Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-08-25

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propriate ceremonies at Lyndon Centre, OIL
Friday the 9th inst.
AS Stephen jackson and wife were recent
defending the hill from West Woodbury. to
Hardwick, the hOldbacks gave way and the
were both thrown to the ground, dislocating
Mrs. Jackson's shoulder.
While VIM. R. Streeter's boy, some Il
years old, was taking care of Rev. Mr.. Barton:
horse, at the Grove (Lyndonville) last
Thursday, the animal took it into his head tC
do mischief, and bit the lower part of the
boys ear off, so that it hung by a slight part
of the skin. Medical aid was summoned and
the ear Immediately sewed on
The eople in East Harkwick and vicinity
last Thursday, turned out, cut and stored
the hay { As acres in all on the farm owned
by widow Bean in Walden.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The steamer United States, Of the Cham
plain Transportation Company, while on her
trip from Plattsburgh to Burlington, on Fri
day evening, ran against a ledge of rocks of
Nacour's Island, somewhat i~njuring her bot
tom, and rendering it necessary for her to 20
into the harbor for a few days for repairs.
Meanwhile the regular daily trips of the line
will be performed by the steamers Adirondack
and Canada, so that no inconvenience will
occur to the public in consequence Of the
accident.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A man whose pocket-book contained the
name Of James Reed, and whose baggage
was marked for Point Levi, P. O., fell dead
in the cars at Island Pond a few days ago,
and was buried by the town authorities.
Patrick Dering, cleaner in the engine
house at Island Pond, had an arm badly jam
med on the morning Of the 10th. He had
got through cleaning an engine some time
in the night, and lay down to rest beside it.
In the morning as the engineer went to take
out the engine, he did not notice Dering, and
as the engine passed out, it ran ovor his ell
bow, breaking the cap and bruising the flesh
so badly as to leave doubts as to the saving
Of the arm.
Last week while Wesley c. Drew and his
hired man, of Concord, were engaged in re-
pairing an old shed, a jack screw gave way.
letting the roof down upon the floor where
they were at work. The floor being some
what decayed, yielded, and they were thrown
about twenty feet into the basement, follow
ed by timbers, boards, rubbish, etc, and
narrowly escaped with their lives.
Frankie COUNTY.
ST. ALBASs MARKET.-The shipment Of
butter from st. Adams market on Tuesday
was 2,0l5 tubs, upward Of 100 600 pounds.
the largest for many weeks. The prices paid
ranged from % to 80 cents, with 50 cents as
the ruling price. OF cheese there were Is
boxes sold, for from - 70 10 cents per pound
The mineral water shipped was worth 1888.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
An Ecclesiastical Concil convened at Stowe,
August 18th, and advised the dissolution of
the pastoral relation which has existed, for
thirteen years, between Rev. Jas. T.. Ford and
the Congregational Church Of that place.
The failing health Of Mr. Ford's family ap-
pears to demand a change Of climate.
At a recent meeting of the stockholders Of
the LamOille Valley Railroad held at Hy de-
park, A. f. Judevine Of the South village
was elected as one Of the directors in place
of John II. George at the Fast village. Con
siderable interest is manifested in regard to
the subject.-Mr- George favors the Greens
boro and East Hardwick route, while Mr..
Judevine would naturally favor the South
Hardwick route, thus compelling the people
in Greensboro and Hardwick to go there for
their freight. The locating survey, soon to
be made, will decide the matter.
ORANGE COUNTY.
There is in Tunbridge, a man by the name
of Diamond, who was the father Of IA chill
dren by his first wife. About a year since
he married the widow Of Rhino Howe who
was the mother Of - children. A few weeks
since she presented her husband with a fine
little Diamond, which added to the former
jewels make the goodly number of 80 precious
gems.
As Mr.. Terence Callagan Of Brookfeld,
was going from his barn one evening last
week, he saw a large black bear in his gar
den He vent to the house for his gun, and
prrs1 y, 1fzrupaa h,f +han lost
all trace of him. The next day the neighbors
turned out, the woods were surrounded, and
a thorough search was made for his bearship,
but ne was nowhere to be found.
a new horse hoe has been introduced into
Randolph, the present season, that is a de-
cided success. BY some simple adjustment
hoe the same, weed ont a garden, and do div
ers kinds of work very neatly and expedi-
tiously.
In the Centre School Brookfeld, this sum
mer, kept by Miss Emma V. Bradford, there
were three girls, Hattie Carpenter, Viola
Webster, and Mary Edison, against whose
names there were neither tardy, absence, nor
dismissa marks. A good record, and wor-
thy example.
JNIL TO LET. The Jail in Orange County
is unoccupied-and for the first time for sew
eral years.
Darwin Goodrich of East Randolph was
thrown from a load of hay, and so injured
that he hes been nearly helpless since.
The Waterson brothers are building a
wooden factory at Chelsea
During a thunder storm last week the cleo
trio fluid passed Town the chimney of a Mr..
Fuller of Washington, tearing up the floor it
passed out at the cellar window to the barn
and killed a cow.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Orleans County Agricultural Society
have changed the time of holding their annual
fair to the 2Ist and 22d of September. and
on the latter day Hon. Horace Greeley will
be present and deliver the address.
A horse owned by Johu Salmon, of Glover,
broke it's neck a few days ago.
Newport has voted not to bond the town
to assist in the building of the Missisauoi
Valley Railroad. Another meeting has been
warned and the friends of the project are
quite confident that the recent vote will be
rescinded.
Troy, at its recent town meeting. voted tc
bond the town to the amount of S2S, 900, by
a decided majority.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Five persons have been arrested for selling
rum, in Castleton, and fined so and costs
each. The landlord of the Valley Eotel, at
Middletown, for the sam offense has had hi
liquor confsc a ted and paid a smart fine.
The State Normal School at Castleton will
be opened, under the charge of Rev. r. G
Williams, on Wednesday, September 18th.
A brakeman named Henry Allen, employed
temporarily on conductor Cadman's trair
on the Rutland Railroad, was killed Thurs
day morning. by striking his head against the