Vermont Journal from Windsor, Vermont • 10

VERMONT JOURNAL WINDSOR VT FRIDAY AUGUST 11 1933 Cady Mausoleum in West Windsor Stephen Daye Press Printed First Journal anil not hart! labor he declined all it i solid rock no the story oe work tout aw it wan unsafe to a- Haymutul Hark only mm of Dr low him to be freely with other Ripley Clark has gone tit a law eonvietii he wait kept In hi cell office in teuton in further pur nearly the entire pertoil of hi con uu of his profession Pec 4 George Murk of Hartlanti attempts suicide by shooting two hall into in head He lives and Pr Richmond succeeded in removing both bubets December 25 Hart land Fire destroy the poor house William Kvnrts Ixaik Hearty unit tlRiimus Alter the lumc did buxine 30 years ago: 8 It Httx-ker Uwight Tuxbury amt Mi Hubbitrt) March 28 The engine and machinery for the grinding of corn nm! other grains will soun bo put up in Mr Amstien's new building I leput avenue Felchvllle Laxt week Gilbert A Davis Hst was presented a ail-ver pitcher by the titluml ehildren In token of their appreciation ot Ms work as superintendent ut common schools April 11 Hartlnnd The Grangers have hired the Old Town Hall at Hartlnnd Four Corners for the pur) mse of holding their meetings April 18 Frank and Lyman Monroe have taken the contract to build a fence around Ascutney Park and have erected over 30 rods of It I ('lark Fsq has laid out the track and fixed the levels It Is proposed to have a bee" Saturday Monday a Iteecher-I'tltoo Trtal furnish Reroutes Runner Town ns lie-Riesl tor Kings Is Left by Jamb 1 Melmlne Lenves Net inper to the Vermont ('on-gregutlonnl Ministers 1876 June luimson Semis Machine to Exhibit a Fhllntlcl ibin Campbell Fund Is Started Stale Grunge Meets Here January llarlland The Daniel flumner mill has been purchased and repaired and Is now doing January 2 The executors of will have made legal transfer of the subscription iist tnd ot it 1 will of lit Vt rut ut Chronicle to the General conven UltlGlltVR UR ini i "lU' ii tlon of Congregational Ministers nnd Churrhcs of Vermont The of ri i i flee of the publication is removed Pulk public iltlull Ice There is architectural perfection in this monument of Hnrre granite It is built on hill near Mr birth-: Tuesday ao tho'trackwin' be well pince a short distance from the pretty village well started Lust Tuesday the Windsor Cornet Hand visit to Montpelier and the new puh lishers arc Messrs Fo Hole on account of the heavy jam below lie- village and flooded and of the Vermont Watchman Kk White opened Wednesday i I Windsor County Court at Wood-stock The verdict of guilty of first degree murder was given a week later January 13 Gravelin eut his threat this murning appear ttmt since the rendering of the ver i diet he has been in a frenzy of t-xcitenu-nt He nearly severed the jugular vein with a piece of locking-flat and being a powerful man be kept hi attendants at lay until he fell witli fnintne January 27 Weathersfield It is reported that un Grnvelin'a premises there is a well covered by a stone so large that it look several yoke of oxen to drew it there In the spring it la propou-d to re move thi stone with a view of examining the content of the welt a a po-dblc clue to the mls-ing Frncbmen Mnreh 3 Hon Harlow for "0 year relectmnn of Wind-aer resign Henry Giaveltn was sentenced Monday nt Woodstock to be by the neck until dead on the second Friday of March 179 March 17 The "Hotel de tramps" Is located in the Old Constitution house on Depot avenue Bradley Burr manager The bttl of fare consisting of her rmg nnd crackers nnd the absence of spring-beds are drawback to general itronnge The last voyager who stopped there became disgusted and went to restau- i am and bought himself a break- fast Mnreh 31 Forty-six I the num-tier of dogs registered In Windsor April 7 Weathersfield A visit to i the Weathers field Poultry yards i WC" ropay OWNED IN 1783 BY THE FIRST STATE PRINTERS CavKllsh croquet SPOONER AND HOUGH players are becoming enthusiastic This picture shows the ancient sturdy structure in the tor they play so late they have to Montpelier State Library It lias since been moved to a use lanterns more prominent place and a new case has been con- hen owned by Richard Ely to prove her aMBQr to cast all tlia I iotja Windsor cack'rr i tin- shad- -rhnnci She hatched a chicken with four