Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-05-20
General Vermont News.


A. c. Hail. u prominent citizen OF Essex
Junction. is dead, aged II.
Dolly Gitchsll has been commissioned
postmstress ut Bradford Centre.
William +. Hasford OF Charlotte died re-
Gently. He was prominent farmer.
Montpelier has 270O taxpayers. Il net gain
OF over 500 over 1898 The list is so, 900
larger.
Burlington bad boys broke into freight
car loaded with sugar aud stole two hun
dred pounds.
W. and d. u. Crane Of Burlington have
each given S25OO to the Vermont academy at
Saxton's River.
Charles NJ. Sanborn. II farmer OF Hartford,
has filed his petition in bankruptcy. His
liabilities are 924S6. and assets Sa29S 80.
The Montpelier h Barre electric road has
been sued for $4,000 by j. A. Roebling Sons
Il Co. of New York for material used in
building the road.
L. Is. Patterson OF Bennington caught in
| the Walloomsac one day last week, from one
| hole, IA trout that weighed eight pounds.
| The catch was one Of the best made this
| season.
The employees OF the Lane Manufacturing
| company Of Montpelier, we're agreeRbly sur
| prised on pay day to learn that tho company
had instituted II general raise in th"!- wages
of 10 cents per day, taking effect May i.
| w. j. Bigelow Of Burlington an Hon. j b.
| Pickett Of Bradfori, taxation commits
sioners. met for the first time ut Montpelier
last week and laid plans for prosecuting the
special work entailed by their appointment.
Robert A.Lawrence, 90. of the University
! Of Vermont, by invitation. will read Lin
coins address at Gettysburg ut the public
exercises Of Stannard post. ,. q. A. H.,
which will be held ut the opera house Me-
mortal day.
The Baptist state Sunday school conven-
tion will be held ut Barre the first week in
June. and June l3, II and 10 the state con-
vention Of the Congregational churches.
number Of speakers of national reputation
will be present.
The following bankruptcy petitions have
been filed: William D. Upton of st. Johns
bury. Liabilities, S33O.a assets, Sl2O.
Charles Lyon of Lyndon. Liabilities, s363-
%; assets 22O. Charles Sanborn of Hart
land. Liabilities, $24S6; assets. 9229S.5O.
Miss Lovina Weatherhead, 9has just died
mt her home in Bruttleboro from tho effects
OF an injury caused bya fall two years ago.
She was one of IL children Of John and
| Olive Weatherhead Of Guilford, and is sur
yved by one brother, Charles. of that town.
Incendiaries have attempted to burn Ben
ningtOn. Fire was discovered in the storehOuse
Of the L. l.. Sibley Novelty Co. and caused n
| loss OF $1,000. Half an hour later store
house in another part OF the village was dis
covered in flames.
Willard Holden, for many years the pOpu-
lar mail clerk between Montpelier and Lan-
caster, n. H.. has just died Of Bright's dis
ease, aged 90 years. He went to Montpelier
in 1880 when appointed On that route anu
has lived there ever since.
r. NJ. Spaulding of Rutlanl has a contract
| 4, k, Tpta Al IN
furnish its Bellows Fails mills 1900 cords Of
| pulp wood. He now has quite u force of
| men employed on this extensive contract in
ths woods in Ira and other points in the
vicinity.
Capt. Henry W. Hovey, Co. l.. Twenty
| fourth United States infantry. well known
among members OF the National Guard, has
| been ordered with his company to Alaska to
| relieTe two companies OF the Fourteenth
United States infantry, which are to join the
rest of that regiment at Manila. Mrs. Hovey
and the children will remain at Northtield
during the captain absence.
President psrcival W. Clement OF the Ilut-
land railroad has bought the feet of eight
freight boats of the Ogdensburg Transport
tation company. This completes the Rut-
| lands through line to the west, the Rutland
road having bought the Ogdensburg and
Lake Chumplain railroad and being now en-
| gagged in building u 45 miles line from Rouses
Point. n Y, to connect with the Rutland ut
Burlington.
The following vermonters have been al
lowed pensions: Original, William Jackson,
Castleton, Ss; additional, Jacob W. Bennett,
Rutland, So; increase, AFRO. ID. Bradish
Proctorsvil!e. $12 to 5l4; original, widows,
ETC.. Mar, g. Bohannon; Alburgh Springs,
49, original, Judson l. LOOMS, bennington,
IS; increase, Joseph Farnum. johnson, 80;
to $12; Samuel B. Higgins, Newfane, $G to
$3, original, widows etc., Lydia A. South
ard, Castlcton $s.
Postmaster W. p. Donahue Of Proctor,
who is slowly recovering from typhoid
fever, will go abroad for the benefit Of his
health. He will leave New York by the
American liner st. Paul for Southampton,
England, and proceed from there to Lon
don, where he will remain week or two.
From London he will go to Ireland, making
a tour OF the country. Crossing over to
France he will do Paris for q few weeks and
will return home by way Of Southam pton.
He expects to be gone about two months.
Station Agent John Markham. who has con-
templated taking IL long vacation, will
probably accompany MIR. Donahue on his
"trip.
)r. 10 H. Linsley, diector OF the state bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratory, has recently begun
q series of OK periments with the germs OF
various diseases, chiefly Of tuberculosis and
being used for tests OF the various food
products. with the view to ascertain the
value and physiological effects Of such
foods. There are also 10 rabbits being used
to determine the nutritive value OF artif-
cially digested foods. These animals are
weighed twice daily. and In cases Of death
an autopsy is performed to ascertain the
cause. July 10 AZ assembly Of the health
officers Of the various towns of the state will
convene to receive instructions In q new
line Of experimental work.
Contractor c. Blakeslce. with his brother
d. W. Blakeslee OF New Haven, Conn, ar
rived in this city the other morning to open
the work upon the Burlington Il Hinesburg
railroad. but met with difficulties before an
hour had elapsed in the form OF the three
suits against tho railroad which had been
instituted. These suits were accom-.
panied by attachments upon the road, rights
of way, etc. They are rs follows: j. ID
Hill. $3.50: Daniel Patrick. $4,000; and Jane,
II. McCreery, S4O0. The contractors were
planned to utilize gang of nearly 100 ltal
ian laborers, who lately stopped work OF
the Rutland Canadian extension. They now
hope to adjust matters SO that operation.
can be re-opened In few days.
Lucius NJ. Pitkin. formerly a resident o
Burlington, met trayid death at Colt!
Station, near Cleveland, Ohio. recently
While running to catch an electric car ht
had to cross the Lake Shore railroad JUS
as he reached the middle Of the track
west-bound passenger train struck and in
stantly killed him. Mr.. Ptkius body wa.
thrown high in the air and was badly man
gled. Several friends OF the deceased wit
messed the accident from the platform OF thu
electric car. The latter was stopped, and
number Of the passengers tenderly carried
the remains Of the unfortunate man to tn,
home he had left but a few minutes before
The deceased lived with his laughter ant
her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. o. =. Clay. Mrs
Pitkin died about a year ago. Mr.. PitkiI
was once butcher in Burlington. H.
owned and lived for long time in what 4
now the Sherwood House and later built ant
occupied the brick house on Cherry stree
now owned by Dr. H. T.. Colvin. Pitkii
street was named after him. Thirty-fve o
more years ago he'went to Cleveland wher
he became one OF the leading business men
being interested in many big enterprises. A
| the time OF his death he was president OF tn