Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21
General Vermont News.

.lan. Is dead, aged b2.
There were 81 births and 81 deaths in
burlington in December.
! he Baptist church of Bristol spent nearly
81 '0O the past year in repairs.
1t cost Henry Almond OF Burlington s2a.5l
fpr pain drunk the other day.
Daniel X rklaa, Of Barre h',, paid SI2.7i
fo k"cping liquor with intent t" srll.
John \. Sin x of Springfield has just ale
bra ,ei his S).n uirtudiy anni,rr-ury.
The Ira irr- supply company Will wiad
up it, affairs in Burlington thi, month
Dawlry & Farmer. crocrrs uf RutEand.
hay" illrd their pr,i,ioa in h nkruptry
Bellows Falls has II rcprcscutati," in the
new navy. Charlie, +. Smith Of TIL V .tcan.
Mrs. Lucinda Curtis Andrew, Of ESSEX
Junction has just died Of the grip. aged IS.
Michael An irrws of st. Johnshury was al
r's,e Tor burglary at Burlington recently.
Peter West of B lrinyton has been taken
to Il ltlan fpr - days tnr iurniSrin. liquor.
George F.. Bur.noni Of Bellows Falls Is
deA |. He WAS born in En,lanu Jan, IL.
lSl2.
Patrick Huffman of Rutland Genre died
OF heart disease the other day while ut
church.
Tho mas rrh III IL Is Just died AT the Sol
dierS hom'. aged II. He was from iorS-
ingham.
The rouitnry pubic library loaned 1888
hooSs for the year 1873. IN Increase Of lil9
over the number loaned in 1897.
Thomas Williams. one of the lir+t men To
locate in Williams. own in ths granite btSi-
ness, is deal. aged 10. He wa, born in Ire
land
1t is probable that the Shepard X Morse
Co. Will not rebuild in Burlington. The
+
Point.
Miss Jennie Peck, daughter of Hon. Cas-
sius Peek Of the state experimental station,
was married Jan. 3 to Arthur VI. Flint OF
Derby. Conn.
In the voting contest of the Barre Tele-
gram for the most popular stonecuitrr. 81. IL
uel Paraay Won with 2h.097 votes. The total
vote cast was 1919.
Darwin Paul; age ST, formerly of ROYAL
ton, and lateru business man OF East Bethel,
is dead OF the grip. the body was Ken t.
East Bethel for burial
Fred wilkins of Rutland hn. received no.
tce of his discharge from the Tai t.'-fourth
Michigan volunteers. lie was the Ia, nlu
mustered ont OF the regiment.
Alvin Cheney, Il private OF Company l.. %.
Newport. has Just died of rheumatism of
the heart contracted while at Cnc;anaugl.
This makes the number OF deaths 81.
The street railroads have all baen n,tilie
| by the ralrOal commissioners to applt n
| d"rs to their ca :. aS tn" law provl 's.
| The Rutllnd electric roa w;.> the only one
50 equipped.
Peter Booth. II private in Company L. has
jlst died at Wiliamsown OF rt,,umplon.
contracted at. Chickamansa. He was "A
years Old. This makes tho thirteth death
in the regiment.
The closing days q! the YEA were marked
| with tht death OF thre" old persons of Ben
ninyton, Mrs. Eliza Williams, 80 years OF
age. Mrs. Mary A. Brown. d;ed so. and Mr..
| To- oHnsend, aged 81.
The national commander of he q. A. II.
| has informed Department Commander
| Harris of Ncrm mt tnat he can see no i'm
| pr"prlrty in th- departments holding it,
| annual enca:npmrnt in Montreal next June.
Mrs. II. T. H. Il ,dfrey of Winooski is dead.
She was born in ireland n years ago. She
removed t. Actonvile. 7. O.. and later went
| to Winoo-ki 10 mako her home. Her hus-
| band died ab Dut twelve years ago. Several
| children survive her.