Stephen Daye Press I when about? Purchased leg? eight wings one body and I Used in Printing State Documents one head June 9 One hundred this week there were whereabouts purchased it and brought it to Windsor where it was stored for many years in a barn The editor of the Standard and State Jouron1 The Chronicle's patrons here may supply Its place in all but the religious pan by subscribing to the Journal postpaid for $300 in advance robber tries to escape from State Prison A bright new six-shooter was discovered In his and three kevs made trom impressions Jan 10 The now hall nt North of ln cession of an accomplice a convict waiter April 18 Cornish The schools In town arc: "Balloch's" "Above th Hartlnnd was dedicated Dec 29 There arc 104 convicts two prisoners for safe keeping In the State prison nnd four females nt Jr" 1 1 1 ii ni rxr SO Wrflh UnrOonS It COOS Httl eOtlX January 30 North Hnrtlnnd It is now good crossing on the Miller pt)nnVHmmilh" Nor ferry from North Hartland to ter fl I Plainfield Feb 13 John Phatr Vn convicted of the murder of Mrs PhTlii Frieze nt Rutland entered the VSBff £hJ prison Feb 5 His execution Will not occur until April 1877 Twen- ltcd Strata? ty months he Is sentenced to pcnd rhlnpr "T' In work nnd four In solitary con- Tn1 iv8 nni chines one Press Drill ami one February 27 Work on the im- Lalhe- 'vlndMr provements of the State Prison "Tinted at the great cxhlbl- April 22 David Campbell a rive feef of Dozen TfSnf to makps lhp find bottom for laying the foundations of the extension to the east shop May 1 On Wednesday a new steam whistle on Depot avenue ut- 4 i company formed at Hartianl ior tered its first sounds in Windsor found it seme years ago and had i it sent to Montpelier It was formerly stored in the dome of the a i 1 where it "had the company of many books some as old as itself and some a great deal For The Seaqui-Centennial of The Vermont Journal (By Daniel Cady) An hundred fifty years ago A time that seems eternal A printer sowed a simple seed A little newsy kernel Which we behold this hap-py day As Windsor Journal The paper bear that name Upon the page external But that's the name we know it by Yes sir the Windsor Journal what called by all the folks From captain up to colonel The oak from modest acorn sprung lias nothing on that kernel The oak is rooted fir and fast And the Windsor Journal They both are very venerable And vigorous and vernal Issued upon each seventh day Tt is in fact diurnal For folks all through the waiting week Peruse the Windsor Journal It tells them what the sunlight sees And what the hours nocturnal Subscribers held a candle once To read in hours hibernal And often scorched their tail-hat brims And made a smudge infernal But on they read resolved to know What said the Windsor Journal The early town folk nobly nursed That little newsy kernel And since those times have nourished it With pabulum paternal Another hundred fifty years Is due the Windsor Journal years ago lively times in Windsor ad the (Continued Dum Preceding Page) men of that day did not stand for press was a pamphlet containing minor differences when Important the sermon preached by Rev ends were at stake Wilkinson's Aaron Hutchinson before the Con-Combination presented the drama stttutional Convention at Windsor of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the Town July 2 1777 paid I to their lender Kenyon nt I his residence on "Lookout Moun-I tain" Cornish April 25 That molasses" I carried by two young men in big jug up State street last week i which suddenly exploded like nt-I tro-glyccrine ns It neared Its des-I tination West Windsor State Deputy I Hoyden organized a grange at Brownsville April 0 nnmed Oloiin-ler Grange There arc 65 charter members Ascutneyvlllc Ascutney Grange Is organized with 75 members Headquarters are In Gage's hall I one of the finest hails In the county May 2 And here Is Mr Orlin Hale of West Windsor with the Uvhltest little maple cakes that have ever come to our office Our Montreal correspondent Inquires about the location of Ascutney It is on the plateau near the old Capt Marshall Walt place between that and the old Fagan place on the brook road to Brownsville about a mile southwest of this village May 9 The spire and vane of the new Baptist church were raised to their position on the apex of the tower May 7 clear