Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-04
State News.

40 In ten years, from 1901 10 looo.
The invention of the circular saw origin
ated in Middlebury.
Sheep are dying off in some parts of the
State from feeding on badly cured hay.
The liquor law is being vigorously en-
forced in Burlington.
The State Normal School for the third
district located at Johnston, is in a -four
ishing condition, having about one hun
dred pupils.
Mr.. Norman Boardman, of Middlebury,
has from sap run from $50 trees this spring,
made more than 1000 pounds of sugar of
first quality.
A female shop-lifter was detected in
Middlebury the other day, while attempt
ing to make off from the store of Beckwith
& Co., with "a yards of calico secreted I'M
der her shawl.
A man who had been in California 20
years, and not heard from for the last half
of that time, suddenly appeared at his
home in CastletOn not long since. Instead
of its proving an Enoch Arden case, there
was "joy in that house"
Row IN SCHOOL MEETING.-The annu-
al school meeting in the STONY Brook"
school district of StOckbridge broke up in
a row, knives being drawn during the quar-
rel. Two persons have been fined S25
each, and costs, for the part they took.
Amasa Harris sent to market last Mon
day a pair of fat oxen weighing 1910 lbs,
the largest pair sent from this town in
many years. Campbell offered him 1920
for them at the depot, but Harris refused
the offer.-LyndOa Union.
O. H. p Ketcham of Brandon, sold last
week one peck ofthe Breeze Prolifics, No.
6, for the small sum of S260---making the
price over 81 900 per bushel Cyrus Jen-
nings has sold during the past week eleven
bushels of the No =, for $50 bushel.
INFANTICIDE.-The bodies of two infant
female children were recently found in the
town of Georgia, near the travelled high.
way, wrapped in newspaper. No steps
have been taken to ascertain the circum-
stances connected with their birth, or cause
of death.
A GOOD OWL STORY-Mr. II. Steven,
of East Hardwick, having lost two hen,
by an owl, set a trap for the marauder, but
the bird sprung it and escaped. Soon al
ter neighbOr, Mr.. Addison Eastman of
Walden, lost four hens, and on setting {
trap it was sprung and carried off. He
then tried another trap and that caugh
and held his owlship, with the other traI
on one leg. The bird measured five fee
from tip totip---but his poultry eating day
are now numbered.
As Mr.Daniel Shaw, of Bolton, was driv
ing home from Waterbury last night, h,
drove in the darkness, into a torrent which
had washed out a culvert across the high
way, and suddenly found himself strug
CLING in the water. He was carried som,
distance down stream, and considered him
selffortunate to be able finally to reach tn
bank by swimming. The horse, valued a
$500, and wagon were swept away and LOST
THE BEST YET.-Mr Joel Osborn ot
Chelsea, writes US that he has a COW fth
native breed which dropped her calf tn
10th of March, and lately yielded twenty
three pounds of milk per day and mad
fourteen pounds Of butter in thirteen days
and also supplied the milk and cream 70
two families. The cows feed was onl
dry hay with a daily allowance of four 0
| five quarts of potatoes. Bravo. for tn
Native" She is rather ahead ofthe tw
Jersey cows lately noticed which yielde
40 pounds of milk per day, and from whic
sixteen pounds Of butter were made in on
week. The Jerseys must try again.-Fre
man.
Look OUT FOR HIM.-A pretended
deaf and dumb fellow circulated abol
Rutland recently, asking for aims OH ii
ground that he had fought in the Unite
States army during the Florida war wit
the Indians, the war with Mexico, and du
ing the rebellion, telling in writing ma
vellous stories of his escapes, etc. Fro
Rutland he went to Wallingford, and
the cars so far laid aside his deaf and dun
pretenses as to be very garrulous and boi
ferrous, but once arriving at Wallingfol
he was again a mute, going about the Vi
lage with paper and pencil in hand.
, COOP SUGARS. A. Newton & Sons
Barnet send us some fine specimens of bot
stirred and drained sugar, made by the
the present season. They used AS buc
cts, and made 1872 pounds of dry sdga
: and 348 pounds run into tubs-total 16
pounds, which is an excellent yield. La
, year they made 1900 pounds, using g.
buckets They write: whether the d
ference is due to the season, or to a No.
Corey Evaporation we set in last fall, '
: cannot tell but the quality of the sugar
better than we ever made before. Ca
DOMAIN.
, SUDDEN DEATH.-Silas Park, of tt
town, died almost Immediately in his wa
on on Wednesday noon of this week.
l had been ailing week or two previous, b
/ had at no time been confined to his houi
: Wednesday he came down to Lyndonvil
did some shopping and started for the CO
ner. A little south of Buckling Turn
suddenly fell forward in his wagon his he
: resting upon the wheel, when A. S. Bowl
t discovered him, stopped the horse and to
: him into his house He breathed but
few times after he was taken out of t
wagon. Mr.. Park was born in this to,
so years ago last October. He was We
s industrious, highly respected citizen.
? was a brother of Abel Park who died 81
. denly in bed three or four months ago
The two brothers lived near neighbors
~ the old family homestead where they w
born and spent their days.-LyndOn Uni
LIQUOR CASES AT LYNDON.-Thel iql
r case-State VS.. Leach & Newton, recen
TT grocers "and so forth" at Lyndonville,
D. stituted several days since by the to
d grand juror, the prosecution of which v
d afterwards claimed by the States attorn
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