Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-03-15
State News.
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Gardner Wainwright of Middlebury, re-
Gently sold horse to New York gentle
man for $1,000
A Shoreham correspondent to the Mid
dlebury Register advocates the holding OF
a Bee Keepers Convention.
The Vermont Mills North Bennington, /
have capacity of 10000 yards of print !
goods per week, and 1870 looms.
The Record and Farmer, Brattleboro,
claims to have in its possession the Oldest
deed in the State 1t is dated April 9th, |
1770.
Mr. J. NJ. Burt of Enosburgh Falls, re-
Gently found bee tree in his woods, from
which he obtained 80 pounds of clear hon
ey.
The people of Bennington county have
decided by from 800 to 700 majority to
continue the system of having two shire
towns.
During the past two weeks the Messrs.
Fairbanks have manufactured and shipped
from here fifteen hundred scales. This
looks like business aledonian.
J. R. EMERSON has bought the well
known EMERSON farm in Peacham. Price
$3.50 Consequently he has fine farm
for sale-1imcs.
Findley Green OF Hardwick, recently
met with serious loss, in the death of a
valuable horse, which was sick only six
hours.
The town meeting in Cabot passed off
,-,r,y ,t,iatl,- Hou-p rov 10 gaprS highway
tax the same or - cents above what the
law demands. The most important action
was uniting the two villages in one school
district Times.
While the family of q. c. Spooner of
St. Albans was at church Sunday last,
their dwelling was entered through base
ment window. and s. in money and APP
parel worth $50 stolen therefrom.
The house of Elijah Grovenor in Bird
port, occupied in part by Chester Elmer,
was wholly consumed by fire, while the
1 family were absent on February 22d. In
sured in the Vermont Mutual.
/ Last week Friday morning the barn of
Byron Butterfield of Ludlow, was burned.
/ He went into the barn TO feed his stock,
and the bottom Of his kerosene lantern fell
out, igniting the hay.
4 little daughter Of John Keenan, OF
/ Bennington, was carried down under the
ice and f0ated for about five rods, went
over seven feet dam. passed through an
underground race-way for a distance of fiji
teen rods to another dam, where she was
rescued alive, but in a very exhausted con
dition. The escape was very remarkable,
and almost exceeds belief.
f. Jones, formerly of Addison. and a vet
eran of the war of 1912, in early life mar
ried young lady in Addison county, in
opposition to both his and her parents
During an absence from home, his wife was
spirited away. and hen whereabouts could
not be ascertained This 50 Frustrated him
that he went to sea, and for thirty years he
was a wanderer on the ocean. Returning
he succeeded in finding his wife, who, in
the meantime, supposing him dead, had
been married, but was then a widow. They
were again married, and lived happily to
gether for many years. She died las
April
The Vermont Autograph and Remarkei
says: Il have also to chronicle piece o
rascaltv in evasion of law and equity 4,
rendered by the court of this county equa
to if not surprising anything originated
here A bill of divorce having been grant
ed the wife of one ;. w. Nutting for intol
cradle severity on his part, the court ad
Judged to her the custody of their Onl,
child, girl years old, which NuUtinl
had to that time retained with him. Oh
learning the decision Of the court what doe
this scamp do but take the child to Mon
: 80, all lar e
$50, and all this to prevent her mothe
getting possession of her Such conduc
furnishes its own comments
We find the following in the last Dan
vile Star: Last Monday aserious fire cam
very near occurring at Greenbanks' factory
, | About o'clock in the afternoon a dens
{ smoke was discovered issuing from th
{ | picker room The alarm was raised, an
, it was found that the wool in the room Wa
, almost in a blaze. By immediate and az
! tive efforts, the fire was eXtinguished, an
: the wool cleared from the room, which
e intended to be fire proof but the walls wer
f then so hot that no one could remain Ion
inside. The hands had been picking woe
: and it Is supposed that somehow mate
9 got mixed with the wool, and ignited it
It Caicd0njGH.
y On Tuesday of Last week, Mrs War
# Barney of Swanton was burned to a crisl
- so she could hardly be recognized. Mr.
Barney has for some years been subject
Il epiIeptic fits, ard has from this cause IA
5 with quite number of accidents. At Il
it time Of this fatal accident she was at hon
i alone. 1t is supposed that while smokir
her pipe she had a fit, and the pipe fe
u and caught her clothes on fire, and befo
r she recovered from the fit she was burne
2 to death. When found she lay on Il
- floor burning and the clothes all bur-
from her body. The chair in which 81
> sat was on fire and the carpet on the flo
d was nearly burned up. 1t is thought tn
lie the carpet saved the house from burning.
;, PRICES OF LABOR LAST YEAR-Tl
a, average wages of farm laborers in this sta
! last year was, per month, for the year wit
II out board, S32 40; per month for the We
- with board, sd 40; per month for the sc
le son, without board, S39 90; per month
$, the season, with board, S27 IS. From Il
If monthly report of the Department of A
: riculture, for January, we find that the a
erage rate of wages of farm hands per d.
as in this State in 1869 was: per day for ira
ID silent service in harvest, without boar
Or g 46; per day with board, 50 90; per d
- for transient service other than in harve
q" without board, 81 IS; with board, 81 Is
Is -~-o.
re A distressing cough causes the frien
tie of the sufferer almost as much pain as t
ey sufferer himself, and should receive INN
ey diate attention. DIR. Wistar's Balsam
re Wild Cherry speedily cures coughs, coll
9w influenza, sore throat, &c. 1t will alwa
no relieve consumption, and in many well
of tested cases it has effected perfect cure
mt Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is, wi
lat out DOUBT, the safest, surest, and best re