Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05

man. was very pathetic The points made
were that he knew where Mr.. Russell kept
his money that he or person appearing
like him. was seen in suspicious proximity to
the scene on the evening before the murder
that after it he stopped at q house under the
name of brother; that when arrested of
Mortified, blood was found on his coat and
shirt-bosom and finally, his voluntary al
mission Of bis guilt to fellow prisoner in the
county Jail when planning 20 escape, one Of
his conversations 20 that effect being over
heard by an officer placed for that purpose.
Mr. Charles Worthcn's sugar-house in
Charleston was burned last Saturday, April
II, while he was absent, it being his Sabbath.
He had in it 1900 pounds Of dry stirred SUI
gar, which was lost, and hundred dollar
evsporator spoiled.
The dam Of the papcr-millof NJ. j. Black
q Co., Of West Derby, was carried Of by the
high water last week.
There has not been grave made in the
West Glover cemetery for twenty months,
and but one death in the vicinity during the
same time
We learn that L. Robinson, Esq, of
Newport, has chartered the steamers Of the
Lake Memphremagog Co., for a term Of years,
and hereafter they will be run on Yankee
principle.
There are living ia Walden, IN one fami-
ly, three widow ladies' their united ages be-
ing pa years. The eldest is Mrs. Betsey
Kittredge, aged 81, and who has been help
less invalid for many years, but retains much
Of her reasoning faculty sight and hearing.
Mrs. Sally Robinson, wife of the late Major
Robinson, is - years Of age, aud for one Of
her years is misunderstanding to, and
superi ltonding her house and farming inter-
ests, as asohcrinyalid sister above mentioned.
The last Of the three is Mrs Mary Nutting,
aged 6s, who is smart and capable aud labor
ing in the family by the year.
ID. l.. Sprague a prominent citizen Of
Chester, died ia an apoplectic fl on Monday
afternoon. He has been for many years iden-
titled with the musical societies in this State
lie is the father Of Frank d. Sprague, basso
at DR.. lluntngtou's church, in Boston, who
is now in Italy. He was respected member
Of the Masonic fraternity, and will be buried
on Wednesday at three p. NJ with the Gus
tomary rites Of that Order
A meeting was held in johnson, on Sat.
urlay last, to see if the town would vote to
change the amount for which it is bonded in
aid Of the construction Of the Lamoillo Val
ley Railroad to stock in the road Speeches
were made By Waldo Brigham Esq, Madi-
son O. Heath and Mr. knight, when the
meeting by majorityof 10 voted not to make
the change.
The trial of Mrs Charles f. Potter, q
| Bennington, on a charge Of receiving stolen
goods, has resulted in a disagreement Of tn,
/ jury Both herself and husband have been
under conviction Of possessing burglars tool,
since last October she being out on bail
while he, less lucky, has not left Jail since hi.
arrest in June, 1868
The engine of the night train from Rut
land TO Burlington. while running at the rate
Of 40 miles an hour, last Friday, picked up O
yearling calf from the track and threw him OF
to the engines front under the head light
without hurting him a particle. The train
was stopped, and the animal sent back to the
roadside.
"A French family in Newport lost 3 chill
dren last week-ofa disease pronounced blacl
measles
Two couples, recently married in Brown
ington, were obliged after the ceremony t.
walk home, on account Of bad travelling on,
couple having to 20 three miles, the bride
skipping along blithey, and the bridegroom
trudgng by her side with small bundle Of
clothing tied in handkerchief
The sugar yield in Coventry has beef
greater than usual In warm places the ay
erage yield has been about % lbs. to the tree
in those less favorably located, about lbs
1t was all made in a comparatively shor
time. Sap run more or less for seventeen
consecutive days.
On the 23d inst, while some boys wer,
playing ball at Island Pond, lad II year
Of age in attempting to cross the track wa
struck by an engine, breaking his skull, lef
arm, and crushing one foot. He can not live
The mice have made great havoc anon
fruit trees and small naples in Salem. l.. I
Conn has lost nearly lOOapple trees by them
Two second growth trees in Glover hav
this spring run "a buckets of sap.
"A few days since large hog belonging
to Mr.. Ball of Derby, escaped from tn
ptu, dltdthtu u Ndludult tuW anu hAclhill Sa
off her teats before discovered,
Mr. A. A. Randall, of Craltsbury, late
" sold two calves, one eight and the othe
four months old, for sl25-aso one foul
weeks for $50.
In Craftsbury the freshet swept ava
the dam of IIemau Fitz's WOODEN factory, tn
fumes of the grist mill, part of the flume o
Hayden 4 Rogers saw MILL and three or fou
important bridges.
Don A. Hyde who was sent from Derb
to state prison year ago last June, on
: three years sentence for stealinga team ha
p been pardoned on account of good behavior
I He carries with him a neat box, six by nin
inches, composed of over7000 different piece:
made by himself, and filed with many small
articles nicely manufactured by other convict
from the bones of the beef which supple
their dinner.
The loss to the town of Stamford, by tn
late frcshet, in damage to roads aud bridges
is estimated at $4,000.
b The Hon. Henry G.. Root, ofBenningtor
= while on his trip through the Southern States
purchased plantation On the St. Johns riS
= or, short distance out from Jacksonville.
n The West Rupert Cheese Factory com
d menced making cheese on the 10th. The
s. are now making about 200 lbs. per day. TIL
prospects are very encouraging for larg
make of cheese the present season.
> "A petrlfed Indian skeleton, with arrow
: and trinkets, was lately discovered in levelin
mound in Casteton.
The damage to the Lebanon Springs raj
= road by the recent freshet was not so seriot
Q as at hrst apprehended two or three days su