Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-04

the station to the postofllce has been award
ed to him.
Horatio Upton who was student OF the
~ u. :. in 1881, is visiting friends here with
MS wife. MIR. Upton is engaged in farming
in Bethel, Me.
The separator at Essex Junction ia re-
ceiving IL 500 pounds of milk per day. The
selectmen have put n IL ton Herring safa
INTO Memorial hall. The foundation in being
laid for it to stand as TO open into ono OF
the smaller rooms, 1t is l-2 feet high, six
feet wide and three feet deep
Tho franklin County creamery associa-
ton OF Sheldon paid 81 cents per hundred
for standard milk for the month of May.
The work of rebuilding the piers of the
bridge destroyed at Enosburg Falls by tho
Hood will he begun ut once. The contract
mas been awarded to A. w. Woodwork.
Joseph Morsette will be master builder.
Parties In Duxbury are contemplating put
ting in system Of water works to supply
Duxbury Corner.
b. r. Demeritt is building a silo that will
have capacity of so tons, ut his farm in
Duxbury.
The Independent republican club of stowe
was organized Thursday evening with 40
members. H. G. Moody was chosen presi-
dent, o. s. Smith yice-presdent and j. b.
Hyde, secretary.
Morrisvile will celebrate the Fourth of
July with general observance of the day,
of the gbod old-fashioned sort. The citi-
2ens are taking hold of the matter with u
great degree of enthusiasm and u successful
celebration IL assured.
Miss Eaton's school in Warren closed last
week, two weeks ahead of time, ON account
OF scarletina prevailing in that neghhor-
hood
The annual meeting Of the voters of the
| Northfield graded school district elected j.
II. Winch, moderator l.. ingalls, clerk IL.
G. Cady, A. W. Parsons and q. II. Rich.
mond, auditors Il. IIuntly and j. B. john
son, directors for three years. A tax of 55
cents on the dollar OF the grand list was
voted and W. NJ. Davis was elected collect.
or.
Lawyer Goss, of Lancaster, N. H., has
been looking up land records in Morgan in
the interests of q pulp manufacturing com
pany. One company of Boston Mass. already
bought u large tract of land and is putting
In men to cut the wood to haul to the rail
road next winter.
c. T.. McCrillis of Randolph, while driving
upon Rochester mountain Sunday, came
across young deer, few months old, or
probably weeks old, picked him up and
number of visitors to see the beautiful crea-
ture. He was notified by u fish and game
warden to release her and he has since car
ried the fawn to nearly the spot where he
found her. In the days time he kept hor
she learned to drink milk the same as u
young calf.
James w. Bragg and his wife, while on q
lonely mountain road returning from Ley
den after dark, heard q cry as II Of an in-
fant in distress. They stopped their horse,
when suddenly the sounds became piercing
ly loud, being recognized at once as those of
lynx. whose glaring eyes could be seen as
he bounded out of the forest. The horse
started on run. Giving the reins and whip
to his wife, MIR. Bragg detached lighted
lantern from the front of the wagon which
he kept swinging but Il few feet from the
eyes of the lynx, until 1t gave up the chase.
The animal was probably made ferocious by
hunger
The following Vermont pensions have been
granted restoration and supplemental,
Cornelius w. Custer. Woodford restoration
and reissue, Horace Nj. keeler, deceased,
Morrisville increase John A. Guilty, Rut-
land original, widows etc, Mary Il. Morse,
Cambridge FLORENCE II. Gates, Morrisville;
additional, William II. johnson, Holden;
increase, William b. Patch Morrisville.
After years of agitation, hospital has be-
come a fact at Rutland. About two years
ago Evelyn Pierpont. Il large land owner OF
this city, gave the city several acres of land
on Pine Hill for the institution, but after
$4,000 was raised for the purpose, which was
$4,000 short of the required sum, with the
the part of our rich men to give Of their
means to make the project certain of sue
cess, the committie abandoned the site, and
accepted an offer of the Charles H. Sheldon
mansion, which is spacious build
ing located on hill on the east
side of the city and overlooks the Of
ter creek valley. There were not suf-
llcient funds ON hand to pay for the property,
including buildings and three acres Of land,
but George Il. Chaifee, member of the
committee, on account of his interest in see
ing hospital here, made it possible for the
upon the Committee bought the property
and is now engaged in putting it in shape
for use. There are ample accommodations
in the mansion for the present and sufficient
land connected Herewith should more room
be required, to build additional wards.
Sarah s. Nourse has been commissioned
postmistress at Houghtonville, vice, Joseph
w. Crandall resigned.
Vermont is to celebrate this summer tho
dedication of the monument to its first gov
ernor, Thomas Chittenden, and ii expected
that the troops will take part in the cere-
monies. The annual encampment will be
held in August, on land bought by the state
last year. adjoining the reservation OF fort
Ethan Allen. The benefits to be derived by
contact with the 'regulars' are many, and
the officers and men are looking forward to
camp with more than usual interest. The
nearness OF Plattsburg barracks makes 1t
likely that some of the 21st U. s. infantry
may go over again.
The hottest political fight Vermont has
ever seen eliminated with the nomination
in Company Ms armory of major Josiah
Grout of Derby as the republican candidate
for governor Of Vermont. 1t was also the
most largely attended convention In the his
tory of the state. Never before was every
possible vote cast.
The contract for the erection of the new
high school building at Bellows Falls has
been closed by the committee, with builder
Buckman Of Crown Point, NY, for $4,000
The committee chose the plans Of architect
G. w. Buckham of Burlington and Barney
Connor, Jr., Of Bellows Falls will be super
intendent OF construction. The work he
gins at once to be completed the coming
winter.
strong effort will be made at the next
session of the Vermont Legislature to have
Wiliamstown taken from Orange county and
annexed to Washington county because OF
the building of a railroad here from Mont
pelier, the county seat of Washington. OPP
position will be made by Orange county
whose county seat is II miles from q rail-
road.
DIR. W. Seward Webb has set an example
that might be followed with great profit not
only to the Individual, but to humanity in
general, in planting something like seventy
thouand spruce and pine trees this season,
in the vicinity of his farm home at Shell
burne, vt. As a rule we see rich men cutting
down trees for the purpose of filling their
Golfers with gold. Mr.. Webb on the other
hand, plants trees by the tens Of thousands
for the purpose Of beautifying the country
and increasing the forest area about his
home. If every man who could afford to
DO so would follow his example where good
could be accomplished thereby, even on
limited scale, there would be little need for
he enactment of stringent legislation look
ng toward the protection Of our forests. 1t
would not be many years before the forest
ands of the country would be restored to u
'tate resembling in degree their condition
half O century or more since, before any dee
nand for their preservation arose.