Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-04-24
General Vermont News.

G. A. has Just been held Tho ceremonies
covered three days, The officers Of tn"
association are President. Charles H. More 4;
clerk, ID. F.Clark trea ,urer L.. Is. lowncr /;
general secretary Matter Thorpe physical
director. Francis st. Lawrence. The dirrc-
tors arc +. 4. Shcrburnc. A. T.. Niles. u. H.
Dodge. A. j. Howe, q. W. parmrntcr IT, =.
Cotton, q. L. rapln. NJ. $. stone, 4. Dewey
and J. V. Brooks, aud &. T.. Drming is an,
ditor The buildng.with the new annex. is
very homclikr inside ....A meeting Of tho
vermont school teachers has just been hrli
htN. banquet was held. rrof ". L..
Ranger of Johnson acting rs toastmastrr
Among the prominent educators of the
state present were VI, :. stone. Martin S.Nilua
OF Montpelier. Allan u. Brown of Norwich
, University, Norhllc.d - Il. Parker, Water
bury; w. tii"pkins, South Royalton; q, II.
Matthewson of Spnulding high school Barre
Charles l.. Orton. stowe: W. B. Parsons,
Swanion {. {, Hunt, Derby Line: Francis
A. Bagnall. st. Adams :. w. Robinson,
Woodsvillc; T.. j. Wilston, Lyndon Centre;
L. A. Blossom. bradford W. T. Kelly, ST.
Johnsbury Daniel y. Comstork, ST. Johns
bury Charles l.. Curtis, South Eoyalt"n
W. L. Ranger, st. Johnsbury; EN-. Conant
Randolph: j.. Il. Neil. Bakersfield G. III.
Morrill, Bakersfield =. c. lIoyt. Middlcbury
:. II. Erskinr. Rutland.
General Horace IL. Idle of st. Jnhnsbury
has Just died at Brattlchoro. General ld6
wa m"S " i,a,hu :" 'rn' lr, "m' M"s ,' =, W., 49,
enlisted in Company + of the lst Vermont
cavalry, and in December of thc same
year he was transferred as corporal TO
| and was mnar tirst srrrront in Nav and
Ist lieutcnnnt in \nvemhrr nI ,hnt yrnr. In
Julv 1869 he was taken prisoner. receiving
his nnroo the following Scptcmbcr. He was
twire wounded In Ortnhrr lS63 and in
Scptcmbcr 1864. For gallant service hc
was commissioned captain in May 1865. and
was mustered out in June Of that year. lie
! was elected ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the
Vermont militia bv the Legislature for u
term Of wears General Idle married Maggie
/ Hidden, sister of George Hidden of Brattlr-
boro and they have one son, Philip, Il stu
dent in II boston hospital. General Idle was
IL brother of Henry {. Idle of st. Johnsbnry.
who was until recently chief Justice oi
Samoa. His father is Jacob Idle OF st. Johns
bury.
The University of Vermont baseball team
ended its sprinr trim Al philndnlphia with a
defeat Mt tho hands of the University Of
Pennsylvania by a score of 10 to |. lh'
Vcrmontcrs played IL games onthc trip. OF
these they won four and lost nine. The
game scheduled with the University of New
York for last Friday was prevented
/ by rain The Vermont team won
from Fordham college ut Fordham,
y. L., Manhattan college at New
York, Seton Hall college at South Orange,
n j.. and Il military academy near AlcNan-
dria. Va. 1t lost two games to the University
of Virginia at Charlottesville, Na.and game
each to Georgetown university at Washing
ton. Washington league at Washington,
Princeton university ut Princeton. N.J., New
YORK university ht New YORK ana the NJ
Versny "' lh'Htirlpnia: l.s neNI E"lic'
s'nH"''''n are WIN n.lr'hio"'h "' h"hoNc''
N. H. on May " IN" d.
While the records Of the Masonic lodge at
I...rn lIpin I,,,Nl ls.4I E.V ~
ago Il book was found giving an account "l
the old lodge. which was established at East
Poultney in 1907 aud numbered =! memhrrs
Through the anti-Ninsonic strife in 1876 IN"
lodge was suspended anu n" ''ist rccor" Is
;~oI nmd nmmbnrrd ~ members. Amon.s th.
most nrnminrnt members wns William Mil
inr who held n hi,,h nosition, Miller was
thc rnmnJrr IF thr sect of NTlIrritrs or
Second Ady,ntisis and in 1S33 began To
Inctnrr an ,hr snnnIv second coming Of
Ibri.t onJ nronbrsicI tbr cnd Of the world
In IsT,
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49,. i,', -, ",' ,oi'i ~. Nv, h;,a ~ Inhn r
i 'o' hnp"i, """''iiis 'hu "I''' ,I ,I. Ut "t ,
ntnl in Montnrior, He wns admitted To
The institution bearing all the appearances
of n tramp. but when his clothing was
searched a large sum of money was found
II /. also discovered that he had deposits Of
several hundred dollars in each of the Barre
savings banks. Before he died the nurs"
saws that he showed her Il key which he
said belonged TO Il box continuing $1,000 IN
money. There is also evidence of Falon
owning or having owned real estate in this
state and farm in Ireland.
Tho f,uow;,. l. ,h, ,..i..,mcnt of s.ho,J
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W.,,n,r 80; Iistr;.t W. =. I"ttis + Suith Dis
,,'t ~ y MIN Mn ii,tri, Nn - J.nni
Blais,iel, district No, 4 May o. CLARK. dis
trct No. &: Annie Davis. district No. g.
Annie s. Howard, district No. IL: Maud
I.aughin, district No. l3: Mary Wheeler.
district No. II; George $. Palmer. district
No. 1s.
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