Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-30
ESSEX COUNTY.

ESSEX COUNTY
| Hon. Jonas Brooks, of Lunenburgh, finds
potatoes growing on the tops of his vines.
On one stalk besides a good yield in the hill
there were q perfect potatoes, some nearly
as large as hen eggs, being attached to the
stalk, or growing out by the leaf.
James Hartman, of Lunenburgh, has been
arrested and fined for stealing corn in the
field.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The perpetual motion machine suit has
been on trial at St. Adams, and was almost
as - perpetual as the machine. The jury
brought in a verdict for the plaintiffs for
I SOL ,46, on the ground that the machine was
a humbug and the sale fraud.
The Militia Company recently raised at
Berkshire, was organized on the 18th, by the
v non 2. Z. Leavens Of Berkshire, and elected
a l. Gallusha, Captain James Shufeldt, lst
Lieutenant Theodore Armstrong, I'd Lieu
tenant
/ The insurance on Mr.. Riggs house lately
OF rned at st. Adams. was ) IA 900, and his
loss is IS 600 over and above that amount.
At St Adams Sept. % prices for butter
ranged from zoe. to 45c. per h., according
to quality. Several lots however, sold for
46c and 47c. Tho amount shipped was not
far from 800 tubs.
Struggled butter TO the extent Of 81 tubs
was seized at St. Adams last Monday.
On Tuesday the 22nd inst, Mr. Edward
Tucker swiTchman employed in the railroad
yard at ST slbans was caught between two
cars in making up train and from the inju-
ries received mt thar time died III St. Adams
an he ~7r 4l,- 7.4,- ls E.,i
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Base Ball Match at West Randolph
on Saturday between the = Eagle - club Of
st. Adams, and the = kearscage club of
Concord. n H., resulted in the victory of
the Granite state bows. by Is runs, though
there was some splendid playing on both
sides.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
ADVENTURE WITH BEAR-Mr r. Cur
rier, of Troy, having discovered that some
thing was destroying his corn, set out to
watcn for the intruder He and his father,
stationed themselves in barn near the field
of action and awaited the result. At about
clock they discovered the approach OF a
large black bear who began to feed on the
corn. Both fired, wOunding the bear, who
started for the woods, dog in pursuit The
Messrs. Currier followed and soon overlook
tie fan in chasing first one and then the other,
until both men climbed small trees. Soon
the bear moved off, and the men went home
to wait for daylight. In tho morning they
returned an discovered the hear only short
distance from where they left him the pre-
vious night He was quickly dispatched
with a couple Of bullets. His body weighed
> pounds and yielded 20 pounds of tried
oil -NetCp0t EFprcSS
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Capt VIM g. Edgerton has been appoin-
ted Deputy County Clerk, also % Register
of Rutland Probate district.
The Sabbath schools Of Dandy are to hold
celebration and festival on the 9Th Of
October.
Five or six promising slate quarries are be-
ing opened in Castleton and Fairhayen
The new road to Clarendon and thence to
Rutland on the west side Of Otter Greek,
has lately been put under contract.
On Tuesday, the 18th inst, Mr Spencer
C.. Smith, of Clarendon, had fifteen sheep
killed by some unknown dog OF dogs.
In Poultney. last week Wednesday, a
large deer came down the valley from the
north AZ the height of his speed, with antlers
thrown back. and tongue out took circuit
piS EDtL- N}ttln OH tine village, CIO0SCi the
Poultnev River. and made tracks for the
mountains. Ii is >urmsei that he had been
=. run down by hounds from some point
near Lake Chlmpllin.
K,LLzo.-Ou Saturday by a premature
blast az the Parple Slate Quarry at Rutland
one man was killed and another it is thought
fatally wounded.
4 young man was recently found in tb,
streets of P3Ultncy, apparently dead. from
t. kin. cn0r3lorm. ON being restored to con-
seiousness, Inc said he mad been Union
prisoner at Andersonyille-tha starvation
had brought on epileptic fits. and being dis
cJura 5cd ami t-rcd oi life, he intended suicide.
liz vas from near Niagara Falls
Mr. Francis Better. ol Rutland, las caught
the present season OF Trout in Cold River.
In tile famous case OF the State rs Aaron
Clark in the RutIanI County Court, for for
,erv the jury returned a verdict OF guilty.
Exceptions bv the respondent. and sentence
re-pitsd. TIE ease passes t. the supreme
Court for revision.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Martin Scout. DC Brarteboro, in twice
SOW ng, has raised Is bushels Of Norway oats
for which me is offered >. 30 per bushel from
one piut OF seed, for which he paid 81.
Jacob Marsl. Of Brattleboro, has caught
twelve rat-iesuakcs within year on Chester
field Mountain. \. IT,
Marshal Harrington, II years old, of
" alrngham. was recently shot accident
ally ana killed, by jackson Hull, another boy.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
II C. Bcln of II hartford, has raisel from
10 lbs Early Rose potatoes, 1873 lbs. equal to
264 bushels. From one potato cut into Is
pieces, placing one eye in a hill, he dug 90 los
SIR 5. l. Thompson. Of Proctorsville, has
three of the = Golden Squash, the product
Of one seed, weighing respectively s.. 81
and + lbs, or lS3 lbs
B. F Vanvlet, OF Shel3urne, has sold two
Of the fine flock OF ewes exhibited by him at
the state Fair, to ). Bishop, of California,
Tor $500.