Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03
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VERMONT News

n the death of Hr. JOHN Leonard lie was 90
years CID, and bad teen g resident ot Orwell SIS
years
Mr.. JudsoD Hurl Of Addison recently found a
huge puff ball on his farm which measured four
feet in circumference
Ia one school district in Addison there are
sixty scholars between the ages Of four and
eighteen.
Mr.. Carlos Pierce has sold his entire herd Of
full-blooded Du,ch stock 10 Mr.. Thomas Baker,
Of Barton, Vt. The herd comprised five cows
three heifers and two bull calves Mr.. Baker
has a large dairy farm, and he has decided 10
keep none but the Dutch cows, and has now
over forty head, about half of them pure blood.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Turkey roOsts and hen yards were freely
visited by thieves the night before Thanksgiy-
ing, in & unington. One man lost between
thirty and forty fine turkeys.
The Bennington Banner says that an evening
train from the north. on Monday, the I'D.
caused beef to take q suiien rise, the locomo-
tive, while under a high rate Of speed, striking
nine head Of cattle, belonging 10 Champlan
Noyes, near the " Fairb ,uks' Crossing" and
50 badly iujuriug them that all had 10 be killed.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
Mrs. Mary Ekins. agei O. sears, dei in
Sheffield on the llth.
Paddock village. s.. Johnsbury. hai a s1nar,
runway recently. the horse Of Samuel Jewett
displaying i's speed spiliins ten gallons OF kero
seue oil, smashing wagon, and knocking out
two Of it, osn font teeth.
E5-EN COUNTY
\ son Of WA. Siies, Bloomd-li, aged ten
years, recently welJ into the sls mill of Nes-rs
Perkins q Cato 10 cal some ot the workmeu
% dinner. III. caucht one Of bis feet in r bel,
and was thrown down through a hole in the
for, hal bis skull bruAen. oue arm and one
% hi, legs and vas Otherwise mingled 80 that
be he died on the Il-h.
Hay sid at auction in Bloomfield. on the
18th, at Sll.5J per ton.
LANoHIE COUNTY.
Horace Pierce, of Wolcott. was killed on the
Pt-ump-ic i. Z, near s. Jahusbgry. on
Friday tie 18Th. TIE cl ln-ty occurred while
The cars we're passing uni-r bridge. his heal
hitting rhe bridge aud 4i'iuE hiu instantly
ilr leaves young wife ana ltjIe child 90
mourn bis loss, anil dep-iv.s his mother OF the
last Of her family her husband ami other sla
dying 10 The army during the rebellion.
Joseph Sasgtsd Of WoI-5tt, was recently
ava6 6euei about three ci.c. Do the morning ty
the filling VI bis chimney. Upsu opening his
bdrJou door be saw that tlu house " is iu trlss
The family Hd but n.ti- more than time o.
escspe, saving only feS articles Of the.r house
sr,yer r.r,rv
A house belonging to "a youn- nan by The ulue
ofSmiJh, situated t09uts, On. .eau one utIf>1ut.
east Of Che-ei village. va, burned or the 18th iust
u. was supposed that y'ang man by the name
oi 81 fey "a7 'he llcenli1-y, and iAtt he ser
i 0n hie ios the purpose 60 o'ttinius tie III
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2-9HsAt 20 trNt ne-lre "a Justice court, h1ei
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bones oi one 'rl2 nei~eeu me wrist and elbow,
ana re'ei' other severe 'tlits-.
As several youn. Aiies ver5 returning from
tae close Of school 80 b-roy. recently, some cf
the fixtures IN ile coupling Of the wagon gave
way AMI pre- p'tliet the occupants 70 the
frozen grouni all soueThat bruised nUt
none OF them seriously Injured
:. + Colburn Of ALBANY. t4s received an Ar
reiutnen- As private -e,r-ftrv o. senator Spr,-ii.
o. X. l., and al-l Washiugtot, carre-p,n'ieu. O,
the PTo-i3cace Press he goes 20 Washington
at cuce 90 commence his lsbors
F H.re. Of T-o, has .i.-.,ro-,I d, ..-..i to-
stone l..l.-rv mon b-s farm, rt. r,s, ss5..,
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MIS- Lrlnirl heid, aged tf years. Ell iu
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RUTLAND COUNTY
i. " Eistwcot's dry coods store n Pou'.-
ney was burglar'zei Oh Monday evening Nov.
-, AMI considerable quu tIiy of goods pu--
loiuei. Entrance VS. effected through tie ia x
door o. fHe establishment
4 tenement house Of A. " Barker. Ca-tlstor.
WIS totally consumed by fire duung the recent
gale
T. y Adams, Of Benson, shot Wild goose re-
Gently, that measured four feet and eight inches