Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-05-24
State News.

pounds.
Lamoille county had a population
of 1851 in 1860 an increase Of 1857
in the previous ten years.
The bones of a human skeleton
were recently dug up in lot Oh the
outskirts Of Manchester village.
Rev. j. Milton Peck has rendered
his resignation of the rectorship of
Trinity church, Rutland.
The Good Templars have made
the landlord at West Pawlet stop sell
ling rum, and he has shut up his hotel.
The hotel at Middletown, now in
process of construction, it is claimed,
will be the largest in the state.
Mr.. Hazen Savage of Hartford,
owns a chicken that has four legs all
of which are of full size and useful.
John Clogsden, while at work in
the peg factory in East Middlebury,
was badly sawed in the left hand, on
Friday, the 18th.
There are 100000 feet of lumber
in the Connecticut river at McIndoes
Falls, belonging to the McIndoes Falls
Lumber Go.
The butter market at st. Adams
was active with an advance in price.
Prices ranged from % to 30 cents,
ruling at 80. Shipment, 1896 tubs.
Mrs. Mary N. Stone, wife of the
late Hon. Jacob Collamer, died at her
residence in Woodstock, on Tuesday
the 10th inst.
1t is understood that John NJ. Mar
tin of Peacham has resigned as post,
master, and that Jacob G. Varnum
will be, or already has been, appoint
ed in his place.-Caledonian.
A child of a French Canadian at
work for Phelps Nash, of New Haven
aged l ID years, was burned to death
Wednesday of last week, its clothes
taking fire during the absence OF its
mother. 1t lived one day after being
burned, but was unconscious.
Recently an old she bear and three
cubs. the latter about as large as
woodchucks, were caught on the eas
side of the Stratton mountain, by Or
ison Howard, jesse Jones, Emery
Wilder and Leroy Allen. They track
ed them in the snow, found them al
IN one tree, shot the old one, and tool
/ the three cubs alive.
| The old Ayers farm in Berlin, lat
terIy il possession Of John Woodbury.
has changed hands. having been pur
chased by Mr.. Leonard Aldrich ant
Judge Tilden of Barre, and Hon. He
man Carpenter Of Mortified. Pric
$1I,333. 1t is now for sale, eithe
whole or in parcels.
Edward n. Dean. of WeathersfelC
/ has sued n. B. Roundy for SANDER, il
charging him with burning Levi B
Darling's mill in PerkinSville in Jan
uary last, and perjury in swearing t
his specification of loss, demanding i
damages $4,000.
The Bennington Banner SAYS: Their
. is considerable talk of teaming treigh
j from here to the State line-1 l..
miles-on account of the cxcessiy
freight charges of the Harlem Con
pany, their tariff being SIC a car t
that point, while the Troy & Bosto
charge but Sl3 to Troy, on the sam
class Of treight-a distance of % 0
% miles.
Geo. Bradford of the Caledonia
Office has bought out the Sherbrook
Gazette, and takes possession the i
of June. His term of partnership
the Caledonian establishment expire
. the lst of July. Mr.. Bradford is a
excellent printer and popular in tn
t business at St. John8bury Charlie
! Webster, foreman in the Times offic
d takes his place on the Caledonian.
f Bella Hastings who has been a dea
= er in cattle for 90 years, was badl
t taken in few days since. He DO
= a French COW Of Peter Loregan fl
e $50. The vender convinced him a,
ainst his own better Judgment, tht
she would dress 500 pounds. b
/ on trial it was found that she fell sho
/. of this mark just 1913 pounds. Has
ings thinks French cows are very d
ceitful aud Lonegan thinks hides Sc
l. better than shoes.-I5mes.
The amount of butter shipped t
5 day MAY 17th) amounted to LBS
Y tubs, or $4,000 pounds, which at IL
Y average price paid, so cents, brougl
. our farmers S20,760. The range {
prices was quite large, the extren
figures being FROM 26 to 81 cents
: Most of the butter brought to mark
e was a mixture of hay made and gra
e made. The ruling price was 80 ct
7 per pound. The indications are tn;
u prices will range a cent or two hight
d next week.-St. Albans transcript.
) Oscar NJ. Eddy, of South Wallin
= ford, was recently awakened early
J. the morning by the crying Of a your
= child upon his doorstep. He open(
: the door. and found a boy baby wra
= ped up in a quilt, and apparent
L about two weeks old. No marks
. writing Of any kind was left to inc
:, cate its parentage or birth. Mr.. E
" dy proposes to take care of the lit
= pilgrim.
q Master Charles Braley, son of NJ
= Andrew J. Braley of this village, vi
! fatally injured on Saturday last, viii
n hunting in Mortified. 1t appears tn
( young Braley thoughtlessly thrust
4 pipe, which he had been smoking, in
n a pocket where he had a quantity
powder, which becoming lgnlted bur
ed him so severely that he lived but
few hours. His age was about
: years, The family have the sympatl
h Of the whole community in this sad
Y reavement.-W dtchmdn.
When Martin Clarity, who lives
IN the guide board district in BENIN
- ton, went to bed on Thursday mig
= last, he had barn by the roadsi
"a opposite his house. When he got
., Friday morning he hadn't any ban
is and very little ashes. Neither hi
+ self nor any of his family knew VIII
70 the barn went, and none of them b
= been in it since last fall. 1t is SON
Of