Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-04-03
General Vermont News.

The Vermont delegation at Washington
has asked for the appointment of j. ID. Deni.
ison Of Randolph rs minister to Venezuela.
This position was held by Vermont men dur
ing the Cleveland and Harrison administra-
tons and the sta.e feels that it has some
thing like u lien on it. The other appoint
ments recommended are; Colonel j. q. Fos-
ter Of Derby to be consul ut Sherbrooke.
Canada, and General W, W. Henry of
burlington to be consul at Mon
Frank G. Partridge. who has been in
the Adirondacks for his health. that
h. Is on the road Ia recovery. This
increases the probability that he will re-
ceive an appointment as assistant secretary
of state. In the new district, known rs tho
Memphremagog district, Colonel Mansur OF
Island Pond will doubtless be collector, ~
there is no other prominent candidate on the
east 81 lie. In the Burlington district there arc
two candidates, cX-Collcctor Il. q. Benedict
Of the Burlington Free Press. and Colonel
Merrill of the Republican State committee.
The candidates for district attorney are W.
A. Lord OF Montpelier, W. l.. Burnap OF
Burlington. George T.. Lawrence OF Rutland
and Alexander Dunnctt Of st. Johnsbury.
The candidates for United States marshal
are Colonel II. .E.Taylor of Brattlcboro, Luke
Parish OF Randolph, T.. II. Brownell and j..
Drew of Burlington.
The National Tribune of Washington, d.
c., u Grand Army journal, in the issue OF
March IL, has letter written by MIR. Daniel
b. Freeman OF Chicago, who was member
of company Il. l0lh Vermont volunteers, and
who was present with Captain George +.
Davis and his brave men at the fight Mt the
railroad bridge in the battle of the Monocacy.
Maryland July ., 1864. ltwas here that the
10th Vermont regiment General w.
W. Henry commanded and other
Union regiments batteries stood of
the confederate generals, Early and Cor
"A 3 1,arx tlv nrin ~
tended greatly in saving the Union
capitol from capture and ruin. The praises
of these brave men have been sounded
throughout the land since the war None
deserves them more than the modest Chris
tian gentleman, Capt. George L. Davis,
whose home has been in Burlington since his
return from the army, and who received
"medal of honor" from Congress for hold
ing this bridge until the enemy were close
upon him. The letter written by Comrade
Freeman is most interesting and compliment
tary and gives the credit to whom it is due.
The report recently made by the county
commissioner rs to the quantity OF liquor
sold at the town agencies in the towns of
Washington county for tho three months
ending March /, is Of peculiar interest. Tho
Montpelier agency has disposed OF liquor
during this period valued at Sl4OO, Water
bury 967l, 'Waitsneld $4l5, Barre $1,000,
Plainiield $lS5, Warren $2i5, RoXbury S2l6,
Northield $s2s, Woodbury. 1922 and Duxbury
$l6S. .Middlebury has had special town
meeting to tax e nc tion in regard to town free
library. The project was defeated by vote
of 80 to As. Those opposed to the bill would
not permit any discussion of the subject.
peculiar opposition seemed to have devel-
oped among the poorer people, who would
receive the most benefit, in that they seemed
to believe that the wc!l-to-do would derive
all the benefit from free library.
Acamp of Sons of Veterans has been organ
lied in Bradford with twenty-six charter
members. :. Frederick Francis Kendall who
has Just died at the asylum Mt Waterbury,
was born in Lyndon, June l, 1912. He en-
listed from Sheffield in the Tenth Vermont
regiment and served three years in the civil
war, being wounded and lying in Southern
hospital Il part of the time. A sunstroke
received during n prolonged march Is
thought to have caused the mental trouble,
! from which he suffered the last nineteen
years of his lfe. In August. 1868, he mar
ried Louise Bagley and resided some ten
years in st. Johnsbury His wife, one
daughter and four sons survive him, and
have their homes in Laconia, N. II.
