Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-01

dred and two in April, and came from Massa-
chusetts about seventy-five years ago. She
retains her mental faculties well, remembers
seeing the British. relates anecdotes, and is
quite cheerful.
FIRE AT BESNINGToN.-A barn owned by
Ii. F. Clark, and occupied by the Lebanon
Springs and Bennington Railroad Company,
was burned yesterday, together with six
horses, one OK and forty tons of hay.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A man in Sheffield owns horse that has
not been out of the stable dozen times in
ten years. He never broke. and is a
most absurd looking animal, his name nearly
reaching the ground, while his fore feet are
as broad as platters. Barnum, when he builds
his next museum, should surely have him for
the " sacred beast of Indostan - or some
such title.
Jacob G. Hovey, of st. Johnsbury, kept
ten cows the past summer, and converted
their milk into butter. His family consisted
of seven persons. Mr.. Hovcy realized, above
milk and butter used in his family, from sale
of butter, S735 pork made from milk, after
deducting other feed, S24; calves from these
cows, he values at SI00-making a total of
1859.
An OLD CAr.-James Trefren, of Lyndon,
has cat twenty years old.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
SUDDEN DEATH.-John Clark, of I nderhill,
soon after returning from his sugar works,
last Thursday night dropped down dead.
His death is supposed to have been caused by
heart disease.
The large wooden mill of Dow and Boyn-
ton, Hinesburgh. Vt, was destroyed by fire
not long since. Loss over $40, 900. An
insurance of $I4 900 expired few days be-
fore.
Mrs T. g. Beach, of Westford, was badly
burned on Monday night by the explosion of
kerosene lamp.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The ST. Adams butter market Tuesday
showed little activity, though prices remain
Mt forty-fve to fifty cents. The demand for
the article at the last named price Is falling
off.
Henry c. Adams, Assessor of Internal
Revenue for the Third Congressional District,
has formed partnershipwith Messrs Bailey
Il Davis, of st. Adams. The name of the
new law firm is Bailey. Davis 4 Adams
There is to be ferry run this season from
St Adams bay to Plattsburgh, uia Grand Isle
A company with $4,000 stock has been
formed, and a steamboat will be at once pur-
chased.
Messss L. l.. butcher Il Sons, of St. Al
bans, have paid Mr.. Smith, the proprietor of
the Mssisquoi spring, over $4,000 for water
shipped since january LIST They now
putting up fourteen hundred and forty bottles
per day. and shipping two thousand, two
hundred gallons per week. most OF which
goes to New York and Boston wholesale deal
ers.
The ice, in going out of the MissIsquol, on
the 18th, carried off the dam at Swanton
Falls. a pier and ninety feet of the bridge
below the Falls. and did about $4,000 dam
age.
1t is reported that the Vermont Central
and Vermont & Canada Roads have offered to
build a railroad from st. Adams to Fish s
hotel, North Sheldon, provided the people Of
the Missisquoi valley will pledge themselves
to build it at least ten miles further.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Hydepark has just had town meeting to
see if the town would purchase a farm on
which to place its paupers, and the meeting
voted not to do it.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Orleans County Medical Society held
a meeting at Newport, March Dist. Papers
were read on various subjects, and several
cases were reported and discussions took
place.
Charles Robinson, ESD, formerly of New
port, has been confirmed by the Senate as
consul at Quebec.
C. R. Clough, Of Newport. recently sold a
valuable pair of matched horses to S. Bass,
Esq, of Randolph, for $500. The purchaser
is very much pleased with his trade, and has
named the horses - Newport Bellies.
A bridge across the Misssquoi river, in
Westfeld, was recently carried away by the
high water and ice. The bridge was consid-
cred very substantial one, and was built
only six years ago.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
\ new county Jail is to be erected in Rut-
land, on Wales street. The site costs S., 500
The Howe Scale Company have recently
sold to the New York Central Railroad Com
pany more than sixty of their improved
, standard scales, supplying nearly every sta
ton on the entire line and its branches
Among the number are two railroad track
scales, each weighing 5000 pounds at sin
gle load
William A. Burnett, Esq, General Ticke
Agent of the Rutland & Burlington Railroad
has resigned that position, and Mr.. w. III
t Bryant has been appointed to fill the vacancy
The managers of the Rutland & Burlington
? Railroad Will no longer risk the lives of thei
l passengers by using Kerosene. Some of thei
cars are already supplied with lamps to burr
candles in. and the others are all to be sool
furnished with the same. The stoves in tn
passenger cars are permanently fastened t
: the bottom of the cars by rods of iron, Il
. such a manner that the stoves could not b
detached even if the cars werr turned upsld
down
WINDHAM COUNTY
Mr. Chauncey Smith. of Wilmington, re
Gently sold pair of four years old steers
, Mr.. Nve, of Blanford, Mass, for i: f3o
Their weight was 5000 lbs. He still has
pair, the same age, that weigh over 1000 lbs
The Phonir is responsible for the follow
ing j." Brattleboro lady weighing less tina
ninety pounds recently gave birth to chill
weighing ten pounds, seven ounces Mothe
and child are doing well.
5 At the recent session of the Windhal
county supreme court. nine divorces wer
granted.