skies and cool northerly breezes prevailing A forging shop is under construction in connection with Mr scythe snathe establishment cn Union street May 16 It is worthy of note that the mayors of two principal cities in Nebraska were playmates together in Cornish Col Champion Chase mayor of Omaha and Col Albert Tuxbury mayor of Nebraska City arc the gentlemen I referred to June 20 William Evarts of New York and a part of his family are now at their summer residence in Windsor He is expected to give a eulogy at Hanover next Wednesday on Salmon Chase North Hartland Our new factory owned by Oliver Bros Co has been completed and doing a good business July 4 Felchville William Felon Esq has nearly completed his new house This is the 18th dwelling he has built during his lifetime being now about 80 years of age July 11 Gilbert Thayer of this village goes to Hartland Four Corners to open a shoe shop July 18 Major John Woods and his family of St Louis Mo are in town July 25 Weathersfield One working the silver and lead mine Fields of Fieldsville Had a Health Resort It is located in Patrick Gilman's shop power and sufficient for planing 7 '-1BI 4 i Ai Je Rutland Bank forger is trying to boards and divers other kinds of kiiji collect funds he placed for sate- work in their new building no 4 keeping in the bunds of vflrious May 29 The storm coming from Ascutney Mountain Tuesday after- ofriatl The money for noon between 1 nnd 2 clock en- owm use while he was serving tils William Glilman veloped the entire village a jail sentence Hall Tuesday evening to a full house June 30 West Windsor A short time ago 24 men and boys turned out and cut a new road to Ascutney Mountain starting from Brownsville The new route is thought to be shorter and easier of access than the old one by Mr June 30 One hundred years ago June 4 the name of this new-form- Some time prior to 1780 Judah Paddock Spooner went to Westminster leaving his brother in Dresden to carry on the printing business alone The year 1781 saw the removal of the Dresden printing office to Westminster and its establishment in the court houc where the first blood of the Revolution had been shed by the killing of William French Here the Brittsh-made printing press was sheet of electric flames Hail cov- Hamlet Was a Thriving Village with an Indian Health Spring Until Proprietor Wanted More of the Invigorating Water and Ihfjienrtl the Spring Lull Brook Flowed In the hnrsi- thief was arrested in le TW lhC Kast Dorset and taken to Rutland cutnev "street ear Sugar Loaf a jail' Hp sprvcd w0 tcrms in Pris-'in il I for five oth- guily 30 feet deep and just as wide was made er for 10 He was discharged in ed republic was changed from New EPl up t0 proclaim liberty and in Connecticut to Vermont at a con- dependence for the American peo-J pie in the issues of first vention held in Windsor July 8 April 28 1883 Gilbert Thayer "Anyone pass- ing through Fieldsville in 1850 newspaper The Vermont Gazette wouW hav6e noticed unusuaI activ or Green Mountain Post-Boy This iLy A Bagley was then em paper maintained a precarious buU(fin an addition r0 existence for two years and in 40 t0 the 0id6 Gardner Marcy 1 1' am 4 September and remained in town Weathersfield Many sheep and un't) A ri when he larte(i on a nearly all the lambs are dying this favorite st yle Havjng year June 5 It was the late Hu- a horsc he borrowed a us Emerson Esq who caused and harT10SH from Mr the first stone posts to be placed GuKCVi where ho stole another on the Court House Common Mos- and traded it for a third Leaving es Harrington split them from that ln carendon he stole an-th boulders on Mill Brook and placed or and exchanged it at Downer's and 9 Centennial celebration in Windsor Many Windsorites atteud Bennington Centennial Celebration Aug 12 13 14 15 August 25 Secretary of State William Evarts and Mrs William Evarts with their family barouch? and Hon Stoughton with Messrs Devons and Key of the cabinet with his four-in-hand met President and Mrs Hayes at Claremont Junction on the specinl train from Brattleboro which arrived at 10:30 A reception commencing at 5 on the grounds of Secretary was attended by about 4000 persons President Hayes said he shook them there oyer 25 years ago for aBlnfl- owned by Oscar The spotted and peeling comb- Burk of Woodstock He then stoic lion of the outside of