Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-04-10
General Vermont News.

0OUOuUI vVIUuVUl VOWSs
The tow nship OF Walden. VT. was granted
Nov. 6. 1850. II WAS chartered to Moses
Robinson and "a Others Aug. IL. 1881. and was
organized March "a. 1874. In 1895 $40 worth
OF wheat was voted to defray town expenses
and TO bushels for schooling and preaching.
That year Ebenezer Stevens bought land In
town, and it is said that he owned more
than 1000 acres In 1904 his son. j ohm. settled
on farm on which he lived the remainder
Of his life. lie died 81 years OF age. The
farm Ia now owned by son. George =. Ste
vens. and son. Carlton. and they have kept
1t up, making yearly improvements until 1t
is one of the hest in town. There are 257
acres. OF which so are moving and tillage.
| Mr. Stevens has a splendid sugar orchard,
from which he has made 6OOO pounds in =
season. but only 1000 last spring. He could
tap 5000 trees. but does not tap only about
hall that number. He has had this season
only II COWS, and the milk goes to the
creamery. of which his son, Carlton, is one
| OF the directors. Mr.. Stevens believes in
thorough cultivation and liberal mnnur-
ing, as his farm and well filled barn
show. He raised last year from four
acres over 1909 bushels OF sorted pota-
toes, also 800 bushels of oats and IS OF bar
| ley. He does nOs plant much corn, but IL
always sure of good crop OF wheat Last
J year he did not SOW any or account OF cheap
| Hour Carlton Stevens is u progressive
| farmer, and a year ago he took a course at
the dairymens school at Burlington, and in
| 1894 the town sent him rs representative to
| Montpelier. The ive daughters of the fam
| lily were all graduated from the normal
school at johnson.
Rev. Calvin Granger OF Poultney las just
celebrated his Odd birthday. Rev. Mr..
Granger was born at Randolph. Vt. on
March 26. 1905. and was pastor OF the
oak ss,r pOfi nj phr rSlN fnr
25 years. He is the Oldest Congregational
minister in the United States with one excep.
tion, and has been in the ministry So years.
Among the guests present was Gilbert Prin-
| die, who recently celebrated his 9lst birth
day. Merritt Clark, who is "a, wrote poem
in honor Of the occasion. Mr.. Granger dis
tinctly remembers Lafayette, Clay. and Van
Buren,. and he heard Webster deliver the
| Grafton at the unveiling Of the Bunker Hill
monument. He il in good health and sound
mind and bids fair to live for several years.
Jarius G. .Mears has just died in Lagrange,
Ill.,, aged 100 years and 9 days. He was born
at Newton Falls, Vt. He was a lad of Is at
the time of the battle of Champlan and wit
messed the event. He spent the greater part
Of his life in Illinois. He was appointed
postmaster at Hillsboro by President Lin
coin, and for many years was the postmaster
at Lagrange. In 1922 Ee married Amelia
| Cook, who was born In his native town. The
centenarian enjoyed the possession of his
faculties until within short time Of his
] death. He voted at the November election.
In the death of Mrs. Clara Langdon Mich
olas, which occurred recently at the age OF
! 50 years, a unique Montpelier character dis
| appears. She was a sister Of the late James
II. Langdon, and her only support OF late
has been the income on $4O, ,0O0 provided for
her in Mr. Langdon's will. In her early
years she married Anastatias Nicholas.
| Greek, who was brought to Montpelier
| when a boy by Colonel Jonathan Miller. Ver-
mont's hero in the war OF independence for
Greece.
DR.. L. A. Wilder, Fred Crichton, Chas. II.
Perry, J. v. Hall, W. b. Hill, Major l.. NJ.
Hosr and J. A. Sanborn, all of New York,
have been in the vicinity OF Bethel examin-
ing the mining properties OF the Gay Hill
and the Norton gold mining companies at
Stockbridge. Several OF the party are also
interested in the new hotel project at Stock.
bridge Common, where 1t is proposed to
erect this summer hotel to cost in the vic.
Unity Of $30, 900.
Joseph D.Denison Of Randolph is the only
candidate as yet for minister to Venezuela
and has been recommended by the Vermont
| delegation in G ,ngress. Mr.. DenisOn Is the
son OF Hon. Du lley G. Denison of Royalton,
ex-member of Congress, and graduated from
the University Of Vermont in 1863. He WAS
admitted to the bar in May. 1869, and went
| into partnership with his father and cOntin-
ued until May, 1885, when he moved to Ran
| dolph.
Rev. George l.. Ladd of New Haven.
Conn.,, has been called to the pastorate OF
the Waterbury Puritan church.. He is a
native OF Woodstock and a graduate of Will
liams college. He was three years an ill.,
structor in Robert college. Constantnople,
and son-in-law OF the venerable Rsv. DIR.
| Cyrus Hamiln of Boston He will enter
upon his duties on May /.
| Mason s. Stone, state superintend-
ent OF education. is making arrange
ments for summer schools for teachers
to be held in Ave different towns
locations OF these schools have not yet
been selected. but they will be held in towns
most central for the greatest number OF
teachers.
The Bethal special town meeting was
called to soc il the town would vote to eX-
emp. the Bethel Shoe company from taxa
ton for Il I, rther period of five years. 1t
was one OF the largest attended town meet
ings ever held iu town and the town refused
to exempt the shoe company by vote OF
1SO to 1876.
A bust Of Senator Morrill,. author of the
bill to create agricultural colleges by tho
sale OF public lands and provided for annual
appropriations to support colleges OF this
nature has just been unveiled Mt the state
university. The bust to be placed in the art
gallery at Washington.
The deadlock in the Barre board of alder
men over a successor to City Surveyor Cur
rier still continues. and the sam, situation
exists in the matter OF II city grand juror.
Up to the present time eight appointments
made by Mayor Gordon for various city
offices have been rejected by the aldermen,
many Of them being tie vote.
Arthur J. Dewey OF Bennington has re-
ceived letter from Congressman Powers
informing him that when the time for a
change came he would he unanimously rec
Ommended by the delegation from this state
for the position Of postmaster The term OF
the pres mt incumbent will expire in Nay,
1898.
Bishop Hall and Major +. W. Chds OF
BrattlebOro are both improving in health,
The bishop sailed for New York from Bermu-
da April q. Major Childs is at Aiken. s. c.,
and will remain there for several weeks.
j. H. Senter Of Montpelier, U. S. district
attorney is in Cuba. Mr.. Senter has been
suffering from intermittent fever for several
weeks and taken a sea voyage to Havana
on the advice OF his physician.
The contest for the Brattleboro postoffice
lies between DR.. ID. p. Webster aad Colonel
Kittrelge Haskins. The matter will have to
be settled by party caucus. according to the
decision OF Congressman Grout.
The examiner OF Addison county had II
applicants for teachers certificates from the
little town of Hancock, making l06 cand
dates in five towns.
John q. Carpenter of West Rutland ha,
taken the first place in the orator. al con
test at Colgate university.
Sick of His Job.
BIDDEFORD. Me-. April 9-Rev. r. II.
Moore pastor OF Saro congregational church.