Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-29
Vcrnaens items.
ADDISON COUNTY.

Tho Broad Loaf Inn at Riptons one OF the
most beautiful summer resorts in New
England, will be ready for summer guests
on the Goth of May. There is excellent
trouting in early june in that region, and
the drives are beautiful.
cHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The barn of John Hazard, of Char.
lotte, was struck by lightning on Friday
week, and considerably damaged. In
sured in the Farmers Mutual enough to
cover loss.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Bloomington has had FIVE months OF
continuous sleighing since snow fell last
fall
Mitchell Lamere of Charleston, alb
seconded Monday March %, leaving his
wife and three children to shift for them
selves.
-silas Angler has sold to H. Bean, OF
Newport, pair of fine black mares, SIX
years old, for the sum Of sou.
-MpSsES. SudTlcS bClu ohu La 49,
McIlhany of Derby Line, Ekilled moose
! in Norton last week.
j L. Sanders, of Albany, has three
wear old heifer-came in this spring
from which he makes over pound OF
butter daily, besides furnishing milk for
his family.
The Rev H. l. Campbell, of Albany,
met with serious accident while taking
down barn on his farm in Lowell. 1t Is
thought that several of his ribs are .frac-
tured
Gen. George S. Dodge, formerly of
Barton, who has been Consul at Bremen,
for nearly three years, has been replaced
by "A Dutchman named dorchester. Sorry.
Grants ways are not our ways. -Bnf-
ton .StaHdaFd.
/ -Messrs. Ingalls, and Bean, of Green's
born, who, some eight months ago, had
several horses seized by tie custom officers
at Newport, and advertised and sold, have
lately received a decision iii their favor
from the Treasury Department at Wash
/ ington, and an order for the refunding of
the money-s0me 5000
The Newport Express gives the fol-
lowing frst-rate notice of the outgoing
( landlord of the hotel in Coventry The
management of this hotel for portion of
the past year, and the constant bill Of
fare consisting of poor rum in plenty, and
very little hay and grain, had become so
intolerahle that a complaint was made To
the selectmen. who have at last-none too
soon-done what they could to mitigate
the evil.
Quite laughable scene occurred at
the late animal meeting in school district
No 3, South Troy VILLAGE Some diff
Guilty was had in finding any ne.who
would accept the office of clerk, and after
working an hour, during which every
voter was tried and would not accept.
Some genius" proposed drawing cuts
and doing 50. the LOT fell on John n.
Smith. who was immediately voted in,
and business then proceeded usual
The Barton Standard reports that a
few evening, since the members of n
small union church in Sheffield met to
choose officers and decide when each OF
the two dissenting parties should occupy
the house During the meeting difficult
les arose which resulted in the lights
being blown out, and general fight being
entered into Some were Knocked down,
others pounded and severely bruised. 1t
would seem to be to the credit of the peo-
pie in this ,l,.inn di-triot 20 have but few
of these meetings."
We should think there might be some
doubt about those men belonging to the
Christian church, but not any about their
belonging to the church militant"
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The salary Of the postmaster at Barre
is $3.50
The salary of the postmaster at Mont
pelcr is $4,000
The capitol at Montpelier is $40 feet
above the ocean.
-Joe's Pond, in Cabot, is 1914 feet
above the ocean
The Baptist church in Plainfield and
Marshfeld was organized in 1881
The number of resident members Of
the Baptist churches in the Barre Asso-
citation is 253.
The Congregational church in Earre
was organized Noy.14 1899
There are ii Congregational church
cS in Washington county, with 4 settled
pastors, acting pastors, with total
membership of 1,296-mAles 43l, females
500.
There are three Episcopal Churches
in Washington County Christ's .Church
Montpelier. St Mary's, Mortified, aud
Christs Church, Waitefield
The Board of Land Agents Of the
Episcopal Church in Vermont, appropriate
ted 800 to St. Mary sChurch in North
field, in 1868.
After the sessions of the Legislature
We're established at Montpelier in 1911,
new county was organized, of which
Montpelier was near the centre, contain
ing ID towns, from the adjoining counties
of Orange, Caledonia and Chittenden, and
gave it the name of Jefferson" In 1914,
when the Fcderals had the ascendancy in
every branch Of the government, the
name of the county was changed to
washington.
-Arnah Waterman and Newell kins- |
man were the first Senators from the
county of Washington, in 1886, and were
reelected in 1887
The town of oxbury failed to make
any report to the Board of Education in |
1868
Hay is worth $40 per ton at North