the gh Boynton's horse at Ascutney- viiie and proceeded to East Dorset the oil 1783 suspended publication After- tavern located in tbat place ThJe wards George Hough purchased little harnet that the press and type of Green and time tQ 0 one of li most Spooner and moved them to Wina- important places in town Just 80r- previous to this a young woman Peregrinations of the Press under spirit direction so claimed Here on August 7 1783 George had pointed out the location of an Hough and Aldren Spooner com- ancient Indian spring which an menced the publication of the third ancient Indian spirit the alleged newspaper in the state The Ver- iinspirer and director claimed mont Journal and the Universal would have great curative quali-Advertiser using' the same Stephen ties and make Fieldsville famous Daye press It remained in Spoon- The spring was opened bath quality of paint over the where he swapped and stole again Poet hands with 3500 The presidential possession until 1814 although houses- built and almost any day nartv attended St Enisco-! was not used a11 that time- Isa' People could be seen carrying off pal church Sunday morning In ac Eddy sculptor of Weathersfield the water in jugs kegs and bat-the afternoon Secretary Evarts purchased the press in that year relr For a time the prophecy of Columnist and Democrat (Continued from Preceding Page) Daniel Cady makes Windsor and West Windsor few visits each (Continued from Preceding Page) woman in this town has been en-year and although he spends the liabilities and from the beginning in a delightful employment winter at Coral Gables Florida I to pay its regular dividends in cur- taming young foxes and letting and the summer at his home on rency besides keeping up the re- a8ain- She might learn Main street Burlington the Ver- quired legal reserve It is an a lesson if she could hear what mont Journal endeavors to claim agreeable fact to record that while neighbors whose poultry yards him as its own especial poet lau- some of thu city banks are paying have been invaded say about her reate their dividends only in certificates July 25- The new Baptist church He is a poet and writer of prose i the Ascutney pays in cash as if vvas dedicated this week August has been a lawyer and is also nothing had happened in Wall 1- About 100 arrivals at the Windsomething else worthy of note a Street sor House were reported for Mon- Democrat He was a Democrat in June 7 1 day and Tuesday of this week Vermont when the supporters of Gn Monday evening June 2 the I Au8'U8t 8' The of jrhe that party in the Green Mountain Fire Comoanv under Cantain pnson have order that hereafter state were as scarce as albinos but wynn No 2 no distinction will be made to the by no means as wishy washy So Tn uniform at the rtseopIe of Windsor that they he is one of the Vermonters who ervoir near the Windsor House for raust also pay admlsslon of 15 can say that they not only approve drill exercises Th water was I cents to visit the shoPs yard of policies but they qu ckirexhausted and treamrin August 22' The of 4JL I exnauscea ana streams in charles Beaman Esq of New I York and lately of the Geneva PwL Commission and Hettie Sherman thrown over the of the Fed whitewashed brick walls The and was flnaU arrcstcd He now beauty of its appearance just now has indictmen cnough for 30 is arteenng years and is a first-rate shoe June 12 The new Ascutney worker within the prison walls cemetery is becoming a beautiful May 27 The new fire engine place for the burial of the dead No 1" arrived Wednes-July 10 William Evarts day evening and the "Ascutney" comes out of the severities of the: fo to be repainted and there will long Brooklyn trial looking hearty be some friendly rivalry between and vigorous as if his task had the users of the two machines been nothing unusual July 24 The veritable building long known Fires of incendiary origin bum as the Old Constitution house in Mrs bams Mr Skin- which the first constitution of buildings Horace Vermont was formed and adopted house on an eminence between now stands nearly entire in the Windsor and Ascutneyville is in rear of new block only a ashes July 27 John Vaughn is few feet from its ancient site arrested for arson James Eddy June 24 Capt Brown has start-who leased and occupied the Stur-1 ed a hedge of hemlocks on Mr tevant Woolen Mill doing a thriv- ground