Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-06-30
STATE MATTERS.

tuesday, the butter market at 81. Albahs, says
the Messenger, displayed considerable aotiv.
ity. The sales were 1872 tubs. The price
ranged from 33 to 35 cents.
More cattle and sheep are reared in Yer.
mont than in any equal extent of territory.
A firm from Burlington is tearing away
the old forge at Salisbury, with the design Of
building a large factory on the spot for The
manufacture Of various kinds Of work
The farmers generally of Addison County
arc storing their wool, refusing to accept the
present low prices offered.
The Middlebury buyers of butter paid
last Friday 81 to 81 cents per pound for iirst
class tub butter.
"A corps of engineers are engaged in
making survey Of the route for the railroad
from Salisbury station via Cornwall and Bird.
port. 1t is understood that the route is very
feasible
"A company has recently been formed for
the manufacture of sewing machines at Brat.
tleboro.
Vice President Coax favored the Brat.
tleboreans with neat little speech from the
platform Of the car while the train waited at
the station, when on his way north, Monday
morning.
There were shipped from Georgia on
Monday 1913 tubs Of butter weighing 500
pounds, and 7GO dozen eggs. The price Of
butter was higher than last week, choice lots
selling as high as thirty-fye cents per pound
---ln the Richmond market on Monday
butter was little more active. About 125
tubs were sold at prices ranging from 81 to
"a cents per pound The sales Of cheese were
$50 boxes Farm diaries sold for from Il
to Is cents per pound, and factory dairio,
for a trifle over u cents.
The heaviest incomes paid in Windham
county are those Of Jacob Estey, $4,000
Julius j. Estey $4,000; Levi X. Fuller
$4,000; and S NJ Waite, s7,467 all Of
Brotteboro. A. J. Tucker, of Halifax, re
ports $4,000, and Farley Starr Of Whiting
ham, 81 $50.
The Passumpsc Railroad Company have
built at their repair shops during the veal
ending June LIST, sixty freight cars, one bag.
gage and smoking car, and one freight loco.
motive, and have now iu process of construc
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car, and one passenger locomotive.
The Messrs Fairbanks are rebuilding
the dam at their scale mandatory in st
Johnsbury. 1t was built .ffty.tatr years
ago. by Mr.. Joseph Fairbanks, the father and
grandfather Of the present proprietors, tC
furnish the power for a grist and saw mill,
which have long since disappeared to make
room for the scale business.
joel Rich, citizen Of Williamstown
who for several years has been afflicted with
softening Of the BRAIN recently wandered from
his residence, many miles, to the edge of the
town Of Barre, whereh be was found in a piece
of woods nearly dead from exhaustion and
exposure, after a search Of "a hours. lie
was properly cared for and recovered.
"A watch lost twelve years ago by Viii
lard G. Smith, in a field in Wlliamstown
was found the other day by daughter o.
Berge Marsh. The cases and works were il
nearly as good condition as when lost.
IN. T. Sprague, Jr., of Brandon, has sole
out bis interest in the buildings and patent,
Of the late Howe Scale Company, to the
Brandon Manufacturing Company, corpo.
ration established at Brandon and charterec
last fall. Hewill remain at the head Of the bus
mess, and will continue to devote his tim,
and energies toits successful prosecution.
The survey Of the Southeastern Counties
junction r. X. from Montreal to the boun.
Diary line at North Troy was completed Oh
Saturday, and the route Is said to be perfect,
feasible. 1t is expected that the survey from
North Troy to Newport will be made Al
once.
p. H. Smith, proprietor of the Missis
quot House, at North Troy, has contracted Il
carry the mail from Newport to Hyde Park
J for the next four years. Ii will be daily from
Newport to Troy, and tri-weekly for the resi-
Of the route.
The bears have become quite bold in the
vicinity of East Haven and the hunters are
preparing for a general bear hunt.
1t expected that the Memphremagoa
house will be open for public travel on the
25th inst, and that the Lady of the Lake will
commence to make two trips each day on the
2Sth
Mr.. w. f. Niles of Barton has present
ed the editor Of the Standard with a COOS,
egg that weighs nine ounces, and measures
by little less than II inches.
Alvin Bowley of Newport has raised a
White Chester pig which weighed twenty
four pounds when four weeks old
Lake Caspian Greensboro Pond has
been pretty thoroughly drained of trout.
H Ladd of Greensboro, has a White
Chester pig which weighs 70 pounds and only
eight weeks old.
"A horse trot and balloon ascension will
take place at the Memphremagog trotting
park, Newport July 3D..
Two bears were killed in the town Of
Peru last week.
Two new iron bridges have been pur
chased by the selectmen of Bennington They
are already being put up. In weight they
are about u tons each, and cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
The question of lay delegation in the
General Conference of the NJ. 4. Church il
the United States, was voted upon by the NJ
Il. Society in Middlebury on the 10th inst.
and resulted 20 for and IL against the mea
sure.
The West Milton Cheese Factory ar,
now using $1,000 pounds of milk daily, anC
are supplied by some Of the best dairies in the
State. Many of these dairies have NATIVE
cows which average 80, 81 and 33 pound,
daily. The Factory is turning out each day
u and 20 checscs, averaging about 60 pound
each.
AN analysis of mineral spring in Ben
nington shows that the ingredients are identi
cal with the renowned Middletown Healing
Sprngs-yiz; iron, lime, magnesia, soda
alumnia, potash, ammonia, clorine, oarbonic
and sulphuric acid
Jonathan Page, of Charleston, has made
over % tons of starch this Spring, using 554S
bushels Of potatoes. He has planted abou
40 acres in potatoes on his own farm this sea
son. Ii is an unusual thing to make starch
in the Spring, but so plenty were the potatoes
that more than 100 bushels were brought in
in single day in May.
In Fairhayen there are now worked as
many as 70 slate quarries, the smallest Of