Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
General Vermont News.

The fishing season has opened less auspi-
ciously than was hoped. Few large trout
have yet been taken, though a large num-
Der of medium sized ones have been cap
tured in all the waters OF the state. Mud
pond in Eden, has yielded up two that were
almost five Founders, siilicirn size OF
brook trout to make sport. AT Caspian lake,
unquestonably the best trout water in Yer
mont. none over four pounds in weight have
yet been caught. The brooks are not fur
nishng their usual quantity of large ones:
Many ponds and brooks have been bought
up lately and turned into private preserves,
fact which ha, much to do with the
number OF fish caught. Law suits over the
question of whether ii is constitutional to
do that are impending, and the prospect is
that there will be plenty of interest in the
fish and game question before the season is
over.
The Fletcher Granite company of ST. AL
bans. has begun operations ON its immense
quarries al Woodbury.. The compauy's new
foreman at the quarry Is Il man of wide cX-
pericnce and knows all the great granite
producing centers of the world and he told
Il representative of this paper last week that
he never saw quarry that equalicd it. The
size of the sheets can not be imagined.
They must be seen and then there is little
means OF comparison. A dozen of the aver
age quurries of the country could be sunk in
1t and never be- seen, while large quarries
like those ut Barre would look like insgnii-
cant heaps of rock beside it. The company
will load lfty carloads of stone before June
l, and haul it seven miles TO the ears.
II rain doesn't fall within few days there
will be great danger Of drouth. Already
mowinys arc almost ms barr, and brown ns
they ought to be in August. Early planted
crops are also suffering and the outlook for
Il large yield is not especially promising.
The state Is pretty we'll assured of Il good
fruit crop. unless the late frosts cut the
buds. Vegetation is very forward for the
season and danger from frost follows rs n
natural consequence Tor forcing by SO much
heat.
There is a general dullncss in all lines of
business incompatible with the season and
UNEXPECTED ut this time of wear There ia
so much uncertainty in the political world,
so much fear that the elements now i'm con-
troll will do something to make matters even
worse than they are. that investors have no
courage 10 90 ahead with projects they have
been formulating. Vermont Is less affected
by such conditions than ulmos: any other
state. but long continued strinyrnrv affects
Vermont piurioIsly, And three wears of
dizziness has closed VERY many OF
the manufactures that formerly ex-
listed in the small towns and have driven
former consumers into producing. The re-
run consumption and prices are the lowest
ever known since the war. Good dairy
putter IS seiiihs u. 10 ems pouno ana lhe
pest VI Po."'oIo ui"S pn'' o , ~ 10 ''h's per
nuslei, i'ceotu,ns W ."J eJ,..'',ohs govern,
my local iarhe's' NO "e"ieI Woul" ouy 10
SIP i, wE i f.olin,r this 1A'tncht.
no nossiblity of a change imnodintelv
Tbis is tb, w4rst feoture Of tLo siinntinn ~
MI, t ,,.',",
Oh .ne pai. VI a.o'' nv, 80 " ia , pruer
r0uus III We s.".l' -, l'iS' StoP Wn' rrop-
ABLY nc ueil"hu ioI Wv nuoln'oh oi the
ZION which knows NOTHING nHrut .nn.trnn-
tion and nlmoSt ~ iittla nhnut m,intnnana.,
Tbar "'i ~ snm,e domht Zoo nhou, tha oon',ois
s;n, lnn,,.in,, ,nwtbino ,i",,t tbn ,nn.iI1iIi
,ios for imnrovsment With aro rnoI,. nt
hnnd in most n.rts of ,bn stotn Tbn . ~
WHY ~, driy.. "hou nt.r~i"ws ,n,, t tom
Observation-Disclosures tinds occnsinnoi s,.i,'S W
good road and straightway decides that u
general scheme for Improvement has been
adoptcd and that it will ultimately end in
roads as good as macadam 1t needs d prac.
teal builder at the head of the commission
to make the Investigations and let the other
two do the ornamental act. When some
governor discovers this and makes his an
pointments accordingly there will he i'm
provement, but not before
uordy;ot b.a oryoni-.d , L,,rd ,f ,roa.
and will begin systematic scheme of adj
yertisng and promotion at once.
work an tho Har1wicl, and >y,od.hu,.v
r,iIrooa is nroornss;no as rondiw ne TX
Nom ANN ,m,rn if Wnre mon viii Ia a5ioS
from t time to Tina md trains viii ma rnnninn
hv Nj Tu W. I wa. "''"''s
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me listers OF niny towhs III the state
nave ihcluueu nicyc!es III Tue iists OF venlcles
Us mace OUT. !his Is Il sensioie move, but II
NY l9,, o ", p"s ."Ars " .heIl Mheels they
W, Mnt ~, oe ueiianuinS .hu' 'no money ne useu
thot will ha sanshie too pOf highways
WI" ..s"s. =,
,, pup hlatiulS S -a6 nrlii IN Berlin, N;
n, nus purcil m -,ovo acres VI tihiDer iahu
III Molsan. anc contract 70 'nt the soit
WIZ nus ncH IT,. ut.i proniuos ioi cutting
pIoms utu pii 't onn a",''au'' smns en-.
Ply Ply i ,n 1870 " "'' ~, Ao1 a.n a." sun' IL
m,,i y" i nt.e' ~ 'n' "i""' ir"hN runway
hoA' "'n'e''
The agony over possible railroad combi-
nations is partially over so far us the Rut-
iand road Is concerned: 1t passed from the
control of the Central Vermont back into the
hands OF Its owners at midnight May 7. 1t