In the case of the George Il. Lyons gran
ito company against the town OF Hartford,
VT, to recover $3.50 for labor performed
and for money paid out In the building or
bridge at White River Junction, a verdict
was given for the defendant. The
Berlin bridge company took the
contract to build tho bridge together
with the piers and abutments and sublet the
masonry to the granite company. No legal
liability on the part of the defendant was
shown. :. The application for charter for
q dam across the Connecticut river at
Brattlcboro has been denied by the Senate
in the New Hampshire legislature.
Samuel b. Houghton of Brattleboro is
dead, aged 60 years. He was born in Ca
naan and soon after moved to Vernon, where
he lived several years. From Vernon he
went to Worcester Mass, and was employed
in grocery store. In 1850 he went to Cali
fornia, where he conducted a milk business
for five years. returning to Vernon at the
end Of that time to care for his parents. He
went to BratteborO in 1889, but has had no
particular business since then. He married
November 2, 1859, Sarah NJ. Johnson OF Yer
non, whom he leaves with two children, Mrs.
Kate Nj. Pratt and NJ. G. HoughtOn of Brat
tl-boro. He also leaves one brother and
three sisters
Polly Chase Person. 49, widow of George
Person, formerly of Brattleboro, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Z.
p. Reed, in Guilford. Mrs. Person was born
in Jamaica. She went to Brattleboro over 80
years ago, and lived on what was called the
Asylum fiat above the BrattlebOro retreat.
MIR. Person was chief mason for the retreat
and had charge of the construction OF part
OF the retreat buildings. Mrs. Person was
the last of family Of 13 children. sne
leaves three children, Mrs. Reed Of Guilford,
Mrs. l.. w. Miller of Philadelphia and
George Person OF Cincinnati.
Harry Knight of Norwich. aged 10, hanged
himself in his barn. He carefully measured
the dis ance from the high beams to the
floor of the barn. about nine feet, then ad-
justed the rope and jumped off. When found
his feet were within Is inches of the floor
and his neck was broken. Mr.. Knight was
an estimable man. He had been i'll with grip
this winter and was doubtless mentally un-
balanced wnen the act was committed. He
leaves a wife, daughter AMI son, the last
named Seymour s., n prominent business
man of Cleveland, Ohio.
At the annual meeting Of the Vermont
Dental society held in Montpelier, these OFF,
GERS were elected President, G. s. Camp
bell of st. Albans vce-presidents, j. A.
Robbins OF Morrisville, X. l.. Cleaves Of
Montpelier; secretary, Thomas Mound OF
Rutland corresponding secretary, Miss
Grace Bosworth OF Rutland; treasurer, W.
II. Munsell of Wells River; executive COM
mittee, II. TcrrilI of Rutland, DR.. c. W.
Steele of Barre, J. r. Taggart of Burlington.
While the mail train on the Rutland road
was rounding curve betwe IN Healdvile and
Ludlow, one day last week, Il wild deer was
seen on the track. The engineer slowed up
his train, giving the animal a chance to es-
cape uninjured. After going about half
mile the deer left the track and ran up the
hillside. He was seen by several passengers.
and was beauty.
Pensions have been granted to the follow
Ing Vermonters Increased. Charles l.. Hill
lard of Walingtord, Martin II. Durxee Of
Bethel; original, widows. ETC., Caroline H.
Clark. Restoration and increase, Nelson NJ.
Johnson Of Pownal original, widow, etc,
Cushman Waterman, father, Evansville,
Caroline H. Richmond, Bennington. Orig
inal, Franklin l.. Archer of Proctorsviiie,
Alvah q. Dunchlee Chester Depot. %.
Professor s. ]. Blanpied, principal of
the Montpelier high school is dead
He had been at the head OF the city schools
.Or the past five years. He WAS a member,
)f the executive committee Of the stats
eachers' association and was Cne Of the
prominent educators of the state. d.
Governor Grout and staff will attend the
Grant monument dedication in New York on