Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13

ong the children of Newport, two hav-
ing died with it during the past week.
In one or two instances it has attack
ed grown people.
SEIzURE.-Officer Bisbee seized for
violation at the revenue laws, at Web
ster, Mass, about two weeks ago, five
horses, four harnesses, one sleigh, and
one sled, all belonging to Daniel w.
Crosby. Crosby was also bound up
in the sum of $1,000 for trial before
the district court.
REMOVED. L~H. Bisbee has been
removed from the deputy collector
ship at Newport. Good.
SHEFFIELD.
AN EGG.-J. B. Knox has an egg
that measures 5 3-4 by s IA.
SUTTON.
OLD PEoPLE.-The town of Suit
ton with a population of less than one
thousand inhabitants, has fifty persons
over seventy years of age, nineteen
of whom are over eighty, and three
are over ninety.
HEFTY There are in Sutton two
brothers about fifty years of G e,
whose average weight for several
years has been over 300 lbs. each, and
often over $50. Both are in good
health and able to labor on their farms
to advantage.
GOOD SCHoOL.-They have had a
prosperous school in the brick house
at the Corner, kept by Miss Burleigh
from New Hampshire. She taught
the fall term and her success was so
great that the prudential committee
prevailed on her to keep the winter
term. When that closed she COM
menced a school for the spring with
about forty scholars; it is now on its
last half and is going on to the salts
faction of all concerned. Latin, Greek
and IFrench are taught in the school
in addition to the ordinary branches.
TROY.
FIRE.-The house and woodshed
Of Lewis Irwin, living on East Hills
were burned on Saturday morning
April Sd. A small portion of the furn.
iture was saved. The loss is about
$1400. We learn that there was nc
insurance, it having expired a few
weeks ago.
Last Monday and Tuesday quite a
large amount of new sugar was bro't
into this village, and sold readily at
10 to II II cts. per pound, and 1925
per gallon for syrup. Newton Hitch
cock, on the North Hill in Westfeld
has made up to fast day over GOO
pounds of very nice sugar, from SOC
trees.
VELOCIPEDEs.-J. Chase has rent
ed his blacksmith shop and gone tC
Canada to make his fortune, taking
as stock in trade two unruly veloci
pedes. W. II. Baker, who last sum
mer drove the stage from Newport tC
Jay Peak, via Troy, has also strad
died his velocipede, and struck ou
on a new route, via Eden, Johnson
&c. AS the manner of travelling take;
we'll in some places, they will IN
doubtedly amass stupendous fortune,
and soon return to spend their re
naming days with US in ease and CD
ulence,
STEAM MILL.-W. T. Badger anC
VIM. Donnegan have left the emplo,
Of the steam mill company at this plac
and gone to Becbe Plain to run tn
steam saw mill at that place. Nh
Badger has been in the employ of tn
Mill Co., here since its commence
ment, as engineer, and the new com
pany have done we'll in securing hi
services, as he is fully competent t.
do the business. Mr.. R. Kay is no,
running his mill with new set OF
hands. He has during the winter pur
chased a large number of clapboar,
logs, and other timber, but owing t
the depth of snow III the woods, Nv
have not had quite t1Oenty feet, as
correspondent OF the Express fror
North Troy claims has fallen there
| a great many have been deferred fror
hauling logs, who otherwise woul
: have numbered all winter, thus maE
5 ing the business at this mill dulle
d. than usual this spring. Mr.. K. pre-
/ poses putting in new machine wit
! all the modern improvements, then b
expects to be able to manufactur
+ clapboards of the very best qualit
l. and at prices that cannot fail to su
|. the purchaser.
: Tue mail carrier from this place t
l. johnson started with the mail las
d Monday morning for Johnson, and u
S to this time april 9TH has not bee
e heard from. Fears are entertaine
? that he may have lost himself in tt
j. snow, or that he is waiting in EIDE
e woods for wheeling. If he is abseI
= much longer, we fear he will not
e recognizable when he returns.
wESTFIELD.
- SoLD.-Sextus Lockwood has sol
- his farm in Troy to L. Leach fl
: $500, and has moved to Westfel
going into the house formerly occ
. pied by A. Stevens as a shop.
a BREAKING RoAD.-A bill of $50 W;
ia presented to the town for breaklr
70 out the new road, leading to Mon
n. gomery, only "a mile and a half Ion
but it was settled for ten.
4 MovED.-A. Stevens has move
# his harness shop into the house
n hired of o. G. Miller.
lg Some nice young man went into Il
y church recently, and amused himse
IS by tearing up several hymn book
b. The one belonging in the pulpit hi
Us fifty pages torn out and was othe
70 wise disfgured, and some of the boo
re in the gallery were nearly destroye
s. Last fall somebody broke into t
id Good Templars lodge-room and sto