Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-15
General Vermont News.

shire is dead.
Mrs. Trueman Dyke of JcTersonvile is
dead. aged -.
Wool buyers paid IL cents a pound in Ver-
shire, last week
The school tax in Vergennes Just voted is
40 cents on the dollar.
Mrs. Joseph Carpenter Of Randolph died
recently, aged 81 years.
james $. Morrill,. son of the late Senator
Morrill,, is ut Palm Beach. Fla.
V. T.. Tottcn has been convicted in the
Chlttendcn county court of highway robbery.
st. Johnsbury has bought II stone crusher
and will Improve Eastern avenue this season.
+. Il. Burton of the American House. Bur
linSton. and l.. Dwire of Lincoln. are recent
bankrupts.
Ira Drew of the st. JohnSbury Caledon-
ian has secured II position on the BurlinS-
ton Free Press.
The druggists Of Rutland have formed IN
association and reduced the price of all pa
tent medicines.
The Methodist church Sunday school ut
burlington numbers 594. with an average
att. ndancc of 3O4.
Edward Newton Of Winooski, three years
old. slid into burbed wire fence recently
and was badly injured.
+. L. DEMO of Hyde Park put his fingers
into buzz planer on March 30 and had
them promptly shortened.
Now the truckmen who drew the liquor to
the Montpelier agency are accused of steal
ing whole barrels of the stuff.
The Island Pond Savings bank gives no
tice that it will reduce the rate Of interest to
8 per cent. beginning May l. 1899.
Charles T.. Perrin OF Montpelier recently
bought $4,000 pounds OF wool for Boston
parties, paying lS to 20 cents Il pound.
Twenty cases under the new bankruptcy
law are being considered before David T..
Porter. referee for Caledonia county.
The jury in the case of the State vs.. V. T..
Totten. charged with highway robbery in
thittenden county, disagreed and was dis
charged
Truman FELTON,. who was committed to
tho house of correction about two months
ago for tramping, has been pardoned by
Governor Smith.
James Parmenter of Brook field has bought
the store aud stock of general merchandise
in that town of BodSett Bros. lie owned it
once before and sold out to Blodsett Bros.
Mrs. L. +. Wilson of the lea ding millinery
thblishment of Bethel for years has re-
moved her business to Franklin. y. H.. be-
cause of the depression of business in Bethel.
The Woman's club of Washington has
started II chain letter to raise funds to develop
the Washington granite quarries. 1t was
approved by their pastor and selectmen.
There is every prospect that Lake Dun
more Will be more popular as summer re-
sort than ever before. Many new cottages
will be erected and the hotels promise to be
fail.
The Randolph lecture course was very sue
cessful this season. Six good entertain
mrnts were given and Il net profit of S16.ll
was made VIII ch was given to the public
library.
Th" Wholesale grocery firm of Oh. Walk
er n TO =. of Burlington, has been reorSan
lied a. II stock company with u capital of
slOJ.OOJ under the name OF the Walker
Grocery Go.
The selertnen Of st. Johnsbury have Just
discovered that the law requires the school
directors to give bonds. None has been re-
Quired in that town in the past fifteen years.
Are other towns obcying the law?
R)bcr. Dollard.a farm aborer in Rocking
ham, mystcrously disappeared March 12,and
no trace of him has been found since. He
left Il month wages due to him and all his
clothing except what he had on.
George II. Moon OF Bennington has an
old muskrt that was found on the Benning-
ton battlefield 1t bears the date Of
lI6l and has an imprint of the British crown
with the initials Of King George.
The city clerk of Burlington has refused
the demand OF Mayor Sutton, cx-Judgc
Tory Z. Wales and others for recount Of
the votes east in the late city election. An
u! 60, ~ ."' .o",'''
nr1rse w. wing. Esd, OF Montpelier has
SUE" Wesley - brewster OF Huntington to
nn,,y ~ for IA is inf
Rrrxs,.r The cnnditinn 81 MI y, mrnn,st'' mmu.u
who is cn,anaI IN iho Wn,orh"r N,a' n,Jws.ei,
daily prowiny worsn and II ia ;hnm,ht sh,,
viii never Leave - '"'"s" III 'no
n,s,,nn.,a. ian -, nu,,
,, oS'.h"''or iiaIi .! burlington was ten
uereu ., " collpl,neh1asy banquet recently by
sne e'lpioyes vi .ne once on ms retirement
lrolii i1"r years service. lie mas made an
HN"o'e record US postmaster during hiA
t1rn a,a ,u;, 3D. - T., pcroy tooh possession OF the
once APrh ISL
p,nnd,, mnnd ha,uao,' toi.. "''S S miii uieuso
GI.ns E,iiu sor 49,, ',,n oneUiise anu
~ th. T..noh 0t ''u R R"I Vi ihu'ns leiics
ia,ts 90 piaod, ',a "nu inu,"n na Mais. on tne
itr of th,, iU~a nai, pon anu III tae near YEN
hi,oiin.t nnhts 81 % ~. NJ m,or ~",oa a Umo " 'nG
,,on,. roi;on tn.o =, ."t ma, ooouireu, anu
sahrss cannon halIs tomoha,vts orr"n,han,,
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Coillns Biakely OF Montpelier has sponge
that - wilhont doubt the largest one in the
world. 1t is Il inches high and six feet in
circumference; 1t belongs to London Il
VIII, wholesale sponge and chamois skin
dealers, Philadelphia. who are sending it
sponge il valued Mt si75 weighs ~ noundS
and It will hold half n barrel Of water hut
ns il takes so long to dry II the firm doaS NOT
allow il to be wet. NV
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l"ru .,t A.'o!n"y -, n VI narper Oh braulo-
no.o 't mrn' tiiI ~ nHu'" iononoerry recently 10
rIosec"t9 i, iio'uem lof ABUSING morse ana
ao ue.rs u.n i, w., VINO = is ,urher ana Is aDout
a. ,e,',, o,u' ""a is; "i.Isteu w Deputy SheriH
.'ieaI .h..emuy oh oonip'aiht aiIeglng that he
touse" I,o', us .oa'i, on uNers times petween
iIsi1n, an. w. Ai"tcn. .s uiiegeG that
1I'ii I, pI"s .,o nninia's WIN Pitcn'ork:
n,'i n,o,u.n p'e"uou sunty anu WAS nheu SiO
nm 'oa''' amounting 70 .io.So, which no
l"'u'
The Hotel Tuilleres was sold recentlv ot
Boston under foreclosure. and the Emnire
was sold March 3Oth. The hotels cost OVER
S4OO. 900 each. They were controlled bv
Henry $. MacKav. He occupied one of the