Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-10-25

,nlS COWH ny tucS0 gentlemen. III 10
the best thing yet discovered. Those !
inclined to consumption or to heart
diseases need not fear to take it. 1t {
benefits weak lungs.
BUTTERNUTs.-About two weeks {
ago some wicked man on Chamberlain |
Hill in Albany, went on Sunday and
gathered two bags full of butternuts
leaving them under the tree till an
occurred to get them on
a week day; but that night another
wicked man came along and stole the
fruit, hanging the bags on tree
Very naughty.
BIG LAwsUIT.-They have had an
important law case in East Albany, in
voving no less an amount Of proper
ty than a turkey! 1t was between a
couple of IriSbmen, who got fornmst
each other. VIM. Simon sued O'Flan
agan for the value of a turkey, which
he alleged had been stolen Of him.
There was some tall swearing. Tri-
al by jury. Verdict for plaintiff to
recover 26 IL cts. and costs. The |
costs were So to 50 a side.
AUCTION.-See advertisement and
bills of auction at Irasburgh, Friday,
Nov. /, at 8 o'clock. J. B. Wheelock
as administrator, sells large lot Of
stock, hay, grain, farming and dairy
tools, and the farm on Morrill, hill
known as the Bryant place. 1t is one
Of the noblest farms in the county
Be sure and 90 to the auction. :. f
Wheeler, salesman.
On Saturday, Oct. 26, at o'clock,
J. w. Lovejoy, at Bloomington, sells
stock, furniture, &c. ;. F. Wheeler,
salesman.
CoNcERT.-The Clark Family sang
at this place on Friday evening last.
Their singing was decidedly good
Lille has a sweet voice aud one Of
considerable power Myrtle is anum-
Der one contraIto. and for a child OF
her age she is almost a prodigy
Harry has a good voice and appears
well. They are pretty trio. None
need feel ashamed to patronize them.
They give better entertainment than
the majority of singers who traverse
the country.
HORSE kILLED.-Billings Carpen-
ter of Craftsbury lost a valuable horse
on Monday, from lockiaw. brought on
from over driving. He lent it to a
young man and he overhead it so that
it brought on the disease and it died
in a few minutes. 1t was valued at
$500.
At the Fair Of the Orleans Coun
, ty Agricultural Society, George B
: Brewster OF Irasburgh was awarded
B. the first premium on a tub OF butter
, and submitted the following state
o ments in regard to its manufacture;
a Il keep twenty-three cows Of tn,
j. native stock, with slight mixture OF
~ Durham; their feed was the fall 1eeC
u in my NOW fields, with pumpkins il
e the morning; the cream was gathered
r in three days from milk that set thr
: ty-six hours after milking; the cream
II then set twenty-fours, then was churn
= ed; when the butter come it was pa
Il in wooden bowl and washed wit
l. spring water until the milk was al
D. washed out and the water ceased t
be colored, and remained clear, the
- the Ashton salt is worked in by han
at the rate of one ounce to a poun
of butter; the butter is then set ava
rs to stand twenty-four hours, then it
C. worked over by hand, taking a Sma
les, quantity at a time and working OF
all all the brine, then it is pounded dow
in the tub; the tub is filled within
IS halt inch of the top, then it is cove
no ed with a cloth over which is sprea
a thin layer of salt. This tub We
- packed the 4th OF October. Crea
u is not churned the same day that it
n, skinned, as it will sometimes hay
do a peculiar taste which it does not hay
IT. after standing twenty-hOurs. In tt
II fall the pans are filled two-thirds fl
and the cream rises as well, but
l'' summer it should be more shallow"
lot DERBY ITEMs.-A horse, valued
it, $400, belonging to ?. W. Hasting
q was discovered loose on the track /
- fore the down cattle train Mond
We morning Of last week, drove into !
we Johns River bridge and killed. T
MT following day the up train ran over
,ir- valuable COW belonging to Jer
Drew. On the day succeeding, Ale
ander Smith, section hand, "
W caught by the crank Of a hand c
to while in motion and thrown on t
an track, the car passing over his Doc
lis breaking two ribs and otherwi
ike though not fatally inJuring him. q
was the last of three railroad casu
v ties occurring at North Derby will
Tue three days.
The town as a recent meeting, wi
ly voted an APPROXIMATION of 50 @