Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
<JOB WORK.
SUCH As-
POSTERS, HANDBILLS,
BILL HEADS. LETTER HEADS,
CIRCULARS. ENVELOPES,
CARDS. ETO,, ETO., ETC
Done at This Office
with Rsatnsss aad Despatch.
Prices Away Down
EDW G. DANA.
EDW ARD G. DANA.
General Vermont News.

IlPhlhetla Is prevalent III littstoro
Ms. W. |. Simonds of Roxbury is dea I,
aged -.
j. H. Gerry of South nadley; Mass, died
.; WaSt Berlin, aged 81.
Henry l.. Hill of burlington died sudden.
ly ut Whiting, Ind, aged 30.
The new grand list OF Bristol is S727O
against S65Si, net gain Of S6s6.
Mrs. John J. Kingston Of Barre was fount
dead in bed. She was 16 years old.
Randolph won the penuant in the Roches-
er-Bethel-liandolph baseball league.
Mrs. W. b, Afford. formerly of Castieton.
died ut Golden, Cal. recently, aged SO
Il. g. Miles of Burlington and Miss Marie
! Marshal Of Lincoln, Neb., were married to
each other.
General Guy Henry, formerly at Fort
Ethan Allen. is now in command of the
troops in Porto Rico.
Clare Turner OF Barre, formerly of Norris
willie, was recently killed in u railroad acci-
dent at Providence, X. l.
Work on the Bolton Falls dam is to be COM
pleted by Dec. /. W. II. Ward l. Go. OF
Lowell. Mass. is doing it,
; The aldermen OF Burlington have at last
voted TO give the electric railroad the right
to use the "iower road to Winooski.
4 II. &. Bancroft formerly of Montpelier,
died ut Columbus, o.. aged 60. He has been
II prosperous merchant of that city for many
Years.
$. l.. Griffith of Dandy has just made sale
h OF 2O00. .OOJ feet of lumber to the New Home
Sewing Machine company and 900 feet
to other parties.
! The city clerk of Burlington was routed
! out Of bod at two in the morning recently by
couple, who wanted marriage license
ami wanted 1t tquick.
The Egan saw mil in MOretown owned
/ by H.O. Ward has been burned. Loss $1,000,
no insurance. 1t is thought the lire caught
from hot box on the main shaft.
] Grand Isle county mad record breaking
term OF court this tall. Judge Tyler opened
| court in the morning, but found no cases to
/ try and adjourned court before noon.
One Of the oldest member of the Legisla-
tureis Hon. OYed Hall Of Stamford. Ben
Elngton county. Mr.. Hall is IS years old
and one of the leading men OF his section.
All enthusiastic meeting WAS held at
Waltstleld recently in favor Of the Mont
peier and Warren electric railroad. and u
committee appointed to solicit stock sub
scri ptions
Several Vermont towns have been "done
brown by professional sprntcts who get
UP fake foot races. get ali the money bet
they can by local sports aud then the stake
holder disappears and the rest Of the gang
| follows.
Sergeant John Greenwood of Co. + has
been promoted to second lieutenant. and
Lieut.. Carl q. Dole to battalion adjutant.
Martin Hanlon is promoted to sergeant
which leaves one private to be promoted to
corporal.
BramO AghiIe, an Italian scul ptor from
] Florence, who works in Il Montpelier stone
ind, Is making plaster cast OF Admiral
Dewey which, when completed, he is to
present to Charles Dewey. MIR. Aghile il
.l-,
with nothing but photograph fora model.
The Bellows Falls paper company cut Ii
spruce tree in Rochester this season that WAS
l30 feet tall, measured four feet in diameter
al the butt.30 inches 90 feet from the ground
anl ~ inches 80 feet from the ground. IL
sealed 3645 feet OF lumber and 3l7 circles
were counted on the stump. Its estimated
IS at least $50 years.
a.. John C.Flanders of Knoxville. Tenn,
.rr'ntly Of bright's disease. He was q
i've Of Montpelier, going to Tennessee In
1868. He married Lavinn Clailin, of Rand
dolph. Mr.. Flanders WIS II successful hotel
proprietor and horse breeder and Il prOmt-
nent man in this part of the state. He leaves
Il widow and Two children.
