Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-03-20
VERMONT ITEMS.


tensiyc sheep-bargaining business, in order
10 supply HE or his fathers farm in Illinois.
The story Is that be actually paid $50 on
account of ere fine ram bargsiDed feI-pro-
bably to pull the wool over the eyes of the
people among whom he was operating lie
had not at last advices. called to pay the
balance, and probably his father great farm
will have to be stocked from other quarters
than Vermont
Jerome Sherbino of Wcybridse, recently
sold niue lambs and one ycarling eve fer
$1,000. Ezra Fitch Of Bridport sold thirty
ewes for SI6oo
J. W. Simonds has been appointed post
master at Rupert. in the place Of Henry
Sheldon, removed.
The postmaster at Bondyillc mailed pair
Of boots n short time since to a soldier in the
army, weighing three pounds and one ounce,
making the postage S2,9i. it having been
decided that boots, clothing SC, should he
charged letter postage.
The town Of Bennington has in the service
one Colonel. one Lieut.. Colonel, two Majors.
three Captains, -four before Capt. Winslow
returned,) and two Quartcmaster5.
They are turning out 200 rifle musket-
day at thearmory at Windsor, Vt
\ horse belons to Jerry Haywood, driven
by hi, wife, took fright in front Of the store
Of ". :. Newton. Brattlcboro, and ran
away, freeing himself from the sleigh run
ming into the corner Ola building, aud smash
ing the vehicle. He then took 70 the track
Of the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad,
upon which be ran for couple Of miles,
bringing mp 10y falling through a bridge
across Broad Brook, in which stream he was
found ,bciu9 all right barring little lame
ucs>.
Two le;ru-. belonging To- Na,hou skinner.
ard j. y. Cumming. Of Mansfield, with
their contents. were DESTROYED on the night
Of February 9th Lass Sleo0, and uo M
surancc. The barn. wcre some twenty rcd,
apart. and che FIRE is supposed TO have hecn
the work OF an incendiary.
GA the .,cuin. Of the l2th init. 81 .'ulle-
man going past the foundry building Of
Mcssrs. Bowman and Mansfield in Rutland,
discovered large pile of boxes or flask in
side Of the building to be ON FIRE. Prompt
measures were taken and The Gsmcs c4tin-
gui,bcd before very serious damage had re-
suited
The Annual Conference of the Methods,
Churches Of Vermont, commences at St. Al
bans on the 18th Of April. aud viii continue
I in session several days
/ Oscar Beard of Corinth wa, recently ar
rested for robbing store. Tie c,nfessc~
that David Barnes and Vim. Barnes Of Bar
ton and Asa Barnes Of Chelsea and himself
have for several years been engaged in rob
berries in the towns Of Corinth. Montpelier
and Barton. Asa Barnes was formerly clerk
with Hyde and Foster of Montpelier. On
searching his house in Chelsea, goods were
/ found secreted in the attic.
/ On February 18th, Mr.. Erastus Cook Of
Brookfeld, committed suicide by hanging
1t is supposed the deed was done during a
temporary fit Of insanity, caused by peunia-
~ cmbarrassmcnts-
Intelligence has been received recently,
that Corporal Rozcmc Z. Bacon. of Co X,
18th regiment, had committed suicide by
cutting his throat. lie had been i'll for
short time. AMI he undoubtedly committed
the dead while laLbrine under mental alb
CREATION lie va, the ~,u Of JOHN Bacon,
2d, E-q. DIST. Johnsbury. and young man
! much esteemed lie WAS 10 years old.
The dwelling house OF Leonard Flint. Jr..
ol Williamstovn. with ii, contents, was
burned on the morning of March l. Esti-
mated L. about 500. Insured $50 in
tic Faruor's Mutual
The Brandon Monitor saw w notic, 10y
am item ia cur exchanges that the st. Albans
and >vau,on Banks have been defraudcd hy
lady who presented at each Bank draft
which had hccn altered from 50 10 500, re-
cciviug tl'' cash for the same. We are in
formed by oar cashier that a lady called at
the Brandon Bank on the 20th january and
purchased two drafts of $3.50 each, payable
TO one Merrill. Both of these drafts were
altered t. S90,j and cash on ono wac oh
tanned at the Bank at Brattleboru ami ON
the other at Bank in Quincy, Mas.
Walton's Daily Journal contains the fol-
lowing from Mr. Walton. declining a re-