Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-11
Vermont News.
= Mars Factory of Milton, sold "a
boxes ofnew cheese on Monday at 1Scents
per pound,

three weeks ago, was found last Satur,
day little above Wells River.
= James Litchgeld of Panton, lost a
valuable OK few days since. An ex-
animation revealed a fragment of a
hoop skirt about six inches long in the
heart case, which caused his death.
- Benjamin Wakefield, of Lyndon,
lost a COW last week from the effects of
eating poison set for woodchucks.
Wakefield gives notice to the hunters
that they needn't "pizen any more
woodchucks in his pasture.
= The house of Mr.. r. Gray, of Rye
gate, was visited on Monday evening,
May 31st, by thieves, and a valuable
gold watch was stolen from Miss Lizzy
Page. No clue to the robbers has yet
been obtained.
= A man named Woodward, at work
with circular saw in L. Copelands mill,
at Stamford, was hit in the forehead by a
heavy piece of wood the other day, and
fatally hurt.
= West Rupert Dairy Association
made their third sale of cheese, on Mon
day, at IS cents, selling over 2 tons. The
sales thus far have averaged over 20 cents
per ID. They are now making up about
1900 lbs, or 81 tons Of milk each day.
- Lorenzo Gore has one of the bear
cubs recently caught in Searsburg, and
intends raising him. He is now about
two years old, and playful as kitten.
A large brindle bull dog owned by Gore,
and the cub, are great friends
Mrs. Harry Peake of Orange, re-
Gently had shock of palsy and fingered
in an unconscious state for nine days and
then died. A post mortem examination
was made and resulted in the discovery
of large abscess, which had been grow
ing for years.
The Lyndon Union says the hen
fever prevails extensively in that town.
The hens are all we'll enough, but the
owners are in a fever of excitement
Fancy bloods are in great demand
Some good eggist would make a good
thing by bringing in lot of eggs with
some high falutin name attached.
While Silas Smith of Georgia, pro-
prietor of the Green Mountain Renova-
tor, was passing the railroad at Pearls
crossing, about two miles north of Milton,
on Monday evening, his horse was struck
by the engine on the mail train and in
stantly killed, and Mr.. Smith badly in
jured. No blame can be attached to the
engineer of the train as he could not
have seen Mr.. S. or his horse in season
to avoid the accident.
Miss Carrie Foster of Vergennes,
has collected string of 1,070 buttons
within seven weeks. The Vermonter
says " There are some historic buttons
in this collection. Several were once on
the military coat of Col. Ellsworth, the
zouave martyr, they were presented by
his father E. d. Ellsworth, of the U. S.
Arsenal in Vergennes two buttons of
the Revolutionary memory, one by Mrs.
Gen. Strong, one by Mr.. Ellsworth. One
button by Mrs. DIR. Howe, of Jericho,
which is over 80 years old"
- On Wednesday, June I'd, young
child of Mr.. D. F. Quinn, two weeks old,
apparently died, and was clothed in the
habiliments of death, where it lay about
two hours, where the inmates of the
house were startled by its crying. A
little later in the day the child again re-
lapsed and was prepared for the grave,
in which conditionit remained as at first.
for about two hours, when it again ex-
hibited signs of life, to the great andjoy-
Gus surprise of its parents. At last ac-
counts, the child was going well.
AN incompletely reconstructed
southerner moved to Vermont lately, and
soon after his family increased by the adj
dition of "native Vermonter" His
oldest son, boy of four years, was at
first delighted with his little brother, but
after few weeks began to tire of his
crying and got little jealous from fam
cied neglect. One day he climbed mp in
to his fathers lap, and asked him, Papa,
which do you like be~, me or baby p
The father, thinking to please the little
prattler, answered that he liked him best.
Aftera serious thought, the shrewd youth
said Pa, | know why you like me the
best" why ?" asked the father. 1t
is because am a southern man, and ba-
by is id Yankee"
BEAR SToRY.-The Bennington Ban