Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-22
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.


d. D. Middlebrook, of Ferrisurgh
was thrown down by a sudden strt OF
the cars while getting off the tim at
Vergennes recently, sustaining cosider-
able injury.
%. H Harlow of Bristol lost ne Of
his team horses last week.
Mrs. S. A. Wiley will speak t the
Baptist House in West Cornwall, Sun
day, October 2, and one o'clock, p.l.
The Vergennes Band serenadi DR..
Maxfeld the representative elect the
evening of his election and they were
afterwards treated to supper the
franklin House.
"A meeting of the Bump FANNY Was
held at the old family home, now tie res
idence of Franklin Bump, Esq, Salbury,
on Wednesday last, when about on huu-
dred persons were present and parcipat-
ed in the enjoyments of social RAMON.
S. B. Rockwell, Agent of the ,omU-
pathic Mutual Life Insurance Company,
has paid the widow Of r. T. Snna,n, of
Cornwall, $4,000 on policy upon ,hich
only two annual payments had been
made of sos each.
Mr.. Ezra W. Fitch of Bridport, l;ely
presented one of his friends with eck
of very nice peaches which he recetly
gathered in his garden. His crop Ms
year amounted to three bushels. Let
year it was FIVE bushels. They we
good, We speak from experiment.
knowledge.
Mr.. L. W. Frost Of BridPort, brouht
us on Friday huge puff BALI WHO is
altogether too big to require any sore
putting" BY actual measurment ipcir
conference is 2 fl. II in. by 3 fl D in.
and it's weight is II lbs This master
fungus was picked up upon the sic Of
Snake Mountain.
Mrs. Scarf, widow # the late Grdon
Scarf, met with rather startling acct
dent az she was returning from Gown
Point to Bird port on Thursday last. Her
horse, disturbed by steamboat justhen
passing, back ed off the ferry boat, agon
and all, carrying Mrs. Scarf, who VS. sit
ting ia the wagon, into the lake, bout
two rods from tue shore, where thevater
was deep. The boatman succeed in
getting h er out, and afterwards r,eued
horse and wagon all safe, but of curse
thoroughly wet.
CuITTENDEN COUNTY.
One of the boys engaged in the lmter
yard Of Sheperd, Davis & Co, at Bring
ton, had one of his feet run oveby
lumber truck on Friday, and.quitbadly
jammed
Luther P Blodgott, has been ap,inted
administrator of the Estate of GenD W.
G. Clarke, Co1nissioners and apFaisers,
have also been appointed.
The September term of the Cbtenden
County Court commences its ssion at
The Queen City Cornet Band, f Bur-
lington are to play for the Warrington
County Fair, to be held in Ban, COM
mencing Wednesday, the 21st.
Henry Loomis has been elected School
Commissioner, in place of w. A. Jrombie
resigned, and Charles T. Algern place
of Gen. D. W. G. Clarke, of Buligton.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Rev. M. Torrey is givingapourse of
lectures on Bible History and Geography
on Wednesday afternoons VIII special
reference to the students in tn, Academy
aud Mrs. Gilbert's school at G0gia.
Guy G. Noble prominen merchant
of st. Adams, died on Monday dternoon,
aged 62 years. .l.s, @
The annual Fair of the Franklin
County Agricultural society,t, be held
in Sheldon, commenced Wednesday the
s1st, and will hold through F.iay. The
address viii be delivered by seator Nor
rill
Edward J. Tyler has benAppointed
postmaster at Enosburgh Opt in place
of Daniel B. Stitson, resigned
bears are becoming gut trouble
some in the northern part of II State A
montgomery farmer has lost five sheep
recently by their depredatiors while one
pear mas Deen Killed within fw days at
Waitsield, and two at Roxbry. one of
the latter weighing $50 pound.
Five platform cars were et up and