The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-02-07
State Items.

Miss. SARAH T. PARK has been APP
pointed p. NJ. at Woodford.
Mrs. GIBSON, of Londonderry, aged 81,
has done her Homework, taken care of
two cows and made four hundred yards
OF cloth, as her work for 1867.
THE Congregational church at West
Charleston has just purchased and paid
for a parsonage, thus furnishing suit
able and permanent residence for their
minister
]. c. ROBINSON has been appointed 2d
Register Of Probate FOR District of La
noble, and will be found at the Post
Office at NIorrisville. So says the Neacs-
dealer.
CHESTER ANNIs, who made the as
sault upon Widow Loomis, of Crafts
bury, last Fall, has been found guilty,
and sentenced to seven years in the
States Prison.
The ALLEN farm, lying in Johnson
and Hydepark, has been sold by Charles
Allen, Esq, to Mr.. Andrew hurry, for
$4,000 Patrick Kelley, who has for
sometime past carried on the farm by
halves, has bought the VIM. 3. Crowell
farm for g, 200.
FROM the Barton Standard, we learn
that Col Cyrus Eaton of that town lately
sold to Mathewson * Nelson pair of
five years old cattle, the home weight of
which was 1900 lbs, for 1910. E. c.
Mathewson also sold pair whose home
weight was 3900lbs., for S325. J. y. Per
ley also sold pair Of four year Odds for
$500.
4 SCHOOLMISTREss in Lyndon. was
compelled to punish an unruly boy, and
after continuing the discipline a reason
able time without success, She sent for
the mother. The mother found that JUS
tee required more stripes, and bid the
teacher put it on, - and she did it till
the boy knelt and confessed his wrong.
a good teacher and good mother.
Mrs. MCGRUDY, of Lowell, Irish, and
the mother Of II children, signed trans
fer Of her property TO her son, and then,
regretting the act, killed herself in the
most horrible way possible, first hack
ing her throat with an AK, and then
with razor succeeded in severing ar
teries and windpipe. After all that
mangling she lived more than day.
THE residence of Prof Joseph Perkins,
NJ. D., of Castleton, was destroyed by
fire on Monday morning last.
GEORGE II. ALLEN, recently of Bel
lows Falls, now of Brattleboro and con-
ductor on the Vermont and Massachu-
sets r. r., had one arm badly crushed
at Grants Corner recently, breaking it
in two places.
THE number of horses in Vermont is
80, Do, valued at s., S29,47 There We're
thirty thousand more horses in the State
before the war.
EIGHTY new buildings have been e.
rected in the village of Rutland, during
the past year, at a cost of over $40, 600.
J.F. STINsON, late landlord of the Cen
trail House, Rutland, has purchased the
Brandon House, of J. ID. Harlow, paying
therefor the sum of S25, 600.
JUDGE SMALLEY, OF Burlington, issu-
ed injunctions, on Wednesday, against
Prince and Wright, of Brandon, and
Henry Kingsley, of Middlebury, enjoin-
Ing them from making or using the rub
Der dental plates, according to the Good
year patent.
Arameeting of the Board of Directors
| of the Merchants Bank of Burlington,
recently held, Samuel Nj. Pope was cleo
ted Vice President, and Chas. w. Wood
house was appointed Cashier.
ISAAC WEEKS, Esq. of Bennington,
died Jan. "A. He was President Of Stark
Bank, and held many public offices.
WARREN SIMPSON of Sheffield has
yearling colt, which weighs 775, and
Haines Daniels of the same town has
one weighing $50.
Mr.. A. A. RANDALL of Craftsbury
has a Durham calf nine months old,
which weighs $50 lbs.
THERE are twelve aged persons in
Cambridge, the youngest of whom is SO
and the Oldest 92 years ofage. There is
a family in town, all well, which con-
sists OF father and mother, aged So son
and wife, aged 30; grandson and wife.
aged 3Oi great grandson, aged 10.
The Brattleboro Phoenix comes ont
| in favor of Gov. Fenton, as the Republi-
can candidate for Vice President.
| THE contract for finishing up the first
| FIVE sections from Bennington on. the
Lebanon Springs RailOad, has changed
hands, Mr.. Park having sub-let the same
to Judge c. E. Houghton and his BROTH
er Of No. Bennington.