Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-11-20
ADDISON COUNTY.

ci NCdic. 1HCy nave llSeu III 4
house by themselves until few days since.
when they went to live with their daughter,
Mrs Sessions. They We're present at the
family gathering on Thanksgiving day of
1900, and their posteritv were with them to
the fifth generation.
Two cows belonging to Joseph Battell,
Esd, OF Ripton, worth one hundred dollars
each, were recently suspended in mid air.
until life was extinct, by the giving away of
the floor on which they were standing. \
fine horse was also let down by the same ac-
cident. but the halter broke and the horse
received no permanent injury.
Fatal AccIDENr.-A promising little son
of Mr.. j. Dobbins, of Waltham, was taking
his fathers dinner TO him on Buck mountain.
and III climbing up steep place he caught
hold OF a stone weighing some thirty pounds
t. aid his ascent. when the stone rolled upon
him, iniuring him internally so that he died
soon after.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Deacon Lorenzo Downs and wife. of Ben
ningtOn, commemorate the fiftieth anniver-
sary OF their marriage on the 9th inst.
There are seven persons living within ore
mile OF their residence, who attended their
wedding fifty years ago.
An addition of ninety feet will be added
70 the Mt Anthony House, Bennington, ear
ly in the spring, and it is purposed TO have
il in readiness for next summers business.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Last Tuesday morning the dry house Of p.
y L. Jacobs, in Newark, and about five tons
Of starch, was consumed by fire. The build
ing had Just been erected on the site of one
burned but few months ago
EXPENSIVE Hoe FEED.-Some months ago
Richard Willard, of Sutton, having $500 in
government bonds, for safe keeping placed
them in wallet, together with two strings
Of gold beads, gold dollar, and few pieces
Of silver, and deposited the lot in & straw
bed. Last week Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
emptied the old straw into the hog pen and
retilled the bed. Some three DAYS after. one
Of the children came in from the hog pen.
bringing 4 gold bead, which reminded the
old folks Of the precious deposit made in the
bed After diiigent search in the pen, the
gold dollar, q few beads, and fragments Of
the wallet were found, hut the bonds were
past . redemption"
Noah Eastman, for thirty-lour years past
foreman in f. L 4 Fairbanks shop At st.
Johnsbury- died the first of last week.
The first saw mill built in Caledonia coun-
~ was built in Barnet at the falls on Stevens
river. in the year Ill. \ grist mill WAS
built the same year.
The Passumpsic House 1t - Jofnsbury
for which ;. X. Remick paid $500. has
lately been sold for ) 200.
cHrrrENDEx COUNTY.
Base BA1L.-A defiant challenge from the
Atlantic base ball club Of Whitehall, \. y,
4. Il L.,
New York. Tor any sum between so and
$40 900 has been accepted BY the second
nine of the Phoenix club OF Hinesburgh, who
name Huntington, and Nov. Goth, AZ the day
and place Of the match. If the weather
with which we have lately been favored pre-
walls on the goth. - mullins " viii be easy
and mittens comfortable
LSsEx COUNTY.
Mrs. Arundal Olcotr of Lunenburch was
recently run away with by her team. when
returning home from a visit, thrown out OF
the vehicle, and received a compound frac-
ture Of an arm. besides being hurt other
wise.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
lion. lawrence Brainerd. OF s. Adams
owns seventy horses, and has constructed {
good half-lnile trotting track upon lane
owned BY him at St. Adams Point
Butter took another tumble in the 81. IL
bans market on Monday. and prices ranged
from thirtv-fye t. forty cents per pound
\ few Of the best lots brought the latter fg
ures. though thirty-eight cents seemed to IA
the ruling price.
Hon Asa q. Adds designs returning anC
making St Adams his future home, early il
the spring The Judge Is now travelling
through Europe, and increasing his store d
knowledge which will prove no small acces
sion - bis literary attainments.
Forest Mitchell. Of East Fairfield, accident
ally discharged pistol ball into the palm oil
his hand few days since, causing painful
wound
On Tuesday morning Of last week I'VE
barns in 81 Adams, belonging 10 Mr.. Beals
were burned. with most Of their contents
though horses, wagons, etc, were got out
LAM0ILLE couN ~.
The starch factory of Waterman y Cady
at Gainesville was entirely destroyed by fir
Nov. 10th The manufactured starch wa
saved About five thousand bushels OF pota
/ toes were burned The building was insure
for $1,000. Loss on building $500
orange COUNTY.
\ Mr.. Homer McDuffee. Of Bradford, one ia
last week shot two wild geese 1T one shot
weighing over ten pounds each.
ORLEANS COUNTY
MIR T. 4. Locke al Lowell contradict
the statement that Miss Snnborn was oppose
to her tx pected marriage and that she sal
there would be funeral tf.ore there "oui
be a wedding Mrs Locke states thar Mir
SanbOrn was not opposed 10 her narriae
with the young man, ior the evening b'ioF
her death she spent considerable time IN m
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