Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

is now doing well.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
! On last Saturday morning, the wife Of the
late Judge Draper. of Salisbury, commit TED
suicide by hanging herself TO a bed post. She
was aiding in the usual morning duties, when
suddenly stopping, she went up stairs, and
some little time elapsing, and she not return
ing, search was made, when she was found AZ
above, quite dead
Twenty-six young men cast their maiden
presidential votes in Pownal on Tuesday
three of whom voted for Seymour and TWEEN
ty-three for Grant.
Three fine porkers, averaging 3I4 lbs.
each, were recently slaughtered by F. K.
Hannum of Stamford.
Woodford Mountain was covered with
nearly foot of snow last week
John Munroe, a resident of Ogdensburg,
y. Y.--a native of Bennington-is in his
I03rd year.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
A Wright, freight conductor on the Pas
sumpsic road, fell from his train at Lyndon
vile, Wednesday, and received severe but
not fatal injuries.
Real estate is bringing great prices in ST.
Johnsbury. Alfred Stoddart recently sold
his farm lying on the line between St. Johns
bury and Kirby, to Watson d. Bean for
$500. He purchased it few years since
for half that sum
CHITTENpKN COUNTY.
Capt. John Lonergan has paid an election
bet by wheeling a barrel of apples around
" the square," and from thence to the Lake
House in Burlington. A drum corps and
procession with torches accompanied and
general good time was had.
Inspector Isham made a seizure of a team
loaded with Struggled liquors, cloves, etc =,
belonging 10 VIM. Fowler. at Hinesburgh. on
Saturday last.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr. Bannister. an esteemed citizen Of Ba-
kersfield, has disappeared. He came to St
Adams by stage, got off at the depot, and
has not since been heard of 1t is supposed
he had about $500 with him.
LAHoILLE COUNTY.
The new building for the graded school in
Waterville is nearly completed and will be
ready for occupancy soon.
A Catamount Is running loose in Cam
bridge. Van Amburgh should be more care
full in closing the doors Of his cages lie
goes through the country.
They raise smart boys in liydcpark A
little three years old son of Henry Bangs of
that place picked up 20 bushels of potato es
in one day this fall.
Two men named Moulton and Clifford
were severely injured by a staging loaded
with heavy stones falling fifteen twenty
feet upon them, while digging well.
\ piece of stub nearly an inch in length
las taken out fortnight ago from the foot
of a young son of Moses Clark in Wolcott.
Last MAY while PLAYING in the woods the
stub was stuck into the boys foot, and was
not noticed till inflammation set in more than
five months afterwards
The Ne,csdeaIe1- devotes half a column 70
skunks, the most interesting item being that
Mrs. Farr Of lIydepark, has caught three Of
them IN her hencoOp, with her hands, by
resolutely Selling the animal by the tail and
suddenly 50 twitching him off his pegs y be-
fore he could do any mischief in his special
line.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
j. ID. Ayres, of Greensboro, ssignee, has
received patent for improvements in sugar
pan derrick.
During the last month, 424 cases of water
were shipped from the Vermont Springs, be-
sides heavy shipments from the Sheldon and
Mississquoi Springs.
A sad accident occurred on the Troy and
Boston Railroad, near Pownal, on Tuesday
afternoon, 10y which Gne man named Grogan
was instantly killed, and three others quite
seriously hurt. The accident occurred on
! board the repair train returning from Hoo
sick. 1t resulted from the piling of some old
rails crOss-wIse upon the car which the
men were riding. In passing along, the
ends of the rails extending over the car
caught upon a wood pile standing along the
| track, and one of the rails few up and struck
Grogan upon the head, killing him instantly
One of the most severely injured was MIR.
| Connors, the boss of the gang.
/ A tame bobolink escaped from S c. Bean g
at Newport, last June, and few DAYS
since flew into the house at Irasburgh where
Mr. Beams family formerly lived, eleven
miles from Newport.
Rutland COUNTY.
One night last week Miss Barber, Of Ben
son. was heard bv her sister to go down
stairs. No trace of her could be discovered
for several DAYS. when her body was found
by dragging the lake near her fathers resi-
dence 1t was obviously case of suicide
for which no possible cause IL known.
Al eccleslastIcdI cOuncil mas scFeFeu tut
pastoral connection of Rev. Norman Seaver
D. D., with the Congregational society Of
Rutland.
On Wednesday last, Rev. f. Mills, of Yves
Troy, was duly installed as pastor of the
Baptist society of Rutland.
4 little son ofC W. Adams, of Sherburne
fell with a chair it was climbing, against thu
tea-kettle, overturning it, and getting very
badly scalded.
goose belonging TO Mr.. Frederick East
man Of Rutland has shown her right to tn
name. by deferring the laying of her secon'
litter of eggs from Spring TO October. Sh'
; has Just laid 70 eggs and now wants t
hatch them. What goose ever ATTEMPTED
the like before?
Mr. A. Ii. Dickermsn. OF Brandon, ma
sold his famous Durham bull, sixtesn month
old, to A. B. Dickerman. of Pittsford. to
the Gum of $3.50.
4. Mcdonald, Of Marshfeld, has raised
cabbage which weighs twenty-three pounds
The average price given for wool IN Vel
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