Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25
General Vermont News.


at Rutland for liquor selling.
The oldest voter in Burlington at the late
election was Jed Harrington. Sc.
Charles Higgins, an aged and respected
ei iHen OF Hancock, Is dead. aged so.
Frederick Leeds, the crack tennis player
OF Randolph, is very i'll at California.
John Winslow Stickney of Plymouth.
father to W. W. Stickney. died recently.
Hon. Warren G. French of Woodstock has
recovered from his recent severe illness.
The Cottage hotel at st. Johnsbury has
been repaired and refurnished throughout.
John Royce OF Chelsea fell from his sleigh
recently and broke his hip, He is So years
old.
Two Ran lolph men traded horses recently
and both have sued for fraud and misrepre-
scntation.
Every photographer in st. Johnsbury had
his sample case of photographs stolen one
night recently.
John +. Doton of Pomfret has attended
twenty-five terms of school without Y tardy
mark against his name.
The bicycle riders of st. Johnsbury and
l.yndonrille propose to build cycle path
b 'tween the two villages.
The Burlingt IN Methodist church has been
remembered to tho extent of $4,000 in the
VIII OF Mrs. Prudence Roby.
Two Randolph boys are in the Twenty
First regiment, L. $. A.. recently ordered
from Piattsburgh to Manila.
o. ID. Estabrooke of Brattleboro died sud.
denly recently, aged 66 years. He was prom
lnrnt in business and good works.
Everett Moore of Newport nearly lost the
sight Of an eye recently by II chip flying
from an emery wheel he was using.
Il a.,
streams in that town and have them stocked
with trout from the ate hatchery.
Charles Williams of Randolph swallowed
Il set Of Ialse teeth the other night and near
ly choSe,i to death before II doctor could ex-
tract them.
DIR. II. II. Mcintyre of Randolph. formerly
the Worlds Fair commissioner. took the gold
medal at the College Of Osteopathy, Kinks
vile. Mo-, recently.
William T.. Blanchard. street commissioner
OF Bennington, is dead Of an illness con-
Iracted in cleaning ont the sewers of the vii
II tye about week previous.
Among the recent deaths ut st. Johnsbury
are Mis-. Charles f. Weeks aged IL: Jerry
Deming, aged 81: John Hayes, aged 80; W.
II. Carer, aged 49, All wer, more or less
prominent in society and business.
A four-year-old son of IL. s. Fits of Chel =
sea recently got hold of II bottle containing
strong solution OF carbolic acid and at.
tempted to drink it. His mouth and face
were burned in Il frightful manner.
Miss Louis Hudson of Woodstock stepped
on knife and the bla 10 entered her loot
and broke on. recently. 1t was located by
an A-ray photograph and removed. The
piece was three-fourths of an inch long.
Asa $. Sanders, aged 80, OF Bruintree,
st ,rted for town meeting It's well us usual
aid had gone less than 80 rods before he
u ID of heart disease. He was veteran of
tie civil WI, and served in the Fourth YER
IN mt volunteers
Mrs. l.. T. Richmond of Randolph died re-
crn.iy AZ the age of S6. During her long
lifetime, Mrs. Richmond saw seven genera
tions OF her family, having lived with her
great grandmother and her great-grand-
daughters were living.
The hearing in the Bradford bank case
was continued last week before Commis-
sioner Milnms, but nothing for publication
was given out and the papers did not dare
to u )bey the order OF Judge Wheeler and
serve up Straines side.
A practical joker at Chelsea telephoned
from the dam at the head OF the village one
night tina. the water was coming through a
hole and to save the hogs. The latter were
got out Of the way along the course of the
stream, whom it was learned that the water
was coming through the water wheel.
.. ID. Churchill Of Quechee has 20 en-
COWS, three Of them two years old, three OF
them three years old, and one ten years old,
from which he carried S44 pounds of cream
to the Woodstock creamery in the month of
February, and this made 1923 pounds of
butter from which Mr.. Churchill received
| s33.2S.
Alfred B. Alroyd. first lieutenant Co. B,
"a Kansas regiment, who was recently killed
near Manila, came Of Hartford . )ck. His
mother Susan d. Savage, was the oldest
daughter of Joseph Savage who left that
| town in 1854 joining the second company OF
immigrants leaving Boston for Lawrence,
Kansas. He was II man Of promise and
stood high in his profession rs n lawyer.
Hawks have appeared in the village OF
bennington to prey on English sparrows.
! Food has apparently been so scarce In the
woods that the cravings of hunger over
| came the wldness Of the rapacious birds,
and the village was temporarily made feed
lag ground. One evening large owl flew
against IN electric light lamp. He fell
stunned into snow bank, and tightly held
in the OWLS talons was bleeding half dead
| sparrow
Mrs. Helen A. Eddy of Rutland is dead,
aged 81. Her first husband was j. G. DeX-
ter, an attorney-at-law, who was postmas-
| tel III hutiuuu uuTlub LucuuCy 1dylOT ) au-
ministration. went to California during the
gold craze of lS49, and died ut Kingston.
Jamaica, on his way home in 1850. lii 1854
she married Gen. Robinson Hall of Wal!ing-
ford who died in 1861. Her third marriage
was In 1868 to Deputy Sheriff Hosea Eddy of
Wallingford. Mr.. Eddy died in 1876.
Mrs. Joan Sweet of Stamford was over
come by gas at her home, but was discovered
just in time to save her life Her husband
built charcoal lire in the cellar and then
went to the barn. Mrs. Sweet, smelling gas,
started to the cellar, but was overcome and
fell to the floor. A dog followed her and
reused her to consciousness once by licking
her face. She made an effort to reach the
stairs, but fell again She was rescued by
her husband some minutes later and will re-
cover.
Irving Melendy proprietor of the Melendy
| House, Jeifersonyille. was seriously injured
recently by an explosion OF acetylene gas.
Mr.. Melendy went into the basement, where
the plant is located An explosion followed
and Mr.. Meendy was thrown distance of
| Is feet, striking on pile of wood. His face
was badly burned. and he may lose the sight
of his eyes. His hands are also burned and
he is otherwise badly injured by the shock
Of the explosion and his fall upon the wood.
The explosion did little damage to the hotel
building. but caused CONSERVATION among
| thO "picsN' ouu SuCsts'
Abel 7. Howard. who died in BROOKLYN,
N. y, recently, was born in West Hartford
in 1s3O. His remains were brought there for
burial. He was educated at X. U. A., Meri-
den, N. H.. and was graduated from Dart
mouth college In the class Of 81. Soon after
he married Anna Holyoke. daughter OF
Judge Hampden Cults of Brattleboro.
He was principal OF schools in Wal
pole. n. H., and Brattleboro, then
went to hold similar positions in Brooklyn,
and Chester. n. j. In 1865 Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard became principals and proprietors
of Glenwood Collegiate institute, at Mata-
wan, n. j.. and were there for many years.
On account OF his health he entered into
business in later years in Brooklyn. His
widow and four children survive him, also
three sisters, and brother, Austin Howard
Of West Hartford. we'll known Vermont
N1Hber dealer.
Cook Inveighed Against Courts.
Boston, March 21.-The Suburban Presi
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