The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-02-14
State Items.

CHAs. T. THOMPSON, Of Brattleboro,
has been elected one OF the directors of
the New London Railroad Company, in
place Of 5. NJ. Waite, resigned.
CHARLES HARRIS, of West Brattle-
boro, lately cut a maple tree on his
farm which yielded s! cords Of wood.
1t was considered the largest tree in
town.
THE Jail in Windham County is with
out tenant.
On Saturday morning, Feb. s, the
thermometer at Montpelier marked all
the way from "a to 81 degrees below zero,
according to location and variation in
instruments.
THE Treasurer of the Rutland Rail
road announces that the semi-annual
dividend Of 81 per cent is payable on the
preferred stock. This is issued only for
1st mortgage bonds of the Rutland and
Burlington Railroad Company.
MARTIN II. FREEMAN (coloredl, a
graduate Of Middlebury College, now
Professor in College in Liberia, is stop
ping with his friends in Rutland for a
short time.
HARRIS & HAWKINS of Springfield,
Mass, have been engaged by the VT.
Central Railroad to build Howe truss
bridge at Montpelier, 275 feet in length.
THE population Of Brattleboro at the
last census was 3,s55, and the grand list
in 1867, 81, sos .6s-the largest in Wind
ham County.
THE Hydepark Nesosdcaler says that
Drs. Meigs and Randall removed large
tumor, of ten years growth, from the
head of Nelson Rand, Esq, on Monday
last. The operation was performed
without the use of anesthetics and oc-
cupied about thirty minutes and was
very painful.
THE Spring term of Stowe Union
School will commence on the oath inst.
THE estate of the late Col. James Blu
chanan, of Wells River, is estimated at
nearly $4,000.
CHARLES LYMAN, of Washington,
planted common white oat in his gar
den last spring, and from it sprang IS
well developed stalks.
THREE thousand dollars have been
raised to erect a Free Will Baptist
Church in North Danville.
f. S. WARD of Pomfret, made S73 lbs.
of butter from three Jersey cows last
summer; a value of about 500 each
H. d. MOORE has been appointed Post
master at Plymouth, and the office has
been removed to the Notch"
AT fashionable wedding in Brattle-
boro, recently, a cynical old gentleman
presented the bride with pair of flat
irons, wash-board, mop, broom and
gridiron.
LEVI WILDER, of Lyndon, has two
years old colt that weighs 1850 pounds.
THERE is great restitution of pastors
for the Baptist churches in this State
II churches, most of which have houses
of worship and comfortable parsonages,
are now in want of ministers.
THE Banner says that the cork man.
ufactory Of Geo. Willard is no small
item in the business of Bennington, and
Mr. NJ, with his characteristic energy,
Is determined to constantly increase it.
oh tuesday some three tons of bark was
received, from which it would seem corks
enough might be cut to cork up all the
claret and old port in the country.
STEPHEN HALE, of Jericho has recent
ly sold six year old gelding colt. sired
by "Whalebone", for 5000.
THE citizens of Perkinsville held a
railroad meeting on Monday evening
to consider the subject of building rail-
road from Gassett's Station on the Rut-
land Railroad to their village, distance
of seven miles. 1t is understood the