Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-18
ADDISON COUNTY. .


ADDISON COUNTY. ITFg
William Whilford of Addison, has raise
q common beet this season which weighs l.
lbs. being % inches in circumference, thu
beating Mr.. Seth Barton's mammoth beet O
Manchester by 2 lbs. in weight, aud one incl
, in circumference.
Six thousand bushels of apples have bee,
used to make cider at one mill in Ferris
burg.
A new steam mill, los feet long, and t
contain twelve gangs Of saws, has been com
menced in Middlebury by the Addison Coun
| ty marble company. The company are ship
ping marble to Boston.
F. G. Partridy e, Esq Of East Middlebury
is fitting up the mill leased by him of the
wooden manufacturing company, with all
the machinery for planning and matching
lumber.
Charles j. Robbins of Ripton lost a barn
by fire on the 3lst ult. Seven tons of hay,
300 lbs of meal and several harnesses were
among the contents consumed. Four horses
were saved with difficulty.
The soldiers monument in Cornwall is
ready for dedication.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
| Last Thursday, twenty fine sheep, belong
| ing to John s. Pettibone, of Manchester,
were run into and killed by the early train
on the Bennington and Rutland railroad
! VIM. j. Allen, a teamster at East Dorset,
had load of marble run over his foot one
day last week, descending the mountain from
the quarry, having fallen under his wagon.
| F. w. Day of Bennington, exhibits fifteen
distinct ears of corn growing from one stem.
| A young lad named Knapp. an employee in
| Messrs. H. E. Bradford & Co.'S Knitting fac
tory in Bennington, received very serious
| injuries on the 18th inst, by being caught in
some machinery which he was clearing. For
time it thought he could not live, but
| he is now doing as we'll can be expected.
| Two young garden marauders have been
fruit and vegetables. They will be put
through - course of sprouts
FiRE.-On Thursday evening, of last week,
the Mt. Anthony House, at Bennington war
entirely destroyed bv fire and Park 8 block,
adjoining, damaged $4,000. Several persons
slightly injured.
The County debt amounts to SAB ,694 %
Stephen Bishop, aged Sc years, travelled
some four miles, part of the way on foot, to
cast his ballot for Grant & Colfax. He has
voted in this town at every freemans meet
ing for the last 60 years. Can another man
IN the county say as much? He has been a
| terror to bears in his day, having killed, and
helped to kill, 40; and now says if
heared my hound on the hills 1 could get
there pretty quick" Let every able-bodied
Young man take a lesson of this old patriot,
and not be caught neglecting his duty at the
polls.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
An eight year old daughter of Elder Luce
of St Johnsbury recently had leg broken
above the knee in sliding down hill.
The principal of St. Johnsbury High School
was prosecuted the other day for Furnishing
one of the larger BOYS. The trial was very
notwithstanding in an acquItal, and af
forded general satisfaction.
Jack Woods and Mrs. Geo. w. Goodell,
of Passumpsic, eloped last Fridry evening,
going through to Canada that night A
long course of scandalous conduct led to this
result.
The total debt of Caledonia County is
$90,6lG 90.
Mr. French Morrill, of Danville, was near
y killed by the fall of a branch of a tree
upon his head while hunting few days ago
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
VENERABLE RELIc.-The Burlington
Times says that during the progress of tear
ing down old chimney in the house now
belonging TO Mrs. Johnson, of Essex, re-
Gently, fur hat of the stove-pipe style,
containing an old style blue and white home
made linen handkerchief, was found buried
in the hollow portion of the chimney. The
hat was i'll good state of preservation, and
after a burial of sixty-fve years is now in
style again. The chimney was very large,
containing four replaces, and was built in
1903, as was determined by marks upon the
bricks. The house was built and occupied
for many years by David Tyler, one of the
early settlers of the town. The handker
chief is now in possession of Miss Maria
Tyler, a descendant of the family.
A Frenchman attempted to cut his throat
with a large knife, in Richmond on the 18th
inst. during a ht of temporary insanity, but
was prevented by the bystanders
A Mr. Burke of Milton, dropped down
dead in his doorway, Sunday morning cause
disease of the heart. His health was good
up to the moment of his death.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Whites jewelry store, at Island Pond, was
destroyed by fire Monday night. No insur-
ance on the building. but stock insured.
Loss small.
franklin COUNTY.
Mr. Knight Bannister, whose sudden dis
appearance from Bakersfield noticed on
the 18th, and who was supposed to have gone
to Green Bay, Wis, it seems has been recog-
nized in Michigan, route to Portage Lake,
having been - fleeced'' of $50 by some con-
fidence operators on the train between Wind
sor and Chatham Mr. Mark Bannister of
Richford, his brother, has gone in search of
the missing man.
The ST. Adams Transcript says the prices
of butter to-day ranged from 45c- to 47c- per
pound few extra lots, we learn, brought
ten cents more The amount brought to
town was not large, owing. we presume. to
the bad condition of the roads.
Recently James C. Davis, a clerk at the
up before Justice Gilman, charged with at
| tempting by threats and intimidation to ex-
tort promise, and compel its fulfllment. Of
marriage. from Miss Mary Perry, who teaches
a school in the basement of the Catholic
church He had several times, it was proved,
drawn a revolver to brighten her into prom
| ising to marry him. and afterwards to com
pei her to fulfil the promise He was held
in $500 bail to appear for trial.
! PERsoSAL.-Mr. f. F. Perkins, formerly
marter-mechanic of the Vermont Central r.
r e. the ST. Adams Transcript says, has ac-
cepted the position of Superintendent of the
rolling stock of the Western Division of the
Pacific K. R., and leaves for California to
! assume his duties about the LIST Of December
next The Division will extend from the