Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-01

The Supreme Court at its yecent term
in Bennington county decided that where
man moves out of town just before the
first of April, and does not become domi-
ciled anywhere else until after the COM
pletion of the list, he is taxable in the
town from which he removed.
Frank Pitts has sold his farm in
Pownal to Rev. j. NJ Bachelor for
$4,000.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Rev. P. N. Granger has been elected
County Commissioner of Windsor County.
ALI the horse-sheds in the yard of
the North church in st. Johnsbury, except
three, were crushed to the ground on the
18th, by the great weight Of snow upon
them.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The Winooski river broke up in 1868,
on the 18th of March.
Lake Champlain did not break up in
1868, until the 18th of April, and the ice
held in the ends until the 22d.
The regular line of steamers on Lake
Champaign, commenced running last year
on the 23d of April
The snow is settling in the back
towns in Chittenden Icounty, SO that the
top rails of the fences begin to appear in
spots
Essex Lodge, No. 107, of Good Tenn
plars, was instituted at Essex Centre. ON
Tuesday, with Hon. "A. B. Halbert, w. G.
T., and Miss A. J, Joyner, W. R. Fl. S.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The Richford Sentinel says that Mr..
S. II. Wade, of Montgomery Center, is
getting out the timber for new hotel at
East Berkshire The main part will be
30 by So, feet, with an L % by A feet.
Mr.. H E. Lewis, of ST. Adams, has
gone to Michigan and Minnesota to re-
cruit his health.
Charles H. Blinn, formerly clerk in
the Weldeni House, st. Adams, is now as
sistant book-keeper at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel in San Francisco
Last week the Vermont Central rail
road company despatched over two hun
dred freight cars from st. Adams and st.
Johns, most of which have reached Chi
cage.
The st. Adams Messenger says An
ticipating impossible. roads, our friends
in the surrounding country are improv-
ing these daysin coming to town for their
needed supplies and sugaring utensils
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Several sugar houses in Coventry
have been crushed by the snow; and last
Thursday about two-thirds of the roof of
the barn belonging to Wheeler's tavern
fell in, and the gable end fell out.
Mrs. james Rice, of Greensboro, an
old lady 70 years old, has woven over two
hundred yards of cloth, carpeting, &c,
since last fall, besides doing a good deal
of house work; she can walk four miles
a day without difficulty.
Quite reformation has taken place
on South HILL Coventry, where several
persons who have smoked and chewed for
many years, have entirely abandoned the
use of the weed, and find themselves
altogether healthier and! happier Shy the
change.
The following schedule of prices was
agreed upon at the recent NEE ing of the
listers of Orleans County: Three years
old colts, $500: two years old, $1,000;
yearlings, $1,000 Oxen, 6! feet, $4,000;
three years old steers, handy, $50 90; two
wears old $1,000: yearlngs. 500: cows
$780, sheep, $500; bees, per swarm,
$500; hogs per hundred, $500; railroad
shares, $4,000; hay per ton, $40 wool
per pound, % cts.
Mrs Ira Peach, of Troy, was serious
ly injured in her spine recently in cross
ing pitch-hole in the road.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
-Plumfeld voted tax of 100 cents ON
the dollar.
-Rev'J. Q. Skinner lectures at East
Montpelier, March 25th. Subject: 'sThe
unity of the human race"
Snow is six feet deep in Moretown.
The people there have novel but excel
lent way of breaking out their roads.
They harness six or eight horses to a sled,
putting long plank wings on both sides of
it to sweep the snow away sufficiently for
teams TO easily pass each other. They
draw behind each runner of the sled a
large iron kettle, that makes hard and
most perfect path for horse to travel in.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
GOOD hay is worth in Jacksonville
from $40 to S12 per ton.
An effort is being nude to discharge
the debt on the Methodist meeting house,
in Jacksonville, and assurances have been
given that the necessary funds will be
ready by the first of April.
-Guilford had 10 births, !, marriages.
and ii deaths in 1868. The oldest per-
son was sc years and s months, and the
youngest 16 hours old
ID. NJ. Estey, of West Dummerston
made an improvement in the fixing of
Stats to bedste Ids, and has applied for II
patent on his invention.
Heavy freshets are expected at Bel
lows Falls and Brattleboro when the snow
melts.
Kirk Rand, a blacksmith in Brattle-
boro, and formerly member of the I'd
regiment, died of heavy dose of laud-
mum on Thursday. He had bought it to
relieve pain, but it is thought that de-
pressed spirits from incorporate habits
caused suicide.
The Brattleboro PheniA says that
Mrs Sarah Luce, of Marlboro, now III the
I SSth pf her mounds OF