Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-06-09

49, The house Of NJ r. Gray, Of Ryegaie
was visited on Monday evening, May 81, by
thieves and a valuable gold watch was stolen
from Miss Lizzie Page No clue to the rob
bcrs has yet been obtained
- John Rowland Jr., of Lyndon, SO years
old, destroyed his own life with strychnine
on Saturday last. 1t is said that dsappoint-
mont in seeing the woman of his choice marry
another man induced him to take this step
though strange to say, he never asked the
woman if she would marry him.
- Benjamin Wakefield Of Lyndon, lost a
COW last week, from the effects Of eating poison
set for woodchucks. Wakefield gives notice
to the hunters that they needn't "pizen any
more woodchucks in his pasture
go The store of Dewey & Dewey, in Poult-
ney. was broken into last Wednesday night,
but not much Of the property in the store
was taken. The money was in the safe
"A. NJ. Richardson, of Chester, had his
thigh broken few days since by a kicking
colt
r. Over seven hundred copies Of ncwspa.
pers, magazines and periodicals are taken by
the inhabitants Of Chester, from the post
offices at Chester and North Chester.
- Wednesday Of week before last futile
bear hunt came of in Montgomery. Six Of
these animals were discovered and one wound
ed, but none captured.
- The Lyndon Union says the hen fever
prevails extensively in that town. The hens
are all well enough, but the owners are in
Fever Of excitement Fancy boods are in
great demand. Some good eggist would make
a good thing BY bringing in a lot Of eggs with
some high-ia-lutin name attached
John @. Griffin, High Sheriff Of Chit
tcLdcn County, died at Burlingiuton last
friday evening.
M. l.. Hovey of Waterford, on the 10Th
ultmo, raised the largest barn in that county.
The length is 30 feet and 8 inches, width
10 feet and q inches and II feet and inches
posted between plate aud SILL IL is to be
boarded, clap-boarded and painted, and COW
cred with short shingles 1t has a cellar
under the whole The body Of this barn
was put mp and pinned ia three bours and a
half, showing that the mastar-workman, Joseph
Cumming of Barnet, is master Of his trade.
Mr. j. f. Nichols, Of Dandy, has two
hens Of the Bramah Pootra breed, that lay
eggs which weigh from three to four ounces.
These eggs bring thirty cents per dozen,
They measure seven inches in circumference.
Pigs have sold in Dandy for from four
to seven dollars apiece this spring, and are
scarce at that There is scarcely half enough
to meet the demand in this vicinity.
Saturday Goth iust) two young men,
! while fishing near the mouth of Joe's Brook,
in Barnet, struck with their spears hard
substance, which they were unable to raise
above the water. They then stripped them
selves, and wading into the water, pulled out
a black cloth yalise, which, upon opening, was
found TO contain pants vest, and various arti-
cles Of wearing apparel.
- The Vermont Central Railway Company
have built two hundred adjustable cars, which
run between Boston aud Chicago, over the
narrow aud wide gauges, conforming to both
and they are building three hundred more
Miss Carrie Foster, of Vergennes, has
collected q string Of 1910 buttons within
seven weeks. The Vermonter says: There
are some historic buttons in this collection
Several were once on the military coat Of
NNls AallnMNl Atlf AliI fAbuANt luhl ~ AMn Jul
tons Of Revolutionary memory. One button
by Mrs. Dr. Howe Of Jericho, which is oyei
80 years old"
Miss T. J Leaytt, Of the same place
has also collected stringof nine hundred ant
ninty-nine buttons in five weeks,
On the 2d inst, child Of d. f. Quinn
Of st. Adams, two weeksoId, apparently died
and was clothed for the grave, when it reyiy
ed and commenced p cry. Later in the da,
the child again reiapsed and was prepared 70
burial but after a deathly sleep Of two hours
it again exhibited signs of life, and is nov
apparently doing we'll.
Cheese sold at the Dandy factory last
week for Isl cts About $4,000 lbs. were
sold, the first made this season.
The village trustees Of Rutland have de
eided not TO licence more than one or twi
eating saloons in town. A good move
The Vergennes butter market on Satur
day was fairly attended. Prices ranged from
80 to 36 cents. The amount shipped iron
this depot on Monday, by cattle freight am
express trains was three hundred and eighty
seven packages, amounting to 1852 pound,
gross.
Lee Scott a bright and promising lad o
Is years, son of j. d. Scott was drowned il
the LamoiIc river, at Cambridge, Wednesday
Z june ID.
M. H. Fuller, of Newport, is poet, II
R. Monteith, of Mclndoe's Falls, chronicler
Address to the President is to be made by c
II Cook, Of Greensboro, on cass-day at Dart
mouth College July 10th.
Five platform cars We're set up, and
coat Of paint put On them at Che car shop il
ST. Adams, Friday, after II o'clock, A. NJ
car in seventy-tgo minutes. They hay
also thoroughly repaired and turned out 6
cars in the last month. That's doing bust
ness.
some $4,000 remain uucollccted on tn
old tax bills of Rutland
Con w. Y. w. Ripley of Rutland ha
returned from his trip to Paris.
Work upon the Rutland County Cour
House is progressing. Twelve men are EN-
, ployed in laying the foundation.
j. j. R. Randall and james II. Baglel
+ of Rutland, have become partners in the fri
1 of Kellogg, Clarke & Co., of Phenixvill,
Pa, manufacturers Of iron bridges and wi
soon open a branch office in Springfield, Mas
4 Mrs. Harris of Halifax, needing som
! fresh eggs the other day, hunted for a nes
= when finding one in barrel partially file
I with grass-seed, she drew therefrom 70 mic
! fresh eggs.
Y The first ice train Of the season f
Boston went through from Vermont over tn
Lowell railroad last Thursday night, carry
i ing 37l5 packages of butter.
n Within the past fifteen months thrice
persons have been buried in the Grafton cen
etery, whose average agesamounted to nearl
73 years.
f w II. II. Green, Esq, of st. Alban
purchased of Hon. w. IL. Blake, of Swantol
last week a two year old, half blood Durha
= hefer, that gives twenty quarts of milk Pc
! day, for 500
q The Woodstock Standard has commence
. the notification of "A branch edition at Bethe