone with II lever and II slipped
nnd rolled back, knocking an iron bar
against one leg with such force ~ To- hrrnk
both bones.
Superintendent Titcumh has shipped
about 40, 900 lake trout to WiliouShhy lake
from the hatchery and the same number hus
been sent to Willoughhy lake from the state
hatchery AT RoXbury. Superintendent Tit
comb has shipped fish the past two weeks to
Dover. n H.. to the Merrimac river and To
Cape Cod. lie has closed Pracham pond
for the purpose of stocking ii with land
locked salmon. II very popular fish among
the New England sportsmrn,
Years ago the husband in one of Brnttle-
boro's oldest families wrot" and deposited
in the postoilicc n letter addressed to his son,
who was out at sea. The letter followed
the Young man from place t~place until ten
wears later when, completely covered with
poSt-marks il was returned Ia the writer.
Another singular rir,'umstanc" is related.
which j. IN effect that Il daughter uf
this same family. while in New York
state about 30 years ago. wrote II letter to
II lady friend in another part of the state.
A few months ago what was the writer's
ama2rmrnt to receive that letter with the
explanation that ii had gotten lost in the
office to which il was originally addressed
and had laid undiscovered for II quarter of
a century, being brought to light while re-
modelling the office.
The republican county convention of Gale
dona county will be held at the town hall at
St. Johnsbury on saturday, June -, ut ii
O'Clock in the forenoon.
+. r. Cobb, son Of Alfred Cobb of Bratte
boro the blacksmith of the ,Retrcat and u
native of Putney. was shot by q. NJ. Frye on
Exchange street in Athol recently during
quarrel about the A. =. \. Frye fired two
shots and one took effect in Nohh's right
breast. He was taken to II physician and
the bullet located. Frye was captured by
the officers aud is an tmploye in one of the
shops in Athol. Telephone reports go To
recover and that Frye has been placed UNI
der 5000 bail.
A large black bear was discovered in the
clearing near the Shattuck school house ut
Weston recently. An alarm was quickly
sounded. and soon the entire nrighborhood
was i'm hot pursuit of bruin. who had en-
tered the woods farther to the north. Two
men stationed in a clearing soon heard u
cracklin IN the bushes near at hand. and
Lnn. int n,n. MI In "a fnNr
rods of them. Both had rifles and fired Il
broadside into the unsispecting animal. AS
the smoke cleared away they saw tine bear
scamprring back into the woods again. He
succeeded in getting away. although the
hunt was kept up all day.
Miss Mabele Biggart, daughter of the late
James Biggart. "A well known former resi-
dent of pawlct, and at one time proprie
tor of the Biggart hotel ut North Pawlet,
has carried the reputation of being one Of
the gifted literary women of the day.
She is Il native of knSsbury. \. v,
leaving there when child. She was edu-
Gated in the State Normal school at FIRE.
donico. n. Y; became pupil of Dion Bou-
cicault and others in dramatic readings. and
for some years she has held positions in
prominent colleges in the West. occupying
the chair of rhetoric and OratOry in the Col
orado State college For the past few years
she has been gathering material for her
book on the industrial resources of the
South.
The following pensions have been granted /:
Additional, William Y. Howard Brandon 4;
increase, Orville W. Eaton. Waitscd Lu-
cius s. Whitcomb, West Berkshire Andrew
G. Squier New Haven reissue and increase,
Frances Ash. West Randolph original. John
A. Lorhin. Mont peier; original, widow,
Emily B. Bacon. Cabot. Renewal and in
crease. Oscar +. Davis of Hartland Four
Corners restoration and increase. Orvin Il.
Ward Of Enosburgh Falls reissue. Charles
". Ransom of lIardwick reissue and in
crease. Lorenzo Cheney. of Felchvllr.