Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-01-10
VERMONT ITEMS.

The third company Of Vermont sharpshoot-
ers left Brattlcboro' on "Wednesday morning,
Jan. lat. Tho full company numbers l0l,
but some | 2 or lj are sick with the measles,
al Brattleboro. All are picked men, capital
shots, and all but one native Americans. The
tallest man in the company stands 6 feet
inches il his stockings, and their average
weight is I 50 lbs. They were without arms
or uniforms, but expect to receive them in
New York Gilbert Hart OF Dandy, their
captain. enlisted as a private, and was chosen
captain by "a votes. Henry Herbert is lst
lieutenant. and A. H. Buxton ID. The
Springfield Republi,aa says they are a fine
looking set of Green Mountain boys, aud as
steady and excellent men as they look 20 be.
MILITARY. The Worcester Company But
Ter Regiment has been organized by the
choice Of the following officers Captain,
Edward Hall, Worcester; LIST Lieut., KilburE
Day. Bethel ID Lieut., Truman = Kellogg
Worcester; Orderly Sergeant Edwin s..
Drown, Wolcott
The company enlisted by Cyrus b. Leach
at Bradford, for the Butler Regiment. was or
ganized Saturday doe 2gtt. x tho election
Of the following officers Captain. Cyrus B.
Leach, Of Bradford lst Lieut., Alfred g..
Getchell Of Bradford; ID Lieut., Darius g..
Child, Of Fairlec
SAD ArrAtu.-Ab0ut one o'clock last Sun
day, two French lads aboaf fourteen years
Old one named William Blow, the other the
son of Antoine LaMotte, b5ih oi Grand Isle,
while skating together on the lake, between
the island and the main land broke through
the ice in a thin spot. and were drowned
They were seen TO 60 through, but from too
great a distance TO admit of O. rescue Both
bodies were recovered about three hours after
Free Press.
Thirty fall pigs and twenty spring pigs,
raised by sow Of O. Wood. except a few
kept for breeders, we're killed. the fall pigs at
the age Of about fifteen months averaging
over 400 lbs, the spring pigs at between
and 9 months, weighing over 800 lbs. each
and last Saturday the Old daule herself dress
ed GAO lbs. So. Woodstock Is ahead. Stand
ard
FATAL AccrDENr.-LastA Monday Mr. Geo.
Wood, OF Jamaica, mounted Young horse for
the purpose Of riding a short 3etance from his
house. The horse taking fright run with him
against a tree with such forcs that t killed
the horse and injured Mr.. Wood so severely
that he died on the afternoon of the follow
ing Wednesday, the 25th ult.
At Burlington, on Monday night. Cyrus
Clark, and Corydon Freeman, two cullered
indiyidooals got tight in flames Mullins
den, playing several games Of tards for drinks.
After a while a muss was started and the par
ties went out Of doors to fight it out when
Clark stabbed Freeman in the back with a
jack-knite, inaic,ing a severe fvouud.
Quartermaster General Davis has supplied
the 7th Vermont regiment with boots manu-
factured by the Chester Boot Company az Il
cost Of 81 81 per pair. The Pionir having
seen a sample, says they are superior to those
usually furnished to soldiers. General Davis
does right TO encourage home industry when
he can.
.0ss.a,.ls. n.---srotlffg't =
town, young man aged 23 and who, we
believe, had enlisted into Captain Duncan's
Light Artillery Company. was found dead in
his bed yesterday morning. in the Old Brewer
Block, on West Street. W. are informed
that he was about the village the night before
in apparent health.-Rala.d Hs,ald.
The band OF the 2l Vermont regiment has
returned home to Bennington, where it was
raised, having been discharged from service
They were offered SO month each by
Minnesota regiment, but preferred to come
home, and 60 back in the spring wherever
their services are required
FAILURES IN ERMoxr.-From the circu-
lar Of R. g. Dun & Co., Of the Mercantile
Agency in New York, we obtain the follow
ing statement Of the number of failures in
business in this State duriag the past few
years
ls57-No. 57-Titbnities. si73 100
ls6O-No. 30-liahilities, S25i . D.
ls5l-No il6-Li,billiies. Sl,fst-oo
Wm. B Jones Of WheelocA has four sons
in the Union army. One is in Wisconsin
cavalry regiment, two are in the Vermont 9th,
and the other has just enlisted at this place
in the Butler regiment now forming. The
father thinks he will enlist if Eng land pitch
es ~ Caiedonian.
There has been a good deal Of small thev-
ing in Nergennes lately money drawers have
been robbed Of small amounts and shop keys
stolen, no doubt to facilitate Further robbery.
The sum Of $40 was stolen from Anthony
Badduke.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of
Masons of Vermont commences ia Burlington
on Wednesday, January sth, 1862 All the
railroads will carry for fare one way. An un-
usually large number of the order are expect
ed TO be present.
l5S' TIE Rutland Herald says of the dopar-
ture Of Mason aud Slidell that ''they belong to
that category Of individuals who leave their
country for their country's good In all hui
man probability they never will return"
The lumber aud grist rs.ss-iu Sharon be-
longing to l.. G Chilson. together with the
machine shop standing near hy, we're destroy
ed by fire on Sunday morning, Dec. 29th
Mr.. Leandor II. Stowell Of st. Johnsbury
Center, killed a pig this fall, eight months
and twenty days old, which weighed four hun
dred and t,oeioe pounds
The Burlington banks. following Isuit to
the city banks, have suspended specie pay
ment.
THE WAR CoMMENoED-~Englih Reprisa
on oar Fish Herchant.---A correspondent
from Provincetown informs as that when the
Rinaido arrived off that place at bieak Of day
on Wednesday morning, some fishermen went
to dispose OF their fish. While