Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
General Vermont News.


/ lrom Il recent entertainment.
James Allen, II prominent farmer Of Tops
han. died recently. aged 90.
There are 40! pupils in the Proctor
schools; 2O3 boys and l9J girls.
Briggs is the name of new postoffice
| just established in Bridgewater
Mrs. Marcellu l.. Moore of Plymouth died
recently on the 4tth anniversary of her mar
riaye.
Two Burlington men have been selling
! bsrr and were fined sl03.3j and Sl6S5 re-
; spcctivrly.
Chester man kicked his wife the other
| Lay with his bare foot and is nursing IA
b.oken toe.
Asa Potter of Mcndon is dead AGED IS
! years. He was II member of Company ID.
Second Vermont.
! Michael Wech of North Walpole and Miss
Mimic Cray were united in marriage re-
! Gently ut Bellows Falls.
Arthur Day of Wiiiamsyillc put his right
II md too near II buzz SAW the other day and
moarns the loss of two fingers.
DR.. Charles Bullock. formerly principal of
the Middlrbury graded school. has been ap-
| pointed to Il profcssorship in Williams col
leg.
spear Wilson, IA creamery firm at Wood
,N' '"'' "o'' "Ic'"ttu pauhrupts unuer
: sets s3244.SO
At the Briggs auction sale at Brandon
FIRST National bank stock of that town sold
ut $50 II share and Brandon National bank
sock ut $50 to go.
Rev. Andrew Gillies of Montpelier Meth
odilt church has been trnnsf.rr,,I tn 'Trov
II is probable that Rev. Mr.. Judkins, now at
windsor, Will be sent to Montpelier.
,hr,vn s,l, ~ toi u, na,i.hstoh was
,,i; ,, ,n''' ".I nie' o'u roc 'n.s, sho Peual
r ,'u ,,,a' u"Ip',E. ne retSNeu broken
"n III IN, LID udaI ""a o'"'hs 1T ~ A'o"hs girl
"" '"' 7,''""'N'
Peter Davis OF Northlleld recently drank
quantity Of carbolic acid which he had mis-
laNeh Tor spring medicine. MIR. Davis was
q! years old, Il native of st. Stephens. n. b.,
,,rn,i,,, ",,n HIS so"' i. W. Da'is,
'lhe Evolution OF an lnn" is neatly il
lustrated IN the lcatiot issued by the Wood
stock Inn this season. Several half tone
cuts are given showing flrst the old tavern
on 'Wooistork Green" in 1893, built by
Capt Israel Richardson, the old Eagle hotel
IL Us successive stages of growth. aud tho
present modern structure on its site.
The Grant. CITY trottiny n,rk at Rarro
has been leased to q. NJ. Delaney of Bur-
linyton and |. NJ Chus. and ! n Ala, M
of
with the privilege of renewing n. thr .nI ~,
that time for the periol of tan yenr. If thav
wish. Tho combination also has the lease
of the track nt waterbury nnI nromisns
some good races tho coming season.
The engagement il announced OF Miss
Kate Washburn of Waterbury to Baron Won
Rosenberg of Dresden. Germany. She had
lived with her mother in and near Boston
for several Years previous to 1897. In the
summer Of that year Mrs Wa.hburn went to
Europe with her daughter to perfect the
latter ) education in III Isic. Miss Kate had
become. und r. the best instruction Boston
afforded. ski!ful performer on the violin,
ana she had gone to Germany for further
instruction there. She has lived for the
most part In Dresden during her residence
abroad. Her marriage will take place in
June
Fire nearly DESTROYED Towns. boteI i, r.l
lows Fails n few nirht moo Fnra '' Will. ,h T.
seemed us if tn, w6oi, sGIara would VA ha Jn'
.troved in snitr of th,. az rs s ,hn 81. ne
Phr.neit allen ny the steam pumps OF the
,i ,iia..on"i ~, ner con pahy. me loss VIII
u" w. up toward Slooooo. of which only
p.'tt ~ covered ny insurance" The lire was
n's'o'eion "n"tr moor on the httn story
mS n . servant, p"t us origin Is unknown.
, nar' oi l''haioru Dniiham hotel furnitnre
Mns saw, out IL WaI bauly damaged by
T",fr: me stores III the block are those OF
';, a. Al. E".on 70, Jewelers. !. 1; knefe:
,ho' ,"o,s' anu - l.. andrews drMg'. Each OF
these ines. save some stock. The hotel was
sun Suat o co years ago ny Charles Towns and cost
9oo'ooo'
Frank A. Dutton OF West Derby, VT. who |
had been working in New port, shot himself |
on the train on the Boston T. Maine railroad
between East Fairfield and Fairfield recently. |
Those who saw the tragedy say that Dutton |
had displayed 10 remarkable nervousness or
unrasin"ss. but suddenly drew revolver |
and fired twice. After the second shot he |
dinJ im,nn,i,t,,. wa, u'inuii 'ii " no 80 anu
hndv nnnr ,h. hanr, Whn,, ,;, 1 .n1
Enirn.II ,I Wv "a ti'' .'",u ,o"cneu
tIonn.,'nr, 'Inh .u,2tapneu 70 St.
instrnctjnms md ,,, ".Jnn,L y. vi. t 'n ~. ~,
hoIv in thn s.n.i W ""7 n ,t,., ~ ~ P'aGe '.c
TnirGai,1 tn ,is, ,,,"ii', a., wHs w.. So.nS ~
p.ahad' ~ ,,,,N, r'7' " '.nnS .nS ny .'e huho vi
that 70 90 tn H,S.,,i,m'.atts s Thn ,a h,'i, az
n Jrinkin " mnm h,t tha,, n ,moy 9"s ] mo Is
f,r ,I,,, H., '''' '"' 'noy e"' S"e ho re"soh
Rev. Lewis Grout has done IA valuable SER
vice in gathering up the materiui for his
monograph on the Origin and EARLY Life
of Brutlr6oto' ana pattiny it in available
and permanent form in IA neat pamphlet OF
3l pnyes. lie begins with the earliest bisto-
ricnl times when the Suuakhcay Indians
owned and occupied all the region. and
traces is gradual development into
the ways OF organized life and civ
ilizaion. Th,ea fa .ts include the orig.
inal charter of the town to Colonel VIII
liam Brattle and his n sociates, the con-
troversy with New York the earliest settle
meat-, and the final organization of a town
government. Later pages give the flrst mn
thentic list of men who lived in the town.
and tell where many of them lived where
houses stood, roads ran. etc. The thread of
local history is sustained. and finally there
Is suitable reference to the conditions of
life In those carly times.
famous old building is the Walloomsac
Inn at Bennington Centre. which. as near
as can DC dcserminei. was built about l7G4
by captain E.,ilah Dewey. VINO was one Of
NJ thn p,unin,ss p"us ha.tio ~ ~ ssrmoh', was
and was landlord of the hotel until 179I
The general appearance of the house has
been considerably changed. yet with its