Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-03-19
General Vermont News.

Is half the size the STATUE will be. 1t Is "A CON
| c"ption OF Barns rs tn" "Powman Bard.
and does not .as all statues do,represent HIM
| In his later days when in Edinburgh. n" i,
represented here as coming home from the
| fi,id after his day work. his coat over one
arm and roll of manuscript in his right
hand. He appears in m.dtn,ion, rs ii some
new thought had caused him to stop on hi,
way for reelection. The pose Of the figure
Is natural and full OF life. The model j. by
J. Massey Rhind of New York. sculptor OF
Edinburgh, Scotland, who came Ia this
| country eight years ago on his wedding
journey. He was commissioned by one of
the Astors to do some work for a Trinity
church memorial aud it won such rrrog-
milton that he has not yet been able To- re-
turn To his native country because OF orders
he has received here. When the Burns cluh
had decided on design for the monument
some correspondence was had with Mr..
Rhind in regard to an original conception
for statue, and he offered to undertake the
commission and to aid the club financially in
It's audablc purpose.
But few people can go to the spot where
Fort Drlianrr stood ON the Barnard farm.
now owned by James Caldwell 1t was
built in lI'O ~ II protection for the settlers
against the Tories and Indians and un-
duuHt"lly. with the one at Bethel. saved
the inhabitants from second invasion.
The Tories carried away rs prisoners
Prime" Haskell. Timothy Newton and
Thomas Wright. All were taken from the
farms now owned by Henry u. Putnam.
Solon u. N"aton aud George Wright. New
ton aad Wrgh, escaped the same year. Has
krl Wis guarded closer ON account of his
being II surveyor. but Was released tho next
spring. The fort was commanded by Cap
tain Benjamin Cox. who held commission
from the United States. The garrison was
recruited from Barnard Pomfret, Wood
\
ny Jonathan carpenter " soldier from
iomtret, during the ilrst campaign. Is IN eN-
is'ence, ana owned ny H. a. PERKINS OF the
h"t'ann heraih, anu VIII De puDiished ~
me history OF the Tort Barnard should
erect som" Rlnd OF monument to mark the
spot where the women anu children took
refuge from alarms. which were frequent
during the la'l OF l'Ho'
s.ns,,ion w.s ,.,ussd rs..,t,v in pr,,,Ia-
horn hv thr discovery NJ N many nnoinw .S
ciledly bnck and rorth nj whnt annenrej to
br the north shor, NJ the island bnt vhicl,
proved 70 he the edge or the lea hevonI lie
was yrsticuIatiny SioIentlv and evsrv frw
seconds stnoninS md "rabhiny hn9druis
of snnw and n,n nwa,inc 70 his mnnth
p.,,In ,atnh.J nvHaa,i, s,a hiu,
nlnn,. intn the rivrr Will. otbsrs hmr
rieI +, ihe srene nmon,, tbnm Ofiicer
Hail who hnI hern trInnhomed for md
vhn .rrnr,d him and hrouyht hin, T.,
t;rrene's drug s,nre tnlenInne 70 thn
Brattleboro Retreat brought DR.. Colder who
Carpenter. who had recently returned there
and who had his Freedom, as 1t is called,
not being confined. He had. as 1t appears.
become violent, anu gong down from the
END OF Walnut street, had crossed the river
on the lee, through deep snow at point
where the chances OF death were many t"
one.
A man named Amos Calkins. Il soldier of
the war of 1872, took out in 1885 in Rutland
county, VT, a license to wed Sarah Breed
For thirty wears the couple lived together
thinking the license was sufficient to make
them man and wife. Then Calkins died and
his widow came to Iowa to live with her
SON. A. few weeks ago she engaged
tno scIalees VI L. =. Meich"W,
t - "ss' ha. W steo p,lIir puhI,oh "neh n
po"i I ~, asa nh ,iiai,sn is ~. ~ Ln.hins wus nc-
nhueI i,t si,o Plouu.tu .me 'ie-Worh .cens''
uad3in "a, u.e ti. tuIs,iHnu" % % @ aaa' ~,
,iI1s MTiuI11ns wv, % sooh Pia.o' ' ono nus s@ono''' @
tiui', , ~, GU a.u Sio'.s @
thnt tha a ' aru s'npam,o ian, ~ ..ain
N.h. .n" ,',,, m"te hes.a @ '1sai! ulii' ma
i MeI'nsnt s, WIZ 'uy Tue i"c.s oeipre tue pen
s,,,iit a,Ji "h'io ,n .ne h9p. .ua, ,no '1up'ns
esnte% e' nc "Stehli.hin, III errian may on
, "' ,l". IN ;S,.,s; aa' III .o",9. %
it impossible to get a pension. Mrs. Calkins
I. ,ao,,s e. ban ,ho ,.,,,o.,, ,;,, ,,,o. ,,,
l.'om 'oo,ne ~ "I Wv, s oP'nion ti"' 'no
fti;nps,i'Ia on5 Nnr,hU,ld % ;o i;,ni, w. ~" h,,I,
tt ,;, ",'u ,oa. Thnuo - =, ~ "I o','
,ms nsi,;nm u 'Mana Ths - im;n" t "p-
p,o.,;,I pos,UI III, n iinsu % pn. op.I,oa '"o'1,
hot tha nronnSaI ronJ wnn,% 10
,n"c b.ttsr pthina fon pr"ttiahoro wvh ~ ,,,,,
snr u;nSIni. T'ha trada w"nI,, %n
i;re,v 10 nn to nrattlshoro onJ tIins
dale merchants would suffer. That has long
been the feeling In Brattleboro, and OF course
is an argument in favor OF the road from the
Bratttleboro standpoint. One great difficulty
is to raise the funds. There has been talk
of bonding Brattleporo but many OF the
strong men OF the town hardly believe that
can be legally done.
rho u.oo,. a.,.h -, ,,,,o,a, ,t H., Of G,
Johnsbury, daughter OF Henry G. Ide. ex.
chief justice of Samoa, recalls q pretty in
cident of her childhood. She was little
girl when she went with her father to Sa-
mOa. She became great favorite with
Robert Louis Stevenson. She was born on
Feb. 80, and grieved greatly because she did
not have birthdays As often rs other girls.
Mr.. Stevenson, noting her disappointment,
% io o' w""," soo tnni mo' , t "mt Jah
u", i", !, Wv har VIZ '''' "ee"
'"s
A decision has been rendered in the case
of the town Of Guilford against Myron l..
Corbett Of Bernardston. which was heard
before Justice j. II. Merrifleld. The defend
ant. who was overseer OF the poor for Ber-
nariston in the year 1896, was charged with
aiding and assisting one Mary Porter to be-
come u resldent OF tnlitoru contrary to
vermont law. Judgment was rendered Tor
the plaintiff: Damages were placed ut s4O
and costs. The case was appealed to the
county court.
Georoe IT Wi,der NJ Mammalian tho wsu.
known finte md niccoio soioist has hoar
committ.,d 70 tbe asvnm NJ Wntarhnr,.
While Mr.. Wilder is not exactly insane, the
continued use of drugs and liquors has made
this course necessary and 1t is thought that
in time he may recover Mr.. Wilder has
filed engagements with some OF the best
musical organizations i'm the country
, , ,,,,
,r, Lieut.. Uoi. EHwar9 ID. Miilisloh OF the
- th & % ..,, ~ nn o'iume, % 1a