along the new ing business there has disappear- road from Main street to the north ed end to Pine and Court streets August 7 Henry Ward Beecher which promises well for the Cen-and his suite consisting of some tennial year 40 persons in a palace car passed Great Centennial celebration in through Windsor Tuesday Mr Windsor July 4 1876 Dr Edward Evarts his counsel met him for a Phelps presented the moment at the station August 21 Aid Society with a banner inscrib-Quechee Friday the 13th was "Woman always and every-gala day at Quechee gulf when where the Solon parties aggregating to several Morrison the postal card man thousand assembled to witness the from Montreal is a guest of honor passage of the first train over the August 5 In the forthcoming and repaired it for his own use the Indian seemed sure of fulfill-David Watson of Woodstock was ment the next owner and then it passed alas for the fame of into the hands of another Wood- Fieldsville! The water inflow to stock man Abel Alleyn While the spring was after a year or the press was in Mr Alleyn's pos- two and after the place had be-session Wyman Spooner wrote the come famous inadequate to i t-ed by numerous "springs "and 1 following in the Vermont Journal demand On this dilemma John 'brooks About 2 last Sat-lof MaV 22 1826: the Field proprietor and father of urday afternoon $2 000 was stolen 1 press has been variously metamor- the medium concluded to sink the from the Windsor Savings Bank phosed in the repairs it has neces- spring still lower which being September 1 North Hartland Two sarily undergone we believe the done brought the bottom on the trains collided throwing two cars principal original pieces still re- level with the head of Lull brook 1 0f boo-s down the embankment main The cheeks or posts are of the unsanctified waters of which 1 The engineer and occupants of the the white oak of Old England and came rushing in and the curative i caboose was uninjured and only 12 received a polish little inferior to powers of the spring were dam- mahogany As an interesting piece aged and the popularity of its of antiquity ought it not to be- i waters and of the hopes of Fields-come the property of some typo- ville as a great healing center graphical society in New England perished forever Miss Jane Field and be preserved as a relic of discoursed in Indian tongue in ancient days consecrated by the sweat of a Franklin and perpetuating in its associations the names and memory of those fathers of our art who through its instrumentality gave light to the Franklin Benjamin is referred to and as he was eight years old when the press was moved to New London he undoubtedly had little Four manuscripts of the 14th to do with the consecrating century unearthed from the tombs After the death of Mr Alleyn of a Cistercian monastery in Italy Preston Merrifieid son-in-law of have been presented to San Fran-Alden Spooner discovered its cisco university hogs were killed A A Martin has built two steam mills at Hartland this year Allen Wardner died August 89 He was one of the original directors of the first Bank in Wiqflsor 'and served until within a year of its failure He was also director of the Ascutney Bank and served until his death He was a leading man in the enterprize of building the Ascutney Mill Dam from 1833 to 1835 September 29 The Scythe Snath business so long carried on by Harlow King has been sold to Springfield Vt parties who will continue the manufacture there November 3 The Ottauquechee Observe Anniversary of Coolidge Ceremony eagle eral building Springfleld Springfield wants and ought to have some sort of railroad Its travel and freight will have by the by better facilities than coaches and six-horse teams can give 1874 William A Donoghue Is Murdered Journal Prints Ascutney Park with Fine Track Is Built Two Western Mayors Were Boyhood Chums in Cornish Weathersfield Woman Makes Many Enemies by Taming Foxes and Letting Them Free eldest daughter of William Ev arts took place in St church Wednesday noon Arrangements have been perfected for the three fair of the Ascutney Fair Association Sept 15 16 and 17 A Floral and Mechanics hall and covered seats from which to view the exhibitions have been provided August 29 Now for an amendment of the village charter so that if people desire it they can erect street lamps and make other