Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-10-05
Vermont Items.
ADDISON COUNTY.


Work on the new paper mill in Middlebury
is being pushed vigorously forward.
A number of quarry men engaged in quite
an extensive drunken row in Middlebury
Saturday evening, and the officers had a reg
ular rough and tumble to arrest some of them.
Major Field of Cornwall recently left the
Middlebury Register a stem of raspberries
in every state of fruitage from the blossom
to the ripe berry.
d. G. Bascom, Esq formerly Cashier OF
the National Bank of Orwell, has removed
to Brandon to take similar position in
connection with the Brandon National Bank.
@. G.. E. Bush, ESQ.,, of Shoreham, takes
Mr.. Bascom's place as cashier of the Orwell
Bank.
The Orwell Cheese Factory made the
present season, previous to the Goth ult.,
about $50, 900 pounds of cheese.
Geo. R. Chapman, Esq, of Vergennes has
received the appointment of Assistant Sec
rotary of State.
Mr.. o. II. Kile, principal of Vergennes
Academy, has received an invitation to take
charge of school in Rhode Island. Salary
two thousand dollars. lie will soon leave
for his new field of labor. Mr.. K. is young
man of fine abilities. and thoroughly devoted
to his profession. He recently assisted Dr.
French, the Secretary of the Board of Edu-
cation, in holding Institutes in several Of the
counties in the State, and will be remember
ed in that capacity by many of our readers.
The towns of Orwell and Benson have
suffered severely from drouth the present
season. Some crops have proved almost en-
tire failures, and all of them have been ma
terially damaged.
The barns of Merrill Bingham of West
Cornwall, together with his large stock OF
agricultural implements, 500 bushels of oats
so tons of hay and 80 bushels of old wheat,
were destroyed by an incendiary fire recent
ly-
Mr.. y. X. Babbitt, of Orwell, has shot
more than hundred grey squirrels the pres
ent season, eighteen of which he caught one
day, week before last. When he went home
that night he had eighteen greys and a pigeon
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Two of Loren Hale's children, of Water
ford went to bed Saturday evening, leaving
candle burning for third one. After
| they had gone to sleep some one heard g
noise in the room, and opening the door
found it filed with smoke, and the children
nearly suffocated. TIE candle had set fire tc
some clothing. The timely discovery saved
disaster.
VIM. Randall of Lyndon has a pair Of
five year old cattle that weigh 3,74O pounds
A gentleman in st. Johnsbury has sec.
ond growth of fruit on one of his appl,
trees this season.
| CHITTESDES COUNTY.
| RICHNoNp.-At Catholic Fair, held il
Richmond, September 2Sth, over two hun
dred dollars were realized. The Richmond
Cornet Band furnished music for the coca
sion.
| ESSEX COUNTY.
Chas. Baldes, a Frenchman of Island Pond
was arrested on the 18th, for assault on lit
tie girl eight years old, and brought befor,
Justice Mason, who bound him up in tn,
sum of $500 to appear before a grand jury
As he could not get bail he goes to Jail.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The St. Adams Messenger says that in
| deep cut of the LamOille Valley Z. R., a
it crosses the estate of Mr.. j. Cummings o
| Highgate, there is found large quantity o
clam shells. They are found about sever
feet below the surface upon range of ledg
of the limestone formation. The hill upor
which they are found is somewhat highe
than the surrounding land. The small stone
| lying on the ledge have the appearance o
being much worn by the action of water
This circumstance, with the natural features
/
that that part of the country was once sub
merged by large body of water.
| Found DEAD.-The dead body of Geo
| Barr of Highgate, son of John Barr, latelI
deceased, was found floating in the river a
| Malone n. Y, about half-past one O'Clock
| Friday. He was seen with two Suspicion
looking, characters tho previous evening, an'
had some 81 800 in bonds in his possession
which were not found among his effects, ant
/ II - -k11.. I
was probably killed for his money; but n
definite clue has yet been obtained.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A. o. Blake of Barton has bean stall
in his garden that measures 81 feet and
inches.
j. Butler of Craftsbury,, had a valuabl
horse break into an old cistern recently, an
he was with difficulty saved from drowning
A man named, Hamel, employed on tn
Passumpsic railroad, stepped off a bridg
into the river at Newport, recently, and mar
rowly escaped drowning.
THIRTY YEARS AGo.-A gentleman VIII
used to drive cattle from Orleans County {
Brighton Market before any cars were run
ming, says that the regular pay of those VIII
went with the droves was then so cents pc
day and expenses, which at " Drover's TaV
| erns - was their 0O cents Tor supper, lodgIn
and breakfast, with all the liquor one wan
ed free The return home was on foot, tai
ing about five days, during which the me
were allowed the regular pay of so cents pc
day with the choice of actual expenses {
$500, by which little would be sa we'd.
Mr. Geo. F. Sprague of Craftsbury, raise
this season from three Early Rose pOtatoe
three bushels.
The proprietors OF the mill in Greensbol
are making thorough repairs at the outlet
Caspian Lake, having put in a new and su
stantial fume, and erected heavy stone VOL
for several rods upon either side. The wa
er in the Lake was never lower than
present, and the fall floods probably csnn
again threaten so alarmingly as last year.
Coons are very plenty in Dandy.
Monday evening Mr.. Edwin Harrington, a
companied by two or three others, and
dog, went out, and in very short time su
ceeded in killing six.
d. l. Dutton of Bloomington heard
dog making great fuss in an adjoinir
. wood early one morning, and going to Il
spot he found the dog making a runnil
fight with six coons.
MEssRs. EDITORS BY statement in &
: FIREMAN some weeks since it aPPe-.~d SlI
I some one in the vicinity of Montpelier su