Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-14
VERMONT NEWS.

William and Hugh Green. for rcfus.
hG I" pay rnilroad fare, were fined ~
AMI costs amounting in all to $50.
j. Dodge White, an old and highly cs.
trened citizen of South Walden, dropped
dead while in II pasture after II horse.
George NJ. Horton has Just died at his
home in Colchester of heart failure. He
was born in Chazy, y. V, is years ago.
Robert Jennings, WHO is employed On
the Rutland Canadian railroad conStruc-
ton, had his collar bone broken by fall
ing stone.
Three hun we'd people attended the iif-
trcnth annir. rSary of the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Il. Burgess of
| burlington.
Postmaster Derby of Burlington has
secured $1,000 additional pay for the
present force of clerks and $1,000 for ad-
dilional clerks.
EdS"n. the young son of George Lam
der. of Al"ntpclirr, was bitten in the calf
OF tn" leg by dog owned by :. X.
Colby. Mr.. Colby had the dog killed at
once.
Fh" burlington, Wiuooski and Col
chester mills, the cotton mill and over
gailrr shops ut WinooSki have been
obliged to shut down on account of low
water.
The burlington Independent band
which was organized about two months
ago, made its first public appearance
at Battery park recently in an open air
concert.
n suit brought by Louise Davis
against Albert Strectrr, both of Boston,
has been filed in Chttrndrn county court
To recover about $500 for services rs
h"uSekr"pcr.
Walter l.. Ilarman. son of III. A. llur.
man, clerk of Rutland county, won Il
prize of 500 for attaining the highest av,
ernce of scholarship in the graduating
class at Phillips Exeter academy.
Fred. aged IS months, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel lAbruu, of Winooski nv,
me. Burlington, tell three stories /,
Gently to the hard ground in the rear ,
the block and escaped unharmcd.
Robert l.. Russell. II years old, WA
drowned while bathing in Otter Creek
two miles south of Rutland. Russo
could not swim and walked off ledge
into II feet of water, drowning before
help could reach him.
James Cadron, the horse thief late of
Dnnncmora prison, n. V, who is in Chit
tcnlrn county Jail, will undoubtedly stay
there until cold weather. His case now
awaits action by Governor Roosevelt for
his cXtradi1ion from Vermont.
Joseph II. Huntington and John Fitch
came from Windham. Conn, in 1901
and set up a printing office in Middle
bury. The first nnmber of Il newspaper
called the Middlcbury Mercury was is
sued December IL, and continued about
ten wears.
AT the quarterly meeting of the dircc-
tors of the Montpelier National bank \.
ID. Farwell was elected director to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of the
late III. :. LoOmis. The regular scmi-an-
nual dividend of four per cent. was de-
clnrcd payable July ..
The lease of the Rutland Canadian rail
road company to the Rutland Railroad
company for 30 years from the first day
of July. 1890. has been recorded. The
lease is in consideration of the lessee
having assumed the principal and inter-
est of the bonds of the road.
Prof. w. {. kitchin of the University
of Vermont. who has had the chair of
French, Italian and Spanish, has ten
dcred his resignation, and September 1
will assume the duties of the general
agency Of the Connecticut General Life
Insurance Co.. in New York state.
Invitations have been issued in behalf
of the National Life Insurance Company
of Montpelier to its agents throughout
the United States to be present with la
dies ut Montpelier on July II II and Is!
1900, to celebrate the close of the first
half century of the cOmpany's active
business life.
The Rutland Railroad Company has
awarded contracts to the Rochester
\. I., for steel bridges to replace
wooden structures, one on the line north
of Rutland, one on each side of Pitts
ford and one on the Bennington T. Rut.
land division.
A part of the discomfort Of Essex
junction is to be removed by the Central
Vermont railway. 1t will be effected by
the diScOntinllance of the former ar
rangrIncnt of changing cars at that point
on several trains. Passengers in and out
of Burlington will in future be saved
that trouble and delay.
Andrew ChicOine, an emplOye Of the
Stevens shops at WinoOski, cut off u
finger while ut work on n circular saw.
A petition from members of the Chit
tendcn county bar has been presented to
Governor Smith asking for the appoint
mcnt of w. Il. Stafford as judge. vice
La Forrest ii. Thompson, recently de-
ceased.
Bucl Ferguson. the scven-ycar-old son
of a. .. Ferguson, manager of the Con-
sumcrs' Ice company of Burlington, was
playing OH the elevator when the horse
ed. The boy was carried to the top, a
distance of 2S feet, and then fell. striking
Ou his head. He will be all right in
few days.
Sheriff Spafford of Windsor county
went to Ludlow and Mount Holly recent
~ ana ro"hucu up hihc alleEeu 'iointoIS
of the law. Two were charged with
adultery. four with breach of the peace.
two with burglary, and one with assault
In the collection were one Jewess, .vo
Irishmrn, one Frenchman and Eve
"Yankccs."
The yarn mill of the late William
Campbell at Remington Falls, has been
sold at auction to Il. Il. Hart, for $3.50,
subject to n mortgage Of SG,1OO, two
taxes for one year. The property cost
Mr., Campbell about $4,000 and has
never been used. as Mr.. Campbell died
soon after it's completion.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Brandon Italian Marble
Company, the follow ing directors wee
chosen: ]. Duncan rphan. Claremont,
y. H.: George h. Upham. Boston; w. $.
Wilkinson. Baltimore; r. B. Upham,
directors elected J. Duncan Upham
president, and III. ID. Bacon treasurer
and clerk.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Washington Creamery
Association in Washington the following
officers were elected: Directors. c. +.
Carpenter. j. Il. Scaver, ID. J.. Emory,
y. G. Taylor and C.. w. Huntington;
clerk and treasurer, +. c. Huntington;
auditors, Chester Dickry. q. w. Down
ing and \. l.. Patterson. The directors
organized by elrcting &. T.. Carpenter
president and J. b. Scaver vice-presi.
dent
W. T.. Kellogg of St. Johnsbury has
been canvassing Waterford and Dapvillr
in the interests of possible free deliver,
routes in those towns. The proposed
route in Waterford starts from ST
Johnshury going to West Waterford over
What is known cs Hirpins's hill. from