Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-17
General Vernon News.

Burlington's check list contains 1882
names.
The Charlotte check list contains over
$50 names
Mrs Maria S. Smith of Berlin is dead,
aged 20 years.
The creamery at Bloomington was de-
stroyed by fire.
The new graded school building at
Bristol is almost finished.
Mrs. n. Il. Ryan of Brattleboro was
found dead in bed recently.
Jim Garry. Brattleboro's s old pitcher, Is
center field in the Buffalo club.
Il. l.. Herbert of Montpelier is the new
station agent at West Hartford.
Mr.. and Mis-. Chandler Peck of Char
lotto have just celebrated their golden
wedding
Tie Montpelier Y. NJ. G. A. has called
r.. ii. Merrill of Richmond, Va, to be its
secretary.
c. X Bates of New York. who has q
summer home in Derby has just died
there suddenly.
William Palmer. formerly Of the Ner-
Eennes Citizen. viii soon start paper at
Nestp"rt y. Y.
t.. Nj. Allen has been appointed post
master AT Guilford, and Il. w. Putnam
at Putnamsvillc.
Hal. Miner of Bennington. pitcher for
the L.. V. NJ. team, has signed with
New Hampshire club.
Joseph Gutohell of burlington caught
pickerel in Spauding's bay recently
that weighed 1874 pounds.
Rev. J. A. Leach of SaXton's River Is
the Republican candidate for town rep
! resentativr in Rockingham.
p. II. Hinkley. for ~ years a justice Of
the peace at Montpelier, retlres this year.
He has tried over 800 cases
Rev. and Mrs. Winsom of Cabot are
home from India. where they have been
as missionaries for 2S years.
Isaac Thomas of New Haven, Conn.,,
succeeds Professor Landon as principal
! of the Burlington high school.
Application will be made to the legisla-
ture for a charter for AN electric railroad
from Bellows Falls to Grafton.
Nj. II. Ray and Il "A. Norwood of Bel
lows Falls. start for Porto Rico next
month to engage in some business.
DR.. w. w. Brock. son of Hon. j. w.
Brock of Montpelier. is soon to open an
osteopathic sanitarium in that city.
Mrs. Amanda Stebbins of Westford, an
old lady. was run over by Mr.. Du-
charme and very seriously injured.
During the three days rains from Aug.
2i2G inclusive "a inches of water fell
in Addison and Chittenden counties.
n. s. Eddy, the wrll-known Burlington
caterer. will r,ovc TO Bellows Falls and
h;.v" charge of the depot restaurant.
Connecticut river tobacco growers say
| the crop this year is better than a Klon-
,iil,a onll mi, hlippS q
| pound.
Wesley Brewster visited his daughter,
Mildred at the Waterbury asylum re-
| Gently. and says she will be able to return
home this fall.
| Lawrence Cannon of Bellows Falls
was thrown from his wheel during BIZ
| cycle race at Littleton. N. H.. and was
seriously injured.
Ludlow republicans nominated ChaS.
II. Howard. leading business man. by
n vote of 20S to 40 for L. G. Fullom,
| prominent farmer.
The Barre Democrats have nominated
, City Attorney George T. Swasey on To-
cal option platform. The independents
have named Harvey Hersey.
Louis I.amson of Winooski. who so
shamefully beat his wife recently, was
ldhCil " W pDuiu dt tHe
| house Of correction for Ill days.
Dr. f., A. Smith of Brandon has been
| nominated for town representative BY
the Republicans in one of the largest
caucuses ever held in that town.
| Mrs. Fay Miles of Ferrisburg. cele-
| bratcd her 18th birthday last week. She
had u different presents,T congratulated
her and she received - silver dollars.
A gang of young boys at Planfield
that has been breaking into houses.
stores etc. has been broken up by the
arrest and punishment of the ringlead-
| ers.
The field day of the Rutland county
| courts of Foresters at Rutland was
great success, over 1000 persons being
| present. The societies will clear over
| $1,000.
| Horace T.. Woodruff. a retired hard
| ware merchant and one of the most re-
spected citizens of ST. Johnsbury. aged
-. dropped dead from heart failure re-
Gently.
over 125 patients have been treated at
tn? Heaton Hospital, Montpelier the
past year, and only Is have died. OF
| these T. were pronounced incurable
when taken.
Bert Browey of Newport was run into
by another team on dark night re-
Gently, thrown from his carriage and
had an arm broken, besides receiving
other injuries.
| over a mile of maca damized road has
| been built by the United States in front
of Fort Ethan Allen this year, where the
| highway was almost impossible on ac-
count Of sand.
q. NJ. Meder Of Calais has brought
suit against his wife for divorce, and also
against Eli Horton Of Berlin for alien
atirg his wife's affections, ETC., placing
the damage at $4,000.
EiGhty-eight of the 1873 voters of Dam
by have signed an appeal to the voters
Of Rutland county to vote against s. L.
Griffith. one of the candidates for sena-
tor from that county.
Mrs. t. G. Brown of Chelsea while
helping her husband skid logs recently
had n leg broken. Another Chelsea wo-
man while picking apples fell from the
tree and broke an arm.
AS A. F. Roberts Of Brattleboro was
going to a ball game in Jacksonville a
tree was blown over across the road and
he narrowly escaped being killed. AS it
was he was injured by the limbs.
Hon. Whitelaw Reid of the New York
Tribune. one of the peace commissioners.
and S. r. Galloway, president Of the New
York central, were the guests Of DR.. w.
Seward Webb at Shelbourne recently.
Edison Dunton of East Charlestown
has Jersey hefer. 18 months old that
gives daily q pounds of rich milk The
animal was until recently in summer
pasture, with only feed of millet night
| and morning.
The Howe scales company Of Rutland
Is rushed with orders; the F. r. Patch
| manufactory and other iron manufac-
| turing M MICS oil doing q good