Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-29

They go TO Rhode Island.
There was very pleasant gathering last
Thursday at the residence of L. P. Tenney,
Esq, to celebrate the twenty fifth anniver-
sary Of their marriage. About fifty rela-
tives and friends were present and a very
happy season was enjoyed. Beautiful pres
ents to the value of 500 or more were be-
slowed bountiful refreshments were pre-
pared and the entire arrangements made
without the knowledge of Mr.. or Mrs. Ten
new. 1t was complete surprise to them
and the enjoyment of all was thereby
heightened.
BARTON.
FELL Down STAIRs.-Mrs. Noble Al
drich Of Glover, while in this village last
Thursday afternoon, in coming down stairs
from the daguerrean saloon, fell and hurt
her badly. She had a child in her arms
A REBEL.-Carl Newton of Barton is 50
much in love with the exploded confeder-
acy that he has hung out its flag over his
hog pen.
George Davis has just opened grocery
store IN the rooms recently occupied by D..
L. WOodman.
IHE hACEs.-A very interesting contest
is expected at the races on the Sd of July,
the Fair Ground Company having offered
the liberal sum of $3.50 the owners of
Snowflake" tn e Holmes Horse
Chestnut Dan,"-have also added $3.50
each, making purse of $3.50 to contend
for Snowflake" and driver-Chas. Tay-
lor-are already on the ground. Other
horses to trot for the different purses have
engaged stables, and altogether a lively
day can safely be counted on.
BROWNINGTON.
OLD ACADEMY.-Nearly $500 has been
raised to be appropriated in repairing the
old academy buildings-once famous as
the first school Of learning in our county,
which may it be again.
NICE FARM.-While we were on our
hasty trip through Bloomington last Tues
day, we passed the farm of James Wilson,
which is a splendid one Everything look
ed in shape. If there is a better farm in
that town than Wilson's we want to see it.
EVANS MILLs.-This little nest is about
the smartest in the county. But two years
old it still has fourteen houses and two saw
mills, and with the exception of one house
and one mill all have been built in that
time. II. G. Bruce is erecting a store 60
by 80, ell and all, and two stories high
Evans Il Foster are getting out timber for
another house for workman. This firm
deliver weekly at the Landing $4,000 feet
of sound lumber and employ but eight
hands to do it. Their mill is said to be
best for a water power there is in the cOun-
ty. We made a visit to the place last
Tuesday and were agreeably surprised al
the aspect of affairs though everything
looks decidedly newish and green-espe-
cially the grass. The mills are on Will
loughby river and three miles from the out
let of the lake, which the company dam
when water is low and thus manage to rur
most of the time. They have a road al
most completed to the outlet-have beer
working it two years. When finished i
will materially serve to increase business
10. Evans is to be first mayor if his politics
don't change-is a "Black Republican
now. We took a look at the Single facto
ry of n. ID. Chapman built last fall, which
employs twenty hands-ten men and ter
girls, real "pooty" too, some of them-whC
cut edge and pack from $4,000 to 10000
shingle daily, and they have cut as high
as 10000 in one day The shingle are &C.
dar and average $500 per thousand at the
mill. Ten saws are in operation, ranging
in size from II to AZ inches all being pro
PEELED by 80 inch Turbine water wheel
invented by n. d. Chapman, the owner OF
the single works, and who informed u.
that there were last fall over 800 of hi.
wheels in operation in Massachusetts.
CRAFTSBURY.
Mr.. Editor Il gavea statement in you
paper four years ago of the growth of ;
pair of steers that weighed at % months
1890, which sold for 1854. Last year
sold pair "a months DID, which weighed
2,6l0 pounds; amounting, at $500 pc
hundred, live weight, to S208.S0, which
your readers have seen. l will now give
statement of the growth and treatment of
steer and heifer the past year. Last sprinl
| had a Native steer calf from small COW
quite under size; and something seemed t
all the calf-was dull-eyed-but eat hi
meals. After about month he seemed t
wake up and began to grow Two month
later had another calf, (heifer) half Dur
ham. These calves were fed on skim mil
and hay tea, and hay cut from the 10th
the Goth of June, and kept in a stable i
winter that does not freeze let them on
in the shed days in summer for exercs,
and during winter | gave them about fou
quarts of milk and about two quarts of ha
tea added, which makes six quarts in al
once day up to April then l scalded
half pint of corn and cob meal increased t
one pint, and three quarts of milk adde
to the tea and meal twice day up to til
time sold them. The result was, sol
the steer, which, at Is months old, weighe
824 pounds, to Mr.. Edwin Stratton, at !
per huuuIeu, i've WelgnV, amounting
$65.92; and the heifer l sold at 13 month
old, which weighed $50 pounds, and at
per hundred amounted to $664O, whic
makes the pair weigh 1864 pounds an
amount to S132.32, and was retailed at
profit. He gives the dressed weight @
the two as follows:
Steer Beef 40, Tallow 33, Hide 2
Heifer.-- " AGO. 46, 6
Total 1887 pounds.
According to the above figures it maxi
these calves stand about 20 per cent mo-
than the above pair of steers at "a montl
old so little variation every time max
an advance. Mr.. Stratton says he hop
this will stimulate the people to raise be
ter cattle. A. A. Randall has tire
fourths blood Durham calf about IA mont
old which think, with the same treatme
as above, would weigh as much as 100 Ii
As / have said before in your paper, CO.
slider farming to be only in its infancy, al