Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-07-31
ADDISON COUNTY.

| CHAAPLAIN VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Eleventh Annual Fair of this Society
will be holden at Vergennes, Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 18th and 18th It
has been suggested that ground be properly
prepared, staked and arranged for base ball
contest during the Fair. the trophy of the
winning club to be bat made from the oak
timber of the old Congress Galley. Benedict
Arnold's gun boat, destroyed during an en-
gagement with the British fleet on Lake
Champlain, Oct. 18th, l776. Pieces of white
oak planking have frequently been torn from
the sides of the galley, and wrought into
canes. The oak has assumed beautiful dark
color, and polishes finely
BENNINGTON COUNTY
BEING REMovED.-The passenger depot of
the Bennington and Rutland Railroad at
bennington is being removed across the riv-
er, and is to stand on the new road, opposite
the freight depot-the road passing between
them.
FRUITFUL HEN.-Mr. Henry HARDWOOD, of
Bennington, Is the owner of fruitful hen,
which came in brood last November She
persists in laying two eggs day, once in a
while varying the process by putting both
eggs into one, and making it double yolk.
Formerly she laid one in the morning, and
the second at night but now she produces
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Lyndon Union says there is no place
on the line of the Passumpsic road SO con-
venient and well adapted to picncs as the
grove near the railroad shops in that town.
1t is but few rods from the track. The
grove is large and airy, and in every respect
Is just the place to enjoy day OF recreation.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
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the old pupils of the Vermont Episcopal In
stitute at Burlington Large numbers were
present, and the day was most pleasantly and
appropriately honored.
BASE BALL-A Base Ball tournament is
proposed at Burlington in September, for
which arrangements are being made by
Joint committee of : Home - and g Burling-
ton - Clubs.
ESSEX COUNTY.
CURIoUs.-An apple tree in CRANKY now
presents the novel appearance of growing
fruit and blossoms the same apple tree,
the fruit beng on shoots of this years
growth
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
/ Rev A &. Osborn, D. D., of St. Louis,
Mo. has been elected President Of New Hamp-
ton Institute, at Fairfax, in place of Rev. j.
/ Upham, who is now one of the editors of the
" 0tCftffldH ana heHeCIOT at DOsIOn-
Patrick Door was drowned in Missisquoi
river, on the 18th inst, while bathing, about
three quarters of mile above Swanton Falls
1t is feared that the misfortune was owing in
part if not wholly to liquor.
The Annual Fair of the Franklin County
! Union Agricultural Society is to be held at
Richford, on the 18th and 10Th of September
Geo. F. Houghton, Esq, of St. Adams. is to
deliver the address.
BUrTER.-The supply brought into the St
Adams market Tuesday not very large,
and the ruling price was twenty-five cents,
though some lots brought twenty-six and
twenty-seven cents.
Richford is 10 have a custom house,
Collector Carpenter at that place having al
ready commenced the erection of one on the
! site of the old building.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
The court house and Jail at North Hero
are being put in thorough repair.
! ORANGE COUNTY.
party of seven or eight from Randolph
went fishing last week. and caught in one
day ficeire hr1dred and ffty-seren trout,
weighing over 80 lbs.
Capt Thomas p Moore, who died at Chel-
sea last spring, at the age of eighty-two
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/ first settler of the town, and was born the
year after his parents removed there. The
/ first Mr.. Moore and wife came from Win
chester, \. IL. and on arriving at Royalton
on the White river, they left the stage, and
walked through a wilderness along a branch
Of that stream He carried his back all
! their household utensils, and she child in
1 her arms After travelling thirteen miles,
I they felled the first tree and erected the first
/ log cabin in what is now the . center " of
the town. One of the grandsons lives upon
the same farm another is Rev. f. j. Moore
! of Sheburne Falls, Mass
I kILLED.-A Waterman the Concord
Montreal & Boston Railroad was recently
killed at Woodsyille, opposite Wells River
| He stepped between the cars TO compile them
and backed into a cattle guard falling across
the rail. The cars passed over his legs. He
died at ten O'Clock the same evening.
4 Base Ball Club has been organized in
West Randolph.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
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