Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-31
VERMONT NEWS.
ADDISON COUNTY.

Willard Daniels of Bristol, is about to open
hotel at that place.
The shipments from Vergennes Station on
Saturday and Monday A. N. were,-Poultry,
gross weight, l4,2jS lbs; Butter, 1855 lbs;
Stock, three car loads. Butter sold at SIC.
Poultry at 24c
The first annual session Of the Otter Greek
Valley Teachers Association viii be held at
Manchester. on Friday and Saturday January
DIST and I'D, 1870 The limits Of the AssOcia-
ton comprise the counties Of Addison, Rutland
and Bennington.
The Mddebury Register says that Rev y. G.
Axtell lectursd on the subject Of temperance in
that place, Sabbath evening, Dec. 18th. The
lecture is spoken Of very highly.
\ fair has been in progress through the
past week, in the hall Of the graded school house,
in Middlebury under the auspices Of the Catno-
lie Church There has been large attendance
Of the Catholics from Mid1ebury and surround
ing towns, and the fair has been success
There must have been between 5000 and $1,000
RAISED from sale Of articles given to the fnir. So
says the Register
At an early hour on Monday morning brick
building opposite the depot in P0ultney was con-
sumed by FIRE, about thirty minutes after it
was discovered. 1t burned 50 rapidly that no
efforts could saveit from total destruction 1t en-
dangered the Railroad depot and woOdshed, but
the prompt attendance Of citizens prevented fur
ther destruction. The building was owned by
the Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad. By the
burning Of this building passes away one Of the
old landmarks Of Poultney, ii being among the
Oldest buildings Of the west village
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The &. Johnsbury Times SAYS that al a little
past FIVE O'Clock on Wednesday eve our citizens
were startled by dispatch that the Soolen fac
tory at Barnet was in 4 ines. The engine Of the
construction train being at the depot, Engine
Co. No. l Immediately got out their machine
and proceedei 20 the scene Of the c0nhagratiOn.
They arrived TOO late, however, TO do any good,
as the factory was already in ruins. The fire
took from the fash Of hanging lamp over the
breaker. The quantity Of c0mbustibe material
in the room WAS so great that the IRE was IN
der good headwsy in a very short time 10
add to the difficulty the hydrAnt was frozen up.
After it was found impossible to ssve the
building every effort was made to save the stock
and surrounding buildings. The Manufactured
cloth was nearly all removed, and the brick
building which contained the Office was saved.
The other buildings were protected by vet blank
cts The loss is from : =, 200 % 100000 There
was $50, 900 insurance on the bullling and $780,
900 ON the stock The factory employed one
hundred hands
Il Is relsted that the town bonds in aid Of the
Portland & Ogiensburg road have been signed
by the proper authorities Of DAnviile, and that
there is q great deal Of feeling on the part Of
some in regard to the matter. and town meet
ing has been called TO see if something cannot
be done to prevent their issue. The meeting
vas held on Wednesday aud the town voted to
procure an injunction restraining the issue Of
the bonds
The house Of George Parker, situated in the
west part Of Danvile, Was burned on Ihursiay
Of last week. The ire caught from the chin
ney. The furniture was mostly saved. There
was an insurance Of $500 on his buildings.
L,MoILLE COUNTY.
Mr.. G. F Gibson, Of CAmbridgep0rt, has an
old Bible in his collection, printed at Lyons.
France, in 15l5. 1t is printed in Gothic texi
and is il a good state Of preservation
The woolen mill at Watervi.le IS TO undergo
extensive repairs, and will be put in operation
next spring.
ORANGE COUNTY.
town pauper Of Topsham, named Cham
berlin, cut his throat on Sunday morning the
10Th. He was about S0 years old
Enos Felchs barn AZ ropsham. was burned
Saturday night sbout O'Clock, consuming oil
OF his hsy, one yoke Of oxen, one COW and two
calves. one Of the oxen succeeded in getting
loose, but was so badly injured that it was ne
cessary 10 kill it. The FIRE is supposed TO be
incendiary, and neighbor has been arrested
upon suspicion
One Of the workmen in the Paper Mills at
Wells River was badly burned. few davs since.
accidentally putting his hand upon the hot cvlin-
der for pressing and drying paper.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
1t is stated that the track Gu the NJ V.RR.
is now laid to Smiths Mills five and ouehalf miles
from North Derby, which, with what is land on
the northern terminus completes about ten miles
Of the road. The remaining portion Of the road
Is now ready for the iron.
Mr. &. ". Bridgman of Barton, had leg
broke a few days ago. He was cbopping in the
woods, when slantug tree fell upon him, caus-
ing the injury.
A son Of Geo Burroughs Of Browuington.
went into the saw mill known as Wheel ler's
mill, lately, and not observing that the small
wss in motion sat down on the bench in
such way that the saw struck him Just above
the hip joint and Gu; through very close TO the
spine, making an ugly cash.
The annual meeting of the Black River Val
ley Agricultural and Mechanical Society, will
be held at the town house in Craftsbury, on
Tuesday the fourth day Of January next, at
one O'Clock p. m.
Twenty-Five pairs of large oxen have been
sold in Charleston recently, to 60 to the lumber
ing swamps in other states.
The house and she'd Of VIM. Perry of Iras-
burgh, Was burned last Wednesday morning
the 18th. Between two and three hundred
bushels of oats, twenty six bushels Of wheat and
several hundred bushels Of potatoes were burn
ed. Loss between Sl20O and Sl501-insured
for $500.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
In Benson last Tuesday Charles Patnaud,
about y years old, while leading yearling
colt to water, tied the halter around his boiy
The colt took fright, and when found the by
was senseless and pounded almost to a Jelly, his
skull badly fractured, and limbs stiff as death
He died at one O'Clock on Wednesday
The East Poultney cheese factory made Sl2,-
503 &C worth Of cheese and paid its patrons
81 81 per hundred lbs for all the milk de- !
livered at the factory above all expenses.
wISDHAN COUNTY.
j. A. Harris Halifax has sold his farm near
Harris 5 mills to his brothers, and is about TO !
remove to Charlotte, where be is going into the I
dairy business.
meeting of the directors of the old Wind /
ham County Mutual Fire Insurance Company /
WAS held on Thursday Dec. 1G. The report Of I
the late Secretary and Treasurer, L. G. Mead, I
deceased, was accepted, and the organization Of !
the company formally dissolved. ]
On Friday. 10th inst. Daniel Goodwin Of J
Brattleboro, in jumping from a car in motion at /
South Vernon. fell under the car and had his !
left foot and leg badly crushed by the wheels /
passing over it. His leg Was amputated just 4
below the knee
At the annual town meeting in Putuey the
town voted TO raise 100 cents on the dollar CT
the grand list, to defray the expenses Of the
town for the ensuing year; also to pay for re-
pairing the highways and bridges damaged
by the food Of Oct. 4th, the amount Of which
will be about $500.
Thieves are very active in and around Bel
lows Falls just now. Bdffilo robes. over -co1ts.
whips, &c, are constantly disappearing.
One man, while fodiering his stock, found a suit
of ready made clothing hid in hi hay NOV.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
J. C. Parker & Co., Of Quechee. will build
new factory next spring in place of the one
swept away by the freshet in October.
A gentleman of Westminster, was recently
preparing to shoot cat, when the pistol went
off, the ball passing through one of his fingers,
and indefinitely postponing the cat shoot
A deer passed across the hills near White
River Village on Monday, followed by party
OF hunters.
The stockholders Of the Eastern Vernon
Railroad Company, meet at White River juno
ton, on the 5th Of January, 1870, for the elee-
ton Of directors.