The Record of Fair Haven has b,en sold
| to and co.s) atrd with the Era after
struggling eleven years to live in n field
only large enough tor one local paper. The
| Era is q years old anl one of the best local
J papers in RLtlani county.
The National bank Of Bennington declared
| seml-annna dividnl OF ) per cent Jan /;
the County Na.iona! 3 per cent. thu North
| Bennington 3 per cent. and the savings
bank per cent. besid carrying Il hand
some sum to the surplus fund.
| Charles Almond Of Barre, got drunk the
other night. smashed the household furni-
ture, drove his wife and chi dren out OF the
house. and stole Il fur overcout. The first
! part of the racket cost him ?20.71 and
the last will land him in states prison.
| Pliny j .Cowles, at one time an attache of
tho st. Johnsbury pOstofllce, and late sh-
ier Of the bank at Hardwick, has been ap-
ointed cashier Of the Burlington agency Of
the Equitable Lilo Assurance society of
which w. H. s. Whtcomb is the manager.
The Boucher case, which has Just been
tri ri in the Caledonia county court is the
first case ever tried in that court that was
brought by an emp!oye against E. 4 E. Fair
hanks h Co., a partnership and corporation
that has been in business nearly 70 years.
Mrs. l.. F. Sparhawk Of Bethel has Just
celebrated the oath anniversary OF her birth
day. She is u real daughter Of the revolu-
4 mary WIZ In recognition Of this fact the
National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution presented her with the
regulation solid gold spoon. The handle is
in the form Of a distaff, wound with fax,
' and bearing on its widest part representa-
tion OF woman spinning. The spoon is
|
As one crashed through the roof of tho
creamery building at West Berlin the other
day. Davis BrOthe were making some
changes on their flnme aud. In order to To-
cate 1t, it b"ca ne necessary to blast out
| rock. charge was put in which was very
| effective. One stone was $ mt about 100 feet
into the air. When it came down it struck
on the roof OF the creamery building smash
ing through and leaving square cut hole.
I,,v,, fN,,tfrt fo,,
cry building, but very fortunately escaped
injury.
A. II. Brown and wife OF Bellows Falls
recently celebrated their golden wedding
in quiet manner with their children at
their home. Amos II. Brown was born in
Springfield. February 4, 1892. being one of
II family Of ten children. u son of Abel
Brown. and grandson of Briyadice Brown,
II Revolutionary soldier and one of the early
settlers OF that town in 1892. His wife Susan
A. Atwood was born in Chester June 2S,
1929 and was also one Of ten children. He ;
father, T. land Atwood. built the Baptist
church and other brick buildings in the same
town. Mr.; and Mrs. Brown were marie by
Rev. W. $. BaIlou Mt Springfield.
Tho first soldiers will ever filed ut the
probate Office of Chittenden county has
just ba"n proven before Judge Bingham. 1t
was the last will and testament OF Sergeant
| N'"Ht"'' N'ip' AiOOp ~. ulleu St:tteS
cavalry. The will comes under the spe-
cia statute governing soldiers or sea-
mems wills and was written on n single
sheet of Y. NJ. c. A. paper. 1t follows:
In Camp Tampa Florida June 14th, '93.
In case Of my death during the present
war between the United states an Spain I
hereby bequeath all IN oney which may be
due me from the government Of the United
! States to Lizzie NJ. Allen of Burl ngton, vt
GUsTAvE GLIB
Sergt. Troop c, Sd U. :. Cav.
The will bears the stamp Of the adjutant
generals office the rolls department and
claim division OF the auditor. 1t was proven
by Edward Murphy. quartcrmaster sergeant
OF Troop c. and Henry Griffin. sergeant Of
Troop L. Third United States cavalry. Miss
| Allen lives at the Fort and was Gibbs flancee,
Road Practically L,id Out.
Pawtucliet. r. l., Jan. 19.-The new
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