Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-12-14
Local News.

MOURNER. "A pretty good joke was
IN Sunday last visited upon one OF
our sharpest and most vigilant Selling ,
officers, and who don't live over a
thousand miles from Barton. 1t ap- |
pears that he got his eyes upon a
: poor wayfaring man. minister OF
the gospel from Sheffield, who was
journeying to dispense the tidings of
salvation to the Browningtonites.-
The roads being bad he mounted his
horse and gave chase to the minister
who was in wagon and hurrying on
with full speed so as not to be too
late to his appointment. When with
in hailing distance of him Mr.. Officer
ordered him to "stand and deliver"
which he did. Officer asked him what
he had in his load. Minister said "no
thing but the Bible" Our officer was
not to be " fooled however, "he had
travelled" and he therefore insisted !
upon searching the load, which result |
ed in revealing nothing but the holy
scriptures; but as he was Baxter
official the gospel was of no use to
him and so he decreed that the word
of God was not contraband; he there
fore told the minister to 60 his way,
which he did after a season of prayer
with our officer in the middle of the
road-the minister compelling Mr..
Officer to kneel as the price of his not
telling the story. But it has got out
somehow.
ACCIDENT.-As Amherst Seavey of
Bloomington was carrying Miss Clara
JOslyn to commence her school in the
centre district, some part of the wag-
on gave way and both were thrown
Violently to the ground. Miss Joslyn
was hurt quite badly in her face, but
not seriously. Seavey was dragged
some distance by his horse but man.
aged finally 10 stop him, not however
without a number Of severe bruises.
1t is thought that Miss Joslyn will be
able to commence her school 10 a week
or two.
CLEyELAND'S CATTLE.-We have
on several occasions given accounts
by correspondents of the thorough
bred cattle and sheep raised by Hen
ry Cleveland of Coventry, but never
until quite recently have we had tn,
pleasure Of seeing for ourselves tho
splendid stock we had heard SO fire
quently mentioned. We saw calf
which weighed some TOO lbs, and tina
too without extra feeding. He ha
, been sold for 1925, which we SHOULD
say affor ded IL very fair profit on ;
last springs calf; it took the first pre-
MUM at the last state fair. A twt
= years old DuII was also shown "a
, which also took the first premium a
=. the same fair, which weighed but
few pounds less than 1900. though h
had a regular daily feed Of oatmea
. which left him in good order thong
> by no means what would be called
- fat animal. We also saw four year
4 old heifer in but ordinary flesh whic
weighs fully 100; this animal ais
took the first premium. We saw OF
: cr cattle which excited our covetou
|, ness, but those we have named NJ
k Cleveland we suppose regards as h
q. best. We noticed splendid pair G
10 working steers, four years old, whi(
-. were beauties and it would seem
Sc our unsophisticated mind were capab
IN of hauling almost any load one saw
III to place behind them; we have forge
rs ten their weight but think it is $50
o.. lie has some two years old heife
-, which we would thank him to give
nc our pick out of, making us a prese
no of it, and we would stand by hi
n manfully as long as the heifer live
10. 1t seems to us almost strange that ia
ke mers do not enter into raising the
70 cattle more generally when there
or such a profit in them. We were to
no by Mr.. Cleveland that it costs no mo
tb to keep one of these cattle than it do
to one of the native breed while the
ne come from one slaughtered for beef
i vastly more, while for dairy purpOs
w. they are equally as good. Mr.. CleV
he land took five premiums out of Gig
,is at the last state fair.
en- We also visited Mr.. Cleveland
ais flock of merinos, but as we do n
nd count ourselves much of a "sheepis
in We cannot wax very eloquent up
,se this branch Of our subject without go
IT, pay for it; bat we know enough abo
or wool however to remark this that t
IN absence Of that gummy substance
lot prevalent in the generality OF o
in thoroughbred merinos proves it to
ell a profitable kind for manufacturers
it buy, while the ticks, if any, need L
fear being drowned in sea of grea
of A CHAPTER OF HORRORs.-Mr.
vo ?. Tyler writes to us from Nor