Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-08-04
STATE MATTERS.

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with a rife, and secured them all. Is he not
the champion sAootiSt2
The nineteenth annual fair of the Yer
mont State Agricultural Society will be held
at Burlington, Tuesday Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, September II, 10, l6 and
II. The Wool Growers Association unite
with the State Society in the fair.
The nineteenth annual session Of the
Vermont State Teachers Association will be
held at Brandon, August 18th, 18th aud
10Th.
Noah Drown Of Sheffield, has a swarm
Of bees, (half Italian,) that has swarmed
FIVE times this season, and made As pounds Of
spare honey.
S. G. Corey, Of Craftsbury, has 2-years
old Native holer, dark red, that has given
81 pounds Of milk per day for q week, with
no extra feed runs in pastures with four
teen other cows
The amount Of butter shipped last Tues
day from st. Adams was SAC tubs Prices
ranged from 80 to "a cents per pound.
Hon. Horace Greeley editor Of the New
York TribUHe, is engaged to address the
people at the Orleans County Fair, at Bar
ton, September q and %.
Mansfield Mountain is just now begin.
ming to be visited more fully, and the Mans
field Hotel is in tip-top order for It's guests.
Mr.. W. p. Moore Of Elmore has al
ready raised one crop Of Early Rose potatoes,
and the second crop is now up and has been
twice hoed.
--Wolcott Springs is just now having
large rush Of visitors, and hotel accommoda-
lions are in demand, which want the good
farmers Of the vicinity are endeavoriug to
remedy by opening their houses to guests.
The Richmond market was active on
Monday last The amount Of butter sold
was 100 tubs, at prices from 80 to - cents q
pound the amount Of cheese was 200 boxes,
at II to If cents pound
Mr. William Kyle Of Middebury. has
raised an Early Rose potato, just eight weeks
after planting, which weighed over pound.
He dug a No. which beat that by several
ounces
The New Haven Mills Cheese Factory,
last Saturday, shipped to market about 4 =
600 pounds Of their factory cheese. There
were sixty-nine packages
"A package Of 10000 in notes, $1,000
in United States currency, and 81 600 in gov.
eminent bonds, the property Of Asa Rhodes,
was stolen from the safe Of II II Hodge at
Richmond recently.
Jacob Green, of Burlington, committed
suicide on Monday last, by drowning himself
His age was about 45 years.
AT a meeting Of the stockholder, of the
Passumpsic railroad, held at Newport, Vt,
on Wednesday, the following Directors were
elected Henry Keyes Of Newbury VT;
Josiah Stickuey of Boston Elijah Cleye-
land Of Coventry VI. William Thomas Of
Boston Emmons Raymond Of Boston b.
IP. Cheney Of Boston Albert Knight Of
Stanstead, p O. Henry Chase Of Lyndon
W. Benjamin Pomeroy Of Compton, =. q.
Thomas Upham Of Boston Gardner G Brown
Of Boston T. = Red6eld of Montpelier
f. NJ Weld of Boston. The annual report
shows the road to be in excellent order and
very prosperous.
The farmers Of Addison county are re-
joicing over the abundant crops Of hay which
they are gathering generally in good condi.
ton. The grass is unusually heavy all over
the county.
Hon y. b. Stafford Of White River June
ton has a thorough bred Short Horn call
eighteen weeks old which girts four feet and
six inches, and weighs four hundred and
seventy one pounds.
"A mau in South Craftsbury recently LOS
his pocket book containing $50 For hal
day or more he made a vigorous search for il
in all kinds Of hiding places, and also hac
suspicious of the honesty of sundry indivdu
ais, but at last found the missing property il
his pocket.
The surveyors on the Missisquoi Rail
road expect to close their labors the present
week.
-Wech and Robbins of Woodstock have
sold one hundred and forty-three " Buckeye
mowers, in three years Of their agency fol
them, forty of them the present season.
MIR Lowering Of Lyndonyille has nearly
completed his arrangements for the musica
festival in Railroad Grove, August lob
To the musical attractions he adds the nam,
of that favorite singer, Mrs Lizzie c. Chan
der Of Chicago while among other attrac
tions we notice poem is to be given by Rev
2. b. Fisk of Peacham, Miscellaneous read
ings by Mr. c. d Robinson, and GROUND
illumination of the Grove on Friday evening
On both Thursday and Friday evenings the
Anvil Chorus will be performed with anvil
and artillery accompaniment. There viii
undoubtedly be a large crowd at this festva
as we learn that one thousand season ticket.
have been sold in one town.
&C. X. McNeal shipped the last week
fifty thousand feet of lumber from Bartor
Landing and expects to do the same the pres
ent week He gets sl21 per thousand.
The survey of the Southern route for
the Addison Railroad from Whiting Station
to Lake Champlain was commenced last week
and is continued this week The surveying
party will reach Port Henry Wednesday
about noon.
-Mddletown is full of visitors attracted
by the medicinal springs. There are between
two and three hundred persons stopping there
at the present time. Every house is full, anC
many Of the farm houses in the vicinity hav,
more or less boarders. The water from the
spring is also shipped to distant points at the
rate of so to rs cases per week.
"A Barton Frenehman named Fuller Gu
his left arm off, in wood mill, Thursday
evening.
Sam Kendall and another Dartmouth
college boy have begun the erection Of hote
at Newbury, to cost $4,000. 1t will be
called Springs Hotel An uncle died re
Gently and left Sam the convenient little pill
Of $4,000.