Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-09
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.


Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
The East Orwell cheese factory have
just sold FIVE hundred cheese to Boston
firm at eighteen cents per pound.
-Judson Hurd of Addison recently
found huge puff-ball on his farm which
measured four feet in circumference
The Fall term of the New Haven
academy closed last week Wednesday.
President Kitchel of Middlebury College
delivered an address on Tuesday evening.
There was dance in the new Town
Hall, in Bridport, Thanksgiving evening
the assembly being largely composed Of
gentlemen.
"A twin daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
George n. Payne of Bridport, died recent
ly Of scarlet fever which is prevailing in
that vicinity.
Rev. w. S. Blaisdell, pastor Of the
Bridport Baptist Church, has just closed
successful term Of select school in the west
part If the town. There were in attend
ance some twenty-six scholars
Mr.. Howe Of Bridport, aged 20 years
and 4 neighbor Of his, mako an annual
excursion TO some point along the lake
where they camp out, trap and fish and
live IN regular hunter style for few days
carly each apring. They have scarcely if
oyer failed of this annual excursion
GEaAINGrog COUNTY.
--ae ndgatc bad population Of eleven
hnndr.d aud eighty-soven in 1910, and
oiPht hundred and five in 1860
q ify horses are employed in drawing
the marble which l. shipped from the do
pot At Factory Point
Tho town u Rupmt.had a population
81 ,s1s IN tlo year 1900. which had IL
unfinished to 100 in 1860
Tho town Of Arlington was ssttlod in
tho ycat l5G2. In Tho year 1900 all tho
arabic aud pi4turagn land was occupied,
aud tho inhabitants uambcrod ! 500 In
1890 the number bad decreased TO l,207
and in 1860 10 ! LAG
rkLEDOSIt CoUN1Y.
Tho doclSot for the December term Of
Caledonia County Court shows one hun
drcd and thirty-.iy law casc- and seven
teen obancery ca.,-. Term commences
Doc. eth
The new Bapti st Seminary at Lyndon
will be erected this winter.
Over four hu ldr,d tons Of stove coal
have been sold in ST. Jyhnsbury thus far
this season
Tuesday Sening, Nov. 23d, Mr. Har-
vey Mcdonald of Danville, while return
ing to his home on foot, the road being
quiteic accidentally slipped, falling with
his whole weight. and in such manner
as TO severely fracture his loft arm at the
elbow.
Fred. Douglass lectures in ST Johns
bury on the 18th.
Mr.. Sam uol Nutting died at Danyille
last Satnrd ny, at the age Of 7. years.
e. ~ T Fairbanks K Co have taken
the job TO repair the dam across the Pas
sumsic at the old steam mill, aDd are to
put on gang Of men and eonplete the
work "a soon a. possible.
Chester Amidon II Newark had his
skull fractured on the Nth ult.. by tree
which no wns telling strikingihim. The
brain, though Is suffered sev5ao. con-
oussion, was Ict materially affected and
he viii probably recover.
y Chptl.a Wiley Of Danvillc was struck
by ia,.r limb Of tree Nov 22d, and
had li. BOULDER blade badly fractured
curfrENpEN corEn.
There il much talk Of establishing a
new daily paper At Burlington. All
right There's room enough for all, if Of
tho light stamp
.-pacaut,r Edgerton of Charlotte cut
hi foot quite badly one day last week
" bile chopping.
The house aud barn of Dennis Aus
tin, on Chcckerberry Hill, Milton, were
! burned Tuesday night. They were oceu-
pied At the time by Samuel Turner, who
was burned out of his own buildn a
few weeks previously.
Mr. Horny Hildreth Of Richmond
4ccidently shot his son on the 25th ult.
lie was endeavoring to shoot bull,
when the bali glanced, striking the boy
in the groin lie will recover
"A lodge Of Good Templars has been
instituted at Essex Junction.
Essex Junction shipped 10 tubs Of
butter for Eastern markets the last week
in November.
The peper mill Of Hunter 4 Shiland
at Essex Junction has been undergoing
repairs to the extent .of 5000 It's ca
pacity is now about 40 tons per week.
Deacon Kimball Of South Burling-
ton caught his hand in threshing ma
chine one lay last week. and had it badly
manglcd one thumb being nearly torn off
ESSEN COUNTY.
"A lew days since. as some rivormen
in Bloomfield were at work driving logs
down the river, they Epied bee hive
floating down, they supposed full Of
honey, and one Of their number pulled
into tho stream to secure the prize. After
some hard words as to how the honey
should be divided, they'll opened the hive
and out came five white cats The fell
lows have been sick ever since.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
His Excellency, Gov. Washburn, has
appointed Henry G. Greene, Esq, Justice
of the Peace at st. Adams, vice L. Med.
Smith, resigned.
i Crystal Fountain Temple of Honor