Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-07-16
General Vermont News.

made G9 new doctors.
Two swarms of bees We're caught an,
hiv"d in burlington recently.
Camp Henry $. of V. at Chester i.
disbanded fur lack of support.
The tax rate in Burlington is Sl,iO OF
the dollar This includes ali taxes.
Mrs. Abbe T.. Harris Fish of Ludlow
died recently at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital
Harry Deavitt of Wmoosk recently es
capped from the Industrial Schuu, at Yer
| Sennes.
Fire destroyed the farm buildings o.
Fred Holden of Pittsiurd, with all theil
contents. Insurance small. in Vermont
Mutual.
j. B. Adams of Randolph, in day and
a half, with three hands. took from hi.
apple orchard ITO pounds of worms BY
actual weight.
Alex Smith of Woodbury. celebrated
July 1 with u shotgun. Result, he is at
the Heaton hospital at Monlpelie. viii
one leg ampulaled.
\ lighted cigar and u counter loaded
/ with fireworks made connections ul
Montpelier July and Schley's victory
| was duly celebrated.
Isaac Wheeler of East Montpelier gol
off the electric without waiting for the
car to stop and was surprised at the way
thc g.uund came up and met him.
History repeats itself and that vencr.
| able old timer Henry Chamberlain, the
most popular conductor in the world, is
again running the White Mountain eX.
| press.
| In the case of the state against Her
man Palmer of New Haven charged
With shooting with intent to kill Ed,
ward Carpenter of Addison. the respond.
ent was discharged
William Higgins of Malone. n. Y,
saw snakes. etc, at Montpelier and was
put in the Jail Montpelier rum is war
| ranted to produce that result in ths
| shortest possible time.
james Rublee. Il lO-ycaruld Burlng-
ton boy, while climbing II tree in search
| of birds eggs, fell fion the top unG
broke his right arm in Two places, just
| above the elbow and above the wrist.
Freddie Cass. aged years. of Bellows
Falls. was holding Il spear of grass in
his mouth few days ago. when it was
drawn into his throat and worked dowr
to his lungs. He died from the effects.
The handsome buildings owned by W.
II. II. Putnam at Springfield We're de.
stroyed by fire July 8. The loss is $4,000
with no insurance except ON the house.
I,,l.
saved.
The safe in the postofiic at jericho
was blown open by burglars recently,
and money and stamps taken. lI. B. Will
liams. the postmaster, is also town clerk
and treasurer. and it is thought the bur
glars were after the town taxes, which
were being paid.
The work upon the Jewish synagogue
at Burlington is progressing rapidly ami
it is expected to be done about the
middle of July, when it will be dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies. All Bur.
ington needs is Il Chinese Josh house ts
be u cosmopolitan city.
The old Branch Church" in Brain.
tree, which was destroyed by fire this
spring. will be replaced with a hand
some modern structure provided among:
other things, with cathedral windows
The society mas effected Il settlement
with the railroad company.
The officers of the Winoosk Agricul.
tural tair u, Waterbury had business
meeting recently, and it was agreed tC
have the dat" tor the fair on the 18th
i1ln ana lam Of sieptember. The race!
WIll DE as follows: .:5U class trot oI
pace, SlOO; -, class trut OF pace, $500,
2:35 class, tIUt or pace, 500; 2:2O class
trot OF pace, 500.
AT the commencement of Norwich
university at Northtield the degl ee oi
master of military science was conferred
on Admiral Dewey, Norwich university
being the only institution which can
iegany and huiloraDiy confer the degree
being allowed to do so by its charter.
Dewey is Il pas. cadet of Norwich uni.
versity, being i graduate of the instl.
tuition.
John Ntzhugh, aged O. years, while or
his way home from Middiebury, fel
from his wagon, landing on his head
and shoulder. breaking II b.oOd vessel
which caused his immediate death. Mr.
McHugh was an old English soldier anC
veteran of the civi! war He was
prominent member of the William p
Russell Post, No. 50, G.. y. r., and
much respected citizen.
Heman A. Powers. prominent DEM
ocrat of Braintree, is dead. aged I.
years. He came To his BrLintree holnt
some 80 years ago, and has been noteG
as one of the most successful dairy.
men of the vicinity. He leaves Il wife
with whom he had lived for nearly hall
u century. four daughters, MIS-. G. T.
Lord of Brattieboro Mrs. NJ. l.. Bruce vi
Randolph. Mrs. f.. II. Allis of Brook
field and Miss Elsie $. Powers. one oi
the faculty of the Emerson college of ora
tory in Boston. and one son, Earl. VIII,
lives at home.
The Rutland County National bank be-
gan paying per cent semis.nnua
dividend July1. The Killington Nationa
bank, Baxter National bank. Clemen
National bank and Merchants Nationa
bank began paying per cent semi-an
nual dividends. The Rutland Saving!
bank and the Marble Savings bank be
gan paying per cent semiannus divi.
dends on their deposits. and the Stat,
Trust company and the Rutland Trus
company began paying per cent semi
annual dividends on their stock.
OF all the salaried or presidential post
offices in Vermont, there are only /.
this year that show an increase over las
year in the salary of the postmaster, anG
one of them is Hyde Park, which is rails
cd from $1,000 to $17OO. It is only eigh,
years since Hyde Park became ''presi'
uentiar' office. Before that time the
postmaster received less than $1,000. TIL,
growth in the Hyde Park office run:
practically parallel with the growth o.
Ex-Governor Pages calf skin business
$1,000 salary means q business of $3.50,
to $21O0 and $500 salary means a bus
iness of $500 to $4,000, an increase o.
nearly 300 per cent. No other town in tn,
state approaches Hyde Park in its rattle
of growth in this department.
Elected on Second Day