The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-04-08
VERMONT TRANSCRIPT,
ST. ALBANs,
Friday. Apru -, 1854.

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0,,r REGULAR publication day on account
III the State Fast
We regret to learn that the scar
lct fever and measles have made their
nrwclcome appearance in st Adams
snd vicinity.
The assistant postmaster notifies
II that the number of letters mailed
h St Adams Post Office, for the quar-
,er ending March 3lst, 1864, was d.
5g0; being an increase per quarter of
between two and three thousand let
tiers.
MIR. Bullard of Swanton, who pur-
ebased several months ago the dwell
,,o house now occupied by Mr. Alfred
~ Huntington, has leased it for n
bear TO Messrs, Lorenzo James and
Marshall Mason.
The weather for several days past
has been very bahny and sprng-ihe
and TOO warm for the convenience and
benefit Of sugar-makers.
The Rev DIR. Fay, Superinten-
dent Of schools for st. Albums, gives
notice that the public examination Of
teachers required by law, viii be held
81 the Academy in St Adams, on Sat
urday April rs. 1864, at 10 O'Clock
A. VI
An inspecting officer viii be sta
toned at ST Adams, to inspect such
eayalry horses as may be offered agree
ably to Messrs. Barlow Il Goodell's
advertisement in another column. This
Inspection at St Adams viii be a
great convenience to sellers in this vi
ciuity, and parties having cavalry hor-
ses for sale need no advice to dispose
Of them before the government con-
tract is fully supplied
The next term Of the Franklin
County Court viii begin at St Adams
April 18th 1861 Hon. Asa Owen Adds
Presiding Judge and Hon. r. II Hoyt
and Hon r r Bingham, Assistant
I Judges. There are sixty-three cases
minuted for trial on the Jury Calendar
and tweny-nino cases set for triad by
b. court Ten days are assigned for
the trials by jury after which the
court cases will be disposed Of
sd WooL GRowERs CoNyNrIoN. 4 Con
vcnton Of Wool-growers in Franklin
County was holden at the Court House
April 9th, agreeably to previous notice
Hon. Lawrence Brainerd presided,
aided by several Vice Presidents, and
j. b Whiting, Esq, acted as Secretary.
Messrs. 3. Barlow, A. NJ. Clark, W.
Teachout and H. Lewis were elected
70 memorahze Congress in regard ia
az increase Of duty on Wool
Forcible remarks were made by
AleSSrs. Barlow and Clark fayoring an
hlcrease Of duty, and SO preventing the
fee importation Of large quantities
of foreign wool
These steps on the part of the wool
growers seem opportune and we trust
nlay be beneficial to a very important
branch of domestic industry
We have been requested to an
nounce that Miss Edmunds of Boston
SILL by special request, read at Acade-
ply Hall, on Friday evening April Sth
at : - O'Clock Tickets % cents.
Hon. A. 0. Adds and family have
Returned to st Adams. We regret to
lean that the Judge has been some
What indisposed during his recent
&sojoun in Boston, where his family
have been stopping for n number O
months, on account Of i'll health
The Winthrop House, Boston, wai
burnt April 9Th, with the Free Masoni
Hall, valued at over $4,000. TIL,
mr. was supposed to be the work of al
incendiary
The Metropolitan Sanitary Fal
IN New York, opened on Monday las
N great style, and promises to be
great success.
Charles w Rich, Esq, of Swan
Ton, has in use new patent hay pres
(Which is named NE Mormon Beater
and congresses hay more firmly than
those in common use.
The Rev Charles Fay, d. D., il
temporarily supplying the pulpit a
slAlyaly church, East Berkshire, on al
fernate Sundays
-Dolphus Dewing, Esq, whose sud
den death of disease of the heart a
East Franklin, we noticed last week
8 was native of Woodstock, Conn.
Shere he was born, April ID, 1894
ne has been resident of Sheldon
"no Franklin for about sixty years.
Instead Of ferry-boat plying reg
a ularly between BURLINGTON and Platts