Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-09-10
State Meas.

-.Senator Edmunds of Burlington will
deliver the annual address before the
Windsor County Agricultural Society on
the I'd day of the exhibition, Oct. O.
The Champlain Conference will hold n
meeting at Montpelier on the iith inst,
and Rev. Richmond Fisk, President of st.
Lawrence University at Canton, y. Y, is
expected to preach.
Burke boasts Of one of the oldest mar
ricd couples in Vermont Mr.. Joshua
Smith and wife arc respectively " and 80
years old this fall. Mr.. Smith is a farmer,
and was married quite young-an argu-
ment for early marriages.
David Hopkins of Orwell, had one
swarm ol bees at the beginning of the sea-
son. They have produced one hundred
boxes of honey, the net weight of which IL
about ! 300 pounds. His bees all sprung
| from a single swarm which he got in 1861.
The State Fair is to be held at Burling-
ton on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Sept. 18th, 18th, 10Th and 18th.
Hon. Luke Poland has accepted the invita-
ton to deliver the address. Gen. Grant
will be there one day during the Fair. \
great time is expected. In many respects
IL will DO the most attractive exhibition for
many years.
e. g. 4. Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury
have donated fine piece Of land lying
west of the railroad depot in that place to
the village, for the purpose of converting
it into public park. The trustees of the
village have accepted the gift, and are beau
tfying 1t for the purposes specified in the
donation.
The annual convention Of the Vermont
Universalists was recently held at Barre.
Sermons were preached by Rev. Benton
Smith of Boston, Rev. G. ii. Fay of Mid
dletown, Conn, and others. Nearly three
thousand dollars were raised for the Uni
versalist school at Barre, aud Ave hundred
dollars was appropriated for assisting
young men in Vermont to get theological
education.
In st. Louis they have a grain elevator
, with an improvement got up by Yer
monter, now the superintendent of the ell
evator, by which they not only take grain,
> but even whole barrels and hogsheads out
y of boat in the river. 1t Is run by steam
q and is capable of unloading 900 barrels Of
:. sugar per hour. Sacks Of grain can be un.
q loaded AS fast as they can be put on or TAX
= en- oil. 1t extends distance of 80 feet, and
IN reaches from the guard of the boat from
Il which goods are to be unloaded consider
= able distance into the warehouse. 1t is al
50 arranged so that it can be adjusted to
high or low water
AT the close of the services in the Uni.
versalist church on the last Sunday in Aug
e, which terminated the engagement of Mis-,
J. X. A. Damon with that society, resolution,
p of respect for their retiring pastor wer,
unanimously adopted. Miss Damon wa
married Aug. 25th to Rev. James b Tabo
of Plainheld, Ill. On that occasion tn,
re church was brilliantly lighted, and tie al
I'd tar tastefully trimmed with white drapcrv
I'd ornamented with beautiful boquets. Eig
I'd little girls, children of the Sunday school
If dressed in white, stood en- tdJiedu, between
Il, tho altar and the parties. All was.xery ap
ch propriate and beautiful. The Repositor,
lie says Miss Damon is good preacher, anC
,ir has done good work in Cavcndish, hav
d. ing won herself many friends who deepl,
no regret, with us, the loss we have sustain
- ed by her removal from the State.