Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-02-01
EDW ARD G. DANA.
General Vermont News.

electric lights, securing the power from I.yn-
donvllle's new plant at Wilder's mills Lower
rates and better service will result for the
water power Is unlimited
The stockholders OF the Orleans Trust CON.
pany OF Newport chose the following gentle.
men directors ut their annual meeting :
Charles l.. Prouty, Z. Z. Miller. J. A. Prouty,
directors chose the following officers
President, Charles A. Prouty; vice,
president o. &. Miller; treasurer, p. J
lurrell; assistant treasurer, +. s. rinkham
The las, six months was the most profitable
in the history of the bank, notwithstsn ndinr
the hard times.
Ludlow IL aHitating for electric
lights. mass meeting was recently
held to discuss the question and 4
committee was appointed to investigate.
swsnton was the frs, village in Vermont 10
rates was worked out which Is u model
for cheapness. The schedules adopted
at Hyde Park, Morrisville, johnson and
Northfleld were all based on the Swanton
system, and all are models OF low prices for
consumers.
The COMMITTEES appointed by the
hotel keepers association to draft by
Of George +. Richards OF Brnttleb,ro, Walter
b. johnson Of Essex Junction and land ord
Morse Of the Junction house, met at White
River Junction. last week to do their work
The bylaws will be submitted to meeting to
be held at the Junction house shortly. The
committee protests vigorously against the idea
advanced by some state papers, that the or
ganization proposes to fight the prohibit ion
ary law, aud declares that majority OF Yer.
mont hotel proprietors would refuse to join a
movement OF that kind.
Middlesex has just had remarkable lar
ceny case A woman was charged with the
larceny Of bag OF hay. The first Jury disa-
greed after AN all night session. The second
agreed that respondent not guilty after sew
eral hours deltberation. Her partner WAS
tried for the same crime, convicted and sen
fenced to pay fine Of S5 and costs. The
horse for which the hay was stolen died
while the trial was in progress. That ought
TO settle the case forever.
A. II. washburn of Vernon who died re-
Gently, was one Of the characters OF southern
Vermont For 4S years he was u civil maRis.
trate and his natural ability had made him
one OF the best informed men In that section
of the state on all local topics and large
number OF important national questions. A
few years ago he compiled an interesting
history Of the town for Miss Hemenways
Gazetteer,a unique state history which ranks
as one of the best local histories in the world
III, nnis unasu ,unu Jeuse' pis ieaa.
W.. ..,si"n.'i;s;,, "n. ~ W;nSL ", .uo Do',
SG' i,;s tar,'" a.,nnh"'1 ~ m oo,y anu
Wo airo,,s t9nI ,.a,, tn.as. y. sa
of the town and his faculties remained un-
limmed to the day OF his death at the age OF
s5.
The lack OF snow in Northern Vermont this
winter Is ruin0us for the lumber business. II
i',Sds VI 'n" -, a Oa"u ~ 'sn ~ "ou.u &c. n.ny
.hnmsana dniars =, oiro"iat;,n GNU ~. "'""!
.o t'o and rannau ~ Ioo.ai a.. 70 mon
"se lug anu ,,,ohey Is iocneu III Tue comels OF
fa So ,n;n.s n' IL, ~ uss .h, ioL un sno~
"ns om T y, .his ,ntst,, in'' Mnse e.er Desn
eSpor,ehncea IN a.' .nls aa''t'de. "hcn they a"
'om' 'n'' "'e 'o'"'.
The South Dorset Marble company having
shut down for u short time on account OF
cold weather. the foreman. John Conneii,
has Soneto Venezuela 10 inspect some marble
property for IL New York Arm.
The Deerfeld Riyer COMPANY. controlled
by the Newtons Of Holyokc has Just com peted
n dam at tho head waters OF the Dsrrflld
river on the Glastonbury branch l5O feet
long. "a feet high and flows an area OF so
ncres. The water is to be used for driving
logs to their pulp mill In Holyoks,
The fra ,ouses IN var,nont ,ra ho,o,,i,.
tramandon. Mot town. e,Tsr f,on, sn.nnLs
criminal M ra,essness in toIaratina 20 "U' t.a y,
There ia scarcely leading town Ia the stare
which has not suffered more or less seriously
in tho p,st five wears from fire and several
have had disastrous conflagrations In th,
period named Yet wisdom does not seem
villages of the state are permittine the exIs,-
ence OF llre trans ready 70 spren,I dest ruction
Instantly. And more ihan thi. there no
more fire traps being erected than other Kind
Of buildings within the flre limits. Disaster
does not seem to teach them wisdom. 1t
needs nm utter destruction to make them do
anything. The records show that the less
by fire during 1926 was almost &i,OO0,-
0oo. In 1884 It was practically the
same, there being only few thou.
sands difference. The number OF fires is
said BY insurance companies to be larger
tnaa ,t In any G!her state accordlns 10 the poph-
Iu..on. nurius tne past Two wears al aon
propeny 70 tne amount oI nearly *A'VW,o0u
nus ueen uesttoJeu anu 'erthoht eau natoif
anolo .ra 10 'ose 80 uuch, ~ the heSl TWO years
ane.s - kroat u'lcuny III securins con
owner shnnid onnrd ,.ninst ,ho a,s,-,,o,;'.,, p,y
81 his o,un nroncr;w 10 Sor as ~.
sib,e Tn that wsp T,.h ,vaste cnn pJh -,
averted r. avery town and evsrv ,roma,tw.
holder woniL serionslv % consider @ th,s "l n"estlo,
reduced loss for 1898.
The n0w pvthfan hNilIinO nt 81 Inh shurv
vas Sadica,a1 iaSe wasr vii, "nmrnm,;.;s
carsmoniss T. "a ono ~; ,h" am... PPPnIId;""s
m tha lind In tha stata and nanrss.nt. n,nn,
work and money in construction,
g.. Johnsbury will have poultry show the
first week in February. The arrangements
are sufficiently perfected to show that Il will
be the most successful ever held In town.
A pst,tlou started in soutbern Vermont bv
thu Junior Endeavorers urges that the pro-
hibitory law be strengthened. This petition
will be- sont about the state and us many sie-
natures as possible procured, and when the
next legislature convenes 1t will bs presented
to that body. II determined, concerted ac-
ton count for anything this petition should
be effective.
The Newnort Mu.icaI festiva, will bs h.la
Feb. AZ The Orleans comntv sssocistion
under whose auspices the festival Il TO hs
hello, has secured the services OF Carl DUNE a.
director, an important addition to the festival
this year.
The ANNA, mating of the Catalonia
A Aoricu,tmrsi Societv m. ha,d at ,b, hoaeS ~
trsde rooms in a. Iohnsbnrv last ,vasS rrhs
mae,ino WAC .i,miv a,tsnde% .nS
was called 70 order nv g. + Rell. Ths
officers were elected: President,