Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
Vermont News.
ADDIsUN UUUNI1,
Mrs. Ruth Hoyt of Cornwall died on Tuesday
ADDISON COUNTY.


Mrs Ruth Hoyt of Cornwall died on Tuesday,
the 5th, aged IS.
New Hrven shipped on Monday of last week
Il O62 pounds Of butter and 95l pounds Of cheese.
Mrs. Roxalana Peet, aged 81 years and eight
months, died at Cornwall, VT, June II. Mrs.
Peet was born In Sunderland, vt.
Mr. b. Stewart of Bristol raises large quanti-
ties of black-cap raspberries for market. On July
9Th his piekers gathered five bushels.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The 'Banner" does not remember when
there were so many improvements going on in
Bennington as during the present season.
The crops have never looked more Aourishing
in Winhal than this season. Farmers are get
ting good crop of hay.
Rev. c. II. Hubbard and wife, of bennington,
will sail on the 30th inst. for home. They have
been absent ten months and half, making a
grand tour OF Europe and the Holy Land.
A very severe hailstorm passed through Win
hall on the 18th. 1t took IN its course six farm
houses, and scarcely left pane of glass in any of
them. Gardens, grain and fruit in its course
were entirely destroyed. A Mr.. Wilder, beingkin
the hay field, was severely bruised by the hail
stones.
cHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The speciality of Burlington growars is Ottawa
Beer, but it is reported that it is getting little
difficult to distinguish the original Jacobs.
Mrs. Sally, wife of Deacon Asa Farrand, died
at Colchester in July, aged II. She was an active
member of the Congregational Church in Milton
for many years, and at the time OF her death with
the church in Colchester.
There is one family in Burlington consisting
Of father, mother and twenty-five children; the
father is IL years old and the mother So; another
family Of seven children and the mother only 10
years old. In the first family there are four
pairs of twins. in the second three, and the chill
dren in both families are all living.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
from one to three tons of hay which is % years
old, all in good condition.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
There is considerable building in progress in
Swapton.
Mr. Hiram Mann of Franklin, is erecting one
OF the best saw mills in Franklin County.
DIR. G. g. Briggs of Franklin, was thrown
from load of hay recently, and was considerably
injured.
Mr.. Thomas Faileyo of st. Albans, has resign
ed his position as Collector of Taxes in st. Albans
and Mr.. j. S. Weeks has boon appointed IN his
place.
"A Frenchman named Lepp, living about six
miles north of st. Adams, was arrested recently,
for an attempt to swindle man in selling piece
OF land.
A man named Martin came to st. Adams re-
Gently, and sold horse that he brought with him
from Canada. 1t was afterwards ascertained that
Martin stole the horse, and he is now in limbo for
his little venture.
The trotter Ella Cole, owned in Richford,
which took the 5000 purse on the Island Course,
recently trotted a mile in 2.2S at Frelighsburg
last Friday. She won the 5000 purse there, trot-
ting against Snowflake and Gen. Grant.
Some of the colored servants at the NIissisquoi
House, in Sheldon, got into quarrel Tuesday,
and one of them lies dangerously wounded, struck
on the head by cleaver thrown by his opponent.
The Vermont Central have just completed
the loading of seventy-two cars, 1900 tons of worn
out track iron, which has been sent to Rome New
York, to be re-rolled. A few car loads has rntrn-
ed, which is as good or better than that rolled
from new stock.
The Transcript" says that Mrs. Caroline
Evarts of Georgia, has some sailed cucumbers
they are as sound and good as when first put
down.
The amount Of lumber used at the Vermont
Central Railroad car shops for the month of June,
was ll29iS feet.
Mrs. j. t. Evarts of Georgia, aged rs, died
June 22d. Mrs. Evarts had been a member of
the Congregational Church for more than forty
years.
Mr.. Allen T. Gilbert of Fairfax, was caught
on the guards of his moving machine on the 4th
inst, and narrowly escaped being killed.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
-French's circus is advertised to be at Hyde
Park on the 9th inst.
-Egira Dimick of Cambridge had o valuable
horse injured last week by kicking among the
knives of a moving machine.
Jonathan Nichols was on Saturday elected
FIRST constable and collector of taxes for the town
of Cambridge, in place of o. H. Dickinson, de-
ceased.
1t is currently reported that the directors OF
the Lamoile Valley Railroad do not dwell to-
gsther in peace and amity, and that new election
has been ordered.
-Benjnmin 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.
Eden has a curiosity i'll the shape of snap
ping turtle, taken from South Pond. Tn
animal measures four feet from its nose to tn
tip of its tail, and carries shell measuring
twenty inches each way. He weighs forty pound
and is strong enough to bear up a man with ease
A Lodge of Good Templars has recently bee
organized at Jacksonville, called Cambrdg
Lodge No. las. l.. s. Hibb is W. G. T., and Mrs
NJ. II. Stafford, w. V r.
At the recent Teachers Institute held
johnson, committee was appointed TO take int
consideration the organization of Count
Teachers Association, also a committee to max
suggestion relative to uniformity of examine
ton by town superintendent.
Last week party from johnson started i
pursuit of ''sheep thief" and soon overlook oil
mother Bruin, who immediately assumed the O
fensive She selected her victim and at once CAV
chase. Good time was made by both parties, br
when she had almost secured her prize, bein
within four feet of her contemplated victim, 81
came in contact with bullet from one of IL
party, which greatly retrieved the condition of a
fairs. She proved to be one of the largest beal
ssen in that section for some time, aud was ey
IDENTIFY an old settler Two of her cubs made goo
their escape.
Not many years ago the proprietor OF a pu
lie house in town in the western part of Ii
noble County was solicited by notorious smu
gler to buy of him five gallons of "Molson's hig
Wines" that had just been 'frun out" Tern
were agreed on, the money paid over, and Il
contraband article delivered. With all due pr
caution it was concealed in the landlords bar
until it was found necessary to replenish the r
tail department; when, in company with men
Der of his family, after securing five gallons
pure water to reduce the same, he repaired to Il
barn, there to find that he had paid four dolla
per gallen for the poorest kind of rain waite
They didn't reduce it.
DRAINAGE COUNTY.
A man calling himself Joseph Stay recent
attempted to steal some groceries from the sto
of w. Stearns of Braintree He raised the wi
dow and got into the building, when five men VI
had been watching him appeared at the windc
and cut off his retreat. MIR. Stay is now patro
izing the county jail