Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-18
STATE MATTERS.


Grand Master II. lloslord, as the executive officer
of the l. o. Of o. +. in this Statc-A stirring
temperance meeting was recently held in Bird
port at which the pledge was largely signed
The young people Of Salisbury have organized
society called Green Mountain Society" No. |.
the object Of which isopposition to the sinful aud
ungentlemanly habits Of swearing, lying, steal
ING, using tobacco and drinking intoxicating IL
quors.-An extensive fire has been raging for some
time on the Ripton Mountains.-Of the I,l3i
graduates Of Mddlcbury College, i73 have been
cergymcn.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
1t Is expected that the railroad from st. Johns
bury to West Danyllc will be graded except at
the point Of the heavy I'LL at Pumpkin HILL by
the first Of September next.--lAst week the Wells
River Lumber Company run some seven or eight
thousand logs from Groton Pond to the company =
saw mill and box factory. They had a gang Of
river drivers FROM Maine, who could walk on logs
in the water about as securely as other men can
walk in public highways. p. Fuller, of Bar
ton. has the contract for doing the stone work on
the railroad from East Ilardwick to Walden
heights-l3 miles.-Daniel Worcester WINS town
clerk Of Walden thirty years.--'rhe citizens Of
and improvement. A subscription paper was
circulated on Monday to secure funds to erect
large brick business block in their village, and
50, 500 were subscribed the first day II is pro-
posed to raise so 600 f0r the Object Timothy
seed is worth IS busacl in St. Johnsbury, and
scarce at that King, Fuller IS Co.. have raised the
pay Of their employees on the railroad 10 SLAB
per day.
CulrrENuEN COUNTY
The Champlain steamboat company are build
ing the largest steamboat over adoat in the lake,
10 be called the Green Mountuin.-Messrs Dow
d Martin. Of the Iline-burg Woollen MAJ, have
manufactured about % ,O0o pounds Of wool since
they rebuilt their mill last september A Board
of Inde was finally organized at Burlington on
Friday evening last, with Mr. Levi Underwood as
President
E.sN COUNTY.
One OF the firm Of Kendall, Tabor 4 Co.. Of
Portland, Ne, who have imported since April
1859, 600 bushels Of oats from Canada. was
arrested at Island Pond on the 9Th ult.. and
brought before S. Commissioner Stearns
charged with making short entries AZ the Custom
House he was bound up for appearance to court
in the sum OF S5,O0O.--Gcorgc W. Silver Of
Bloomfield, was last week arrested and held in
$500 bonds toappear at the United States court.
at Windsor, lor using cancelled postage stamp
rRNElN COUNTY.
The Directors of the lamoIe Valley Railroad.
after personal inspection, located the road from
Swanton through llighgatc on what is called the
northern line through llighmte Center The
distance hy the different routes was about equal
But the northern was easier to build and easier
% keep in repair. IL passes over the plains in
stead of following The river It IS estimated that
il will cost $4,000 less 3, build by this route
than by the other.
LtNOuiF COUNTY.
The Lam0He Couniy Regis',r that was b
be- published at Jeiiers ouyllle, has been disc1n-
tuued without o5sts.--The Surveyors Of L. V. r..
b. ore now making the location survey" from
lIardwick 10 Cambridge Five men in Ilydepark
lately caught in eight hour. time in the outlet
Of Great Pond, 200 lb> Of suckers
on,NGr COUNTY
In Fast 1op-ham, with population Of about
600, only three deaths have occurred since Au-
gust, 1865
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Mr. ami Mrs.. Stephen Cole, of Charleston, pro
pose 10 celebrate the SEVENTEEN anniversary Of
their marriage on the l9th.-On the farm Of J.
r. Howard Of salem, were found April 2sth, field
strawberries in blossom, also dandelions blown
\ Frenchman named Gagnon, from Morgun re
Gently yictimized fellow Canadian, named lla-
mel, out Of $1,000 llamel who is droyer.
could not speak English, and engaged Gagnon to
sell his cattle for him. the latter pocketng the
proceeds and departing to a place as yet I'M
known.-Sdmpson & Co., of Newport, have Just
received from Canada a raft OF logs containing
$4,000 teet-The circular saw mill Of Alexander
Calderwood Of Greensboro, was burned recently
The work Of an inccnliary Mr. d. T. johnson
OF Troy, sold pair of horses recently, for 5000.
The steamer Mountain Maid is doing heavy
ireighting business as navigation opens. She ar
rived Thursday with raft of about a million feet
oflumber in tow for the steam mill at Newport -
There wero some good horses sold at Newport last
week, ~ W Iolcott of Springfield. Massachu-
sets, being the purchaser. He purchased one OF
Mr. Charles r. Cough, paying $3.50. one from
Solomon Fields paying 500 one from \. j
Dudley, paying S 400, and one from Luther Baker
paying s275.--lAst saturday night about /.
O'Clock, Mrs. Page Colby, Of Derby, on hearing
groans, hurried TO the road, found wagon upset
king-bolt broken, and her husband lying in the
road. With the assistance Of neighbors he was
borne to the house lie was found to be severely
injured about the spine and neck. lie dice
Thursday morning, aged 80 years.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Mr. A. NJ Coyery is to write the history o
Pittsford.-East Poutney suffered a damage from
$4,000 to $4,000 Monday afternoon by fire
probably incendary, as it broke out in two build
ngs at once The following were the losers =
Ormsby, factory for wooden ware, loss abou
s., 500, partially insured Joseph Mears, a say
mill recently repaired, valued at $4,000, no insur
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