Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-02
General Vermont News.

ABOUT ~ years ago tina town of Water.
bury lost one Of its m'nsycd residents in
Wilbur J.. iiutchinS. he came to the Queen
tny ani WAS said to br worth thousands OF
dollar, just how much he was worth will
probably ntver be known unless Mr..
Hutchns talks more freely of his affairs
than u" has for the past two wears. After
! lhrattny 1t Darlington h" bought a house
and several lots FOR slO,0M. Later ON. in
about l'7j. he erected II dwelling house and
rented II. In 1876 ha lrft Darlington and
went to the state Of New Hampshire. where
he lived unit abonttw wears ago. From New
Hampshire he went to T. len. where he was
born. Mr.. Hutchns lost all OF his money
and Is now II paupcr. being supported by
the town of Eden. The authorities claim
that hn Is Burlington pnupcr and they
are taking steps to have this city support
him. Ii appears that he lived in Buriny-
ton over three years and since 1876. the time
he went away. he has not lived in any Yer
mont town long enough to lose his residence
here. He has lived IN the State OF New
| Hampshire hut he cannot i~ compelled to
leave the state. 1t is quite likely that hs
viii he brought to Burlington and placed in
the poor house.
Speaking of the recent decision of tho su-
prrmc court which condemned Isabelle 4.
Marsh and William {, Bu2lc to be hanged
| Tor the murder III the wnmlus husband, the
! Lvndonviilc Journal cites the similar ca 81 of
Mrs. Hall ,way of Glover, who three wears
"S' was ''uNltt'u VI Ill Tue HIST tie
gree and escaped by II second trial. 'Wom-
an-hanginS In this state. says tn. journal,
will certainly be novelty, putting 1t light
ly.' The execution Of Il woman is not u
novelty in Vermont. Mrs. Meaker, the Dux-
bury murderesS. was hanged at Wind
sor not great many wears ago. Some of
the metropolitan newspapers have shown u
tendency to doubt the ultimate carrying ont
of the sentences of the suprem court upon
! Mrs. Marsh berauSa she is u woman, but
| while tho evidences thnt convicted her was
not so conclusive rs that which sent Mrs.
| Meaker to the scaHOd, still She has been
| legally condemned by county and uprenie
court FOR Grim, in which there were no
| eNtenuatng circumstances AMI it is difficult
| to see on what grounds Legislative clemeucy.
her only hope. can be extended.
Thomas Latiammc brother-in-iaw of G,
l.. Austin OF JAY. came to Austin's to stav
over night on March l6 and some time about
midnight got up aal went oat. lie was
somewhat peculiar in his habits caused hy
family difficulty. hi' wife having left him
Tor another man some eight years ago. Aus
tin supposed he had gone away as he
had on:e before in the same manner.
On Friday afternoon white Austin and
his son were scattering buckets they
came across La iammes dead body with
his throat eat. in II hole where u pile of
block wood had been taken out recently
The town authorities were notified and J. T..
Chase. selectman, went to the s:ene of the
tragedy and not deemins coronrrs in
quest necessary removed the body and pre-
pared it for burial. The roads owing to the
rain were In such u condition that the body
had to be taken to tho cemetery ON Il hand
sled, II distance of over three miles.
Tho Temple Brothers of Rutland have
bought the Maple Grove stock farm near
that city, on the creek road more commonly
known aS the Baxter farm. Tho purchased
the farm includes the stock. farming
the original farm in October. 1874. Strips
Of land ON each side Of the ''creek''
road were bought and tho farm now has be-
tween $50 and 800 acres, and lies in the city
of Rutland and in the towns of Rutland and
Clarendon. General Baxter erected pract-
cally all OF the buildings now on the original
place. The city water was piped to the
buildings. 1t is estimated that the general
spent between 900 and 800, 600 on his
country seat.
Vermont's great prima donna. Mary Howe
LAWN made such u pronounced success in
Wiesbaden at the royal opera In January
that she has been engaged there for the bal
ance OF the season rs star The Wiesbaden
opera house Is Emperor Williams favOrite
theatre. Mrs. LAWN was the soloist at the
Dresden Philharmonic concert Feb. Is, and
was received with great enthusiasm, being
recalled. even after u double encore. she
also appeared ut the. Royal Opera in Des-
mold, Feb. "a.
Residents Of Essex and Clinton counties
New York, are making an effort to have
Lake Champlain and its tributary streams
stocked with fish. They claim the fishing
appealed to the state fish culturist. He
says that efforts on the part of the state au-
thOrties will be unavailing until the senti-
ment OF the counties mentioned is against
netting fish. Mention Is made that protec-
tion is especially due the fish during spawn
Ing season.
The town report of the town of Thetford,
Orange county, shows that the town has
perhaps the beIt record OF any in the state
In some valuable particulars. During the
year 1897 there were In the town. which has
u population Of about one thousand, 26
youngest was 36 years old, and the average
age was G3 years, six months and four days.
Thetford ought to do we'll by advertising
itself ~ a neutral sanitarium.
James I.athrop of Lincoln took off his
coat and hung 1t up In the barn while mov-
Ing some hay the other day. When he came
back after 1t he found that S5G.6O which had
been In the pockets was missing. He sus-
pected Julius Hepburn and wife, who had
been staying at his house, and had them ar
rested. About half the missing amount was
found on Them and at the hearing before the
grand juror they were held in bonds of 800
for trial.
BY the recent accidental discharge OF
rife Charlie, the 15-year-old son OF W. ID.
Hart OF Windham, met with painful acci-
dent. He loaded the rifle and put on a cap,
but did not shut down the hammer then he
placed the rifle on the floor with enough
force to dischargeit. The ball went through
his neck between the cord and jugular vein,
and his face was blown full of powder. No
serious results are expected.
l.. b. Harris OF Lyndonville, who has bred
Shropshire sheep for many years and who
natural conditions under which the best re-
suits in sheep raising can be attained are
foundin In Vermont and in Washington county.
Pa, and In a portion OF West Virginia. but
thut Vermont has the advantage because
good land can be had here for less than I'm
the two other states.
Ernest Tilton. formerly OF CRANKY. was
arrested Mt Sutton. p. O., and lodged in the
Jail ut Sweetsburg, on II charge OF bringing
stolen goods into Canada. The prisoner
who is only about II years of age, stole a
horse at Enosbugh Falls, VT, and drove it
communicated with those on the Canada
and the result was the arrest OF Tilton.
Mrs. Clark OF East Lyndon, 81 years old.
lives all alone does her own work, shoyels
her own snow paths In the winter and In the
summer makes and cares for her garden
and raises her own vegetables. At 20 years
old she broke her wrist, and 1t has been
trouble to her all her life. A year ago she
broke the other and was forced to bring the
lame one into all kinds OF service.
Arthur Oaks, who lives on the outskirts of
Bennington saw five deer in one herd last
week. They were near where large buck
was found dead a few days before. The
next day young man living in IN opposite
direction saw three together 1t is thought
that they came out OF the woods to get rid
of travelling through the deep snow, which
now was quite soft
H. H. Reed OF Jamaica, while working in
the woods met with an accident, a snow slide
covering him completely. 1t was good luck,
however. that his little boy Roy. six years