Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-25

s~SAN ava ss.o HeSS S'o"S A'ANeeHJ AA"'O AOs
for Philadelphia.
Notwithstanding the bad roads, the
farmers on thei"Island" are drawing an
immense amount of grain to Plattsburgh.
Some days as many as thirty loads are
drawn over.
Samuel Morse, of Isle La Motto, hung
himself in his barn on the 13th. He had
been in despondent state of mind for
some time, and was undoubtedly insane
when he committed the fatal act.
South Hero voted tax of 25 cents
on the dollar.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
A. M. Kelley, of Elmore, has been
elected county commissioner in Lamoille
county.
George Hyde, for the past two years
the representative from Eden, and known
in the Vermont cavalry regiment as Ser
gent Hy de, has bought and taken possess
sion of the Eden Pond House
If a dam one thousand feet high were
made across the Lamoilie river, at Gam
bridge and johnson, part of Caledonia
county and almost all of Lamoille county,
except the high lands, would be covered
with water, and become a lake. Such a
lake did once exist. The towns of Stowe,
! except the hills Morristown, Hydepark,
| Wolcott, Eden aud Hardwick, and parts
of some others, are situated on the bottom
of what was once an ancient lake,
-Lamoiile county Is tMenty-seven
miles long from north to south, and Is
about the same number of miles in width.
In giving an account of the late
mseting at Portland, of those interested
in the Limoille Valley Railroad, the
Newsdeaier gets OF the following note.
| AT Boston, the directors met Gov.
Smith ana the Vermont Central in force.
/ The Gov. was exceedingly bland and gra-
cious, remarking with much warmth To
one of our directors, ,-"On your railroad
scheme, I suppose Wen, it il great
enterprise, and | can but wish You a
hearty God speed
! The AewEdeal6r cautions tho people
OF Lamoiiie county not to sell their land
'y'ns "i'nih h'e OF SIX miles Oh '"e ran
roaa 'hat Is 10 De-
ORANGE COUNTY
-nrad'ord voted '"N oi 81 cents on
'he ao'i'''
orange comfy mas IL towns
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otrafford, fairiee and lhetiord voted
tax OF % cents.
--Newbury voted tax Of 55 cents.
/ nrairtree and yerahjre voted q IA. O,
fG0 cents.
Chelsea and West Fairleo voted a tax
4 Of one hundred cents ON the dollar
-BrookficId voted a tax of - carts
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Aiohc or WIN the majority.
President Angel also lectured at
I'iii'e' hhrch i-tu SUBJECT nc
LOOT ana 'ho ihlhhe.'
Arthur Wilmot's house, in Thetford,
Wa burned last Sunday night Loss ST.
400; INSURED for seven hundred
: A man named Ambrose Sands, about
I ou years OF age, was found dead III his
room at East Braintree, last week Wcdnes-
day lie had probably fallen on the floor
! III a iit and dislocated his nosk
io'ais' NeiSoh ana george Bailey OF
NeWoury' nave ten very hne oxen aver
aging over ',ooo pounds pair.
In s,hool district, in Corinth, are
'iN men whose aggregate weight is lao
( pounds, the largest weighing 2'!, and
the smallest 29'.
Jerome Brown, aged 20 years, son Of
eco W Drown, oi airlee' aieu at ierfe
ii'"'e' ih'.' ieo' 20 anu ms remains
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Lumoer'ng, the nsuai business IN
Lowell w. at tins season Of the year. Is
i,ea',y hoahuohea On account o' the
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