improvements September 5 The arrangements for furnishing water for the scholars at Central schoolhouse have been completed Sept 12 Dr Jan 10 Bales of cotton moving i Ripley Clark has completed the from the depot to Ascutney mills construction of a small dam and Woolen Mill at North Hartland consumes 60000 pounds of wool a year and nearly twice that much shoddy Proctorsville The framework for the new cheese factory to be 1 erected on land given by Ex-Gov-! ernor Fletcher is up and progres- sing toward completion Sixty roving guests were entertained at the Constitution House last month On last Wednesday evening the little village of Plymouth commemorated one of the most important events in its history It was ten years ago on this night that foremost son was sworn in as President of the United States by his father Col John Coolidge In commemoration Of the simple historical ceremony which took place in the Coolidge homestead 5000 cachets bearing the postmark: 3 a Aug were sent from the Plymouth postoffiee At 3 a August 3 1923 Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office by the dim light of an oil lamp His father Col John Coolidge administered it Every state in the union 'tvtis represented in the mail so too were England Mexico British West Indies Hawaii Philippines and all the provinces of Canada Two types of envelopes were used one a drawing of the old Coolidge homestead with the wording the oath of office of president of the United States was administered to Calvin Coolidge by his father Col John Coolidge August 3rd the Other depicting the scene of Centennial Memorial of Windsor there will be a copy of what very few people have seen the great charta" of the Town of Windsor given by authority of "George the Third King of and which hhs from the beginning been safely rolled up on a parchment in the town office October 7 A new mail route from Windsor to Cornish Flat and Meriden started this week October 21 Henry Gravelin was taken to Woodstock jail Wednesday evening for safe keeping to await trial for the burning of James buildings in Ascutneyville October 10 October 28 Body of Herbert White who lived two miles from Inn and had been missing since October 6 was found in well on Henry Gravelin farm November 4 The Roman Catholics of Windsor have recently purchased of Alfred Hall Esq a plot of ground for a cemetery just south of ledge December 2 Gravelin and a Bethel horse thief attempt to break Woodstock jail so Gravelin is brought to Windsor to await trial The lock had been tampered with so it could not be opened from the outside and Gravelin was found to have several rat-tail files in his possession December 13 The Windsor House during the session of the State Grange entertained about 100 guests the Ascutney House and the Dudley House were also filled to capacity Electrical Contracting Labor Rates and Material Prices are due to advance soon Make arrangements to have your wiring done now 1878 Edward Tatro Is Hanged for Murder of Mrs Alice Butter Claremont National Eagle Is Sold at Dan Cady Wins Prize Speaking Contest in West Windsor Adventists Are Holding Fort on Densmore Hill in bridge that spans the gulf Four brass bands Were- present from Windsor Hartford Woodstock and Quechee August 28 Gen Balloch who went through the four years of the Civil War without getting a scratch was accidently shot by his son last week while the boy was capping his fowling piece The general was struck in the tack and scalp with the entire discharge but was not badly injured September 11 Cavendish Robert woolen mill was struck by lightning Sept 9 and burned together with machinery and stock Over 100 men are thrown out of employment Cornish In 1866 Jacob Foss a native of this town died in Charlestown Mass bequeathing this town $3600 the interest on $2000 of which is to aid the Worthy poor the interest of the remainder to be used on the purchase Of flags Already have the flags been erected in four communities and Cornish seems eventually to become the banner town Sept 18 Perkinsville The soapstone Stove works now owned and run by Henry Esq of this place presents quite a lively aspect at the present time Adam great eight-tent combination cofhing 1000 men and horses 3000 beasts and birds 10000 museum wonders two circuses will exhibit at Windsor Sept 23 October 2 Although an annular eclipse of the sun