Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-22
STATE MATTERS.

hb Mdllh VI Nlt ueN hNlpA AZ w UltIOu-
ry, built by the Central road, are up. The
building il 40 feet long by "a feet wide,
and when completed will be one Of the hand
soonest dopots on the road Mr.. i. j. SWEET
is the architect.
The National Car Companynow run two
hundred changabIe gauge cars between Bos-
ton, Chicago, and st. Louis, via the W. Cen
trail and Grand Trunk lines. Mr. John b.
Fletcher, Superintendent Of the Company, says
that if they had as many more there would
be business for them.
The wheat crop in the vicinity Of Mont
peier, was never better than this year. Quite
a breadth Of land was sown, the growth was
fine the berry is well filled and plump aud
1t has mostly been harvested in excellent con-
dition
Butter at Nergennes on Saturday, lth,
80 to 81 cents. One hundred and seventy
packages Of butter were shipped. weighing
six thousand seven hundred and sixty pounds.
Cheese could not be crowded above thirteen
cents One hundred aud io7ty-seycn boxes
left by cars on Monday, weighing five thous-
aud six hundred and fifty pounds.
"A valuable yoke Of oxen owned by
George Abbott ofSouth Ncwbury, were found
dead last Saturday evening. 1t appears that
they went down ID steep bank aud were hanged
in the yoke which was eaught By a tree, 10
their fall
Three accidents recently occurred on the
same day, in one ncghborhood in the south
part of Brookisd, by which Mr. llodgden
had leg broken; Mr.. Sargent an arm brok-
e.; aud Dea. Kellogg, an old gentleman,
was considerably injured in being thrown
from his wagon by runaway horse.
jesse Ellsworth, a lad Of seven summers,
son Of A. f. Ellsworth, ESQ, Of Whiting, on
Wednesday last caught pickerel in Otter
Creek which weighed over eight pounds and
measured - Inches in cngih
Mr. l.. p Barnes, Of Whiting, has a
backheart apple which /. perfectly pclr.hap-
ed. A pear tree partly oycrhangs the apple
tree and it is supposed that the apple blossom
was iertiiIzed by the pollen Of a pear bios
SON.
Mrs Barrett mother of Che ox-Pensiou
Commissioner Barrett aud 81 years old,
walked Eve miles from Ludlow TO proctors.
Vile one day last week, aud calmly contiuu.
cd her knitting for the rest Of the day, a,
though nothing had happened.
Willie Whiting, the II years old SON oil
Rev 5. W. Whiting, Of Windsor, who mystic
rlousiy disappeared aug IT, has not YET
oceh heard rom
-Pcacham is building a soldiers, monu
ment Of blue mountain granite.
A poplar tree in Stratton was struck b,
1 lightning on the Goth uIt.. and ten out of
| lock of fourteen sheen that were reposinq II
It's shade were instantly killed.
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tus II Russell Nortb6elJ wntar wheel. Ir
Wood Woodstock, composition Of liquids 4,
tanning; Virgil W. Bhnchard Brdpor
mode Of preserving wood
Tho Bq10er nrints the f,llowipo obitu,
ry notice " Died-in Bennington, Sept 9h
the annual Fair offspring of the Benpingto
County Agricultural Society, aged % year
The deceased had been in bad health for ia