Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-24
VERMONT NEWS.

Deforrest Clark Mobiles. n respected citl-
gen OF Worcester. is dead. aged 81 years.
The Morrisville pulp mill recently received
$1,000 pounds OF stock in ono week, ana
shipped 5000 pounds of fibre board.
Tommy Guihren. II Brartleboro baseball
player, will leave on March for Kansas City,
Mo-. where h. is to play shortstop on the
Western league team.
The graphite mine owned by T.. W.kent Of
Panton is to be opened in the early spring.
so far rs developed it bids fair to prove rich
and OF very fine quality
Mrs. Abigail Nichols. widow OF Charles
Nichols died recently at the hone OF her
son, Postmaster W. B. Nichols of Essex
junction. rs the result OF II shock.
Persons OF Scotch ancestry in st. Johns
bury have formed IL society called the Scotia
club. and held their first public meeting on
Robert Burns birthday. January 25.
James ii. Burke has been appointed agent
OF the Central Vermont Railway company mt
Essex junction in place OF &. q. Williams,
resigned, and has assumed the duties OF that
Office.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy has
been filed by Thomas j. Smith OF Barre, IL
marble polisher. who has liabilities OF f3ll2
and assets of S23O1 OF which $3.50 is claimed
as exempt
The shaft nt the copper mine in Water
bury has been sunk to depth OF 90 feet and
the ore is now being saved for working. II
was expected that the shaft would have to
he sunk 100 feet.
Army orders have been issued making
these assignments Of officers: Colonel Writ
Davis to Third cavalry. vice $. h. NJ. Young,
appointed brigadier-general; Lieut. Colonel
Henry jackson to Fifth cavalry.
William W. Lawrence, serving in state
prison II sentence of l6 years for shooting
Judge Seaver at Woodstock. has been pro-
nounced insane by physicians and trans
ferred to .he asylum ut Waterbury.
About $34OO has been subscribed or paid
into the fluid that is being raised to erect
parish house for st. Peters church ut Ben
niugton. 1t is probable that the house will
be built during the present season.
The expenditures ofthe Montpelier schools
for the past year including the expenses OF
new fire escapes have been Sl5. 80, which
is very close to the estimates made at the
beginning OF the year OF +l5,267.7G.
The corps of cadets at Norwich university
are to have sabres for use in drill. 1t has
been several years since the corps has been
thus equipped and doubtless new interest
will attach itself to this particular drill.
The time for beginning work for the Ver-
mont Marble company's employees has been
changed to GAO in the morning and con-
tinues with an intormission of one hour for
dinner, until $40 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The city of Montpelier has paid during
the year which closed Feb l S5230.30 in in
terest on public debt. At the rate of per
cent. for which the city borrows most Of
its money. this would make tho debt about
Sl7000O.
Rev. Lucius w. Cheney, who was born in
Barnard in 1872, died in Dundas. MINI.
After II pastorate which extended over AZ
years, he retired from the ministry in 1895.
He was u brother OF Moses Cheney, the
great singing master.
Mrs. Helen A. Higgings OF st. Johnsbury
won fourth prize in tho Ladies' Homo
Journal prize photograph competition show
Ing "HOw some women arrange their kit
chens.' Tho special feature Of her farm
house kitchen is its compactness and con-
venience.
Woodstock's annual report shows the
liabilities OF the town to be $25. 90' 40, OF
which Sll 200 is In town bonds. The assets,
including nearly $4,000 cash on hand, amount
to :32S8.23, leaving the net indebtedness
1872, ,S2O.16 The debt was increased about
$4,000 during the year.
Representative Foss, formerly OF Franklin,
who represents Chicago district in Con-
gress, has already taken charge OF the CONF
mittee on naval affairs as its acting chairman
and is making an excellent impression as the
temporary successor of Captain Boutelle Of
Maine at the head Of that committee.
Masonic bodies in Montpelier are to have
quarters on the third floor OF the block now
under construction by the executors OF the
Landon estate. The new quarters will be
completed and furnished about April l. The
Masons have occupied their present rooms
in the Union block since tho completion Of
the building after the fire in 1874.
The commissioners authorized to set and
reset the monuments on the boundary line
between Massachusetts and Vermont have
submitted their report to the governor and
council Of NJ massachusetts,. The question OF
resetting the boundary line was brought up
in December, 1892, by letter from Gov.
Levi X. Fuller to Gov. William +. Russell,
OF Massachusetts,, asking the corporation
Of the Massachusetts Legislature.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Kennel club OF Rutland the officers elected
were: President. DIR. W. Seward Webb:
first vice president, Fletcher D.Proctor; sec-
ond vice-president, General W. Y. w. Rip
ley; treasurer. George Il. ChaHee; secre-
tary, A. Il. Percival. George T. Chaffee
was elected delegate to the meeting OF the
American Kennel club In New York Feb. l8.
Treasurer Chaffee's report showed receipts
debtedness, lacking few dollars. The club
now numbers about rs members.
At the recent annual meeting Of the Lake
these officers were elected: Commodore. W.
r. Foote, Jr., vice commodore, Alvaro Adsit;
rear commodore, H. r. Kellogg; president
". s. Webb; frs: vice president, Elias Ly
man; second vice president, Henry Wells;
secretary. A. G. Whittemore; treasurer, L.
captain, ID. w. Robinson: fleet surgeon, A.
P. Grinnell. NJ. d. Two new members were
admitted and 1t was voted to keep the club
house open from May l to October l.
While Frank Blake, workman employed
by the Bellows Falls Canal company, was at
work taking down pier at the head OF the
canal Mt Bellows Falls recently no stuck his
pick in the ground and loud report took
place. Blake was hurled violently to the
earth, his clothing torn and his face. neck
and hands filled with flying stones and
gravel, inflictiEg serious flesh wounds 1t
is supposed that owing to the cold weather
only part OF u charge exploded and being
much warmer the remainder OF the Charge
on being struck with :he pick exploded by
concussion.
The north entrance to the canal just north
Of the Rutland bridge at Bellows Falls is
being mate rally widened. About 20 feet OF
earth and rock on the west bank has been
removed and dropped through the Ice to
stop leaks in the Connecticut dam. A large
quantity OF rock and dirt beneath the water
will have to be removed by a diver next
spring. Strong piles have been driven for
10 feet along the west bank. and work was
begun on laying a wall which will be about
IS feet long and will slope from the waters
e lge to the surface OF the Rutland roadbed.
This change makes direct current from the
river into the canal and will greatly increase
the capacity.
Stomach Pump Seems Proper.
Kokomo, Ind. Feb. ia peculiar
nf liey;n nj ic
tention at West Middleton. One year
ago Mrs. Lydia Cox adopted the faith Of
the Holiness church. Fifteen days ago
Mrs. Cox announced that she had re-
ceived a call from the Lord to en- ter upon
| a season of fasting and to abstain from
| food until such time as He would make
| known to her that she was sanctified.
| From that hour she has taken nourish-