Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-26

BENNINGTON COUNTY.

L -~SSNo 80 ~ SAoA = W W.
chester, met with singular but not fatal
accident, few days since. He was pass
ing out Of the ''beam house" carrying In
his banda large double edged knife with
a handle at each end, when he slipped
and one end of the knife hitting post,
be fell upon the other end. The sharp
point of the hilt, which was destitute Of
the wooden part Of the handle, entered
his body near the center OF the abdomen,
to the depth Of two inches or more, and
coated with rust as it was, it required
considerable effort to extricate it. The
wound took course side ways across
rather than directly into into his body,
and was therefore no more dangerous than
wound made with such an instrument
in any other part Of the body. At the
Same time his hand was badly cut npon
the edge Of the knife.
CHITTEHDEN COUNTY.
| Much the!heaviest thunder shower of
the season passed over the village of
| Hinesburgh between seven and eight
o'clock Friday morning. The lightning
was almost incessant for half an hour,
and the thunder fearfully heavy. A barn
belonging to II. A. Post, standing by it
self on the meadow some forty rods west
from the centre of the village, was
| burned. 1t contained about twenty five
tons Of hay.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Some six weeks ago, Robert Soloman,
German peddler, lost at Island Pond a
valise containing two watches, revolver,
thirteen dollars in silver, and notes and
accounts to the amount of three
thousand dollars On the 4th inst, Sher-
if Mansur arrested a man taking care of
horses at the Island Pond Hotel, on sus-
picion, he having traded away one of the
watches. He pleaded guilty, and in de-
fault of three hundred dollars was com
mitted.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Repairs upon the Spring Hotel at
Newbury are now in progress.
Seventy thousand pounds of wool
have been sold at Chelsea within a few
days at an average price of forty cents per
pound.
Mr.. Stephen Wilcox, Of Brockfield,
was very dangerously wounded on Thurs
day, August 18th, by furious bull,
and he is still in very critical condi-
ton.
In the school I'M district No. II, in
Braintree, taught by Miss A. II. Nichols,
Of ten pupils, there was not single in
stance Of hardness or dismissal, and only
three had absent marks
There are six post-ofiices in the town
of Thetford, viz: Thetford, Thetford
Centre, East Thetford, North Thetford,
Post Mills village, UnionIvillage.
The West Fairlee Peat Company are
operating on a small scale peat bed,
about mile from West Fairlee. The
bed is several acres-12 we believe-in
extent, with depth of about Is feet. After
being dug from tho bed it has to be ground
fine, spread in beds. cut up in cakes, and
then dried. The Vermont Copper Min
ing Company are using this peat for
heating their engines and are experiment
ting with it in smelling ore.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Samuel Spaulding, Of Plainfeld, IS
years of age, has moved through the hay
ing season, swinging scythe four feet
long, and keeping up with "the boys
with their shorter ythes.
The Washington County Agricultu::
raj Society will hold its first Annual
Show and Fair, since the commencement
of the late war, on the farm of Mr.. E. G.
Gilman. in Montpelier, on Wednesday and
Thursday, October 9th and eth.
The Trustees of the Vermont Con-
ference Seminary at Montpelier are now
Offering for sale number of fine build
ing lots on Seminary Hill, and also some
hospital wards in sections of about 30
feet in length-to be removed. Ample /
grounds have been retained for the ac-
cemmodation of this promising educa-
tional institution.
A party of nearly fifty ladies and
gentlemen from Montpelier, visited
Williamstown Springs on Wednesday
last The charmingly romantic "Gulf "
at that place. being within easy driving
distance, is popular summer resort for
the people Of the capital Better hotel
added to proper manage
ment, would bring increased numbers to
enjoy its refreshing GOODNESS and quiet
during the heat of summer
wINDHAM COUNTY.
ID. A. Houghton, of Dummerston, has
on exhibition the product of a single seed
Of the common oats, which grew this sea-
son. 1t stood by itself at the edge of his
field in a favorable situation for growth
From this one seed grew 43 stalks averag-
ing feet in height, and bearing on an
average 30 seeds to a stalk, making $3.50
in all
In the garden of Rev. A Chandler,
Of Dummerston, is large thistle, which
On account of its size and variegated
leaves is really curiosity. The plant is
leafy nearly to the top, measures four feet
four inches across the bottom, and is four
feet high. The leaves are green and white
above, and green beneath. The largest
leaf measures twenty-four inches in
length and ten in breadth. The flowers
are purple, and the heads are two inches
in diameter.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Foxes have recently been very de-
structive to poultry, in the vicinity of
West Hartford.
Some ten or twelve hands are employ