Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-05-27
Gehsfa| Vermont News.

han In 1898.
Ch ,rles +. Thurher has been appointed
postmaster at Fairlee.
The new Methodist church at Rutland will
~ dedicated on May Is.
The Western Union messenger boys at
Rutland now wear blue uniforms.
Mrs. Albert II. Tuttle of Rutland Is dead,
aged 20. She was born In Middleton.
The Rutland county creamery at PittsforJ
= receiving 1000 pounds OF milk per day.
The Lincoln Lumber company employs
!3 men and its pay roll is over 800 week.
The Bennington machine works is to build
he machinery fora big paper mill in Fin
land.
W. b. Bullock OF the Newport Express and
Standard has been enjoying a trip through
Virginia.
A rece It fire at Windsor destroyed u barn
and badly damaged two houses near it,
Loss :l3UJ.
Rev. q. b. Lawson OF Bennington is in
san Francisco attending the National Bap-
list convention.
Glenn Tarbell of Ludlow has leased the
Queen City Park hotel. near Burlington,
and opened it for the season.
new barn. to take the place of the one
destroyed by fire. has been raised on the
nome farm Of Josiah Grout ut Derby.
The Vermont Marble Co. Of Proctor has
he contract to furnish the marble for the
new building of the Washington S:ar.
The receipts of the Rutluni postolllce
nave been greatly increased since the Off
'es OF the .. Il l.. Z. road were moved
there.
=. j. Farrell, who has been treasurer of
me Newport savings bank since 1t was or
yanized, has resigned and will remove to
Oregon.
Allen Adams. II, fell from freight car Mt
West Rutland on May IS and was run over
and sustained such I'M uries that he died the
same day.
Rev. John Ingersoll, the father Of Robert
Il. lnSersoll, the agnostic, WAS for many
iears the minister Of Il church at New Haven
IN Addison county.
j. q. Ullery is building new block at
Brattleboro to accommodate his large lob
printing business He publishes Pettingill's s
Newspaper Directory.
Richard Burgess, the engineer at the
.'halnplain shops In Burlington dropped
lead recently in the engine room. He was
In perfect health when last seen
)nly few minutes before.
Pond, has 563 polls, and grand list OF
s193O.65 1882 horses, 535 COWS. 20! hogs and
snly 10 oxen are kept in the town.
Harry Jeffords OF Barre discovered In
Brookileld II peculiar kind of stone. He
brought back Il small slab he found on ton
of the ground and has had /; polished. 1t
seems to be very handsome varieyated
red marble.
Aaron G. Hitchcock has given to the town
)f Westeld u deed OF one half an acre of
land and has turned over to the town treas
lrer about $40, ,OO0 chiefly in mortgage notes
'or the purpose OF erecting building to be
lsed as public library and museum and for
furnishing and endowing the museum.
commencement has already been made.
|. Il. Chase of Blue Earth City, Mimi, a
,ormer resident OF JAY has been appointed
~ the governor sergeant-at-arms OF the
Legislature for the term OF two
iears and has moved to the state capital.
noteworthy feature of Mr.. Chase's ap-
1ointment Is the fact that he Is a true blue
Republican, while the governor is a Populist.
tie Is veteran OF the civil war and was
'aptan of II company during the Spanish
war
Since the high water has subsided and
ater measurements have been made OF the
Bolton Falls dam 1t is quite evident part If
not all of the dam will have to be taken
down and reconstructed. The bulge, which
only about seven inches before the
nigh wnter, now measures between five and
'esen feet 1t is not yet known who will
Dear the loss, but 1t will probably fall on the
contractors. There is also probability OF
expensive litigation.
II. e. Lane Of Burlington recently
launched novel craft on Lake Champlain,
which consists Of Il sawmill built on flat
bottomed boat or scow, with an upper story
In which II family will live. This novel
of house boat and floating saw
mill naturally attracts no little attention
1t goes. Mr.. Lane has taken his
craft up the Lamoile river, where he will
saw some logs, and later will visit various
points along the lake.
Twenty-Five out toftwenty-thrce of road COM
missioners Of Addison county met at the
Addison recently. After some remarks by
State Highway Commissioner Wall, @. L.
LeBpuf OF Vergennes was chosen chairman
and Fred Hammond OF Middlebury secre-
tary. Mr.. LeBGuf spoke Of the piece OF
permanent road which was recently built in
vergennes and general discussion fol-
lowed. Much enthusiasm was manifested
and all present agreed to do what they could
to advance the cause Of good roads.
The prospect that the Bellows Falls and
Saxtons River electric road will be put
through this summer is about as bright as
1t has been at any time during the past few
months. George A. Weston, one Of the pro-
mOters OF the road, says that one OF the
greatest obstacles at the present is the ex-
cessive land damages claimed by some OF the
landowners. One in particular, f. c. Fairbank,
whose barn is now In the public highway
some six or eight feet asks that they dig q
cellar for his barn and run it into the same.
grade his lawn. put up whichever lawn Is nec-
"ssary. concrete his driveway, 500 feet long
and three yards wide, and give him $3.50
besides.
The truth Of story which comes from
Marlboro is vouched for by the son OF the
minister OF the church in which the incident
occurred. One OF the communicates OF the
an elderly farmer, fell to snoozing
while the parson eXpounded his theme, and
soon u snore OF generous proportions d.
verted the attention OF the congregation
from parson to farmer. The farmer was
soon reused from his sesta, and while he
was emerging from an unconscious to con-
scious state he stretched his arms In the Dir
and exclaimed, "Well. s'pose I've got ter
20 ter milkin' agn." The parson was some.
what taken back ut the farmers sudden ex-
pression and it is said that it was some min.
utes before he could resume his discourse In
n logical manner.
Hubbard h McClary have perfected rail.
road tandem bicycle. 1t is designed espe-
cially for railroad section men, station
agents, road masters, bridge builders, tele-
graph men and others engaged in railroad.
ing. The machine weighs but 1876 pounds
and can be propelled with ease by ono or
Two riders at the rate OF 20 miles an hour.
1t is so constructed that an outfit Of tools
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