Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-23
NEWS OF THE STATE.

\ crmont people. rs the defendant
III the suit formerly lived and now
owns property at South Hero.
George Hayes of Monroe. Ct,
brings the suit against Mrs. Dora
Phelps of Bridgeport, Ct. They
met at Stcpney. became engaged
and December was the date set Tor
the wedding. Long before that
time. however. Mrs. Phelps changed
her mind and broke the engagement.
HAYES set the damage to his attec-
tons at 10000. Mrs. Phelps claims
to have from him Il written release
from the engagement.
One OF Brattlcboro's most proml-
ncnt farmers. Alfred +. Waite, aged
81 wears, committed suicide by hang
ing in the barn connected with his
sisters residence on North Main
street Saturday. He owned one OF
the best farms over West river until
Il few months ago. when he became
financially embarrassed. by signing
paper for others. Dependency fol-
lowed, and he was committed to the
Brattlehoro Retreat, but was dis
charged few weeks ago. Since
then he and his wife have lived with
his sister. He leaves a widow and
two children.
d. II. NIacomhcr of Essex juno
ton recently found in his pasture an
Indian stone az in good condition..
The edge was perfect and looked AS
if the Implement had recently been
sharpencd.
One of the orders voted down at
the recent Mortified town meeting
was as follows: "Ordcrcd. that
when Il dance is i'll progress in the
town hall the street lights shall be
turned out" 1t may be well to cX-
plain that the town has recently in
trodlrccd electric lights, and that the
idea was to give the dancers in the
town hall all the light that the cleo
trio plant could furnish.
Judge Ranslurc W. Clark, post
master at Brattlchoro from 1871 to
1879. was stricken with paralysis at
the home of his daughter in llor-
nellsvillc, \. v, Il few days ago.
He was assistant Judge of the Wind
ham county court for several years
and for a time president Of the Brat
tlcboro savings bank. He was as
slstant quartcrmastcr Of L. $. volun-
tcers for three years during the war.
lie graduated from Dartmouth col
legc in S-le and was principal of the
Black River academy at Ludlow for
three years. He read law with the
late Gov. Washburn and was admit
ted to the Windham county bar IN
1916.
G. S. Gibson while at work on the
Woolson lawn at Springfield found
near the hedge. hurled under five or
six inches of dirt, Il watch. which
upon being wound, began running
as we'll us though it had not lain out
of doors for several seasons. The
cases fitted so tightly that the inside
OF the watch was as bright us on
the day it came from the factory.
The Boston 4 Maine management
recently had Il '0o-foot' turn table
shipped to Windsor to replace the
small one now in use in the station
yard there. The change will in
volvc Il large expense. but is made
necessary by the increased size of To-
connective to be used on that division
of the road.
BY the will of the late Hon. b. f..
Lincoln the Congregational church
of Lyndon receives $4,000, the in
come of which is to he used for sup
port of the pulpit and other expenses
according to judgment of trustees.
Postmaster William +. Hall of
Burlington on Friday received Il let
ter from we'll known cotton finn
in Atlanta, asking him to inform
them at what date it raincd last in
Burlington. They desired to know
because man in Burlington owed
them bill which was to be paid
the first time it raincd.
I'm Enosburgh man recently had
to kill Il horse which had become
too old for further service. Think
ing that the carcass might attract a
fox he left it exposed in the pasture
and set several traps around it. He
caught 81 skunks and Noted more
than $50 from the skins and oil.