Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-06-02

-Rumors are current of consolidation
ofthe Harlem, LebanonSprings and Bcuning-
ton & Rutland railroads.
Eight city boardcrs have taken apart
ments with MIR. Sheppard, Of Georgia, for
the purpose Of testing tho Parker mineral
spring.
L. T. Kinney has sold his grist mill and
store at Willamstown to Charles Templcton,
of Barre, for $4,000
Albert White stole watch from the
store Of Edwin Demcrritt, in Waterbury, last
Friday, and left on the train for the cast
lie was tracked TO Williamstown by officer
Stewart, arrested and lodged in Montpelier
Jail.
Pigeons are reported plenty in Benning.
ton. A net full were Gagged by lucky indi-
yidual few days ago.
The annual session Of the lMasonic) /
Grand Commandery of Knight Tomplars meet
at Burlington on Tuesday, june Sth; the
Grand Lodge Of Masons meet on Wednesday, |
june 9th the Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters hold its annual session on
Thursday, June 10th, and the Grand Chapter
Of Royal Arch Masons assemblies on Friday, |
June llth All the railroads in the State
will carry for fare one way.
Levi Snow Of Dover, has been feeding out
hay this spring that has been in the barn % !
years, and it came out green, bright and
sound Cattle ate it as we'll and IL was as
good in every respect as hay grown last SUM
mer.
Gushing & Boynton Of Woodstock have
a ten acre field Of corn. Is there a larger
corn-feld in Vermont
Two large trout were caught in Vernon
pond the other day One, caught by lady,
weighed lbs. 6 OF. Another, caught by
gentleman, turned the scales at h. 10 OF.
Horny c. Villas a few days since, caught
pike IN the mouth Of Saxtons river, weigh.
ing 10 lbs.
The First National Bank Of Burlington
has surrendered its authority as a Govern
mcnt Depository, and will convert their bonds
into available funds to meet the increased de-
mand for money.
John Merchant, Frenchman, was fatal
ly injured on Friday, while operating circu-
lar saw for the Winooski Lumber Co.
Gen. Stannard is the Vermont member
of the Council of Administration Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic.
IL. n. Flint, Of Putney has a pair Of
steers one Of which was two years old the
! 18th Of last March, and the other the 25th,
each Of which, on the day he was two years
old, measured in girth 81 feet. Estimated
weight, 2, 800 lbs
Brilliant trout stories are beginning to
come in. Among them one Of Mr.. Brown
of Grafton, who recently caught splendid
one in that town weighing ID. 6 o., and
measured l4l inches in length
"A Grafton correspondent gossps as fol-
lows upon agricultural facts and prospects in
that section: Crops in this vicinity never
looked better at this season Of the year Al
! though the season is late, farmers will get in
their seed some ten days earlier than they did
last year The few days of clear sunshine
have dried the land, and the soil is just fitted
for seed. The apple-trees are in bud and
blossom and give evidence Of abundant fruit
The berry crop will bev very large The mead
ows never looked better. In this region the
heavy oil and sand Aeeces have played out,
and good sheep are preferred to all tallow and
little wool. The Cotswolds are coming into
favor as they are Al mutton, and their
fleece sells high in the market. Greater at
tention is given to horses. Farmers have be-
come satisfied that it costs no more to raise a
colt that will sell for from 5000 to 5000,
when four years old, than to raise one that
will only sell for $50 or sl00 There are
many Deyons and Durhams in this region, and
hogs of the best breeds. The farmers club
disseminates facts, results, experiments, &c.
for the benefit of the cutivators Of the earth.
"A man named Woodward, at work with
a circular saw in Il. Copeands mill at STAN
ford, was hit in the forehead by heavy piece
Of wood the other day ard fatally hurt.
-Caswel who dangerously stabbed Allen
in drunken row at Milton Saturday night,
and yet wasn't arrested for it, has disappear
ed.
- One of the Oldest inhabitants Of
Nottingham recollects well the parents OF
Brigham Young, who was born in that town
The stone walls of the cellar are all that re.
main of the dwelling. Brigham's parents
were poor and moved to York State when he
was three years old. From a poor Yankee
lad at Nottingham, Vermont, to Salt lake
City, Utah, and King of the Mormons, j:
quite a stride, but Brigham has taken it.
w. b. Smith and Franklin Plumley
were admitted to practice at the LamoillC
County Bar at its present session.
The directors of the Lamoille Valley
railroad assure the people that the surveyors
will Immediately commence their labors upon
the road
jesse Sears, for long time deputy
f sheriff at Jacksonville, died at an advanced
age at that place, on Tuesday last.
The citizens of jacksonville and Viii
D mington are anxiously looking for the extern
0 sion of the New Haven, Northampton and
Williamsburg railroad to Conway, ShelburnC
Falls, Coleraine, Halifax, jacksonville, and
: Wilmington, and so north through the inter
or of the State. This certainly is a very
, feasible route for a railroad and it reaches
the very heart of the untouched lumber re
E gions of Vermont and would bring an unde
i veloped country in direct communication Will
tide-water.
0 Tho Mineral Spring at Guilford, is al
, ready success. Weeks X Potter, the wei
. known druggists of Boston, with other wealthy
parties have become the propretors, and arr
now bottling and shipping 200 cases week
G They have a number Of men at work building
a boarding houses, and will soon erect a larg
watering establishment.
Mr.. Hicks, proprietor of the hotel a
: Sadawga Springs, has quito gang Of carpen
u ters and masons at work erecting an addition
to his hotel. DR.. Temple is preparing Il
bottle aud case hisspring water. There is N
n doubt Of its efficacy.
: The town of johnson recently vote,
$4,000 to repair its highways injured by tn
freshet this spring.
Our NV West, by Samuel BOwles Publishe
. by the Hartford Publishing Company Hartford
N Connecticut.
s Those who have followed Mr., Bowles throug
the delightful pages of " Across the Continent,
r in his first trip from Ocean to Ocean, will WELDON
the announcement of a later work from his prrace