Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-04-17
EDWA ARD G. DANA.
General Vermont News.

company OF Bethel being pressed for money
with which to continue work. gave mort
| gage covering both the real estate and per-
sonal property Of the company. These
notes the company has been unable to pay,
| and W. b. G. Stickney. trustee under tn"
mortgage, has brought foreclosure, return
able at the May term Of Windsor
! county court, and at the same tim"
has caused the personal property to be-
| advertised for sale at public auction ON
Monday. April 10. To further complicatr
tho situation. TarbellN Whitman. attorneys
for Boston unsecured creditors Of the com
pany, have petitioned Judge Seaver TO de
c!are Tor a hearing on this question. The
idleness of this plant. which b?gan las. fall.
d great blow to Bethel, as it employed
from Is to l25 hands The secured debts
amount to about $4,000. and the unsecured
will probably be- a. much more.
Persons claiming to be DR.. Cornwall aud
wife from New York arrived at Bennington
few days ago. and secured quarters at one
NJ the most fashionable boarding houses in
the village. They were u good-looking cou
pie. he being tall and slim, smooth-faced.
and Of light complexion. The woman WAS
short and plump. of sallow complexion.
They made friends quickly. His business
was, ostensibly. to introduce Il new remedy.
Later he went tn Rutland,as he said, to get
his medicine. Before leaving he paid hiI
board with a draft on New York, receiving
the balance in cash. Three days aftcrward
the woman went out and has not been seen
since. The draft has come back from New
York indorsed mot known While hero
the man undertook to purchase articles at
various places. rendering in payment for
Tar as learned he did not succeed In victim
izing anyone. as they were refused. He has
been heard OF north OF Rutland.
varr,r,, ,ana;.,,, a., ,., k,on nlI,v,,,I M
follows Renewal and increase. George w.
Folsom Of West Lridgewater; original. Albert
Fish of Uydeville Jock Poro of Pittsford
Mills, Frank Vermint of West Salisbury
Frank Clements of Burlington in
crease. Wilbdr +. Howard of Randolph,
John Andres of Burlington, Franklin Il:
SSs,es Ssss Of Sn1n Of NJ rnaor n"r %'
Patrick Callighan OF West Rutland
Leander Allen OF North Troy, Porter
G. HOdgdon of North Craftsbury, james Nj.
Coburn OF Gouldsyille, Cornelius Bradley %!
Pittsf0rd, james Crone of Pittsford, Lewis
Porter of West BArlin original, widows.
etc. Emily II. Pierce Of I.amoille. Emily II.
Pierce of Gady's Fails; restorati' and in
crease, George Pierce. deceased, of Cady's
Falls. George Pierce. deceased. Lamoille;
additional, Robert A. Bennett OF South Royal
ton.
The state superintendent, Mason =. Stone.
In his last report gives the enrolment for
1886 of the six largest academies in Vermont
as follows: st. Johnsbury academy, $40;
Troy Conference academy. 2lO; Lyndon i'll
stitute, 100; Montpelier seminary, 1874 God
dard seminary, 1907 Rutland institute.
1853; SaxOn's River academy. 1853. The
large enrolment of st. Johnsbury acad-
emy is, In part accounted for by the
fact that it does the high school work for
the town. Mr.. Stone is making arrange
ments for summer schools for teachers. to
be held in five different towns in Vermont.
schools have not yet been selected but they
will be held in towns most central for tho
greatest number of teachers.
iroton has just completed q century as an
organized town. This town was granted
Nov. 7,178O, and chartered to Thomas Butter
field and his associates Oct. 20, 1889, contain
ing 2S, 800 acres. The settlement of the town
ship was commenced in 1889 by Messrs.
JoEes. Abbott, Morse and OsmOre. John
James was the first male child born in town.
The town was organized March 2S, 1857, and
Nathaniel Knight was the first town clerk.
This. like many other Vermont towns. has
contributed largely to the population Of the
western states.
Rev. A. Ii. Webb, for the past four years
pastor OF Trinity church in Montpelier, will
be removed at the end Of the present con-
ference year, which closes April IL. The re-
iatiOns between Mr.. Webb and his people
have been very cordial. and he goes else,
where at his own request 1t is expected
that Rev. A. J. Hough of Brattleboro. the
poet laureate of the Vermont conference,
will be returned to Montpelier. Mr.. Hough
was pastor at Montpelier four years before
being sent to BrattlebOrO.
There is small scandal ahoat in Cabot.
Two supposedly respectable young women
from East Cabot, accompanied by two young
men, went to Cabot recently to attend u
promenade. After engaging rooms. where
they raised havoc with the furniture and
other articles, they entered the hall There
they conducted themselves In such manner
that they were asked to leave. One OF the
young men refused and they were arrested
for intoXicatiOn.
Suits have been brought by insu rance
companies against II. l.. Hover Of Benning-
ton to recover premiums claimed to have
been paid to him by different parties during
the past three years or more. The amount
involved is over $1,000. The property OF Mr..
Hover has been attached and his body also
restrained. The writs are returnable at the
next term OF the county court and bail was
required for his appearance.
The Montpelier seminary baseball club has
joined the interschoastic league. which in
cludes teams from Goddard seminary. st.
Johnsbury academy Brigham academy. hut
land English AMI classical institute, and St
Albans Burlington, Middlebury high schools
During the coming baseball season these
clubs will contest for the cha anpionship of
the state and the I7j cup offered 10y the
University of Vermont.
The Montpelier board Of school commis-
sionsrs has not yet selected u SUCCESSOR to
the late Prof. $. j. B'anpei, rs principal Of
the high school. 1t is thought that some one
will be placed in charge Of the institution
until the close OF the present school yea.
and tina. the permanent principal will not
he engaged until after the summer vacation.
George Rose. u veteran of the late war
died recently Mt his h)m, in Wilmington.
When the war OF the rebellion broke out Mr..
Rose enlisted in the Union army and after
wards became Il sc ergeant of Go. Il. 18TH Vt.
vols. His interest and devotion to the GA.
II. was a prominent feature of his character
to the very end of his life.
W. W. Prescott, a former editor and pro-
prietor OF the Vermont Watchman, has beer
appOintei by the general conference OF the
Seventh Day Advent church to general min
isterial labor in England. Mr.. Prescott has
heen for several years the educational see
retary OF this denomination in America.
sensation was developed over a kidnap.
ping case at Newfane. which occurred two
days before the funeral Of a boys mother
Horace Ais took the adopted son OF hi
mother-in-law, NJ ~. Moore. shortly after hep
death, which occurred On March 18th. keep.
ing three persons to guard him Sunday and
taking him to Bratleb,rD Monday. after
which he sent him to Lynn. Mass.
Senator Morrill, was 81 years old ON April
IA. In Washington cards were sent out for
hs birthday reception.
The hearing on the application OF tn"
creditors for the appointment OF receiver
for the Lebanon Springs railroad has be"n
heard before Jus ice Furman in Troy. The
court took the papers and the decision WAS
eserved.
The Vermont School Masters club ban
qIetted at thu Pavilion, Montpelier, April
9:n The object Of the club is to bring
about fraternal relati, ,ns among the school
masters Of the sta.e and greater unity in
their work.
Telegrams received from Major 7. W.
Childs Of Brdttleboro. who is in Aiken. SO,
were to the effect that he was quite low, and
indica ions were against his recovery.
Work at the lumbago mines in Chelsea
has been commenced.
1avQh Only The In U.tvns.