Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-09-14

Benz. III. Cushman, who died recently in
Tunbridge, aged SO years, was the Oldest
citizen in town, and one of the first settlers.
The fall term of Thetford Academy COM
menced Aug. 81, under the charge of Prof.
Turner and an able board of teachers, with
a good number of students.
Capt Cyrus Skinner of Lyme, N. H., the
veteran drover, IS years old, who has follow
ed the business more than 65 years, has re-
covered from the injury he received on the
Northern railroad last spring, and started
Monday, Sept. 5, from Thetford depot, with
cattle for Brighton market.
Considerable building is going on in Tun-
bridge-several houses are nearly completed.
In Strafford three-fourths of the demo
Gratis refused to vote for Partridge for mem
Der of Congress, knowing him too well.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Hops in the vicinity of Newport are moi
more than half crop.
Barton Academy and Graded School opened
the first day with 100 students.
The annual meeting of the Orleans County
Society of Natural Sciences will be held in
Derby, Sept. 13.
annual address at the Orleans County Fair in
Barton on the 18th inst.
Powell, the Barton burglar, has been
bailed out of Irasburgh Jail by a man from
New York who brought the money to do il
with
The armory building at North Troy is to
be raised another story for the accommoda-
ton of battery and company of infantry OF
that village.
At the recent Teachers Institute for Or
leans County, the class consisted of II ladies
and 10 gentlemen. Seven applied for State
certificates, of whom 4 passed
The next meeting of the Orleans County
Good Templars' Union will be held in GLOW
er, Sept. 10.
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road lying IN eneoessary to form a
connection with the Canada road, about six
miles was let to A. B. Foster of Waterloo
2. O., and Luther Baker of Newport They
are to commence the work within 80 days
and push it forward diligently.
RUTLAND COUNTY
The barn, wagon shed and tool house oil
Patrick McDermot, of Hubbardton, with al
the contents, were burned recently. Loss
about $1,000, with an insurance of $3.50.
John Moore, Jr.. aged forty, died in Yves
Haven on the ID inst.
| PoULTNEY A stack of hay containing
four tons, belonging to DR.. Mcleod of that
village was destroyed by fire on the morning
of the Goth ult. 1t is supposed to have beer
the work of an incendiary.
| The bed of Poultney river was dry OF
Tuesday morning last. Several large fire.
are raging in the woods near US, and doing
considerable damage. Unless the long pro
tracted drought ends soon, it will do irrepar
able damage to vegetation.
wiNDHAM COUNTY.
The apple trees, in the valley of the Yves
River, are loaded with fruit.
LOOK Our FOR HM.-The Bellows Fall
Times says: " A vagrant was here a few
weeks ago asking for old clothes for '' poo
unfortunate sailor Next day he was rec
ognlzed in another garb, with old umbrella
under his arm. Last week he was here agail
with the same story, and had the effronter,
to say he had not been here before. One o
our citizens gave him thorough 50 setting
up" so thorough that he will be likely t
remember his last trip here, at least. He il
an able bodied young man 20 to %. Thu
next morning he was seen with a companion
driving a horse and wagon through tn
place, headed southwark. Look out 70
them.
Apples are plenty in Brookline this year
and Mr.. Loren Ranney alone has some on
thousand bushels on his place.
The census of Windham county shows
decrease in population of between eight ant
nine hundred. BrattleborO, however, ha
increased her population 1912 since 1860.
Application is to be made to the mex
Legislature to set off portion of the town
| of Grafton, Rocking ham, and Westminster
including all of the village acknowledgement
! to Athens.