Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-20
General Vermont News.


the secretary Of the state. The consolidat-
cd line will make n continuous line from the
terminus OF the present line OF the HOosick
railway company in til" village of ltoosick
Falls aud the village of Bennington. in the
state Of Vermont, and continuing the line
from Walloomsar. the present terminus of
the ioosirk railway company to the villag"
~ Bennington sixteen miles. The name of
the new company is to be- the Bennington
Il llooscH Valley Halfway Company,
and th" directors will number seven,
with Il president. vice. president. treasurer
and secretary. The number OF shares will
be- 1000 ol the par value Of 800 each, that
being the combined capital of the two con
solidatins corporations. the capital of the
Hoosirk Railway company being SCI, 900 and
that Of the bennington Electric Railroad
company being @lo00OC. The directors of
the new company for the first year are George
Greene of IIuosi"k Falls &C. Moses of Bath,
Me-. T.. l.. Bates and I.E. Gibson of Brnning-
ton, Joseph buckley. W. NJ. Holmes, Levi u.
WorCicn and q. +. Rising of Hoosick Falls
| and William q. Gr"r OF Troy.
Reports received by Commissioner Tit
comb from the different sections of the state,
show the number of deer killed during the
open season. which inclIdcd the month OF
October. to be rs follows; Starksboro. /
Winhai.3 Woodford, |; Manchester. /;
Rcadsboro, / Burke, 3; Kirby. l; Groton
l Bolton, 3; Huntington, l Brighton. /;
Canaan. /; Granny. i P; vctory,2 Concord.
! Franklin, Cambridge, >; Orange, /;
| Holland. | Morgan. =; Newport | Shrews-
bury, 12; Chittcnden. 3 Mount Holly. /;
Sherburne. B Mount Tabcr, l Clarendon.
L; jamaica. 2; Stratton, .; Rocking
ham, /; Weston, l.; Bridgcwater. 4;
Plymouth, 2l: Royalion, /; Barnard. =;
| Springfield. l. Stockbridge, |. This makes u
total of for the whole state thus far hear,
from. 1t is probable that further reports
NItll ant H.vlr t, ttlt
cast 5 the weights are reported, and thas"
run from 100 to 1916 pounds. Six of the deer
weighed 240 or over. MendOn reports III"
capture alive Of fine buck three yenrs old
and wants to know what to do with him,
One writer adds to his report that. at was
shameful thing for the Legislature to sue
cumb to the nnholy cnmor for an open
season."
II. II. jacob. Il stonccntcr. employed on
| the capitol at Albany, was arrested by de-
tectiveS from Vermont on the ground that Il"
had violated the liquor law Of this state. IL"
was taken frem New York state without re-
QUESTION and complications. may follow
Judge Joyce, pardon clerk of the governor.
said: "lhis is an uncommon thing.
II it be true. for Vermont officials to do. The
punishment in Vermont for violations Of the
| excise law are so frightfully excessive that
| governors of various states may naturally
hesitate In giving up man unless tn"
crime Is Il very serious one. knowing this.
they send officers with instructions to get
men without eXtradtiOn il possible. Th"
matter Is worthy of interference. and If il Is
! found that this man was taken without his
| free will the district attorney of Albany
should bring action for felony against the
| men who took him. This department Will
give assistance. and am sure the governor
OF Vermont will honor any requisition.
District Attorney Burlingame said that II
charges were preferred by Jncobi or his
| friends he would follow them up. Jacobi
has been here for year. and the crime al
legged must have been committed prior to
| that time.
