Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-01-22
General Vermont News.


Col. Ere lrricE Flnt"h'r. the "llrst, most
| prominent and the w'a'ttll II ttG'n OF 1t.
Johnshury. j. dead at IN, iNhn''i ny" "t
! VI years lie was II 'rn N"N. u. lSo'. at
! Wnoisiork. ". Il son OF Ja'n'' Fletcher. the
J last of ten children. H. SAW tn militia
! marching To the war ol Ni-hhi h'i"h r ST
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den. granddaughter of Ncrmont's disliu-
guishcd patriot and sa'c"man.Gov. Thomas
| thittenden, who died in 1891, and later to II
| sister Beuuh. who died in 1893. Three
children have been born tn thrm OF which
| only one is living cot Tru"man &. Fletcher
! of st. Johnsbury.
| Everett Younp n putt.rn maker in the
empioy of DIN scott. committed suicide.
| He left his wife AS usual mt dinner timo Fri
work i'm Cooper's mill When sha returned
| home about & o'clock she could not get into
! the house Sh,. waited nj n neirhbor's
! awhile and then went TO her fathers Later
! she came bnrk tried to yet into the hous.
| but not suc.ee ling returned TO her fathers
and r.nuiu,d over night SATURDAY. morn
ing she cam. down aud secured "A kew that
| ouened the door into the dining room. Her
husband was hanging between two
doors from n curtain pole that
he had run from one door to the other
He was entirely naked and his feet were
within an inch of the lloor. He was suspended
by II piece OF linen cloth. with two chairs
near by. from which he probably jumped.
Doctors say he have must been dead II
hours when found. He belonged to Mount
Anthony lodge and Temple chapter. The at
tending physician says that everything points
to temporary insanity. His family and
neighbors say that his domestic relations
were always pie'iSaiit' ie WIS ID YEARS o'"'
william, R,u,ds IN. ,f the most nromi-
sMt mam ,o"1s m h.ssr "s :" bos .nH s JI. & t h
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volunteers. From 1861 to ISIS he was pro.
bate iudre for the district of Windsor. He
held tho Office of states attorney in 1860 and
1861. MIR. Rounds was also a member of the
constitutional convention. In 1886 he was
elected assistant iudgrof the Windsor county
court, holding the Office until 1895, when Oh
account of failing health he was obliged to
grown feeble yerv rnpdly.
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,is, rit .uas holi IN ~. r,ams 81 ths W"na'
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w. fWnl,,"ta',, ""o I,I, MA W,t,;raI ,,rr.n
tice degree was conferred by st. Johns
lodge, No. Al, Franklin barney. Jr.,
W. M. Lectures were given i'm full.
In the evening the Master Masons'
degree was conferred by Woodstock lodge.
No 81. c. f.. Chapman. w. NJ. The list OF
lodges in the district include Rising sun.
No. 7. Rovalton: Vermont. No. Is. Windsor:
United Brethren, No. 2l, White River june
tion: Hartford, No. 10, Hartford; Wood
stock. No. 81, Woodstock; Rural, No. ~,
Rochester: st. Johns No. A. Springfed;
Lafayette, No. So, Cavcndish; Olive Branch
No. "a. Chester; Black River, No. s5, I.ud-
low; White River, No. 80, Bethel; Sharon,
No. 1O6, Sharon.
Rev. Charles y. Smith of Montpelier ia
dead, after an illness from cancer of the
stomach that had confined him to the house
for over year. Mr.. Smith was 73 years old.
He was a native of East Hardwick andu
graduate of the University of Vermont and
Andover Theological seminary. For II
quarter OF century Mr.. Smith was
secreLary Oh inc vermont pohies-
tic MlSsioh"ry soctcty ai" h't:r was
Ior twenty years eu'sor oL Tue vermont
Cnrohicie, the organ oi the oohereSal'oiai,
WIN aolllty. ms work LOT the missionary
society was ol lar-reachihS iilPortance uIl
tha stote Ha La ,oovns nn IN va1iI VIII, ,n,i
thraa ohiIdr.n
LA-Mayor ueoISe W. Wing Oh Mohtpei'er,
mas receVed letter from fiaSStai ,AfiIoha'
asking ior lnlornati0h concerning hugo
,nino,,,,n mhn u.as rilIad M III, nst.a, , ,.,,n
oan ET,r,s yyars h,in. ,nndo 20 and tha
msmber. 80 HE f,milw ~ ba ,ort % ~ In rm.. ..
aetota This will, 90 tc tbn ,t,,o II tba hai,s
At the annual meeting of the Bennington