Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-05-04
Vermont Items.
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The hergennes steamer Curiew went to
Shelburne Wednesday last for inspection and
the necessary papers.
The last Vergennes Vermonter says the in
tervale stretching from Rutland north to
Middlebury is just now one vast sheet of wa
ter for many miles, furnishing q variety of
scenery to passengers in the cars, as the trains
speed by on the eastern side of the valley
We hear of no damages resulting from the
high water with the exception of fences float
ed off and damaged intervale hay.
Mr. l. L. Strong, Of Starkboro, recently
broke both bones of his right leg near the
ankle joint
In village not a hundred miles from
MiddleburY, a groceryman recently excused
himself from paying for the support of his
minister with the novel plea that the minis
ter was temperance man and favored the
prohibitory law.
Hon. L. Z. Smith of Monkton has received
the appointment of U. S. Consul, at St.
Johns, p. Q. Mr. Smith was for several
years an assistant clerk in the Vermont Leg
islature was afterwards a member from
Monkton, and for two years Senator from
Addison County. He is an accomplished
French scholar, and Is peculiarly fitted TO
perform the duties of lis Office.
A lad, twelve years of age, accidentally
slid down nigh bank in North Ferrisburgh
/ on Sunday last, and falling into the creek
would have drowned had he not been rescued
/ by man, who plunged into the stream and
sustained him until ropes were procured and
/ he was rescued.
/ CALEDONIA COUNTY.
/ Mr.. Joseph Trudell of St Johnsbury has
taken a fifty thousand dollar contract oil
grading on the new railroad between thai
place and West Danville.
A school district in Passumpsic has recov-
cred damages in a suit brought against two
citizens for injuries done to the school-housC
by their children.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
TARRED AND FEATHERED.-The usual quie
in Wallingford was on April Goth, inter
rupted by the tarring and feathering, il
broad daylight. of one DR.. Perry. Sevcra
months since Perry took up his residence
with a family by the name of Cutler, AM
has during the time been too intimate will
a daughter of his host, greatly to the scanda
of the community. The matter eliminated
Tuesday In presenting Perry with full sui
of Piegan Indian costume by several men
who it is said, were instigated to do tn
same by prominent members of the commu
nifty after which Perry was escorted throug
the principal streets to his boarding-p place
and warned TO leave on penalty of furthe
, indignities. 1t is alleged that Perry has
wife and three children living in Leominster
Mass, whom he has deserted and left i
destitute circumstances. He claims to hav
obtained a bill of divorce from his wife, ant
has commenced prosecutions against his as
saulters
Wednesday afternoon a new Welsh chi
was dedicated to religious uses in Hydeville
writer in the Rutland Herald state
that the Cohoes IN " mastodon, SO care
: fully preserved IN the museum at Albany,
, the skeleton of a circus elephant, which
knows to have been buried IN 1888.
At the Rutland town meeting, held la'
Wednesday, it was voted that the bonds OF Il
village be issued with coupons attached, wit
s interest. for five thousand dollars, payable
sftss- vearstrt rate of interest not exceeC
ing six per cSnt It-,xas also voted to rails
q a tax of IS cenNEon the dollar to defray e:
! penses for the current year.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
young man in Jamaica named Charles
i Moulton recently lost his life by being crushC
y in the machinery of a saw mill.
a M.EP Taft, of Townshend, has five Gov
e which have had seven calves this spring.
A special town meeting is called in BE
:, lows Falls to consider, among other thing
p" if the town will appropriate money for IL
purpose of rebuilding the dam and repairir
n the highway which was washed away at Ba
O sensville in October last.
t WINDSOR COUNTY.
Mr.. Il. LiYermore of Hartland, has p
tatoes of the third years growth from Il
n seed balls, raised by himself, which on til
r 10th ult., were eleven inches in height al
n he has also just planted some sixty hill
These potatoes were planted, since the cor
mencement of 1870. They have ripenet
It and they are now plantedIfor the second GRO
He intends to get three, and if possible, fol
, crops in 1870.