Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-02-04
Vermont Items.

Ira White, Wardsborc, has fitted up
his shop with machinery to manufacture
butter tubs.
N. A. Bixby, Esq, has been appoint
ed postmaster at Grafton, in place of n. S.
Weeks, resigned.
Mrs. Warner, of Bellows Falls, has
recently had large cancer taken from
her breast by DIR. Barker. She is reported
to be doing well and is very happy in the
prospect of an entire deliverance from SO
dreadful a malady.
AT the late annual meeting of the
Windham County Provident Institution
for Savings, at Brattleboro, T.. G. Mead
resigned the office of treasurer, which he
had held for twenty-five years, and was
thereupon elected President.
The Montpelier Journal calls in loud
letters to look out for the Engine, because
James r. Langdon has subscribed $4,000
for the road
Two divorces were granted at the
County Court at st. Adams, on Friday !;
Ann Eliza Perry as. Dewitt Clinton, cause,
unbearable severity. Thomas Blanch rs.
Elizabeth Blanch, for wilful desertion.
William Sarles lately stole barrel of
flour from the Island Pond House barn,
and on being discovered left for Canada.
DR.. Dustin of Craftsbury, was seri-
ously injured in his chest by Il fall lately
in his house.
The Catholics talk of erecting a
church at East Albany next summer.
A fellow, who has lately been playing
upon the affections of the fair ones of
Sutton, has been found to be married and
the father of an interesting infant in
Lunenburg.
Nichols s. Grecnleaf of Bradford, had
polypus removed from his nose in Boston,
on the 10Th, and died the following Tues
day.
A little daughter of Mrs, Lyman
Alexander of Vershire, recently swallowed
copper cent, which remained in the
csopEagus two or three hours, before it
passed into the stomach
j. r Tyler's grist mill, at Island
Pond, has three runs of stones capable of
grinding 800 bushels Of wheat in II hours.
In one run he ground seven bushels of
corn in - minutes, and cracked 100
bushels, for feed, in enc hour.
A citizen of Jacksonville the other
day saw fox on the road before him.
Being armed with revolver, he started
up his horse and Sleigh, and chased
Reynard along the highway until he got
within two rods Of him, when he fired
and killed his game. His advice TO hunt
ers is to use u horse and sleigh, as the
sport is good il the fox is caught.
On Friday evening Mr. r. W. Ho-
bart,of st. Adams, Master of Transporta-
ton Of the Vt. Central railroad, was pre-
scented with a splendid gold watch by
Of the employees of that road,
After the presentation ceremonies, Mr..
Hobart invited his guests to the Ameri-
can House, where substantial supper
was served up, enlivencd by toasts and
speeches.
John McGrath was brought before
Justice IoIlenbeck, in Burlington on Sat
urday, and fined so aud costs, for selling
liquor contrary 10 the statute.
-Pownal, noted for prevalent drunken
ness III years gone by, is now the banner
town Of Vermont for temperance Three
successful lodges of Good Templar-, num-
boring over four hundred members, have
been instituted there
A. G, Clark, of Factory Point, recent
ly killed 4 ten months old hog which
dressed 40 pounds
Mr.. Abel Mat>on, Of 1betford, wa,
burned to- death, Thursday evening, Jan.
2lst. M, MtSon was an, old gentleman
about - years of aye, and was living with
his adopted daughter, about one mile
north If Thattord Center village. She
was All ut tIa,t evening. and the dwelling
house was discovered to be on fire, and to
the horror of All, his remains were found
in IT," ruins
Subscriptions are being raised to put
up IL steam saw mill and ssrist mill AT
i erh@hira Center.