The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-17

ATTACKS Of his.
MnEa,S. " frb. l.
-DGAru 81 Fieg.-jtn -. Wesley
aged one wear aul eleven IA mti.. -1n Of
Jo..n anl Bs,sey llll. had has clothes take
lire in The moraiug, AMI burn1d ban 80
that he died at about one O'Clock The nest
morning Waiehnan.
swat Pox.-Widos Anna Brown,
OF Holland. VI, aged about 20. died vnh
the snlll poN, BY inuoculaiion. Persons
~ Holland have had It the nltunl way,
aud tina, wcru known to be exposed we're
iunoeuisted. 1t Is supposed by some that
the disease has been dosignediy spread
It began, however, Ia Derby returned
Californian having the disensc, from Der
By II went to Holland, and from thence To
ST. Johnsbnv.--B.
-FiRE ~ EAsr MoNTrrLtrR.-On
"Wednesday morning last. the dwelling
house Of Orin Slayton VAS destroyed.
with ITS contents. Insured 1925 IN the
Vernon, Muiual.-B.
Fins IN MoDrPILIrR.-On Mon
day morning last, two DIV ihngs, a barn
and shed, at the upper end Of Main street,
were destroyed by FIRE. one OF the
dwellings was owned by X. r. Keith
of little value and not insured. The other
was owned by Reuben Richardson, and
insured in the Farmers Mutull.-B.
-BEARIsH.-We ARE informed that
a large Bear. weighing about two hundred
pounds, was caught IT. a trap, in a bain in
Stamford, not long since. Whether his
object was mutIOu, " "huther the cNln the
cold drove hun 10 seek a comfortable lodg-
ing N the hay-tnow, has not been ascer-
tanned, but the trap not being securely fast
ened, Buin d%ecamped, but being pursued
TO his den by the trail, was secured
statesman.
VT. Mutual Far Insurance. Co.
The semi-annual statement. to Feb. !,
shows the "Oid Mhnil' better than ever.
The amount OF premium notes or capital is
Sl.O05,2l3 -, imposed to be the largest
OF any Insurance Company in the U. s., in
proportion to the amolnt at risk. to wit.
S~I3,sS6,5l2. The number of losses for
the six months is 81, amount Si6,77S %,
and the assessments ! ~ per cent.
FATAL ACCIDENT N S1owE.-Cn
Thursday last a plrts of sixteen persons,
ina large sleigh, left the DIV Hing of NJ
George Raymond for Stowe yllligc, and
On %decending a hill to c oss a bridge the
horses were startled by s,ne object near
the road aud yeered from the track so far
that the driver tailed of r,lnmg IA the
team upon the bridge, and consequently
the sleigh was overturned, throw.ns some
Of the party a distance el ten feet upon the
ice in the stream, and others down a bank
at the roadside abont seven feet. Several
OF the party were slightly injured, and one,
WI regret to say, was instantly killed.
Tins one was Col. Ehab b. llerrick, late
of Morriswlle,--on active bu insss man of
high character, and much estce ned in his
county and this section If the State. His
aye was So. Mrs. lierrick WIS By the
side of her husband at the tune of the ucci-
dent, aud escaped without serious injury.
Tho funeral was attended at Stowe on
Sunday last by a very large number of
the people Of the town and vicinity.
Stare AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The Directors Of the Vermont State Agri-
cultural Society met at Bellows Falls, Feb.
|, 1854, at ; O'Clock p. NJ. John Gregory
was appointed Secretary pro tenn, in the
absecne OF Mr.. Beckwith.
Present, Messrs. Ilolbrook, Chase, Ham
mond, Colbum, kcyes, Bingham, Hodges,
Campbell, Seymour and Gregory. NJ.
White, Superintendent.
Voted, That Rufus Wainwright, of
Middlebury, be appointed Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Board.
Letter from Hon. Edward Everett was
read, declining the request TO deliver the
Address At the next Annual State Ear.
Voted, That Il Committee Of three be
appointed, eonsistiig Of the President and
two members OF the Society, to negotiate
with those towns who shsll desire the Fair
during the ensuing year, and al.o vita tie
Railroads, and report at an adjourned meet
ing Of the Board Of Directors.
Voted, That the President be requested
to select said Committee, - act in connec.
ton with himself.
Voted, That Messrs. Meachan. Newton
and Tracy be appointed as delegates 10
attend the "Uuitei States Agricultural So
siciy," to be- held at Washington, d. G.,
on "Wednesday, Feb, u, 1851.
Oder business was transacted, among
which was the fixing Of ,hs Premium List
fo' the ensuing year, bu, the Secretary
has failed 10 send Us the balince Of the
proceedings. The meeting adjourned TO
meet 81 ihi. place on Tuesday. the 27th
inst-.irgs
The Burlington Datiy FREE Pnss Of
the llt, CONTAINS a cul for a public meet.
ing Of the citizens Of Chntenden County