Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-26


FRANKLIN COUNTY.
One of the old residents of Swanton saws
his memory does not go back to period
when the water was as low in the Mississippi
i River as at the present time.
Two barns and shed, owned by Dr. H
! p. Blair. situated next south from Pino'e
= store in Georgia, were burned on Thursday
together with a small amount of hay and
some tools. The loss is about 500, with nc
insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown
but supposed to be matches in the hands OF
children.
The Vermont Central Railroad has lust put
on five new locomotives, and has contracted
for $50 freight to be put on before the
LIST of October.
Mr.. Lucius Wait, son of n D. Wait Of
Highgate, student of Harvard College, re-
Gently footed it home from vacation route
and time follows He came by Nashua
White Mountains, St. Johnsbury and Hyde
park, distance of 387 miles, in thirteen
days an average of nearly 80 miles per day.
Some days since Jew peddler crossed the
line, when the Canadian officials seized his
stock for lack of payment Of duty At the
regular sale the pedler bought back his goods,
and coming back to the Vermont side was
Immediately seized by the Custom House Off
GERS at Richford on the ground that by being
seized and sold in Canada the goods became
Canadian property. Between both fires the
poor Jew will be likely to suffer.
A lynx or catamount has lately been visit
ing the house of Gardner Davis of Richford
and indulging in a sharp fight with Mr.. DIS
| dog. The beast was at last driven away by
timely reinforcements from neighboring
houses.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.-The Richford Sen
tincl gives the following account of freak
| of lightning Last Saturday night, between
8 and o'clock, while Mr.. P. 0. Wetherby
of Fletcher and Hiram Wood of Lowell
Mass, returning home from Fairfax,
| they were struck by lightning. 1t was rain
ing and they had an umbrella spread The
boot was buckled around them firmly to keep
off the rain, and Mr. Wetherby was driving
They remember of having seen a light while
riding along at a slow trOt, near the Bellows
place, but nothing further. The first that
came to their knowledge that Mr. Wood
found himself out of the wagon, and Mr.
Wetherbv and team out of sight. He
advanced a little and found the team and Mr.
w standing quietly Mr.. w. was still I'M
conscious, and in standing position with
the lines in one hand He was soon aroused
by Mr.. Wood. They found their umbrella
shvered TO pieces, the boot of the wagon
torn, and the dashboard broken off. Mr.
Wetherhy was badly injured on the right
side and was unable to be carried home that
night. but was quite well the next morning
Mr.. Wood had his left leg badly bruised, and
1t was thought to have been done by the fall
/ from the wagon 1t is also thought that the
electric charge struck the umbrella and pass
| ed around the right side of Mr. Wetherby
and on to the wagon near the dashboard,
which it broke off.
LAaoILLE COUNTY.
There are two Mineral Springs in Stowe,
and two in Cambridge.
! There is to be grand picnic at the Min
eral Spring in Wolcott on the 25th inst.
. Mac Flanders - caught bear in trap
near Big Pond, in Hydepark, last week.
Alden |. Warren and his bred man, of
Eden, saw panther last week in their sheep
fold seize and carry away sheep before
| their eyes.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Coop FLEEcE.-Mr Charles Priest of Ran
dolph, has a two years old buck which
5heared twenty-five pounds of wool of twelve
months growth.
Isaiah Austin, of Chelsea, while cutting
grass with a moving machine, got his left
hand caught in the cogs, and it so iniur-
ed that amputatiOn was necessary.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
William TAYLOR, who has been confined in
Jail ut Irasburgh for gambling, has been par
doned b" the Governor.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The following gentlemen have been elected
( Directors of the Rutland Il Woodstock Rail
road
John Cain, Rutland John B. Page, Rut-
4 land Charles Sheldon, Rutland Charles
/ Clement, Rutland; j. W. Cramton, Rut-
land lockwood Barrett, Rutland; L. g.
| Kingsley. Rutland; Peter L. Washburn :,
Woodstock Daniel w. Taylor, Sherburne.
4 subsequent meeting of the Directors
John Cain was elected President. and Rock
wood Barrett, Clerk and Treasurer.
ROBBERY At WEST HAvFN.-On the night
of the 10th inst. an unknown person entered
the barn Of Ivory Cook of West Haven, and
stole therefrom a horse belonging to p Nor
ton. Going thence to the barn of Mrs.
Hitchcock, he appropriated to his use a
buggy and harness, with all of which he de-
camped to parts then far unknown.
Dr. Sargent, of Mendon, has shot a crane
four feet high and five feet across the wings.
BY fire in Tracy's block, Woodstock
last week, Henry Cushing, photographer,
loses Sl400, insured S400. n. W. Frech,
sadder, J. \. Haskell, bookseller, and Eos
ter Eaton, dry goods merchants, lose chiefly
by damages to stock by water and removals,
in amounts varying from $500 to 800.
The d Image to the block is about $1,000,
insured.
Edgar Coolidge, of Andover, killed an
eagle recently, weighing nine pounds and
measuring six feet and seven inches from tip
to tip of his wings.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Rev. j. W Bramblee, pastor of the Meth
odist church in Bellows Falls, died on Mon
day Of last week, of consumption. He was
a graduate of Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Ct, where he was buried. His age
was 81 years, nearly. He leaves a wife and
two children.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
BASE BALL MATCH.-A match game of bas,
D ball was played on the 18th inst, at Bethel
G be ween the White River club of that place
, and the Park club of Rochester, which result
ed in victory for the Rochester. they scor
ing SO runs to % for the White Rivers
t The number of voters in Woodstock as pei
the recent check list is 1876.
The address before the Rutland County
t Agricultural Society is to be delivered by
Colonel G. Ii. Joyce, of Rutland, October
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