Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-16
General Vermont News.

urally kind. even playful. Nevertheless Tige
has whipped three men, and is matched to
fight John Connors. of Three Rivers, Can.
! in few weeks. Tige has bsem taught to
/ box. When ba. II sntai pup Tge exhib-
| iet5d.n singular desire to do more with his
forefset than his jaws. This was such an un
common trait for II dog that his owner rameto
the consluStDn he had prodigy, and doubled
his allowapce Of hamburg steak accordingly.
Some of the best teachers In boxing were en-
! gagged to train the young pup : mind in the
,waM-it seemed bound to go. and Tige devel-
! oped rare ability with the gloves in u
months work. This big four footed pugist
trains in muclt-the same manner as the two
! legged animal. He runs, wrestlcs and boxes
! wit1lshis Keeper A favorite blow with Tige
Is one that might be- termed round-arm
uppercut. He draws back his right paw
and swings it with II similar motion to that
hail. Tige. it is asserted is the largest dog
in the world. He is feet inches long,
80 inches high and has girh of 4S inches.
1t believed that the mysterious burglaries
at Enosburg and in that vicinity last month
| are now explained and that local amateurs
are the guilty parties. The man most slis-
pected is Wilbur sheldon. who has already
served two years Imprisonment for break
ing and entering the store of &. L. Mason.
His term expired last spring and when he
returned 1t was Us n member of the Saliva
tion Army. lie held meetings there several
self with stryrhnnc when rejected
hy young woman. hut took too
!a:Se II dose and failnd to de. He has
| had no employment for some time and haJ
| been suspected Of the burGlarics ard OF
attempts of highway robberies Sheldon
recently offered to turn states evidence In
these eases for SO and named Parker Loux
and son of Addison. his relatives. as the
guilty parties. They were arrested and
given u hearing. but as Sheldon. when con-
taI Nyfh han tni ia,l tn nj
eliminating evidence. they were discharged.
Sheldon was held and there is said to be
little doubt that he is guilty.
Ex-Postmaster J.D. Hanrahan, OF Rutland
has paid to Postmaster John A. Sheldon.S 81
| 100 this being the balance of the deficit of
| $500 discovered In DIR. Hanrnhun's accounts
rs postmaster some three months after he
retired from Office. On Aug. 2S he paid
| $1,000 of this deficit. DIR. llanrahan said to
| reporter, in answer to questions: IL have
now paid the whole $1,000 shortage in my
accounts at the pOstofflce. When l was
notified by the postotice department on July
20 that there was a deficit of +3700 in my
| accounts us postmaster was astounded Pin
| Gus K.Peck turned over his home on Madison
street, on which there was mortgage, and
| he also gave me II check for 500 toward
meeting this deficit. He assigned to me, in
addition, his life insurance policy OF $4,000.
The Madison street house has been sold.
The S2700 was raised yesterday through tho
assistance OF lrlenuS My DondSmen nave
| not been notified by the postofiice authors
ties OF the deficit. | believe that in due
time Mr.. Peck will make good the entire
s3700.
d. Bullard, 88.a gallant bachelor Wells ,::of
| recently gave two remarka able dinners one
| to his gentlemen friends who were 81 years
of age or over and one to his lady acquaint-
ances who were 70 years of age or over.
At the stag party the combined age
| OF the ancients was 1903 years. 1t
was u Jolly old crowd and many gray
haired jokes were resurrected for the oc-
| casiOn, and enjoyed as they were more than
| SO years ago. Mr.. Billiard was the only man
present when the 20 aged bellies gathered
| around him. Their combined age was 1892,
| or an average just under 80 years. ....
William Woodward II young man of Man
chester, while on East Mountain In that town
recently ran across a black bear that he
says would weigh $50 pounds. He had no
arms with him and after each had looked
| ut the other moment each turned and went
In opposite directions. Deer tracks are quite
frequently seen in that locality.
Recently the engineer of II freight train on
the G. V. II. r., when near North Hartland
early in the evening, saw q horse and buggy
on the treste. The train hands found the
horse lying on the ties with one leg broken.
The buggy was detached and run back. In
endeavoring to extricnte the horse, tho
animal lurched over one side and fell off the
| CrHk into tne culVeTC lOFty leeC UelOW.
The fall did not kill instantly but he was
soon killed to end his sutferings. Fur
ther investigation showed that the horse
and buggy belonged to E. H. Oakes. who
keeps II livery in this village. Mr.. Oakes
says the team was hired from him by Melvin
Young. a painter. ostensibly to take drive
to Windsor. and that the last he heard OF
Young that individual was ut Hartland
drunk. 1t Is supposed that the horse got
away from Young and started to come home
ON the railroad track and slipped between
the ties of the trestle and fractured its leg.
The trial OF the case of Forbes against
Morse was held recently in tho Rutland
county court. The case is peculiar one.
The two principals in this suit were married
sisters. Both sisters died and then both
widowers contended for the hand Of
third sister. William H. Forbes main
marry him and that +. A. Morse
alienated her. Morse brought suit
against the present Mrs. Forbes for
breach of contract. He failed to recover
money. Then he sued Morse for alternating
the affections Of his intended. The first
new trial was ordered. There have been
from first to last four trials or contests on
motion over this matter. and several promi-
nent lawyers have been connected with the
litigation in one way or another.
The first meeting OF the Vermont Univer-
sity Football association was held recently
in the chapel. The principal topic OF dis
cussion was the financial condition OF the
club and $500 was raised by subscription.
Speeches were made by Professor Howes
and Professor Tupper on behalf OF the ath-
letic committee, and DR.. Farrar OF the uni
versity Of Pennsylyania, the coach. Games
have been arranged with the Rutland insti-
tnte on October 16, Montpelier on October
rs. and Dartmouth at Burlington on Novem-
ber6.
Amos Stickney, who recently died in Bos-
ton, was a great-grandson OF Stickney OF
bennington battle fame. His grandfather,
John Stickney. who married a daughter OF
General Stark was very eccentric and named
his three sons One Stickney, Two Stickney,
Three Stickney. One Stickney died in Ohio
IA years ago. Amos had all the eccentrici-
ties of John Stickney. He selected light
blue colors for all wearing apparel and in
variaby wrote with blue ink.
William Hazen of Hartford, Conn, a son
of the late Rev. Austin Hazen of Richmond
and graduate of the University OF Vermont
and Mount Hermon school, was recently Or
dained minister Of the Congregational church
at Sherburne. Although this church has
been established for 60 years. and services
have been held there regularly for the past
10 years. this is the first ordained minister
he church has ever had.
At u largely attended village meeting in
Randolph ie was voted to give the White
River Electric company OF Betnel tne rignI
to set poles. wire the village and furnish
electric lights for period OF ten years.
Five arc and 263 inoandescent lights will he
required for the streets.
Several young Bennington lads appropri-
ated n hand car belonging to the Lebanon
Springs railroad, one day recently, and pro-
ceeded to take ride. A boy standing by
the track put down his ear to hear II the car
was coming The hand car ran into him,
breaking his arm.
Among the fourth class Vermont post
masters appointed are Fairlee, Herbert H.
Warren: Montgomery Center. WmJ. Wrightj
J Washington, +. c. Huntington.
Was Bell Telephones President.
MILTON, Mass, Oct. 14.-Colonel Will
| Ea Enrhps 6f this town haa iuaf died at Liz