Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-12-15
STATE MATTERS.

The late gale at Castloton uproo,od soo
hemlock trees belonging to A. N. Hart wv
There were five dead bodies lvi,.
Bennington on Monday, the 9th. s "
The wife Of Nathan Wilcox Of N..,
Pownal, committed suicide on the lin "a
hanging herself to bod.post in her room y
"A gentleman in Bridport raised Co.,
bushels of peaches this year. They ripe ,oal
in October f'"el
1t is stated that there are not over soo
sheep in the town Of Granville. The sb OOO
mania has grown beautifully less.
Over so carloads Of apples, valued -.
$3.50 per barrel, passed through Rotla,J
last week, for Boston
"A boy at Plymouth was killed, the oa.
day, by taking laudanum which his mo,Is.
had given him to keep him quiet
Scarlet fever is prevailing extensivelv
Pownal, and several schools have been oo.,I
in consequence.
"A daughter Of Luther Dow of An.
was burned to death, a few days since, byI 70
clothes taking fire from the stove. |
--Stillman Blanchard Of Braintroo ,..
night last week had forty turkeys and sr o
chickens stolen from his premises.
"A few days since, married man
Poultney undertook to whip his wife. wb.a
she turned the tables completely by giyia,
him a sound threshing
The Postofhce department has extoodl
the Sheffield mail route from Lyndon Cent
to Lyndonvilo, and discontinued the mes.
ger service between the two places. M.
merly the route stopped at the Centre.
Tho Bellows Falls Times SAYS that al..,,
fourteen inches Of snow fell in that vici,t,a
on Monday last. 1t also says that on Woy
nesday and Thursday tho Thermometer ransed
from ten to eighteen degrees below zero.
Within the last three months there b,.
been shipped from Richmond station SGg
boxes Of cheese, or $4,000 pounds and /
$50 tubs Of butter, or 92,750 pounds.
The contract for the construction Of b.
Lamoillc Valley railroad has been awarded
to King Fuller & Co., Of New York. INA
land damages Of the road will not exccc
$1,000 per mile.
Bees seldom swarm as late in the season
as November but a few nights since coup.
colonies belonging TO Sherman Harwood Of
Brantroo swarmcd, and contrary to the-,
usual custom, took their hives with them.
There will be Musical Convention al
Huntington, commencing December DIST, and
closing with a concert Thursday evening. De-.
cember 23i. Both the Convention and Con.
cert will be under the management Of +. C.
Smith.
Tho New York Sun is collecting money
to pay the expenses Of McFarland's defense
which, it says, will probably reach 5000
Among the contributors Is Mr.. Seth b. Hut
Of Bennington, who writes as follows.
90 RrApf SlErEr, Dee. @. ia.a
DIAN hin lncI0scd s mY check Tor 81 toward ia
Yours truly. sEH o. Hryr
"A short time since Mr. John Robins Of
Bloomington, while chopping in Geo. Rice.
woods, was struck from an unexpected turn
Of q tree which he was falling. aud brought
down beneath IT, Individuals near by soon
came 70 bis aid. His injuries were 80 severe
that he was not able to be removed 20 bis
home, which was within one mile
George A. Storms, a. b.. Of CastotoB
in company with his wife and three Others.
sail from New York next month for San
Juan South America, where they are to tas
three years as teachers ia literary instim.
ton Their journey will consist Of eiph,
thousand miles by water and six hundred
miles by land before reaching their desti.
nation.
A singular theft was recently perpeirat.
ed in Walden. Two boys stole the stone.
from grave, for 'he purpose, it is supposed,
Of cutting them up into foot stoues. They
were arrested, but were discharged on tho
ground that they had carried the stones back,
by the advice Of other parties, before the
complaint was made.
Richard Way, Of Wheelock, has been
confined to his bed, nearly in one position,
since April last, and is in a truly deplorablo
condition. His sickness is supposed to be the
result Of diphteria, which after remaining in
his system Two or three years finally settled
permanently in his hip, and now his flesh is
literally rottiug from his bones