Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18

same purpose in other parts of the town.
- The tavern keeper in Groton, has
been sued by his wife for the recovery of
property she decided to him before she
married him. He procured the notes
and destroyed them, so she brings action
for recovery of the same.
= An agreeable and apparently we'll
informed old gentleman, living within
fourteen miles Of Montpelier, was at the
depot there the other day, who never be-
fore had seen locomotive, railroad
car, nor even the road-bed.
Benjamin Wakefield of Lyndon,
lost COW last week, from the effects of
eating poison set for woodchucks. Wake
field gives notice to the hunters that they
needn't "pizen any more woodchucks
in his pasture.
A. A. Weber, son of P. S. Web
Der, left Glover for the West few years
since. Arriving in Illinois he had hard
ly money sufficient to pay nights lodg-
ing. He is now in San Francisco, Cal,
worth at least $20,000-all the fruit of
persistent effort and economy.
= Mrs. Page, an old lady of so years,
living with Mr.. Wood of Middlebury,
fell down stairs, on Friday evening last,
and sustained severe injuries from the
fall. A deep cash was cut in her head,
and she was elsewhere badly bruised and
Jared by the conclusion. No bones were
broken.
- Cambridge claims to be the banner
town of America for the production OF
maple sugar. In the spring of 1869,
there were 1870 maple trees tapped,
yielding the amont of 1850 lbs. of
sugar, which at the current rates would
give the sugar makers of that town the
sum of s26,562.
= As the debris accumulation of years
was being removed from the celler of q
store on Main street in Brattleboro, last
Wednesday, an old relic came to light
it being an old fashioned signboard with
yellow letters upon it reading, james
Fishes Cheap Store" From what small
beginnings, to what great ends. We
hope we won't be sued for publishing tn,
item.
= One Osgood, stagedriver be
tween Sheffield and Lyndon, suddenly
decamped on Monday last with $500 en-
trusted to him by Mr.. Taylor, of Vince
lock. On Wednesday he was arrested
in Barton, and two hundred dollars O
the money recovered. The money ht
ran away with was for the Hartford Sor
ghum Machine Co. of this village.
= On the hills in Orange snow com
menced flying in the air as early al
September 18th. In October there wer,
seven snowy days, in November eight, il
December nineteen, in January twelve
in February twenty-three, in Marcel
twenty-three, III April twelve, and il
May five. The people there were favor
ed with seven months and eighteen day,
of shedding.
= Holman Tracy, of Bloomington
has horned frog sent him by a brother
in Texas. 1t wa, transported in til
box done upin wrapping paper and seal
ed. 1t had nothing to eat of course, and
is not known to have eaten anything
since its arrival, some FIVE or six weeks
Mr.. Tracy says he has known instance.
OF their being kept in trunk eighteen
months without food.
A twin daugh ter of Samuel Clark
of Starksboro, aged six years was poi.
soned last Friday, by eating arsenic
The mother being absent, when the Chile
returned from school she went into tn,
cellar, and picked up and eat piece o
bread and butter that had been sprink
led with arsenic and left for rats. TIL
child died in few hours after eating tn
poison.
- George Sawyer of Cabot stole .
horse, wagon and horsewhip from Emery
III. Clark of Cabot, on Saturday nigh
last and left for Canada. s. G. Bear
went in pursuit of him ON Sunday, fount
him near Georgevill, p G., on Monday
and induced him to come back TO Yer
mont, with the team. Sawyer was ar
rested Tuesday morning, brought befor,
| a justice of the peace, plead guilty, ant
in default of 81 900 bail was committed
to Jail.