Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-04-28
VERMONT NEWS.


Nellie sullivan of Bratllrhoru. took place W
Tuesday.
The water in the Lake ut Burlington is
within - nr.,c> Of the top of tno thanplln
Transportation company dock.
The New EnSIan Ttlrph)nc and Itie-
graph Go. at Bu.'lin goa ht- list oi 40
subscribers 10 its loctl tx 'hansr
Mrs. Arthur Mar.ille of Milton has been
seriously i'll 80 that her mind has hcromc
unbalanced, and it has been thOusht best to
remove her toIhe insane asylum.
The following oil .ers have baen elected
by Hvdrutountaiu rlIh OF BrattleOoro:
President. y. II. " hite; vice president, H. i.
Brown; secretary. Charlcs l.. Cobb.
BENJAMIN Bcnis II. son of Charles W.
Bems Of Brattirb ,rO has just died al New
port. y. II. Tho budy WAS taken t. l'rattic-
boro. BrniS formerly worked in Fox :
news store.
Mrs. Mary Dougherty. widow of Andrew
Dougherty. has just die III her home IN st.
Albau>, ugei <! years She leaves oar son
John Dougherty OF St. Albnns. and two
daughters, Mrs. G.. u. iIuudc OF Ottawa,
Ont. and Mis-. Mary Dougherty OF st.
Adams.
A large picture Of Miss Josephine
Fletcher. whose death occurred tst winter
while she WAS Il tra.htr in the st. Albans
high school, has been hung upon the wall
of nca lcmy hall. 1t was presented IT, the
school by the members vi tho different
classes.
About 80 friends of Mr. and Mrs. George
l.. Lecorr OF St. .A,banS gave them il surprise
party IN memory OF their 10Th wedding an
niver-arv. Anon. several valuable gifts
Mr.. and Mrs l.ecour received was II dinner
set Of ll2 pieces. II silver castor and Il silver
butter dish.
Judge l.. NJ. Tyler Of NJ Dntpeier mas sem
fenced Samuel st r; in Washington county
court to no; less than iivo nll a-half years
and not over seven years III state prison.
Stacy was convicted durins the present
term ut assault with felbnious in.eut on i
small girl ut Barre
The marriage OF Miss Bertha Blake of
Milton Boro to Eugene VI. Blake, II popular
young lawyer OF st. AIban,, WAS solemnlzed
last week ut Milton BJro. A reception was
rendered the ilal couple ut the home Of
the brdr. Mr.. and Mrs. Blake later drove
To their new home in st. Alban-.
Not many new buildings will bc cree ed in
Burlington this summer, according TO the
statement, OF the real estate dealers. owing
to the exceedingly high price of building
material. \ rrsiucncc that would have cost
$1,000 last summer cannot be erected TINS
year for less than !2sOD this year.
At tha Annual roi-.aii OF tho Bratticboro
tnivcr-,il-t church. thc roll WAS called bs
Mrs. }. +. Strariis. anl there were, besides
large number Of verbal responses. many
written rt-ponscg from absent members AMI
former ministers. Music WAS furnished by
+. II. l,rasor and the Centre church ma,1
quartet.
Capt. Franklin Moore of Shoreham. who
died recently, recruited AMI organized Com
pany X. FIRST Vermont cavalry. At that
-. 4 .,,,l 4,
pany was mustered into the United State,
service on the old fair grounds. at Burling
ton, on Oc;Ober2l 1861.
The officers elected by Beauseant COM
mandery, knights TempIar, of Bra,tleboro;
are: Eminent commander, ID. A. Young;
general j. Il. ltandoll: G. e., +. ii Putnam;
prela.e, kittredgr Hnskins; $. W.. +. Ii.
Holden; j. W, nennison Cowles: treasurer,
T.. +. Brooks: recorder +. W. Nichols.
Eighteen other officers wera appointed. and
the elective and appolntive officers were in
stalled.
Another article has been ailei to tho
warrant for the Brattleboro annual village
meeting, relative to an addition to the VII.
laSe bylaws. The proposed new bylaw
would provide that no team, conveyance.
job wagon or any article Of that sort kept
for hire, bekcpt upon any vi lnge street, sx-
"ept by permission Of the bailiifs, such per-
hitSSiph W w ElNtU III WTNlUS. Inc UF-luw
would make ali violaterS pay fine of s5 for
each oirense
Rev. u. II. sullivan. who has been located
at st. Stephens church in Winooski has
been transferred to st. Albans rs assistant
To evD.J O'Sullivan. RevJ. c. Mclaughlin
Of Waterbury will be transferred to Winoo-
ski and Rev. Henry Mailette of Lowell will
take his place at Waterbury. Rev. Father
Picot. who has been located at st. Johns.
bury during the illness of Rev. J. A. Lynch,
will go to Lowell and Father Lynch will re-
sumo his duties at st. Johnsbury.
The south part OF the dam. the Milestone,
just above the Main street bridge in Brattle-
boro, went out recently under pressure OF
the high water, and rs II consequence some
40 feet OF the retaining wall north Of the
Ninton paper mill fellin. The dam had been
maintained by Mr.. Vinton only for the pro-
lection OF the vail and both will be rebuilt.
This dam. which has had no other Use for
the last ~ years or since the great flood,
was the original paper mill power until the
building OF the present canal and pond.
Lyman J. Allen, u Burlington plumber.
while ut work at the Shepard 4 Morse lum-
Der mill, voluntarily climbed ladder to ad-
just some wires. Upon taking hold OF them
u current of about 1900 to 1000 volts passed
through him, killing him at once Mr.. Allen
had been In Burlington about two years.
moving there from st. Johnsbury. He was
u member OF Company ID, First Vermont
Volunteers, during the war with Spain.
September 30 last he married Miss Jessie
Illliard OF Burlington.
The First Baptist church of Brattleboro
has voted to pay Rev. I. +. Marble 1900 a
year more salary. which will make the min
i>ter's salary sls0O. the equivalent Of $500
and parsonage. The officers elected were :
Clerk. f. :; knight; treasurer, S. W. Edgett;
collector. II. b. Chamberlain; auditor. II. +.
&. Toedt deucons for three years, j. j. .Estey
and j. T.. Hall; trustee for three years, C. +.
II. Jenne. Mrs. |. O.P Smith and Mrs Lucy
Cox were elected to serve with the other
members of the prudential committee.
The soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen have
bought baseball supplies and will have a
team the coming season. There are num-
her OF expert players among them who
played the game while their regiment was
III Cuba. Captain Edward Lloyd the COM
officer Of the fort. leaves soon for
n two weeks leave OF absence in Washing
ton. ID. c. During his visit Lieut.. Waite c.
j Johnson will be in command. Lieutenant
Johnson l. u Rntland boy. u former u. V. NJ,
student and ex-Vermont volunteer in tho
war with Spain.
Citizens OF Chittenden county cited to ap-
pear before Chancellor s. Taft, in Burlinr-
ton. on April l6. and show reason why they
should not be temporarily enjoined from
selling intoxicating liquor were Henry L.
Johonnott, Edward II Crandall and JH Henry
McGreavey. druggists. OF Winooski; William
Reeves. druggist Of Burlington Fred A.
Degree. proprietor Of the LAFAYETTE House.
Burlington: ". 8. Nay. druggist, OF Under. |
hill Centre, L. B. Williams OF Jericho Cor
ners. hotel keeper; Forrest c. Parker o,
Hinesburgh. hotel proprietor; L. W. Blake |.
II Cnderhill Centre. hotel keeper; Henry ".
Nacombes Of Westtsrd Centre, hotel pro-
prietor -