Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-10-14
State Matters.


to buy his wife dress, rather than " wait
for the wagon"
49, Craftsbury had an old-foks' concert on
the oath inst led by |. d. II. Collins, and
assisted by amateurs from choirs of forty
years ago
-- The Derby safe thief was caught at
stukcly, Canada. He owned up his name
is Blake.
-- Harry Kelsey, aged II years, son of
DR.. kelsey, of Derby, was fatally shot on
Thursday last while hunting squirrels, by
the accidental discharge Of "a gun in the hands
Of a companion
John b. Cook, of Glover, lately sold
four calves for 800 Keep the best
Two or three men were lately found
stealing apples, with bags and wagon from
the orchard Of G. A. Kibun, Of Irasburgb,
and were 50 closely pursued that they cmptied
their stolen fruit into the road They cs-
capped.
- Mrs George Chamberlain, Of Irasburgh,
had her leg broken at the ST. Johnsbury fair,
the horse being frightened by train Of
cars.
A case Of fraudulent iailure-that Of
Iluntly 4 Barron, Of Newport, has been UNI
earthed-large amounts Of goods being found
in cellars and other places, which had been
muggled away previous 10 the failure.
- One hundred and dliy-two head Of cat
tie were seized by officers Bsboe and Roundy
at Island Pond on Wednesday last, for being
entered at too low valuation.
A wallet containing $50 was stolen
from Remission q Pearls store in Sheffield on
the 3Oth ult. The thief escaped with the
booty.
Hollis Baker, Of South Troy, had a nice
span of horses seized by special detective
Bowles, a week ago last Sunday for alleged
violations of the revenue laws in smuggling
liquors while hc kept the hotel The span Is
worth $500.
Some fruit thieves in Pantou were ter.
ribly frightened the other night by the dis
charge Of an old lusee, to which a wire had
been attached after being carefully drawn
around the melon patch
AT the Richmond market held oct. 9th,
twelve hundred boxes Of cheese were sold for
l3c to ljc, and 100 tubs Of butter were sold
at from 40 TO l4c
The difficulty between the Freshman and
Sophomore classes in Middebury college has
ali been arranged. and everything h going
on tremendously.
A barn containing about II tons Of hay,
belonging 10 Mr. Clark Snow, in Sandgate,
was burned last week John Morcy Of Sand
cate was arrested upop .uspicion of being the
ineendiary.
NIu.ic,l Copy.ntio, will n. bold IN
81 Jobp.burv eommencing ON tbe IAN in.,
which will he conducted bv Geo, F. Root. me
celebrated composer aud publisher of Chicago
-Smupeled butter TO the extent Of Ga tnl.
was .oiye6 M :, Ab,ps l,st Nord.v
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the oxen OF Ashcrn't ana buralcA OF HuilIora
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cosiyh ol newport, espiea ha"A VINO wa
IN pursuit oil her ehicAens' upon which sh'
sg'1ol Jim gun ana Drought MN, hrs' shoi
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he'' 'ohn ~ L'oru oi yhou'n' n"ss.
"'S p'oonie Pf'n''p OF ''' Ne"pury sem
mary
The Congregational church in Lowell D.
taking steps to build parsonage and becom'
independent Of the Domestic Missionary so
cie'y--na'lng De'i materially aded by
u'ua.'on VI S-Vo' i'"uh 'n eA-"o'efho'
tne stare
-Wllloughby Lake promises to lose som'
OF ITS romantic and Wild character. Exten
siye quaries OF AK, scythe and moving ma
came stones nave oeen developed ana arc
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"'so pee" iou"u'
Mrs. sarah Miles OF Peru, died las
week Tuesday, aged one injured aad fr
gears, fre months anu heeWy-fico days
C. b. Hitchcock of Sandgate has killed
404 woodchucks this season.
Mr. upbam. of Londonderry died Mon
day night the 2sth ut, aged SO years
For &C days he ate no food, except it'll,
the third day before he died he drank abou
half common glass of water in twenty-fou
hours, and for ten consecutive DAYS he drank
no water.
-Four horses were recently sold in Cas-
tleton in one week, for two thousand dollar
Two Of them went to Boston as single
SIX hundred dollars each, and the other two
Matched Pair' were purGnasSu 9y a Solue u
y'a county man. az e'g"' nu"ureu uo''"rS 10
'he TWO