Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-19
STATE MATTERS.

Roundy aud VIM. II. Rand, at Newport.
The amount Of butter shipped at 81. Al.
bans on Tuesday-thc largest quantity of the
season was 9s6 tubs. Prices ranged from
Doc to &c., the bulk going at 35c. A very
choice lot going as high as SIC. OF cheese
there we're 20 boxes shipped.
As little daughter of Mr. Patrick
O'Bren, Of Wells, about six years old was
playing out doors on the 29th ult her clothes
ignited from a fire which some Of the older
children had built on the ground near the
house, and burnt her 80 badly that She died
the next week
There were 80 boxes Of spring water
shipped Wednesday from the st. Adams de-
pot.
The Mansfield Hotel Co. found 4 feet Of
snow on the mountain a little beyond the
halfway house. when they attempted to COM
menco work on the new road last week.
--Cassius Buck Of Fairfax, had COW
that did not seem to do well he gave her
medicine and she heaved up, not Jonah.
but lizard which measured II inches in
length, and about / inches thick.
Tho Magog House at Newport is in
trouble. What is called the old part is own
ed by s. d. Pendar, and the new part by the
Passumpsic railroad company The lease un.
der which it has been run recently expired.
and no arrangement can be entered into that
will be satisfactory to both parties. The old
part is open as heretofore, and the railroad
company intend putting on an addition and
running their part separate.
Tho lco.tt,. s.,..,.,,, ...t.. .a......a..... !
work on the Lamoille Valley railroad between
st. Johnsbury and the White Mountains
Tuesday, and as soon as that survey is com.
pleted it is expected that they will come over
into the Lamoille Valley.
"A gentleman who crossed the mountain
between the Bread Loaf Inn in Rpton and
the post Office in Hancock on the 9TH inst,
found the snow for a great portion Of the dis
lance three feet deep in the road. The mail
is carried by man on foot, it being impossi-
bic for a horse to make the journey
The Mansfield Hotel will be opened
about the first Of June, perhaps a little EARL.
er. Nearly all the rooms in the house arc
already engaged.
Fourteen old girls, assembled at party
at Saxton's River the other day, found that
their united age was l043. The Oldest, who
was 9 j, on being invited to ride home in the
b evening after the party resented the imputa'
ton, and answered testify that she'd rather
walk"
The Free Press says As it is nov
house-cleaning time, when housekeepers gener
ally are putting things to rights, this i,
an excellent time to carry home borrowed
articles. Let the books, bed wrenches, carpet
2 stretchers, &c, be returned, that the owners
may have their own to use, and borrowers
sleep with quiet consciences."
The house Of Peter Carpenter, in South
Burlington, was consumed by FIRE Tuesday
afternoon, catching from a spark from the
chimney. The house was worth about $1,000
a and insured for $780,
The winter term of the University Of
! Vermont closed this morning Vacation on,
week. Sophmore exhibition occurs next week
r Thursday
There we're shipped from Richmond OF
Monday 100 tubs Of butter, the price paiC
, being from 80 to 80 cents per pound also
about 100 boxes Of cheese a skinned arti
Gle, which sold for from to 10 cents pc
pound. No new cheese has yet been offered
D j. |. Nesmith has re-purchased the leas,
Of the American Hotel, Hydepark, and viii
take possession on the 10Th inst
: The family Of Capt A. p sayton, o
:. Elmore, have had about their share of ty
phoid fever. Since last September nine o
! the ten members have had the fever, but al
r have recovered.
The annual meetingof the Orleans Coun
: ty Medical Socity, will be holdenat Newport
e Wednesday, May 26
+ The steamer Mountain Maid has com
: menced running her regular trips on LAX
e Memphremagog.
The 10Th annual session Of the Vernon
: Homeopathic Medical Association will be hel,
Z at Burlington, on Tuesday, june LIST
5 There will be a preliminary meeting on thu
evening previous
The Directors Of the projected railroa
o from Shoreham to Fairhaven held a meetin
b at the latter place on Tuesday, April y, an
voted to proceed as soon as practicable to
J survey Of the road
d j. w. Howard, of Irasburgh, last fal
took from twenty swarms of bees $50 lbs o
r box honey Mr.. j. D. Goodrich, Of Hard
: wick, the same time took 2040 lbs. Of hone
5 from 45 swarms. Both used the Laugstrot
# hive.
1t seems that the Mr.. Wilson Of Yer
mont who recently made report to the n
Y. Agricultural Society of opium raising il
this State, was a resident of Monkton. Th
y Middlebury Register says: We hear o
+ quite a number of farmers who propose, thi
II year, to cultivate the weed quite exten
r sively. There are to be several acres of pop
pies on the farm of H. G. Sessions, in Eas
Middlebury."
- Mrs. james Brown was drowned a
: Alburgh, on the llth instant, while steppn
! into boat.
: - The citizens of Burlington have peti
y toned the Board of Aldermen for the estab
= ishment of market.
:, AS Mr.. Hills and wife, both elderly per
/. sons, were, on Tuesday, passing over the roa
from Saxton's River to Cambridgeport, (Rock
= ingham), the horse took fright and sprang Of
steep bank, turning complete summer
sault and falling thirty feet, Mr.. and Mr.
: Hills being beneath the horse. Mrs. Hill
: soon died, but the husband will recover.
III. N. Flint of Putney, has a pair Q
4 steers, one Of which was two years old tn
18th of last March, and the other the 25tl
: each of which, on the day that he was tw
u years old, measured in girth six feet six inche
Estimated weight twcnty.eight hundred lbs.
-Swanton has much to say about its Lam
n cave. 1t takes in several acres of land, in
i winding course. The spectator beholds entiC
Il ing rivulets of clear-looking water, runnin
II over the narrow bottom Of the cave owe
" treacherous quicksands, Several persons VIII
Of went to visit the cave " had very sarro'
5, escape from death, caused by getting too nea
N the bottom.
In Bloomington, Orleans County, tn
l. sleighing record ioots up one hundred an
le s;xtv-ei0ht DAVIS without intermission