Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
EDWARD G. DANA.
General Vermont News.

The neghbors contributed a purse OF gold
and the children and grandchildren remen-
6ered the worthy couple with articles worth,
Of the day. Mrs. Owens name was Diancl
Lamb and she was born In johnson, Apri
1881. The aged couple had five children
born to them, four sons and one daughter
Chas.J. who has been in the employ OF Wal
ter Baker Co., OF Boston for the past % years
Fred r., who Is farmer In Addison, VI.
Paolina. L.. wife of Dexter l. Chntfleld OF
Randolph; VIM. H., who Is established In q
| concreting business at Natick, Mass; Her.
bert E.. who lives on the home farm to care
for his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Owen have
| seven grandchildren and three great grand
| children, all OF whom, with one exception,
were present at this anniversary. Mr.Owen
has always been OF retiring disposition and
never aspired for Office and would never ao-
cept such gift. The couple are enjoying
| good health.
Mrs. Horace j. Brookes, daughter OF Col
lie Grand b. Cannon, who came from New
| York to her fathers summer house at Over
lake, In Burlington, recently underwent the
operation OF the amputation of her right
leg. 1t was thought that Mrs. BrooEes
was past the stage when 1t would be sat
to remove leg. so far advanced had
her ailment become, and 1t was thought
that she had come home to her fathers =
house to die. The trip from New
York was made In private car,
and on arrival here Mrs. Brook-s was taken
to Overlake In an ambulance. Dr. l.. NJ Biny-
ham, the family physician, was called. and
after Mrs. Brookes had tested from the
fatigue of the journey he decided that an
operation could be made successfully. Aided
by DR.. II. Nelson Jackson. he removed the
leg above the knee. The patient rallied
quickly from the shock and is now on the
road to rapid recovery. Mrs. Drookes IL
ono OF BurlingtOn's best known summer
residents.
At the state convention of the Kings
Daughters, just held at Montpele-, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the coming
year: Secretary, Mrs. E. NJ. Denny of Mont
pelier; assistant secretary. Miss Anna W.
Phinney; recording secretary, Mrs. +. NJ.
Scott OF Bennington; treasurer, Mrs. j. NJ.
Burt, Bennington; auditor, Mrs. A. J. Bal
come; executive committee, Mrs. II. s.
Bingham, Miss Eugenia Hutchinson,
Miss A. $. NJ. Morehouse, Mrs. A. J.
Cooper, all OF Bennington: county OH.
GERS, Addison county, Mrs. A. N. Dick
+. W. HarwOOd OF Bennington Chittenden,
Mrs. Frances Walker OF Burlington Frank
lin, Mrs. f. j. Warner, vt. Adams Orange,
Mrs.Anita Burt OF Randolph Windham, Miss
Florence Clark of Brattleboro; Windsor,
Mrs. L. j. Wallace of White River Junction
Washington, Miss Annie Phinnry OF Mont
pelier. The convention next year will be
held at Bennington.
1t is a bit Of good news which Charles II,
Smith, who has arrived in Brattleboro from
Minneapolis, brings to the New England In
vestors whose money was invested in the
great Kelley assignment In Minneapolis.
Mr.. Smith has assumed charge Of the loans
Of many OF the Kelley's clients. and 1t is his
opinion that of the whole volume OF
10 per cent, or 5000, vii viii ''be be-
lost. While even this loss comes hard
on some of the investors, it Is much less
than they were prepared to stand, and they
view the situation at present with more hope
than any time since the calamity. Numer-
GUS suits against the Kelleys are set for
trial at the September term OF court, but the
chances are in favor OF some OF them being
settled by compromise before the grand jury
convenes.
DIR. j. B. Rand one Of the best known
citizens In White River junction, and =
former prominent New Hampshire man, Is
dead Of an apopIetic stroke. He had been
in feeble health for some time. He was .
ta man of S ss and va Was den-
tlon. He came there from Barnstead,
N. H., the banner town in former
years OF New Hampshire Democracy and
was firm in that political faith until his
death. He went to the town Of Hartford In
1859, and was an intimate friend of ex-
Gov. Samuel E. Pingree. The two boarded
together at Pease's hotel for over twelve
years. DR.. Rand leaves one sister who lives
In Lowell, Mass.
Away back In old times, when Christians
were prosecuted in England and every Bible
that could be found was burned, the ances-
tors Of Nathaniel Foster an early settler in
Middlebury, lived on an estate In Wales
which was surrounded by high stone wall
Over the entrance to the castle was little
In khn - xr,h{ {nk
closely fitted, and behind this was just suffi-
cient room to secret their Bible. This Bible,
much worn and lacking both title pages, has
come down In the family until recently 1t
was placed In the heldOn museum for per-
manent keeping.
A woman called at the Bellows Falls tele-
graph office recently and wanted to tele-
graph President Mckinley. asking him II she
might wire him her plan on abolishing
hunger, nakedness and lack OF shelter. She
also submitted her plan, which in Its details
provide for government alleviation OF every
kind OF human want and suffering. The
plan was an elaborate one, and had 1t been
telegraphed to the president, the "colleot"
would have been pretty item. 1t is re-
graph Lord Salisbury from Chester.
Beginning September IS, all the granite
quarries on Milestone mill In Barre except
one will have passed under the management
OF the Barre Quarry Co. G. E. Tayntor q
Co.'S quarry is the exception. The Barre
Quarry Co. is q stock company capitalized
at $l50. 200, organized under the law OF the
state Of Maine. The officers are : President,
Mass vics-president, Emery L. Smith Of
Barre; treasurer, Clinton N. Field Of Barre;
directors, the officers and AFRO D. Morris
OF Barre and Albert F. Hayward of Boston,
Mass.
The people OF Readsboro are excited over
the discovery Of gold bearing quartz there.
A boy playing In the mountains about three
miles from the village, found q peculiar look
Brown, the local jeweler, for IS. Brown
told Of the discovery to W. H. Van Tassell. .
Mass. drummer, and the latter
with @. H. Ferguson OF Holyoke recently
visited the place and took away q large
quantity OF ore specimens. 1t is understood
that they intend to develope their discovery.
John Whatso, an Indian trader, who for
years has peddled the curiosties Of his peo-
pie through the Green and White mountains
d on his annual trip. Mr.. whatso is a full
blooded redman, although he wears store
clothes and standing collar and speaks
English like college graduate. He owns
large and valuable farm In Quebec, where
he spends the winters. He Is accompanied
on this trip by his son, good-lOoking
yOuuB Wdu VI Az VI tucEodDOutS.
Charles A. Smith Of the firm Of 8. A.
Smith & Co. has been elected director of
he Brattleboro street railway company ats
J recent directors meeting In place OF E. @.
Crosby, who had resigned. The office of
president is still vacant. Mr.. Smith was the
whom the opposition ran against
Mr.. Crosby at the annual meeting Of the
'tockholders
Mr.. and Mrs. Paschsl P. Williamson Of
,outh Pomfret have just passed the 62nd
Milestone Of married life. Their friends
md relatives celebrated the occasion, and
his was the first OF their marriage anniver-
aries that had ever been marked by q cele-
,ration. Neither Mr.. Williamson nor his
wife has ever ridden on the cars. -.
Rev. William W. Foster, Jr., Of Pittsford. :
las been offered the presidency Of Rust uni
ersity, Holly Springs, Miss. He will prob
accept It.
Dartmouth Gets $4,000.
HANOVER. N. H., Sept. 16-The will OF
he late Mr.. Charles p. Wilder of Wellesley