Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-13


into the barn in 80 hours.
II. p Hayward Of Warren, has purehas.
ed the Bradley Mills and 300 acres of wood
land, preparatory to manufacturing coarse
lumber, fork and hoe handles, chair stock, &C.
- The Messrs. Hemenway, having pur.
chased and re6tted the Hayward Mills, in
Warren, are extensively engaged in turning
hard wood to bowls, &C.
The National Bank of Rutland, aud the
Rutland County National Bank each dcclar.
ed q seni-annual dividend of per cent. on
the lst inst, free Of government tax.
--- The Orleans & Caledonia Steam Mill
Company, located at Sutton. have recently
declared dividend Of ten per cent. on thirty
thousand dollars stock, and now have men
and teams sufficient to deliver twenty-five
thousand feet Of lumber at the mill per day.
- The First National Bank Of st. Johns.
bury has declared a semi-annual dividend Of
five dollars per share.
- Robert Glynn of Ludlow, paid $50 for
the privilege Of assaulting Joseph Ellison,
and George Glynn s04, for helping him.
Rather costly blows,
The number Of deaths in Peacham in
ls6s, were 20 between one and thirty
years Of age three between thirty and forty.
none between forty and sixty, four be.
tween sixty and eighty, ten, between eighty
and ninety three.
\. Bemis and son Of Lyndon have three
pair of three years old steers girtng all the
way from seven feet to seven feet and four
inches. Each pair viii weigh in the vicinity
of 3,4OO pounds. They have a pair Of fat
oxen, the same that took the premium at the
Caledonia fair, which weigh over 1900
Per contra a citizen Of Waits River
recently slaughtered hog Is months old
that dressed one manfred and hrenty-tlre,
pounds.
As Ira Cheney Of Westmore aged "a
years, was crossing Wlloughby Lake on foot,
the coolest day in December, he broke thro
the ice, half mile from shore, and had 10
break ice with his hands some thirty feet, be.
fore finding it Of sufficient strength TO bear him
up, He succeeded in getting out and on arriy.
ing home, his outside garments were frozen
so stiff upon him, that it was only By the in.
tuence Of hot fire that be vas enabled Ia
disrobe himself.
On Tuesday last the tannery Of c. d
Keller Of Vergennes, was discovered to be Oh
fire, and for time the loss Of 100000 il
property seemed inevitable; but through the
agency Of the Holley Water Works, which
have just been so far completed as to develop
only part Of their capacity, the fire wa,
promptly subducd, with loss Of only $4,000
to $4,000. But single pump was used
throwing water at the rate of 90 barrels PEI
minute for two hours
"A fire in Hghgate on Friday morning
wholly destroyed the grocery store of b. j
Brown, together with two buildings adjoining
occupied for customs house law office and
milliner shop Loss Of Mr.. Brown $500
insured for $4,000 The loss ofthe others moi
known.
A quarterly convention Of the Vernon
State Spiritualist Association will be held al
Middlebury on the 18th, 10th and II Of
January 1t is expected that Arrangement
will be made with railroads in the State t,
return all attending the convention free wht
pay full fare one way. Board at the hotels
3 % per day, and no extra charges
"A Bennington man got his head turne,
by mixed poisons,' and undertook to turn
his folks out Of doors,-they tied him up.
The Vergennes peopleare engaging HON,
talent to deliver lectures this winter This
ought to be done in all our towns.
christmas was Jolly in Bellows Falls
4 young man received a valuable four year
old colt! Couldn't hang it on the tree
was therefore hung to a halter
The trade of } Jay Joslyn in Poutney
is sl25,000 per annum. He deserves It
As the Bulletin remarks, he " devise
liberal things" and they come back q" ia
things.'
-Messrs Root and Wyman held sue
cessful Musical Convention at St. Adams
commencing on Tuesday and closing Fri
day evening.
Mr.. Edmund Gooduow of Brandon, wa,
the lucky man to sell, this week, a bushel 0
potatoes, No. 6, for the moderate price o
/ $500. Last week he sold peck for Sl25
This was a bona fde sale and the money pait
over
The people Of Poultney are now rejoic
/ ing over the prospect Of railroad from tina
| place to Shoreham, called the Fairhaven anC
Lake Shore Railroad. If the road is built
Of which there seems little doubtnow, no tow
on the route would be more benefited thai
Poultney.
The Rutland County Court House Com
missioners have selected the corner lot nfron
of the Post Office, for the site of the new
County Court House 1t cost $4,000
-" win it pay?' Under this head, tn
Windsor Journal and Farmer, discusses tn
proposition of changing the locality of th
State Prison, and remarks that, the build
ings of the Prison are worth 100000. !
new Prison would involve an outlay Of $500,
600"