Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-15

FRANKLIN COUNTY.
During the firing of the military salute a
st. Adams, a premature discharge of tn
? Napoleon twelve FOUNDER occurred. Th
e hammer of the piece was sent across the park
severing limb of good size from one of tn
trees, and entering the basement window Q
the post Office. One or two serving the piec
were stunned, but received no severe injuries
, The ticket Office in Swanton, on tn
Montreal and Vermont junction railroad
was forcibly entered not long since, it is sup
posed by parties acquainted in Swanton, ane
: the office robbed.
BUTTER-St. Adams market last week
was little depressed and the quotation
were two cents per pound lower than las
week. Twenty-eight cents was the ruling
price, some choice lots going as high as 81
to 81.
Bishop Bissell held confirmation service at
Swanton, last Sunday week. and confirmed
twenty-five; on Monday evening a confr-
nation service at Highgate, when several
were confirmed.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Benjamin Griswold, of Cambridge, Vt,
who lately completed his tity-sixth year has
in his house seventy-6 FIVE bibles, each of which
he has read through How many divines can
say as much?
ORANGE COUNTY.
| Mr.. Henry w. Bailey, of Newbury, on the
ith inst, sold a splendid chestnut colorcd
horse for the handsome sum of $1,000. The
horse sired by J. H. Peters Morgan
horse @ Vermont - and is the second one Of
this horses colts that has been sold for
$1,000 within year.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
EMERY BUSINESS. Newport Eapres,
gives the following account of the develop
ment of new manufacture in that section
of the State E. G.. Merrill, of West Charles
ton, is now preparing to do 4 large business
| in the manufacture of emery homes, knife
strops, scythe rifles and several kinds of pol
ish. The mine containing inexhaustible
supply of the stone is situat ted in w estmOre,
but his works located in the village of
West Charleston. lie has been putting in
new machinery for saving the homes and for
crushing the stone and sitting the sand The
dust is saved, making the very finest and
choicest polish. The homes are sufficiently
fine for the incest razor, while from the diff
fcrent grades, surfaces are manufactured
suitable for all tools, from needles eye to
the axe or scythe The same may be said of
the polish-it can be found adapted to oil
surfaces-the rough and smooth alike All
these manufactures have been well tested
and are not surpassed.
The Standard says that E. S Glidden, of
Albany, being tired of inhabiting our mum
dane sphere, t ried to .' shuttle off this mortal
coil " by cutting his head off with dull
scythe, one day last week. Failing in his
efforts at amputation, he then jumped into
the river near his house, but his friends
hauled him out in season to save him. He
had been in bad health for some time. and
l 49, ~ - L.
RUSAwAY-At the Trotting Park, in New
port, on the 4th, just after the conclusion of
the races, a gentleman showing his trot-
ter abont the track, when for some reason
the horse SHE'D, struck the sulky against
post threw out the driver, got loose and ran
out through the main entrance. demolished
a beer stand came in collision with several
teams throwing down horses and breaking up
carriages, and finally ran into a barn, having
cleared himself entirel V from the sulky. One
boy was thrown down and somewhat injured.
EARLY PoTAToEs.-Our agricultural editor
is being tantalized with new potatoes in his
garden, full grown Of the Early Rose variety,
which he cannot afford to eat, they being
worth by the pound, about twice the price Of
good tea. The Rose Is, without doubt. the
earliest by several weeks Of any known potato,
and Vermont has the honor of originating
them. They are creating quite Juror among
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Express.
The steamer Lady of The Lake has COM
meneed TO run two triPe daily Capt O. W.
Fogg has command of her. The boat made
the regular trip to Magog and back lately,
in just five hours and fourteen minutes.
A French Canadian passed through New
port the other day on his way to New York,
who weighed 40 lbs
RUTLAND COUNTY.
ATrEMrT TO BURN Notwithstanding
inccndiary attempt made to burn Rut-
land, Thursday evening. Rags saturated
with turpentine, were thrown into the work
shop of T. 5. ellison & Co, in the Town Hall
building. The fire was speedily s1tinguished
by the application Of few pals of water,
without damage to property.
A gentleman in Rutland having found a
fish, some two inches in length, in milk pro-
cured from one of the village milkmen it is
suggested that the cows in that village either
be not suffered to drink from trout brooks,
or else compelled to drink through strainer
j. b. Scovill, a brakeman on the Rutland
Il Washington road, was knocked off from
the top of car by the East Creek bridge In
Rutlaud last Thursday, and he fell through
the bridge to the stream some forty feet be-
low, but his injuries were not very danger |
Gus.
On Friday last, terrific storm of rain and
hail, accompanied with-wind, thunder and
passed over the town of Wells, |
cutting the corn, lodging grass and destroy
ing fruit trees and doing much damage to |
crops and buildings.
Fines for violating the liquor law were last |
week imposed in Rutland to the amount of
$40 90.
The Republicans of Rutland County met /
in convention at Rutland, on Wednesday of
last week, and nominated Messrs. Capen |
Leonard. Ira c. Allen and Merrill Clark for |
senators; and II. G. Wood for States attor-
ney The rest of the ticket is the same as
last year.
g SHARP Practice. The wife of Rich
ard Sharp, of Center Rutland, gave birth to |
three bays on the Sd of July.
The house of Harvey Cha pman, of Claren-
don. was entered by burglars recently, and |
the following articles stolen: 10 silver spoons
5 silver forks, 2 silver thimbles, pairs of
scissors, silver salt spoons, 2 pairs of spec
tacles.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Herman Van Vecten, young man recently |
employed at the Record Office, Brattleboro, !
was arrested one day last week, charged with |
purloining funds to the value of So 90 from
the money-drawer of that institution He
acknowledged the theft and refunded the
amount remaining on hand, but the matter
not proving satisfactory, he was given thirty
DAYS for reflection amid the shades of New
fame.
A young woodchuck of night wandering
proclivities recently destroyed one hundred |