Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-24
Windsor County Court.
June Term, 1909.

Locke vs. Hannah was also settled
after the parties were in court in
readiness for trial.
ECHO OF THE "woRLp's FAIR" CASE
Friday morning, the 18th, the trial
of the case Of w. L. johnson VS. G. @.
Paine was begun. Business was in
terrupted Saturday by the illness of
an attorney in tho case and was re-
sumed Monday.
The case grows out OF bicycle
accident which occurred ten years
ago, for which about $4,000 was
recovered from the society Mr..
Johnson was of counsel for the
society, defendant at that time, and
sues to recover for legal services on
the alleged liability of the defendant
az member of the Union Agricul-
tural Society of Tunbridge. The
great contention is as to whether Mr.
Paine became a member of the assoc
citation by exhibiting poultry at the
fairs of 1897 and 1893 and on other
years. The plaintiff obtained a
Judgment against the association in
1904, before justice of the peace,
on notice to the clerk of the associa-
ton. There is no claim that Mr..
Paine had any notice of the suit. 1t
is claimed by the plaintiff that Mr..
Pane can be held under the statute
to pay this Judgment by. reason of his
original liability as member when
the cause of action accrued.
Mr.. Paine testified that be never
was asked to become a member,
never intended to become member
and all that he did each year was to
take his poultry (and on one or two
occasions pig, mare and colt) to
the fair as an exhibitor, pay his
entry fee OF 81 % and enter his
property for exhibition.
John G.. Sargent and Hale X.
Darling for plaintiff, and Nelson L.
Boyden and Gilbert A. Davis for
defendent.
On Tuesday, July Goth, Edward
D. Hickey, the convicted Catholic
priest of Springfield, was called for
sentence. 1t was shown that he had
incipient tuberculosis, that five
sisters and brother had died of that
disease and that confinement in IA
prison would probably bring on
quick consumption. Some 300 OF
his parishioners had signed a petit
ton iii his behalf. : DR.. f. II. Kidder
of Woodstock testified that he had
made an examination of FatherHickey
and found evidence of incipient
tuberculosis in one lung.
The court in view of all the cir
cumstances imposed a.fine of $1,000,
which was paid and the respondent
discharged - tv,
The following divorces were
granted:
Mary Chamberlain Va. Israel
Chamberlain, for wilful desertion.
VIM Batchelder for petitioner.
VIM. r Ober va Julia E. Ober;
bill granted for adultery.
Annie Gray Smith VS.. Henry
Smith; neglect and refusal to sup
port. Wallace Batchelder for petit
TONER.
Byron s. Fuller vs.. Josephine A.
Fuller; bill granted for wilful deser-
ton. E. B. Finn for petitioner.
Cassius L. Merriam vs.. Rosie M.
Merriam; bill granted for adultery.
Custody of child to grandmother.
Skeels for petitioner.
LaPierre vs. LaPierre. Bill granted
for intolerable severity.
Eddy vs Eddy, from Andover.
Bill granted for desertion. ~ s'
Edith M. Hufnail vs Daniel M.
Hufnail of Felchville. Bill granted
for adultery.
George w. Clark of Woodstock Va
Minnie 9. Clark. Bill granted for
adultery.
The case of Grace E. Mcclellan VS.
Samuel G. Mcclellan, of Barnard, a
petition for the support and custody
of child, has been partly tried
The husband, who has been locked
out of his house by his wife, says he
is willing to forgive her, and the
court is awaiting their reconciliation.
SHERBURNE.