Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-10-07
VERMONT NEWS.

There are 1l5 boys and % girls in the
Vermont industrial school at Verser mes.
South Ryegate granite men report theiI
plants all worked to the fullest capacity.
Goddard seminary is TO receive the income
from $1,000 willcd 1t 10y Mrs. Mary L. God
durd.
Lake Champlain is lower than for many
years, lacking only one inch OF low water
mark.
One dozen enthusiastic golfers ut Lyndon
Vile have ban lei together aud formed u
golf club.
W. II. Thomas of South Wheelock is dead
OF iaju,cs received from fa.liaS ha"kTa:.
from hayrack.
Lyndon institute opened the school ycar
than year ago.
Editor Arihur L. Stone Of the CGledonial
has left 81. John, ,ury for Il months tri. u
London and Far.s.
J. \. Deb ,er, a,lgary OF the National Ii
Insurance. company, has sailed from !.l't!'
pool Oh the EliIria.
Thousands OF trout are reported 10 have
met II premature death In the brooks hral
Lincoln consequent to the drouth.
Melvin Clements Of Barre WAS baily
burned in the face while boring out q tlnst.
He may lose the sight .! his left eye.
Rev. George Morse Of Bridgeport. Conn.,,
has received call to the pastorate OF the
old First church at Remington Centre.
Robert Raycroft Of Granitevile was
Knocked down and run over by Il runaway
team which he was endeavoring to stop.
The Central Vermont has re-opened tho
Northiield station nights by the appointment
Of L. l.. Ouimet OF Montreal, night man.
The three-your-old son OF Andrew Apple.
bee of Newport whie playing with matches
bet his clothes on fire and was burned tc
death.
st. Johnsbury's Y. NJ. c. A. is financially
embarrassed and awaits action from u meet
ing Of citizens as to whether 1t shall bo
aided or closed.
st. Johnsbury academy has received u be-
quest OF $1,000 by tho will OF the late Mrs.
Dclucia l.. Ward. Mrs. Ward was sister
of Mrs. Henry Fairbanks.
The annual reunion OF tho Eighth Yer
mont Regimcnta! association Will be- held ut
Montpelier the day previ us to Vermont's :
reception TO Admiral Dewey.
Thomas Suitor of the Phoenix house,
Barre, was lined $50 and costs, the who.e
amounting TO 4l7o.33, for keeping liquor for
sale and maintaining nuisance.
Andrew Freedman Of New York has an
eye for Vermont horses, he having recent y
purchased grandson of the famous Lester
OF Joseph Buswell OF Montpelier
Richard Giftin OF Northileld must consider
himself most fortunate man. A stone
weighing five tons recently fell across his
leg but did not crush or break 1t.
Tho annual report OF the commissioner
of pensions shows tho number Of Vermont
pensioners to be 94s0, to whom has been puiI
tl, 43l 100. 5G during the last fiscal year.
he Union slate quarry. one OF the largest
In Northiieid, has been leased for 30 years
70 Rev. Walter Dole and Professor Charles
Dole. Quarrying will be begun immedi-
ately.
The Electric Light company at vergennrs
has been unable to shut down its gates for
Two weeks. Investigation showed the CAUSE
Of the trouble to be two eelS wound about
The wheels.
Haviland Stevenson Of Boston, the Chin
ESQ Inspector Of the bureau of immigration,
treasury department., who covers the dis
:rict OF Vermont, has been in Washington
Oh brief vacation.
Congressman Grout has received u very
:ordial invitation from the Ohio Republican
committee to make several speeches during
The fall campaign in that state. He has lot
yet decided 10 do so.
Wendell p. Stafford, OF st. Johnsbury has
been presented with richly framed picture
of the Burns monument ut Barre, in
acknowledgement OF Mr. Stafords address
ut the dedication OF the statue.
The Bonfire club Of Montpelier is going
al the work OF pref airing the bonfire in
honor of Admiral Dewey in a most 81 slema-
tic manner. The boys cain there will not
5e box or barrel lett in the city as II result
of their campaign.
Captain Il. II. Rockwell OF Burlington,
and his three men, have been presented with
d very handsome jeweed locket by Waiter
Bishop, w. l.. Mack, uni Fred Fillmore for
.escuing them from drowning last week in
Plattsburgh harbor.
The attorney general has approved the
title to the site for the new pubic building
70 be erected at Newport. The titles to sites
Of public buildings are always thoroughly
verified before the government begins the
work of construction.
Over 200 Brattl~boro women have orgRni-
zed society for the assistance Of 'sewini:
women and seamstresses." Its purpose is
to lay claim to, and secure 500, 010 left by
the lhomI son vii at Boston to assist such
workers ut DrattleborO.
A lone female has alarmed the residents
Of Baldwin street, Montpelier, b. haunting
.He StEcct ulSutS III u waterproof. l1cE COu-
seQuent arrest disclosed the fact thnt she
was waiting for her fellow" whose name
she would not disclose.
Tho Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew OF New
York, is to deliver the oration ut the laying
of the corner Stone of Dewey hall at Nor
wich university which will bO witnessed by
Admiral Dewey. 1t Is expected, the affair
will occur the day following Vermont's :
welcome to Dewey which will occur In
Montpelier.
Two spoilers. A. i. Busteed and c. s Kel-
ley, have been brought to Barre by
the Anti-Saloon league and are doing tho
work they were hired for well. Bus;eed
states he has been in the business for Fix
years. The list of liquor cases RESULT ,g
from their !abors is popularly reported rs
over yard long.
The Governor Paine club OF Northileld.
has accepted an invitation from Norwich
university to take charge OF the celebration
ut that place on the occasion OF the laying
Of the corner stone Of Dewey hall, Mt which
Admiral Dewey will be present. The plan
now is that Admiral Dewey will como from
Montpelier the morning after the great cele-
bration In that city.
Since tho death OF Rev. DR.. Thos. J.
Savage of Tufts college, Massachusetts,. who
died In July at the age OF 95 years. Hon.
:inction OF being the Oldest surviving gra,il-
ate Of Middlebury college. He is in his
seth year. having been born May 25, 1911,
and graduated In August, 1929, in the same
class with DR.. Savage.
Major Charles X. Darling, OF Boston,
Mass, went to Chelsea recently to visit his
old home. where his father and brother
live. He brought with him Pedro Marales.
Porto Ricnn lad about II years old, whom
the major brought from Porto Rico a year
ago to educate. He has attended school in
Boston eight months and been back to his
naive country on visit. returning q week
ago. He relates the horrors OF the late
cyclone and says he lost many relatives in it.
He claims to like the States better than
Porto Rico.
E. l.. Mason and Maurice Whitley Of Bar
ton had n terrible experience by being lost
In tho Maine woods this month, the story oI
which makes one Of the most sensational in.
cdents in the history OF Maine wooderaft
For days these men. who had set out on n
hunting trip, wandered through the dense
forests. without food or water. When finally
on their way toward civilization they were
caught in u forest fire from which they man,