George H. Stone one of the respected
citizens Of Bellows Falls, has been confined
to his residence fifteen months with rheu-
matism with little prospect of recovery. He
isnow entirely U.ind in one eye and there
are indications of the early losing Of
the sight of the other. He is a veteran
of the civil war and II years old.
Chas. C. bingham. the well known drug
gist OF St. JOhnsbury, Is Il petitioner in iu-
solvency. His Liabilities are 5,OO0 and the
largest creditors are four banks in St.J ohns-
bury. His wife is surety to the Passumpsic
savings bank for $1,000. The cause Of the
failure was n heavy loss by unfortunate in
vnstmonts about ten years ago when MIR.
Bingham lost $4,000 or $4,000.
The Washington and Orange County Vet
erans' associa ion was formed at Barre with
the following officers President, George Il.
ConnOr: first vice president, l.. NJ. Hutchin-
son of Montpelier; second vice president,
q. G. Wilder Waitslieli; treasurer, Colonel
J. II. Lucia Of Montpelier; secretary, J. II.
Wilson, Worcester: executive committee, G.
NJ. Felt, Berlin. ". f. Bliss, East Calais L.
Baker, Montpelier.
Walter G.. s. Ross. 81. committed suicide
at Yonkers, N. y, recently. by shooting.
He was employed in the New York Office of
the Topeka Santa Fe railroad. SaLur-
day he visited his relatives and friends in
Vergennes. He returned to Yonkers Mon
day night very downcast. He informed his
friends that he had been Tilted by his sweet
heart. Young Ross entered the University
of Vermont in the class of 80, but left about
the middle Of his freshman year.
William Henderson, one of Burlington's
most respected clllZtuS, ~ 0eiSu, dSeu 10.
He has been in the express business since
184S and for 26 years the express agent in
Burlington. He married Miss Susan Fran
els, May ~, 1874, who survives him. Ho
also leaves five children. three sons. T.. F.,
J. b. AMI W.. Henderson of Burlington.
two daughters. Mrs. Joel Linsley, wife OF
the United States consul at Coaticook and
Miss Letitia j. Henderson. He also leaves
one brother, Edward Henderson OF Chicago.
The following have been adjudged bank
rupts and referred to the referees In their
respective counties under the new law:
Ezra G. Brooks Of st. Johnsbury, merchant;
Alfred b. French OF Hartford. merchant
Rich d Dolloff of Newport, merchants; Ed
ward g. Frost of Lyndonville, merchant;
c. A. Kelton Of Montgomery, miller; Will
liam q. Prouty of st. Albans, hotel; Joseph
Daignault OF St. Albans, business not speci-
fed; Merton A. Upston OF Derby, merchant;
Charles c. Brigham Of st. Johnsbury, mer-
chant.
On the farm Of H. G. Bates. Rutland lies
q bowlder weighing, 1t is estimated, about
nine tons. During the recent thunder storm,
lightningstruck it and cut it perpendicularl
about three feet and horizontally about the
same distance. exactly at right angles, de-
tachinY a block estimated as weighing two
tons, two sides Of which are at right angles,
and as smoothly cut as though quarried.
The stone is of the class designated as con-
glomerate grit, with hero and there a fiinty
pebble, some of which have been clearly
cut in two by the lightning stroke.
The development os Northileld's s rich min
eral wealth Is bound to come sooner or later.
Her hills contain an ineXhaustible supply of
the best black slate in America as the report
OF an expert shows who made n thorough
investigation, and it can be easily quarried.
There is considerable encouragement for
the belief that the time is near when active
work will begin. The work already being
done by Messrs. Dole and Brill is expert
mental and will, 1t is confidently expected,
demonstrate the possibilities o! the industry
under modern methods OF quarrying aud
preparing slate for the market.
Wool-I don't see how a dealer can