Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-18

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FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The town meeting + Montgomery, t
zee If the town viii bond for the Missie
quot road, win BE- held November 18th.
Mr.. BENZ. @. Gallup of Sheldon, hs
raised from one and one-fourth acres o
ground, one hundred and three bushels O
oats, weighing IS lbs. to the bushels.
The number of Catholics in St. Alban
is 1900, of whom 1900 are French ant
LOO Irish. OF this number 1000 ar
communicates. During the past year a
marriages and 100 baptisms were solemn
lied by the rector, Rev. q. Druon.
Mrs Polly Grant, a widow lady re
siding in Sheldon, received from frien'
last spring, sne early Goodrich" potat
middle size-from which she has raise,
one-half bushel of good large potatoes
We think this is good yield from on
small potato, and one that-.is not easil.
beat.
Edward and Patrick Clark have solt
their farm, known as the Brigham farm
in the south part of Fairfield, containing
over four hundred acres, together will
the stock and farming utensils, to J. d
Soule of st. Adams, and Samuel II. Soul
of Fairfield, for $4,000.
The Messrs. Clark have purchased tn,
Martin Holyoke place, mile south-eas
of St. Adams village, including fifty acre
of land Of B. F. Rugg, for $4,000. The.
intend to take possession early in Decem
Der. They have kept about 20 cows thu
past season, making butter, for which the,
realized not less than AZ cents pound il
the last three months.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
The Convention of the Lamoille Val
ley Central Musical Association, which
the freshets of last month interfered with
will be held at Hyde Park, November
10th, 18th and 18th, according to the
original programme. 1t is to be under
the direction of Prof G. NJ Wyman. Tive
concerts will be given by the Convention
On Thursday and Friday evenings.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
B. f. Paine has pig which he pro
poses to keep and feed well as long as hi.
pigship deigns to grow and do well. lie
early in October, 7S5 pounds
md Mr.. Paine thinks he has gained 100
pounds since.
Lowell suffered in common with
'ther towns by floods. The bridges and
lew abutments of one side of two cross
ngs of the river were carried way. Sew
,ral rods of pentstock were carried away
rom each man, from the starch factories
# James Brown, L. Stevenson, and from
Root & Paine's clapboard mill. One dam
swept out, and roads and smaller bridges
70 put out of repair as to be unlikely to
ret repaired to be anything more than
,assable this season.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Mr.. Levi d. Corliss, Of Bradford,
suicide on Wednesday, the
9TH, by hanging himself.
Mrs. Keavitt of Braintree, aged %
ears, has woven since April last, over
100 yards of carpeting.
The Orange County Fair broke up in
row, caused by the manager forbidding
,harles Ballard of Hartford, to trot his
Snow Flake" after they had advertised
purse of 800 to be trotted for, open to
IL horses in or out of the State" R,llard
ook possession of the track, and nearly
IL the people took his part. The judges
nding themselves powerless, adjourned
be fair.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
"A company of about eighteen ladies
nd gentlemen recently attended we'd
ing in Barre, fifteen miles from their
ome. At the conclusion of the services
he happy couple suddenly departed on
heir wedding tour, and the guests above
lluded to were obliged to go to hotel
Or refreshmcnt, without the pleasure Of
ongratulating the married pair
WINDSOR COUNTY.
a fire in the clothing store of Ii V.
french, at Woodstock, Oh sunday,
the stock to the amount Of
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Mr. Saunders of West Windsor, on
ill Brook, had corn barn containing
twenty-five bushels of corn swept off by
be flood He has since found twenty
We bushels of the corn nicely slowed
way in meadow some two miles distant.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Patrick Shea, alias John Barney, was
ned $40 and costs, in Brattleboro, for
peaceaf,le citizen. Pct was
trunk
Daniel Kellogg, Jr., has sent in his
of the Brattleboro Post Office,
0 take effect Jan l., 1870 He comes to
rutland, and will conduct the Bates
House.
"A few days since, Two dogs, owned IN
-ownAhend, went five miles from home,
~ into Windham, and killed sixty sheep.
pne Of the "varmints' was shot, and
he other wounded while at their work.
Among the incidents in the Brattle-
oro fire, it is reported that the ladies
sorked on, the breaks of the engine,
ghile small engine from West Brattle-
oro was doubtless the means OF saving
ome Of the livery stables in tho rear of
he buildings burnt.
The spinsters of Brattleboro were
much shocked, one day last week, by a
arty Of young ladies from Glenwood
aides seminary, who walked down to
lew the ruins Of the late fire, attired in
heir picturesque gymnastic costumes. a
God place for the dress reformists
"A. G. Davenport, one OF the sufferers
-, tbo 1.ta ra - p..ttl.harn rnrnnual