Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-04

The number of guests at the several hotels
and boarding houses in .Sheldon Tuesday morn
ing was 1854, distributed as follows: Vermont
House, A; Bellevue House, So; Portland House.
81; Central House, IL !; b. u. Miller's, g.; h. y
saxe's, 8 Robert Crows, Q B. A. Shattucks, 4;
Mrs. Browns, 4. This, it will be seen, does not
include those at the Mnssisquoi, Congress Hall,
the Valley Hotel nor at Landon's.
IAMouLE COUNTY.
The Lamoille County Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association will hold three days Fair,
to commence on the 26th of September.
Benjamin Griswold of Cambridge, now in his
18th year, has just finished reading his Bible
through by course for the one hundred and thir-
teenth time.
The several lodges are expected to meet in
union at johnson. Tuesday, Tuesday, Aug. 9Th,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. A public address
will be delivered in the evening.
Mr.. George Lombard, who kept the livery
stable in wolcott village last summer, has left his
wife and child and eloped with Miss Harris OF
Worcester.
-Egira Dimick of Cambridge had a valuable
horse injured last week by kicking among the
knives of moving machine.
The I. o. of G. T. have recently organized a
Lodge, to be known as Cambridge Lodge No. las,
The following is list of officers: w. @. tt.
s. Hebb; w. V. T.-Mrs. NJ. II. Stafford; P. W.
c. TIE. G. Smith; w. F. S.-Mary Stafford; w.
TT. w. French; w. en-. French; w. M
Albert Cornell; w. /. G.-Julia Chayer; w. o.
G.-E. c. Brown.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Monday evening of last week Joseph Stay
effected an entrance into the grocery store and
post Office of Mr.. Stearns, at West Braintree, and
was caught in the act He is now Staying with
the Sheriff in Chelsea jail.
Gilman Tarbel's hotel barn, at Randolph
Center, and a building adjoining, owned by
Samuel Howard, were burned on Friday morning
last. OF five horses in the barn, four escaped,
two of them, however, being quite severely
burned. Considerable personal property was de-
stroyed.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
David Moulton, of Morgan, has a hen that
has laid two eggs weighing quarter of pound
each and measuring seven and half inches in
circumference. ...
ON the 18th inst, James f. Adams, OF Charles
town, aged about 60 years, was tipped off a load
of hay and struck his knee in such a violent man
ner against stone as to break the knee-pan in
two pieces.
Charles Gaylord recently swindled Elkins g.
Braley, of North Troy, with bogus draft, issued
in the name of s. a. Gaylord & Co., of st. Louis,
on Philadelphia bank. Gaylord is connected
with the swindlers operating at Athol Mass, last
March, and with the Newport safe robbers.
Mr.. Hoffman, of Island Pond, on Tuesday of
last week told his physician that his work would
be all done up that day. The doctor attempted
to cheer him up and said he would probably find
himself mistaken. He passed into the house and
told his family he was about through with the
world, and soon fell upon the floor and died.
Sheriff Bean, of Orleans county, recently
played a nice Tr1cK on BosuoH thief named Da-
Wis, who had escaped across the line Into Canada.
Bean, who was a stranger to Davis, went into
Canada and became very intimate" with him,
invited him to take drink, etc, and finally in
vited him to take a ride after fast horse he had.
Davis, suspecting nothing, accepted the invita-
ton and never 'smelt mice" until he was driven
into this State and arrested.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Daniel Bates of Northheld was found dead in
his bed last week. He was well and at work the
day before.
"Wednesday of last week, the house of Ed
mund Pope of Mortified, was struck by lightning
and considerably damaged.
wLNDuAM COUNTY.
-Sias Cushman of Wilmington was found
dead in a field recently. 1t is supposed that he
was sunstruck.
"A freight train going east over the Vermont
Central freight track opposite Bellows Falls,
Wednesday morning, was Lindered by bunter
dropping and throwing three cars from the track.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Recently three and a half years old child
of Norman French of Woodstock drank large
quantity of laudanum from vial which had
been left within its reach. Fortunately Mr..
French was at home, and at once discovered what
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by using emetic, was enabled to relieve the
child and save its life.