Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-11-12
~JOB WCNn
CensIa| Vermont News.

Wilmington is 10 have ntw :; 90 school
house.
Mrs. Mary Burke OF MtIdehury is dead,
aged 81.
Nelson Richards ul rauton is dead, aged
IS years.
The first public library in Middlrbury WAS
established IN 1898.
Rutland schools gave s2J6S to the lafay-
ette monument fund.
A More,own mau shot u deer in the streets
OF that village recently.
A Woodford man has two sons named
Cleveland and Mckinney
ID. =. Hall OF South Cabot has sold six
beagle hounds to 90 10 New Jersey.
Mrs Bolsey. " dow Of the late Lyman
GrAndy Of Ianton, l. drai. aged Oh.
Company II were mastered ont OF service
| and paid oil Oh Oct. -, ut Montpelier.
The cornerstone Of the new Congregations
al church at Bristol WAS laid on Oct. u.
lev. &. T.. Fay closci his pastoratr with
the congregational church at Newport ON
Oct. 30.
4. A. Smith of Randolph sold 90 barrels of
apples from Il SINAI, orchard At 50 per
| barrel
Michael Clark Of BURLINGTON fell through
an old roof he was repairing recently ana
was seriously injured.
Mrs. Almila Greeneuf Ripton has just died
aged "A at her home, where she had lived
Almost han II century.
Westticli is TO have u public library and
museum building. A. L. Hickcock having
given the town - 900.
Ms. Mary thupiu Noe, wife OF the pre-
suins c..,t ot the Rutnnd district NJ. 4.
cn..rn. l. ucad, rStd jH.
Chu.ies Brown vi Jonrsbrook. WaitSheld,
has tho haudsOmeSt Devon oxen III the state.
1ney weigh $500 pounds.
COWS sold at auction the other day at $40,
potatoes 80 cents Il bushel, spring pigs tor
s1.5O, huy for 5000 II ton.
Mrs. Phelena Moore of Newfane has es-
! taD.isned free puDi,c library in her home
| and donated 4UUO volumes
Edward Webster, son Of Rev. Mr. Webster
; OF Swanton, is the Republican candidate for
mayor VI Minneapolis, Mimi.
over twenty carloads OF rails for the
HlnesDurg electric road have arrived and
are Ueing distributed and iaid
| The new Rutiaud owners have secured an
| option on the bennington railroad, and 1t
| VIII Ue part OF the new system.
i Miss Josephine Hibbard Of Chelsea was
| attacked by II cosset lamb recently and In
tracas she fell, breaking her hip.
DR.. David Randall Of Morrisville is dead
| He WAS one VI the oldest and most respect
GU pnyslclanS III LaHlOlle county.
The Andersonvlle prison bean bug has
| appeared in Winooskl. Postmaster Spuor
| has II collection in Il bottle at the office.
Joseph Lushulle of Barre had an arm 30
| badly crushed between TWO blocks OF gran
| lie recently that it had to be amputated.
| Chelsea; is to have an up-to-date electric
| light SYSTEM The old shoe shop and power
! IN which over S25, 900 was sunk IL utilized.
Bishop Atwell Of East Missouri has been
| Visiting Ilends in Vermont. He was rector
OF S,. fadl's, Burlington, for fourteen years.
Arthur $. Austin, Esq, formerly OF Chel-
| SEA, and county clerk OF Orange county, 10
| confined in an insane asylum in Washington
| state.
Francis Hall an old resident Of NJ ont peler.
| Is dead. uged ~ years. He had lived in that
| city for ABOUT 81 years. He was born in
| Canada.
| Joshua c. Stafford, 73 years old, Of Gull
| ford is dead. He WAS born in Readsboro,
| but he had been u resident OF GuilfOrd for
the past fifty years.
George Partridge, formerly OF Randolph,
| but now OF San Francisco, has been elected
vice president OF the Pacific Coast AssOcia-
| ton Of Native Sons of Vermont.
! L. ID. Blackwell has secured the power on
| Sucker brook east Of Brandon and will bring
| 1t to that village. The fall is $50 feet and 1t
will develop 1000 horse power
William Terry of Randolph has II couple
Of culiositits III the way OF cabbages From
| one stump there have grown two fine heads
ard from another stump five heads, small,
but rerIect
The large barns owned by q. H. Clark ut
| East Montpelier have been destroyed by fire
| together with their entire contents includ-
| ing 40 hogs IA COWS, four horses and 10
tons OF hay.
Mrs. Orville A. Briggs of Williamstown
may be partially crippled for life In one leg
as the result OF the Kick OF heifer. Her
| husband was kicked and killed by u COW
few years ago.
The Cold Spring of Moretown paid 50
cents for per cent. milk. The highest test
was 4.S0 The lowest test was 1850. The
average test was Alt. The average number
Of pounds OF milk received per day was
6534.
| the Jonesville Cooperative ut JOnesville
paid so cents for per cent. milk The high
| est test WAS 4.l0. The lowest test was 1866.
The average test was 395. The average
number Of pounds of milk received per day
was 5000.
The State Pharmaceutical association
elected its annual officers ut Montpelier rs
follows President, W. L. Terrill; LIST vice
End vice president, z. Is. Hopkins OF Bran
don; 3rd vice president, A. j.. butcher OF st.
Adams; secretary. W. il. Root of Brattle-
boro: treasurer,F. W. Pierce OF Chester.
The lfth annual convention of the Addi-
| son County Sunday ay-schOol association was
held ut Weybridge Nov. and 4. Rev. G.. l..
Story, general and field secretary of the
state Sunday association. G. W. Os-
| good and others prominent i'll Sunday y-schOol
| work were present and addressed the con-
ventiOn.
| General Lafayette on his tour through
| the state accompanied by Governor Van
Ness und suite, the lieutenant governor,
General Mower and aids, stopped overnight
at the Brackett tavern. now the annex Of the
Maplewood ut Randolph Centre4 This was
on Tuesday, June %, 1925. The party was
enthusiastically received there and also at
| ROY alton.
| During a recent storm the Masonic mOnu-
| ment on Bird mountain in CastletOn was
struck BY lightning and completely demoi-
ished. There were over 1000 brick OF marble,
| granite, etc, used in its construction, and on
| each one was the name OF its donor and the
number and location OF his lodge.
Joseph Twombly OF Burlington. who en-
| listed In the Spanish American war. has
| asked to be admitted to the soldiers home
| at Bennington, tue war department having
| recommended that he be admitted to this or
| any other home. He Is suffering from para-
| ysis. The present Legislature will be asked
| to provide accommodations for deserving
applicants who were in the war just closed.
| at the Vermont home.
| Charles Il. Harrison has left Vergennes
| for his home at Asbury Park. y. j. The
| new macadanized road. which he has been
| experimenting in construction, Is COM
| ple,ed. Six hundred and forty-ilve feet
| have been built.new cutters opened. grading
| done and the excayated material has been
drawn upon the Dads and graded at the ex-
| pense Of $500, the sum appropriated lust
| spriny This is but the beginning OF i'm
| proved roads in that city and vicinity.
| Tcacher-And now can any little boy
| or s,l tell me- the name of the man who
cried because he had no more worlds to
CONQUER!