Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-07
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VERMONT NEWS.

native of Bethel, who has just entered
st. l.uke's Home in New York, played
stirring parts in the early settlement OF
the White River valley, Miss Smith is
white child born in Bethel. Benjamin
Smith and his wife, the parents of Asa
Smith. came from Cornish. \. H., to
Bethel in the summer of lISo and set
tied on the farm now owned by Squire
Bowen. and Mr.. Smith built log house
year Dudley Chase of Cornish became
alarmed for the safety of his daughter.
Mrs. Smith. ON account of the Indian in
roads then prevalent, and came to Bethel
with the intention of removing her TO
Cornish. On the day after his arrival
Asa Smith was born. AS soon Ms Mrs.
Smith was able to he moved she was
there when lioyallon was burned in tho
latter part of September. 11SO. AS soon
ms the alarm uccaSionrd 10y that event
had subsidized, Mrs. Smith took her babe
in her arms and mounting her horse rode
to Cornish: returning to Bethel in the
spring of 1881.
William Milne of Barre has returned
three other Barre boys. Robert Evans.
George Pictric and Peter Nichols. had
Il unique experience. Saturday morning,
June 2. in the Yosemite valley. near
| Raymond, Cal, n lone highwayman
armed with n rifle held up -four coaches,
a teamster and two U: s. cnvalrymcn-
thirty-one persons in nll-forced them to
hand over their valuablcs and made
] good his escape, though us troopers were
not five minutes behind him on the road.
| The four Barre boys mentioned above
were passengers on one of the coaches
and each contributed their portion to the
highwaymnn's collection; The total
! nj MT hnN
ever, managed to retain Il $40 gold piece
and only contributed S3 in silver.
DIR. Willis NJ. Bradford of Jericho, who
was arrested in Burlington after II hot
dispute with Il hackman over n % cent
fare, and lodged in Jail, and whose hear
| ing on the charge of intoNication was
postponed that he might make trip as
arranged to northern New York, met
with very serious accident Mt North
! Bangor, n. Y. At Malone he missed the
late train west, and stopped there over
| night. He caught an early freight train
| for Bangor and on reaching North Ban
sor the train slowed up and he jumped.
His heel caught and lfc was drawn down
| on the track. One finger was cut off,
one ear torn so that. it hung in shrcds,
one shoulder diSlocatcd. his collar bone
broken, and his head horribly bruised.
He has been at the home of his brother
in Bangor and is out of danger.
Ford e. Bingham. n 10-ycnr-old sou Of
Wilbur Bingham of Bristol, Il former
| resident of Middcbury, was driving Il
I spirited horse recently when the animal
the hollbacks were broken, letting the
wagon on the horse. The latter ran
franticaly and collidcd with u tree,
where it left the wrecked buggy, and
freeing itself ran farther until it was Sc
| cured by some men at work on the sewer.
Young Bingham was thrown out by the
collision with the tree and narrowly cs-
ed on his head and shoulder and s,ls-
tanned an injury to one ankle and foot
The first reporter in Vermont to file a
petition in bankruptcy under the new
| law is John \. l.. Julian of Barre. His
liabilities are $5OG. His assets are BIZ
cycle worth SD, and personal property
worth sol, which is exempt. Other peti-
filed by Anson .. Spaflord of Fairfield,
| liabilities $500 assets S1OI3; Charles G.
Clark of Montpelier, a stone cutter. lid
| bilities 1888, assets S152, exempt $310;
James La Rock of East Fairfield far
mer, liabilities $12O3, assets $500, ex-
empt S49O.
At a recent meeting of the Daughters
| of the American Revolution i'm Poultney
| it was voted to mark all graves of revO-
and vicinity. The regent. Mrs. h. G.
Rice, on making investigation, found the
following graves: IIobpr Allen, William
auckland, Icbediah Dewey, Benjamin
Farwcll. Col. James Hooker, Lindsey
JOslin, Josiah Lewis Capt. Daniel Man
ming, Stephen Marshall, Joseph Ram,
Capt. Moses Turner and Hon. William
Ward.
The opening of bids for the construc-
ton of a portion of the sewer system at
Woodstock to be built this summer re-
suited as follows. Charles l.. Woodbury.,
burlington, S1140: Bruno 4 Salamonin,
Boston. $73OS: Baker 4 Judson, Glovers-
vile, n. T.. SS23S; Peter Shecran, Bur-
lington. SSG12; +. W.. Faldry, Boston,
the lowest bidder.
from Remington are making a 10 days
canoeing trip. They carry provisions, Il
tent and all the necessarics for n camp
life. They went down the Battenkil
river to Middle Falls. N. Y, into the
Hudson and as far as Waterford, n. Y,
stopping nights to camp out. They also
| went into Saratoga lake.
The Montpelier liquor agency sales for
the months of April and May of this
year amount to $21l5 and 5000 respect
lively. The total sales at the agency for
the first four months of the present year
amount to SStD5. The amount paid in
this time for liquors is SI0l3.GS, and the
expenses of running the agency $5S7.5O.
The $1,000 necessary in order to buy
the tools which go with the Vermont
School Seat COmpany's building that is
to be given to the new AUTOMOBILES fac
tory coming to Rutland from New York
hns been raised and the establishment OF
the industry is practically assured ii.
D. Carpenter had charge of the fund.
The schooner J. G, Withcrbec. which
was sunk at Shepard 4 Morse's slim Mt
Burlington, has been successfully raised
and is being put in shape. She is the
property Of Horace q. Lane of Burling-
ton and will be used to transport lumber
from Mr.. Lanes floating saw mill at
WillShoro Bay.
The marriage of Mary Webster Howe,
daughter Of Prof. II. w. Howe, for sew
erll years nt the head of the North Ben