At the last meeting of the Vermont Ofll-
| GERS Reunion society held mt Bennington
the following officers were elected Presi-
dent. Col. i. q. Butterileld first vce-pres-
! dent. Hugh Henry of Chester; second vice.
president, n. NJ. Puffer of Bennington see
retary and treasurer, +. L. Smith of Mont
| pelier executive committee. Il. w. Shedd,
pelier. The annual banquet was held ai
Odd Fellows hall. 1t was prepared
by the Relief Corps of Sixth Corps post,
and 125 covers were laid. Hugh Henry pre-
sided. The toasts wore responded to as fol-
lows: "vermont," Gen. j. G. Mccullough of
North Bennington; "1he President" John
V. Carney of Bennington; ''The Ladies',
Col. E.Taylor of Brattleboro; The Army
Rev. r. b. ToZer OF North Bennington; ''Our
Citizen Soldiery," II. r. Cushman Of North
Bennington; ''Our Society,"" Gen. L. q. But
terled. The meeting OF the society will be
held at Montpelier next year.
A meeting of the creditors OF the Ely Cop
per Mine Mining company was held at Brad
ford recently. In insolvency court before
Hon. y. NJ. Gleason OF Thetford, the faction
led by Robert F. Stralne Of Boston was rep
resented by William j. Hutchinson OF Bos-
ton and Hon. Gilbert A. Davis OF Windsor,
Vt. Hon. w. d. q. Stickney Of Bethel and
Col John H. Watson Of Bradford repre-
sented the local creditors, while ex-Gov.
Roswell Farnham, president of the company,
appeared for himself. The court appointed
the following assignees: +: W. Farnham OF
H. Gilmore OF Farlee. The claim OF Mr..
Straine, manager Of the company, of s1O-
900 for salary and disbursements was dis
puted, the company claiming an offset of
| $50. 900 for moneys unaccOunted for. Action
was postponed for an investigation by the
assignees.
The tenth annual report OF the Expert
ment Station has just been issued from the
press 1t contains 224 pages upon agricul-
tural topics, including articles upon fertil-
izers, pig feeding, diseases OF potatoes,
apples oats and onions with remedies).
weeds. insects, plum growing, seed germina-
tion, fruit preserving, feeding trials with
COWS, butter making. etc. Each article Is
carefully summarized 30 that the gist of the
volume is boiled down into small compass
| for the busy reader. The report will be sent
without charge to any Vermont address
upon application. Back issues will likewise
be furnished and names placed upon the
Vermont mailing list for future publications
upon request. A postal card addressed to
the Experiment Station, Burlington, stating
| desires, is sufficient.
The Vermont Telephone and Telegraph
company has sold its entire system. extend
| ing over five counties, including 5000 miles
| s,,ak fhn No
England Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany, which has tried to secure control OF
| this system for the past IL years. Col. A. G.
Brown. president OF the Vermont Telephone
and Telegraph company started ut Mont
pelier II years ago in humble way the line
which has grown to the system capitalized
at $50, ,OOo. which is understood to bs the
price paid by the New England company.
This deal practically gives the New England
company control of the telephone business
OF the state.
Charles Devlin, n lad IA years old, was
arrested In Burlington on charge OF steal
ing q purse containing $40 from Minnie
Bracken in st. Mary's cathedral. After being
arrested he suddenly became confidential
with the chief Of police. and told how dur
ing the past few weeks he had entered the
house Of Thomas Corrigan on Front street
and stole $40, had broken into fruit store
| on Cherry street, and into Welch Brothers
maple factory. getting small amounts In
| each OF the places, in addition to admitting
the charge on which he was arrested.
A charter has been granted by Secretary
| Of State c. W. Brownell to the Gay Broth
ers Company OF Cavendsh. The company
Is organized for the purpose OF manufactur
| ing wooden and textile fabrics and wooden
and metal goods. The capital stock is 30
900. The members of the corporation are
Joseph T.. Gay, &. ID. Gay, James f.. Gay.
Joseph +. Gay, and Mrs. Aura Austin.
Mt Sinai temple. Ancient Arabic Order of
Mobiles of the Mystic shrine. will make II
pilgrimage to st. JOhnsbury about Decem-
Der 1. or as soon as the new avenue hotel is
completed.
The president has appointed Ellery Z.
Webster postmaster Mt Barton.
DR.. McVICKAR HAS ACCEPTED