Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-02-16
Vermont Items.

Vermont's share Of the old.'surplus reven
ue fund, on deposit, a recently reported
by Secretary McCulloeh, is $500 ,OS6 20.
Another Bellows Falls merchant failed on
Friday last. John Adams. twelve years in
trade there. Liabilities $1,000; asset.
$1,000.
A. 5. Bliss, OF Calais is the owner Of an
eight months Old ball calf which weighed
752 pounds.
The dwelling house of Mr. Lyman Daven-
port, Of Berlin, wa destroyed by FIRE On the
night Of the 18th Inst. The family were all
in bed and barely escaped with their lives.
Tie barn Of Austin Ladd, of North Dorset
was destroyed by FIRE last week Wednesday.
Nine head Of cattle were burned. Loss
about $lOOO-uo insurance.
\ SOW belonging to Henry Richardson. Of
C5rintb. should have brought him a litter Of
pigs in May last, but failed Ia December
her owner kill,a her. She dressed of $50
pounds, and from her were taken eleven dead
full sized pig.
Three barrels of high wines, one good
span Of horses, slclgh. bufIllo robes, &c. the
whole valued az between 500 and $500.
tac property og one Rankin of Cabot, was
Seized by thc customs officer at Barton last
week
Everybody in MoutIclier,wiib their wives
and sWeethcarts, were going to Waterbury
for a sleigh ride on tuesday bat the weather
proving too boistcrou- they went .riding on
rail- rae question for debate now, in
Mon'Ielier, is .'are the sleisiriders by rail,
thawed out yet?'
The people Of Albany, Vt, have given five .
donation yi-its to as many ministers, the ag-
gregate Of contributions amounting to S764. .
which they think is pretty well for small
town.
Archibald Lander. who slopsd '' from
Court, when On trial Tor arson in Topsham,
and was rooapured might IS well have /
spared his legs, as tie jury found him not .
guilty at the end of seven days trial.
Hiram Brewer passed five counterfeit ten .
dollar bills On the FAN Rive, Bank, in New .
port Vt. last Friday, and was arrested while
trying to pass another. lis pockets were
found stuffed with counterfeit money. and .
he was promptly bound over for trial IL
S+Coo bonds failing to obtain which he
went tojal
\ man namei Gleason IN Cambridge, who
prIdes himself On being hard to catch, -
was arrested, last week, by Deputy Sheriff
Kinsicy, On an execution, after nearly days
chase through fields and woods, and the use
of pistols. axes, stoye-lecs, sLIllalahs, &c. on
the part Of his friends
George White, the Walpole hank robb,r
who cscaTed from Jail IN Keeue last week,
came north by the way of SaxtOn's river,
where be and fellow jailbira hired team
at Mr.. Bemi-' livery stable, which they
haven't returned, and which the owner
begins to despair Of seeing again.
Mr.. GoodeH Of Bra,tleboro, who does
every thing intelligently and we'll, from lc-
gislation up TO farming, gave a first class
free exhibition Of fat cattle, in front Of our
window "a few days since, consisting Of FIVE
yoke of oxen, and one pair Of two years old
steers. The oxen weighed respectively
4 go; 400; $3.50: 5000 lbs. The
steers weighed three hoasG1d and fffy-fre
pounds. Eleven months ago, the fifth yoke
Jf oxen, now weighing 400 lbs, weighed
lnly 2,340 lbs, thus gaining orfr one
hundred pounds a month for elersa consecutive
months. Considering that these cattle were
worked through the ,prIng at springs !
work, and were not fed grain till Novem-
Der-since which they have been feI with
neal-wc think the case most rem lrkable
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