Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-08-06
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POSTERS, HANDBILLs,
BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS,
CIRCULARS, ENVELOPES,
CARDS, ETO., ETC, ITu
Done at This Office
with Nsss.sss ssd Despatch.
Prices Away DOWN
EDWARD G. DANA.
General Vermont News.

/ Justice Rigclow of horton is dead at
the age of 81.
w. Il. Caswcll, prominent citizen Of
Bennington is dead,
4 The Orleans county fair will he held
; at Newport, Aug, II and Is.
Oscar Ward was seriously cut on
scythc at II unhridge recently.
There will he no Methodist camp
meeting at Northtield this year.
Emma j. Linscy has been coIanis-
/ stoned pustmistrcss at Glcecnsboro.
/ !A camp of 20 members, Sons of Vet
Grams has been oi organized at East Barre.
/ Boston parties are talking of building
I a summer hotel near Mirror lake, Rer-
/ lin.
j. c. Wilcox, postmaster at Guilford,
| is dead. He was born in Halifax. Feb.
6, 1919
/ Diantha Maynard of Waterbury has
been granted II Widows pension OF sSa
month.
! james Ella of Monkton has been fined
S26 ~ for catching trout under six inches
in length.
r.. r. Scguin of Montpelier wont the
one mile open bicycle race at Saratoga
July ~, in 2lt'e.
DR. Lyman Rogers has recently re-
visited Dauhy his native town. after
: 40 yeats absence,
Rev. +, NJ. Bisscl Wilmington boy,
has been called to st. Faul's church,
Springfield. Mass
The Bristol Manufacturing company
has begun work ON the three story ad
diti"n to its casket plant,
Miss Katherine Hughes nf Granville,
n. V, recently attempted suicide at Rut-
land via the laudanum route.
Edwin Clark and William Galliser Of
Middchury have Just tested the state
prohbintory law $9.5l worth each.
r. w. McAlister of Waitaheld. was
thrown and badly injured recently by
ii young horse he was attempting to
shoe.
Louis ST. George of Brandon, who
was married a short time ago, has dis
appeared. leaving his wife in destitute
circumstances.
Increasing business cnmrels the q. H.
Grimm company of Rutland to enlarge
its works $50 as to make room for double
the present force.
The Randolph cooperative creamery
paid IS cents IA pound for butter fat for
the month of June. The Cabot cream
cry paid l4l2 cents.
Mrs. Charles Henderson has just died
suddenly, aged Is years. She was a ma
tive of Ncwbury and "A great grand
daughter of General Jacob Bailey.
II. d. French. formerly of Barre has
been arrested at Tampa on char ge Of
embczzlemcnt. He was the secretary Of
Chicago building and ioan association.
John Maxswcll of Waitstield was run
over by a moving machine and seriously
injured recently. The horses took fright
and threw him off in front of the ma
whine.
Dr. II. Nelson Jackson, formerly as
distant physician at the Brattleboro
retreat, has been appointed instructor
in surgery in the medical department
of the University of Vermont.
The officers of the Barre town are de-
termincd to stop the Sunday picniCs
from the city. Recently combination
of 400 granite cutters, eight barrels Of
beer and some hard stuff made the day
hidcOus.
During the month of June Orange
country creamery at Chelsea received
.92,O1l pounds of milk from which were
made 14,492 pounds of tier, for which
patrons were paid l6 cents per pound.
Current expenses We're 1921 .5H.
Walpulc, n. H.. across the river from
Bellows Falls, celebrated the surrender
of Santiago with fireworks, bonfires,
firing of cannon, etc. cannon ex-
Tlodcd and killed ii cow b clonginG to j.
q. Bellows in n pasture 40 rods away.
Joseph Wood of Berlin has just died
at his home at the age Of 96 years. He
was the oldest citizens in that town.
where he had lived for 20 years. Mr..
Wood broke the ground for the second
state house He was bonn in Drum
mOndsvlle, Canada.
The knitting mill of H. T.. Bradford &
Co., Bennington. will he shut down in
few days until the early part Of October.
when operation will be resumed on full
time and with a full force. The COM
pany is building an addition to the main
part of the mill. and during the summer
will put in new water wheel and
large amount of new machinery.
The Essex Publishing company, which
.,as just held its second annual meeting,
reports that over s per cent has been
earned in the first nine months Of busi-
ness, and dividend of 4 per cent. was
declared, the balance being carried to
the surplus fund. The directors elected
are w. h. Johnson. l.. M. Hays, J. H.
Burke. DR.. c. NJ. Ferrin and l.. p.
Thayer. The circula tion of the papers
has more than doubled the past year.
r. H. Page has just died at Las Vegas.
His wife and his little son Carroll were
with him at the time of his death. Ex-
Governor Page, his father, started Mon
day for Las Neghs in response to a mes
sage that his condition was worse The
deceased was the eldest son of ex-Gov-
ernor Page. and was promising young
man. He had begun to take an active
part in the management of his fathers
business when his health failed two
years ago. He went to the Adirondacks
for number of months. and went then
to FL Paso, where he remained until
within a few months. He leaves a wild
ow and two sors, Carroll. aged 4, and
Proctor, aged 9. He had been postmas-
ter two years.
noflldS f\eiieS anu JdIneS SteiliHS
" 20 arrested for burglary at st. john
bury Center and Pa ssumpsic. and taken
b fore Justice Albert Worcester Of St.
j. hnsbury Kelley insisted that he was
innocent ard was discharged. Sterling
admitted having taken some of the ar
tiCles stolen. which included a gold
watch and chain from Charles Bene-
diets house. st. Johnsbury Center. and
IA revolver gold ring and a small sum Of
money from the house Of Orison Cush-
man. Paesumrsic A part of the arti-
cles were found upon his person. He
was bound over to the county court.
Fail was fixed a. 5000. but not being fur
nishcd Sterlng's residence will for the
next few months be the county jail