Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-19
ADDISON COUNTY.

! DROWNED IN WELL-A few days since
man named Simon Clark, residing In Sails
bury, was found drowned in a well in his
cellar. pitcher was found at the edge O
the well, which would seem to indicate that
he went to the well to procure some water
and fell in. He lived alone on his premises
and having been missed for some time, search
was made for him by the neighbors, who
found his body as above.
Rev L. A. Austin, has resigned the pas
torate of the Congregational church in Or
we'll, and accepted the invitation to take
charge of Burr and Burton Seminary, al
Manchester
We learn that Professor Brainard Kellogg
has resigned his Professorship in Middlebury
College to accept corresponding position
| in an institution in one of our largest sea-
board cities.
! The house, barn and tool shop belonging
to Mr.. Justus Smith, of Addison was struck
by lightning during the severe thunder storm
which passed over that town on Saturday
night, and entirely destroyed, with it's con-
tents, consisting of some seven or eight tons
of new hay.
Capt. A +. Leavenworth is to become
Principal of the New Haven Academy at
the opening of the Fall Term. Mr.. Leaven-
worth has been eight years Principal of the
gallant soldier, has record of twenty years
as successful teacher
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Some scapegrace went into the barn of j.
Russell Parsons, of Bennington, few nights
since, and inflicted upon the breast ard neck
of a valuable carriage horse, gashes with a
knife, and then left the animal to die.
Ex-Governor Hiland Hall, of Bennington.
has in the press of Joel Munsell, at Albany,
\. Y, a volume of about five hundred pages,
entitled, The Early History of Vermont, 5"
to end with the admission of the State into
the Union, in 1871.
The Bennington Banner says The Fire
mems Concert last (Tuesday) evening, was
most literally patronized, the entire pro-
ceeds amounting to $420-tfic sale of tickets
footing up 1920, and T. W Park generously
presenting 5000 Ii. W Putnam also gave
to the Spartan Company very fine silver
trumpet.
A new music Hall has Just been completed
at Manchester by Z. H. Orvis, proprietor of
the Equinox House, which is said to be supe-
rior in style and finish to anything in the
State. 1t will seat five hundred persons.
An old citizen of Manchester has cider in
his cellar bottled the year General Taylor
was elected President. He will draw the
cork ON Grants election.
Lodge No. Il, Good Templars, at Airing
ton is in prosperous condition. 1t was or
gained in April, and now numbers over 20
members
CHuTENDEN COUNTY
The leading citizens of Jonesville and Boil
ton are now erecting at Jonesvile. in a very
pleasant location, academy, 32x56 feet, of
two stories, to be finished BY the first of
The services Of d. Ii. Adams
have been secured as Principal, and no pains
will be spared to make it a frst-cass school
IN every respect. The fall term of this in
stitution will commence on the 9TH of Sep
TENDER, and continue eleven weeks.
The next Freshmen Glass of the Universe
ty of Vermont will number %.
Norman Davis was sentenced by Judge
Smalley, recently, to ten years imprisonment
for robbing the postoffice at South Hinesburgh
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Eleazer Morrill, of North Danville shot a
lynx, on the 10th, inst, measuring 3 feet
inches in length. and weighing 5 lbs.
1t is expected that Larkin G. Mead, .Jr.,
the sculptor, will be present OF the dcdica-
ton Of the soldiers monument, modelled by
him, at St. Johnsbury on the Goth of this
month.
The starch, shingle and stave mill of
Proctor and Charles Jacobs of Newark was
burned about dark, Monday evening, togeth-
err with all the machinery. and about 90 900
cedar shingles Loss three to four thousand
dollars-partially covered by insurance.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr. j 5. D. Taylor, who until the last
term has been, for several years, Principal
Of st. Adams High School, has been again
engaged to fill that position Mr.. Taylor is
a popular and efficient teacher.
Mr. James Heath of Enosburgh, while
visiting his friends in Wolcott, was drowned
last Thursday. He was 90 years of age
Four citizens of Richford went out fishing,
recently, and brought in 500 trout.
One, Joseph White, hired horse lately,
at Richford, and so maltreated the animal by
hard driving and whipping as to render it
worthless. White was arrested, examined
and bound up for trial.
The transactions in butter at st. Adams,
Tuesday, were comparatively light, and the
quality Of that brought in was not quite up
to the average. Prices showed slight de-
cline from last week, 81 to Sc cents being the
ruling quotations. \ few lots went at out
side prices. The gross shipment of butter
was 90 $50 lbs Cheese was also shipped to
the amount of l56 boxes
Sixty-eight thousand pounds of hog were
CARED at the st. Adams depot, Tuesday.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
The Democrats and Conservatives of La
noble County hold their Convention at
Hyde Park on the 2lst inst.
George II. Sargent of Eden, had valuable
Morgan horse stolen from him on the 18th, of
last month
Here is an item which illustrates the fer
tility of LamOlle County. During the
same month lady and four of her daughters
all living in Stowe, gave birth to promising
heirs.
A Blue Heron was exhibited in Hyde
park, which measured 4 feet ii inches from
point of bill to tip of toes, and 5 feet 10 ID
in stretch of wings He was shot near Cen
terville.
ORANGE COUNTY
A lad of about 10 years, in Vershre, has
been doing quite business in taking articles
from store in the vicinity also taking
knives from his playmates, and finally a
watch. He was then brought before Lenox
Gilmore, Esq, and after hearing, was SEN
fenced to Waterbury Reform School
The order of Good Templars is furnishing
in Vershire. The Lodge was organized Aug.
ID, 1867. One hundred and eight have