Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-04-07
VERMONT NEWS.


ployes last week amounted to 1924.
Rev. j. j. Townsend has resigned the pas.
torate Of the Brandon Bar tlst church.
Farmers are paying S22 to $40 per month
;or help in Caledonia county. Laborers are
scarce there at present.
william H. Tyler OF Shelburpe. for %
years station0agent Of tho Rutland railroad
has moved to Burlington.
A resent liquor raid in Chester cost Emory
Knowlton. the hotel landlord. $50, and his
c'erk, II. W Boyle, :l5O, and costs.
A strawberry plant dug up from under tn
snow in January by Charles Pierce of Ches e
ter has so blossoms and green berries.
The Pease Manufacturing Goa pany has To-
Gated in Burlington. The llrm's present spe-
cialty Is the making OF night robes and
aprons.
A branch OF the American Society OF Bird
Restorers has been organized in Brattiebo o
under tho mama OF tho B:a,tloboro Bird
club.
The Brooks house. Brattleboro l. being
re modelled on the ground floor. About 10
rooms will DO renovated and 9th or repairs
made.
Louis Rlvait. n Burlington carpenter, and
the wits of Meierirk Hetu OF the same
city have disappeared, causing somewhat oil
u sensation.
John Hayes, n helper at the Leister June.
tion station OF the Rutland railroad. recently
had his left foot SO badly crushed that am.
putation was necessary.
Recent pensions granted residents OF this
stat, are: Increase. Arthur II. Wilcox. Brid-
port. So to $S; original, wi lows, etc, Helen
Fitzsimmons, Richford. So.
Enoch b. Thatcher. Boston policm an,
born in Newbury vt , 63 years ago. is de at
He had been in contnu ous service at the
East Boston station since 1884
+. f.. Proctor of Bellows Falls has re-
signed his position aS boss mechanic Of the
Rutland railroad He had been in the en-
ploy Of that road for % years.
George Dana Lamb. n prominent New
York business man, who was born In Will
mington IS years ago. Is dead. He served
in the civil war as Il Vermont volunteer.
Trinity Methodist church OF Montpelier
wishes to retain its presen. minister. R,v.C.
o. Judkins, another year. A request to this
effect is to be made to the bishop.
Rev. DR.. d. W. Gates OF Rutland will be
, signed to new parish at the next m Get
lag OF the Troy co ference in April. The
ch nge will be made Mt his own request.
At the annual reception and banquet OF
the Vermont Academy club OF Boston and
vi Unity, tho association pledged 800 to use
IN mixing the recitation rooms more attrac-
livy
During the year ending March the town
OF Bennington supported 10 schools on side
Il the graded school districts. Two h un.
dred scholars were registered and 13 te ach-
ers employed.
Lieut.. George W. Gatchell Fifth U. s.
artillery, we'll known in military circle, in
Vermont for his term OF duty here several
years ago, has been assigned to temporary
duty at Fort Monro, Va.
Brattleboro's S venerable clerk and justic, OF
the peace, VIM. s. Newton, recently fell on a
piece OF ice and broke his right writ Mr..
Newton is 78 years old. He has served ,h3
town in his present capacity for 81 years
Three farm barns belonging to A. II Hol-
den a mile and a half from South London
derry have been burned with 10 sheep, a
cow and 40 tons OF hay. The loss is $500,
partially insured. The fro WAS set by boys
at play.
The double horse sheds at the Northfeld
fair grounds, which were erected soma four
years ago, collapsed recently under the
heavy weight of snow. Ths loss will be
about $3.50. They will bs repaired In the
spring.
The 10 suits which ha We been brought by
different parties against Knott ClOsson,
brokers, have been entered with the county
clbEk. 4uo SultS CHnuOL 10 lTleu until u6
September term OF Chttenden county court,
ut Burlington.
O. NJ. Gallup OF Victory has received a
curious souvenir OF the war in the Philip
pines from NJ. Nolan, a member of the
Twenty-sxth U. s. volunteers. 1t is cigar
case, containing two cigars, taken from the
pocket of II dead Filipino officer at Iloilo.
Charles Woodward has brought suit
against H. E. and Frank Burgess Of North
Bennington for false imprisonment, claim
ing $4,000 damages. Suit against Woodward
ent's stable was withdrawn and he was
simply fined for intoxcation.
At meeting OF the Vermont Academy
club in New York City. the members were
entertained by George Pettingill OF the eli
torial staff OF the Review OF Reviews. Mr..
Pettingill is the son of Or. L. II. Pettingill
Of Saxto MS River, recently deceased.
As Geo.ge L. Mcbride OF Colchester at
tempted to drive across the electric Car
tracks at Winooski his sleigh was " r.
turned and the occupants, Mr.. Mcbride. J.
F. Day and H. f. Thomps on, wera ,hr ,wn
out. Mr.. Day had his CT liar bono broken.
Frank A. Fogg was arrested at burlington
recently and brought to Jail a: Woodstock to
answer to a charge OF horse stealing in that
county. Fogy is arrested under an indict-
ment OF the county grand jury for stealing
horse from Charles Cowen OF Hartford about
two years ago.
Search Is 10 be renewed for the SPRING
field school teacher, Miss Mary +. Ayers.
who mysteriously disappeared from her
parents home in Brattleboro many weeks
ago. The latest idea Il to post the Connect
icut, south OF Brittleboro, with the hope to
recovering her body from the waters OF huft
river.
Aho 1sA
who has been in jail at Burlington ON
the charge OF perjury for which he
was put under bonds OF si0o to aw ait
the action OF the grand jury. has Sc
curei bail and went to Philadelphia. He
has been discharged from the army. He is
the man who, 1t Is claim ID. falsely testillsl
that it was at the army cantesn at the fort
that he obtained liquor.
Tho Esteys, father and sons OF Brattle-
boro, have sold out their interest in the
Estey Piano company Of New York. on the
expiration OF the latter's charter. The sale
wns made to their New York partners, who
will continue the making OF these pianos
under the same name, and they will bs sold
BY Estey houses as formerly. Increasing
business necessitates the concentration OF
the Estey Organ works upon the making OF
rogans.
About 90 holders OF Pierre, South Dakota
Clty UOuus IL uOhSpOhOA oAO ihSOAooSoV III
the decision OF the supreme court OF South
Dakota in the::case brought against the city
OF Pierre by the bondholders because the
city repudiated its bonds. The city OF Mont
pelier also holds $4,000 worth. A decision
unfavorable to the bondholders was rem.
dered. but the supreme court overrules this
decision and renders one in favor OF the
bondholders
Charles FredeIick Ward one Of the vice.
presidents OF the Blu ellington Savings bank.
and an old and respected resident OF Bur-
iington, Is dead, after a weeks Illness OF the
grip. He was born in the town OF
Pontoosac, near Pittsheld. Mass. He
learn ID the tailor's trade, and at the age OF
% was married to Jauette Rathbun. coming
to Burliny yton two years later. In 1856 he was
MARI ed to Jenne te Wood OF Westford. Two
children were born OF tho nrst and three OF
the sec ond union. Mrs. Ward died in Octo-
Der. 1897. Mr.. Ward was elected a trustee
OF the Burlington Savings bank In 1852 aId
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