Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-06

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committee aPpoizaeaa for tho purpose
raised 81 500 3or the erection Of sold
ier's monument. II.
-Silas Park, Of Lyndon, died suddenly
in his wagon On Wednesday last He had
bean to the village to make some pur-
ohases, and was ON his return home, when
he was seen to fan heavily over on his
wagon wheel. He was taken to a. neigh
boring house, but expired almost instant
ly. A brother of his died suddenly some
three or four months since from the same
disease-that of the heart.
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian is in
formed that there is farmer in that
vicinity who has all last years butter on
hand-between one and two tons-for
which he was offered last winter fifty-two
cents per pound. He asked fifty-five, and
keeps his butter, which will soon be fit for
wagon grease.
"A short time since son and daugh-
tcI Vi II. L. CCWcLI, VI ddANlllc, WcIc tdCu
cutting with an ak, and another son Of
his reached for stick of wood 50 that his
left hand caught under the weapon of the
little girl, cutting it nearly off.
A Winter, of Wheelock, has pur-
chased the hotel in st. Jolnsbury Centre,
of Mr. Bennett, for 81, goo.
-Amasa Harris, of Lyndonville, sent to
market recently, pair of oxen weighing
5,6i0 lbs, the largest pair sent from this
town for many years. Campbell offered
him $500 for them at the depot, but Har
ris refused the offer.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
| A cornet band has been formed in
Richmond, j. P. Barnum leader, and they
have purchased German silver instru-
ments, 12 in number costing $3.50.
Hon. A b. Hubert has been elected
w. c. T.. and Miss Mary Morse W. V. T.
of Essex Lodge, No. II, of Good Tenn
plars, for the present term.
ESSEN COUNTY.
-Averill Pond is to be located in Aver
i'll and Norton.
-Nulhegan River is the largest river
Essex.
The Congregational Church in Brigh-
ton was organized October 5, 1S41.
The Congregational churches in
Essex county contributed in 1868 to the
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, as
follows CRANKY, $11,; Guildhall, 1882 !;
Lunenburgh, $19.19-total, $4S.71
Essex County was incorporated Mar.
2, 1907, but its first county officers were
not appointed until the session of the
I. Legislature, in October, 1900. Popula-
ton, 1860, $3.50; Grand List, 1868, $780,
49493.
William Haywood, Jr., was the sec
ond Senator from Essex county, in 1887,
and was reelected in 1888.
The Superintendent of schools in
Canaan reports that the population is
small, the several districts are large in
/ CAtChb Va 1ClIltoiy, uiish many VI lhC
scholars live remote from the schools and
on roads that, in the winter season, are
more or less of the time nearly or quite
impossible. Hence, the attendance in
the back districts, on the winter term, is
lamentably small. This does not lessen
the cost of the school, but enhances the
dissatisfaction of the taxpayers. The
difficulty might be obviated to some ex-
tent by having the school in the fall and
early part of the winter; but there is an
other difficulty about it, viz that farm
ers can spare their boys, of working age,
/ from the farm work better in the winter
than any other portion of the year.
Another addition to the business of
/ Island p-.-.a - seutoInpIation IL tam
merry There are large quantities of hem
lock bark within u short distance of the
village.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The salary of the postmaster at Ba-
kersfield is $500.
The salary of the postmaster at High
gate is $2l0.
Fairfield ia the third town in wealth
in Franklin county.
-Highgate Springs is 100 feet above
the ocean.
The Congregational Church III Swan
ton was organized January A, 1900
There are II Congregational Churches
in Franklin county.
| The thirty-ffth annual session Of the
Vermont Baptist State Convention was
held at Fairfax in. 1860, Rev. Eli b..
Smith, d. d, Moderator, Rev Horace
/ Fletcher, ID. d., Preacher. There were
302 baptisms in the State the previous
year, and "a membership of s. 26;,
The Baptist Churches in Franklin
county in 1868 contributed to the Baptist
State Convention $S7.12, ~ follows:
$50; Georgia Sunday School, SlS2 The
convention aided churches in the county
to the amount of $3.50, ~ follows: Mont
gomery, 200; st. Adams, $3.50
Franklin county was formed from
Chittenden county, and incorporated No
vember 8, 1896.
The first Senators from Franklin
county were Nathan Smile, Joshua w.
Sheldon, and Homer e. Hubbell, in 1886
Mr.. Smile was reelected in 1887 and
1888.
There are ten Episcopal Churches in
Franklin county, viz: Calvary, a Berk
shire; Christ, Enosburgh Christ, Fair
fax Trinity, Fairfield Christ, Franklin !;
st. Johns, Highgate; Union, Montgome-
ry; Grace, Sheldon st. Luke's, st. AL
bans: Church of the Holy Trinity, Swan
ton.