Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-22
General Vermont News.

The iron metallic telephone line at Rut-
land has been com mpleted and gives N,'citrnt
service. The Wallingfcrl exchange will
start out with ten subscribers. The central
office is located in $. C.Saunders' drug store.
The company plans tn extend the line to
Bennington next year.
G. Ii. Mason, as trustee. has sold AT auction
at Bennington the hotel. club hot 81. Il large
number of cottages and several hundred
acres of forest land, the property of the
Green mountain summer home company
and conducted as II summer resort under
the name of Camp Comfort. To &. 4. Hen
derson of Jamaica, l.. L.. tor $4,000. Camp
Comfort proper was sold. subject TO the
boudholders' claims, for ~ 600 aud IL little
pond,' an adjunct 10 the camp. for 5000.
The property. which Is located in Wood!od,
a few miles east of Bennington, cost 80 900.
Ata recent meeting of the trustees of the
Vermont Sea Green Slate company, known
as the slate trust. il was decided To shut
down the quarries August IL for period of
one month. This decision affects all the
sea green slate uuarries between West Paw
of three operated by Edward 4 Edwards,
who are not In the trust. The latter will not
discontinue work, rs they lind II ready mar
ket for their product The action Of the trust
Is said to be based on the fact that the organ
ization has an immense stock ofsate ON hand
and the market is not improving.
At u special meeting of the legal voters Of
the village Of Proctor held on Friday even
ing for the purpose Of taking action con-
rernng the introduction of system OF water
works and u sewerage system resolution
was adopted giving the trustees power to
extend q sum not TO exceed 500, OOO for These
purposes within the limit of the Nllage.and
they were further empowered to make and
conclude all the necessary contracts to this
end They were also aut horHed to fix the
rates for the use of the water by private in
dividuals and make all other necessary rules
and regulations relating to its use and that
Of the sewers.
Thomas Tolls Ormsbce. the oldest menu
ber of the Rutland, VT, county bar, died
at Switzerland Falls recently. He was
the senior resident of that community. Mr..
Ormsbee was born at Shoreham. Addison
county, in 1910. He was admitted 10 the
bar in 1881. He went west, travelling
through Wisconsin and Illinois. riding
the circuit" going on horseback to attend
court in counties where he practised. In
1886 he married Mary Minerva Royce Of the
celebrated legal and Legislative family of
that name. which has been prominent in the
annals of Vermont through all its history.
Mrs. Ormsbee died in 1890. Two children
survive him. u daughter and Il. Hamilton
Ormsbee, who is and has been Tor the past
Is years II leading editorial writer ON IL pa
per at Brooklyn.
A swarm of bees masqueraded as Il cloud
Of smoke about the spire OF st. Peters church
at Rutland and somebody pulled the fire
alarm. Hose No. l promptly responded.
Firemen rushed to the steeple and up they
went. Then they returned. They had re-
ceived stinging rebuke and the bees still
pursued them. The top of the spire, in.
Guiding the cross, had been broken otfdur-
ing Wednesday S storm and the bees were
swarming there when the department dis
turbed them.
The postofIice and the store of George
Bocash at Sheldon, was broken into; also
the hardware store of Mansfield & Dixon.
A small amount of things were carried away.
The entrance was made by prying open the
doors with Il small iron bar. 1t is supposed
to be the work of tramps, rs two tramps
came to Mr. David Erwin's and engaged
work of Mr.. Erwin last Monday and now
they are among the missing.
The following Vermont pensions have been
granted Original, Orrin A. Clay, East Geor-
gia Restoration and additional. Edwin p.
1arbell, deceased, Sherburne increase,
James Law. East Fairfield original, widows,
etc. Peter Gebo (father) Hydeyille.
The following fourth class postmasters
were appointed Vermont. W. :. Bentley,
Sandgate; NJ. p. Dole Taftsville.
The republicans of Rutland city held a
large and enthusiastic caucus Saturday
night, ut which DIR. j. r.. Thomson WAS
unanimously nominated for city represen-
tative. DR.. Thomson is highly esteemed
citizen and Is very pOpuar with the masses.
He will make strong candidate. and as II
leader OF his party in the city assures it q
big victory in September.
Hon. Franklin p. Ball Of Bellows Falls
died suddenly at Strathwuy, Ont, of heart
failure. He was 66 years old and promi-
nent figure in political, social, religious and
business circles for many years. He was
born in Athens, VT, and resided in Spring
field for 40 years. coming here about ~ years
ago. He represented the town of Spring
field in the Legislature two terms and this
| town for one term. He was state senator
| for Windham county in 1892.