Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-23
Vermont Items.

Vermont Items.
A splendid new Iodine spring al
South Hero has the convenience of a new
hotel.
Henry Salisbury of Brattleboro, has
bought the long idle Ames slate quarry
at Guilford and will soon commence oper.
atoms.
The Lamoille valley railroad ques-
tion is likely to make lively issue in the
county politics, this fall, as much opposi-
tion is shown in some towns.
The Springfield Republican says:
\ correspondent inquiries whether there
is any stock for sale in the railroad that
runs from South Bennington to the Stat,
Line, ut the charge of II cents a mile fol
fare:
A new fair ground at West Concord
was opened and dedicated by horse-trot
on the ith The course is said to be the
best in the State.
The ladies of Vergennes celebrated
the Fourth by getting up two tents in the
Park and keeping hotel" by which they
realized nearly 5000, having fed hundreds,
and let none 20 away dissatisfied,
The senior class in the University oi
Vermont have lately purchased, at their
own expense, one of j. Esty & Co.'S Cot.
tage Organs. to be placed in the College
Chapel.
The Champlain Transportation Com
pany are prepared to furnish boats for
excursions or pic-nics at short notice and
reasonable rates.
"A poor Vermont widow decorated a
whole graveyard herself. The little Gem
etery is near Washington, and contains
the remains OF 40 Union soldiers, iuclud-
ing those OF her own SON Assisted only
by her children, She wove 40 wreaths of
flowers, and laid one on each mound.
Mr.. W. C. Kidder of Brattleboro, the
well known " strawberry man." picked
and disposed of 2l5 quarts of strawber-
ries last Saturday-the largest day work
of the season. Even then the supply was
limited by the ability-or rather ina
+ bility-of the pickers.
As Capt. Galusha and wife, of East
Franklin, were returning from Enosburgh
Falls, on tho 4th, they were run into by a
drunken fellow, and both thrown from the
wagon. Mrs. Galusha received severe
injuries about the head and neck and in
the side. She was conveyed TO the house
of Mr. Geo. Larabee, where she still re-
mains, and is recovering. 1t is thought
no paramount injuries were received
Capt. Galusha was but slightly injured.
The st. Adams Messenger says the
hay crop in Washington county is heav-
/ ltr than 1t has been for years In Frank
lin county, as We have stated, while the
crop is unusually heavy on low land, it is
not as good as usual on high land In
Addison county it is nothing to brag Of.
In Windsor county it is unprecedentedly
heavy. In Chiftendon county the crop is
generally light.
ID. ID. Howard, wife and servant, of
Burlington, are stopping at Saratoga He
is the well-known hotel-kiug of New York
city, and has recently been stopping in
Florida.
Lowell is the latest addition To the
Vermont towns. that boast of mineral
springs.
-Ex-Gov. Smith, whose health has be-
come somewhat impaired by the exact
ness of business, is seeking rest and the
recreation of his cvertaskcd energies at
Stowe.
During the severe thunder shower,
which passed around Montpelier on the
2d inst, the house Of Widow Rodney
JNnes, who lives in the Shady Hill neigh
borhood, in Mlddlesex, was struck by
lightning, damaging the house consider
ably, and severely injuring Mrs. Jones,
who was in the house at the time.
James Ryne, Jr., of Duxbury while
riding from Middlescx to Moretown, re-
Gently, on the stage, assaulted VIM Hud-
son, the driver, striking him a blow in
the face, and conducting himself in such
manner that Mr.. Hudson had to force
him from his coach. Ryne was arrested,
lodged in Jail at Montpelier, and released
two days afterwards upon the payment of
a fine of $22 and costs.
The salaries of all the teachers of the
Montpelier Union School amount to
x4,450. Mr.. ID. d. Gorham, the present
efficient Principal, has been engaged for
another year.
Henry w. Davis of st. Albans, for