Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-04-21
VERMONT ITEMS,

The Vermont papers Of last week were quiteLar.
rem Of incident usually denominated, alarming,
'myslerious,' Accidental, criminal or casual,
After a protracted examination Of their content,
we find but three items that We care to segr.gai
The first Of these is clipped from the Windsor Jour-
nal and is as follows
"H. c. Dwight. ESQ.,, has been removed from
the office Of Postmaster in Yershirc, because he
was suspected Of being X. N. Ills successor Is
Peter NJ Swim, who has hitherto been known as A
Wing. Mr. Swift has formerly resided in Brd.
ford and Thetford. we believe, although he has
resident Of vershlre for several years"
We fear that the official guillotine will have to
be kept in motion good share Of the time il all
who are suspected are to suffer decaptaticn.
The second item is from the Burlington Free
Press and is a regular 'fsh-siory,' and II Is
tough one We do not mean to assert a positive
disbelief in the actu al occurrence as therein mar
rated, but candor compcls us to say our mind VS.
vers a very little in yielding perfect credence to
the fact stated. Here 1t Isl
"a Fish Siory.-One day last week Charlie,
Jewett Of llydepark thirsty with his labor chopped
a hole in the ice which covered a mountain stream
and lay down 10 drink. While in the act he found
suddenly jerking up his head he threw out upon
the ice, trout which weighed two and half
pou1.ls. The story comes 10 us through a crcdi-
BILE and Is authenticated by the evidence Of
the driver Of the North Eastern stage who tells Us
he has talked with the man and inspected the Bit
ten member, which is considerably lacerated and
SWOLLEN. Fishing with your own proboscis for
pole and its rosy tip for bait, is n new kind Of
sport"
A sight at the wood choppers nose, and few
minutes conversation with the 'stage-driver' would
have done much to settle our convictions
The following report Of a case tried at Mont
pelier, and Of much interest to those who have
been the dupes Of travelling insurance agents, as
well as to the insured generally, will be worth no
tcing:-
Farmer's Mutual Fire Iasurance Companv. n,
Hfliiam .MarshaH.-This was an act on A ORE.
MUM note for Sls9,-given for the insurance ofa
Blacksmith shop and dwelling house six or seven
rods distant The defence was that an agent Of the
Company represented to the insured that the Com
pany had a large fund provided so that no assess
meni could ever be made during the Eve years, and
the agent agreed that nothing should ever be caeI
for except the $500, which the insured then paid
That the house ought not have been put into the
sane class as the shop, but the agent said it would
make no odds ifthey were put in one policy as moth
ing but the $500 would have to be paid and the
house was put in al per cent. and the shop At 40
per cent and both were put in one policy in the
Merchants and Mechanics Class 1t was admit
ted that the representation was false. The Com
pany claimed that the agent had no authority to
make such representation; also that he was the
agent Of the insured in this particular Asses
ments were made from year to year, which Mar
shall refused to pay. and this suit was brought
The Court Judge Poland presiding) held and
charged the Jury that the agreement made BY the
agent that no more should be paid could not be
given in evidence to vary the written contract
but that although the agent had no authority in
fact from the Company to make such Representa-
tons, yet if he was allowed to go around and take
applications, and the extent Of his authority was
not known to Marshall, aud he made representa-
tons 70 the condition Of the Company which
were false, and Marshall relied upon such repre-
sensations and would not have entered into the
contract but for such representations, then the
whole contract would be avoided by such false rep
RESERVATIONS, and the Company could not enforce
the Contract.
Verdict for Acknowledgements Waterman.