Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-27

ferrei from the Minnesota society to the
Vermont society. Rev. $. 3. Martyr OBJ
tanned a demission to the Connecticut So
ciety. The following applicants were. ad-
A. Z. Ranney of Westminster west, Warren
T.. Putnam OF Bennington. Edward Hatch of
New York, Edward Payson Hatch OF New
York, W. NJ. BiNby of Ludlow, q. J. Dodge
of Barr G. L. Brown Of Burlington. n. II.
Wait Of johnson. W. NJ. Stevens of Ogdens-
burg, n. v, John W. Flint Of Bellows Falls,
Albert ". Ferrin Of Montpelier, Frederick
Walllngford, w. b. Howe Of Burlington.
The report of @. l.. Smith of Burlington, the
treasurer, showed balance OF $243 in the
treasury. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Robert J. Kimball Of Randolph; vice-presi-
dent. David ID. l,anlett, OF st.
Adams; secretary. Charles s. Forbes Of vt.
Adams; treasurer, Clarence l.. Smith Of Bur-
ington; registrar. Henry l.. Stillson OF Ben
nington; historian. George q. Benedict OF
BurlinHton; chaplain, Rev. Norman Seayer
of Montpelier; board of managers, l.. Bart
Cross of Montpelier. Albert futile of Fair
Haven, VIII. Du Bots of Randolph. Elias Ly-
bury, W. f.. Hawkes. of Bennington. {. W.
Brownell of Burlington, II. L. McClary OF
Windsor delegates TO national congress, ETA.
Chittenden Of At. Adams. Il. q. Benedict OF
Burlington. Charles Dewey of Montpelier.
Observation-Disclosures submitted to the meet
ing communication from the secretary
general OF the national society stating the
of the American Revolution and the General
Society of the Sons of tho Revolution at a
bsi BERT If and s baA S&s'qgass g. 1stS
the two societies. The Vermont society
unanimously ratified tho plan Of union
and tho constitution. being of the first
state societies to ratify the proposal OF
union of These two patriotic societies. The
proposed amalgamatiou takes effect upon
the ratification of the constitution by two
thirds of both societies. The constitution
of the Vermont society will be revised to
conform to the new national constitution.
committee to revise the constitution was
appointed, consisting Of Hiram Carleton OF
Montpelier. +. A. Chittenden of st. Adams,
and c. ". Brownell Of Burlington.
Homer n. Hibbard II pioneer lawyer and
prominent fnancier. has just died at Chica-
so. He was born at Bethel, VT. in 1924. OF
ancestry running back to Hubbard, who
came from England to Salem. Mass, In 1888.
At II he entered the academy at Randolph,
VT. but left at the end of the year to become
clerk in the law office Off G. Dexter OF
Rutland. Heutiiized his spare time. and after
four years entered the University of Vermont
at Burlington from which he graduated With
high honors in 1850. He taught high
school in Burlington and afterward married
his assistant Miss Jane Noble. daughter Of
tho late william Noble of BurlingtoH. Sub
sequcntly he entered Harvard Law school
and was admitted to the bar ut Burlington
in 1853. He went West the same year and
practised law for several years in Frceport.
ILL.,. In company with the late Judge
John A. Jameson. Later he removed to
Chicago, where lie practised law for
many years. He was register in bank
ruptcy from 1870 until the expiration of the
bankruptcy law. He was commissioner to
revise the statutes of tho state of Illinois.
He was connected with various manufac-
turing and banking concerns. MIR. Hubbard
was a prominent member Of the Sons OF
Vermont society of Chicago and a member
Of the board of trustees of the University OF
Vermont. being a frequent attendant at their
annual meetings. He leaves widow, one
son and three daughters
4 certificate Of consolidation of the Hoo
sick railway company and the Bennington
electric railway has just been filed with the
secretary Of state. The consolidated line
will make u continuous line from the termin-
us of the present line of the Hoosick
railway company in the village Of Hoosick
Falls and the village OF Bennington. In the
state OF Vermont. and continuing the line
from Wnlloomsac the present terminus oil
the Hoosick railway company to the village
of Bennington 16 miles. The name of the
new company is to be the Ben
ningtcn and IIoosic!i Valley Railway
Company, and the directors will num-
Der seven, with president. vicc-president,
shares will bc 1900 of the par value Of Sl0l
each. that being the combined capital of the
two consolidating corporations. the capital
Of tn" I!oosick Railway company being $50.
900 and that of the Bennington Electric
Railroad Company being 100000. The di-
rectOrs OF the new company for the first
year are George Greene of Hoosick Falls
q. c. Moses Of Bath, Me, Il. t. Bates and
]. L. Gibson OF Bennington. Joseph Buck
ley. w. NJ. Holmes, Levi L. Worden and G.
L. Rising of Hoosick Falls and William &.
Geer of Troy.
The current number OF the Nermonter
gives an interesting review of the war legis-
lation of Vermont by b. ID. Harris OF
Brattleboro. chairman of the senate CON-
mittee on military affairs in the legisla-
tive session Of 1861, which took the labor.
ing oar In the extra session of April rs,
1861. called by Governor Erastus Fairbanks
for the purpose Of adopting measures for
organizing. arming and cquipping the mill
tia Of the state, and for cooperating ef-
fectnally. with the general government in
supprcssing inslIrrection and executing the
laws. The article is illustrated with the
pictures of some Of the most prominent
Legislators at that time. including Cows.
Dillingham;. Smith and Holbrook. tho war
governors, together with Senator Edmunds
Charles Il. Field, Judge Royce and others.
1t is concise aud valuable story of the
character and scope of legislation at the be-
ginning and during tho early period Of the
war, when no less than "a ,000. 900 was paid
from the state treasury for tho benefit of her
soldiers and their families,and Vermont was
finally credited with 1900 men in excess OF
her full quota af all acquisitions by the
president
A meeting ofthe creditors Of the Ely Cop
per Mine Mining company has just been
held in Bradford. In insolvency court, be-
fore Hon. s. NJ. Gleason OF Thetford, the
faction led by Robert L. Strnino Of Boston
was represented by William J. Hutchin-
son OF Boston and Hon. Gilbert A. Davis
of Windsor, Vt. Hon. W. j. G. Stick
hey of Bethel and Colonel John II.
Watson of this place represented tho
local creditors, while Ex-Governor Roswell
Farnham, president of tho company. ap-
peared for himself. The court appointed the
following assignees +. W. Farnham OF
vershrc, VT. L. p. George of West Fairlee,
VT. W. II. Gilmore of Fairlee. Vt. The
claim of Mr.. Straine. manager of the COM
pany. Of 100000 for salary and disburse-
ments, was disputed. the company claiming
III OHscL IOT Sou,uUu uudCCCuntc't
for. Action was postponed for an invcstiga-
ton by the assgnccs
Susan Hunter who was pardoned from
the house of correction ut Rutland last
week by Gov. Grout. died the day follow
ing her release of consumption at her home
in Castleton.
The next annual meeting Of the Vermont
Dairymen's association will be held in con-
nection with the convention Of the sugar
makers association in this city January 4, 2,
and 6.
The general committee Oh missions of the
Methodist church in session at Philadel-
phia allowed 1920 for the Vermont confer
once in its apportionment for domestic mis-
sions.
ON TRIAL SECOND TIME.
Alleged Murtlcrercrs Turn States
Evidence for Safety.
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