is not generally considered of much importance yet a party of young men manifested Sufficient interest to rise at 4 o'clock and go several miles in order to get a full Sight of it October 16 Hartland The old Armory at Hartland Four Comers has been fitted up for a Town hall October 30 Hartland The greatest curiosity of the Season is a newspaper turned to stone found by Frank Gilbert The printing is visible to the naked eye and yet this week on wheels after all the deep snows of the season thus far is a novelty worthy of notice The fifth anniversary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs Whitaker was very pleasahtly celebrated Tuesday evening at the old homestead of her father Preston Merrifieid Esq Windsor wants a bigger town hall when such a troupe as Whitemore minstrels appear James Winn aged 57 farmer living hear West Windsor line is accused of murdering William A Donoghue also of that district Not a dispatch of the Windsor homicide appeared in the daily papers until February 9 The Journal carried a complete account in an extra edition Saturday noon The entertainment for the benefit of the Windsor Athenaem Library wiil take place Tuesday evening the Ascutney House (on street near Durkee) 28 The festival in the of the Baptist church attended by over 250 Tuesday The Windsor Cornet furnished music 14 Weathersfield The appointed to make arrangements for a cheese factory obtained sufficient capital selected a building site at Per- wheel in Fulkhole brook a short distance from the railroad culvert by which an ample supply of water is pumped up to his home on North Main street Sept 19 The Windsor Savings Bank is about to repair and enlarge their building by adding a second story and otherwise improving the whole structure September 26 Petitions are in circulation both for and against the reunion of West Windsor with Windsor The latter has a debt of $34800 and the former one of $29700 of which $16000 worth of bonds mature this fall October 17 Five lights appear on these dark nights on North Main street above the Windsor House and two or three on State street Tuxbury and Stone are selling best prints 9 cents a yard kerosene oil 15 cents per gallon salt 50 cents per bushel November 7 That apartment in the old bank building has been fitted up for a fireproof receptacle for the town records November 14 The Onesimus Club with headquarters in the Hubbard block has been formed by about 20 young men for mutual improvement December 19 Sheldon Pond who has been confined to the State Prison on a life sentence for murder since June 15 1855 was committed to the asylum for the insane at Brattleboro As his sentence was confinement Park Pollard Prepares Rutland Headquarters REFRIGERATORS HOT-POINT ELECTRIC RANGES BEER COOLING EQUIPMENT January 19 One hundred years ago Vermont used to punish bur glary and counterfeiting by brand-jing the offender with a hot iron and cutting off his ears lying was punished by setting the liar in stocks and whipping and thieves were compelled to make three-fold restitution of stolen property Edward Tatro aged 21 years was brought to the Prison this week by order of the Vermont Supreme Court Tatro will be on Next Page) How Kissing Originated According to Pliny it was the opinion of Cato that kissing first began between kinsmen and kinswomen in order that the fqniner plight know whether their Wives or daughters had tasted wine Park Pollard of PrOctorsVille state home loan director and chairman of the democratic state committee Was in Rutland 'recently making preparations to open an office in the new federal building on West street Pollard stated that the headquarters probably will be opened within a week or as soon as office equipment can be through the government George Carpenter of White kinsville River Junction former state bank at Main February new vestry was evening Band March committee secured have and March 1877 Centennial One Hundred Years Ago June 4 Name Was Changed from New Connecticut President and Mrs Hayes Spend Several Days in Town Constitution House Is Haven for Tramps With Bradley Burr Breen Electrical Construction Co Telephone 97 Windsor Vt 21 Among the merchants commissioner will be first assist-1 of this village there are only three ant in office jwho either as clerks or proprietors Jan 6 Trial of Henry Gravlin for the murder of Herbert.