Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-10

railroad to the extent Of six times her
grand list, or six per cent on her valna-
ton.
II X. Stinehour Of Swanton, while fox
hunting recently, saw two of the animal
on rock about Is rods distant. and by a
well-directed shot, killed them both
w. o. Campbell Of Montgomery,
raised some good specimens of wheat the
past season. From one root-grown from
kernel-there were 10 stalks, bearing
1867 kernels. On one head there were
III kernels. His entire crop amounted to
200 bushels.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Grand Isle farmers are feeding the
inferior grades of wheat to their stock,
because the comparative low price of that
grain gives them less profit than corn and
oats.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
-Canker rash is extensively prevalent
in Wolcott, and two fatal cases are re-
ported.
in Belvidere there is much sickness,
and typhoid fever is unusually preva-
lent.
The farmers of Morrisville have or
ganized "club," meeting Saturday even
ings, at Town Hall building.
Mr.. III. n. Powers of Morrisville re-
Gently lost valuable horse by the break
ing of blood vessel.
"A cider mill in Stowe grated about
4, 100 bushels of apples last fall, yielding
over 500 barrels of cider.
L. d. Varney of Sheffield lately killed
hog weighing 4S6 pounds, and in its
gullet bone was found the biggest kind of
darning needle, grown clear through it.
They opened ball in Jacksonville
lately by bona fide wedding, and when
the parson had tied the knot, and while
he was leaving the hall, the band struck
up the Devils March," much to the dis
gust of the good man, and the annoy
ance of the newly married twain.
In Stowe, recently, load of wood
was tipped over, half mile or more be-
low the village, fastening the driver under
the wood, while the team went on, and
not till the news had reached the village
and parties had started back to investigate,
was it known that the driver was impris-
oned, although some persons had passed
the upset wood. Strange to say, the man
was not seriously injured.
Mr.. Thomas Edwards of Jefferson
vile has raised the past year, from three
pecks of seed, sown on one-eighth of an
acre of ground, sixteen bushels of White
Norway oats, weighing 43 pounds per
bushel.
-Morristown has voted tax of $1.123
on dollar of the grand list to pay bounty
claims of soldiers who re-enlisted in the
field during the war, and did not receive
any bounty.
The Lamoille County Bank has in
dividual deposits to the amount of 3d.
607.36.
ID. N. Farrand of Morristown has
made the past season, between the 1st of
April and the 1st of January, from ten
cows, including one two-years old heifer,
1,700 pounds of butter for market, be-
sides what family of six and frequent
company have used.
Mr. Robert Carbee of Lunenburg had
his leg broken by log rolling upon him
while in the woods recently. He lay in
the woods alone from two o'clock until
dark, when his oxen returned home, and
a search revealed him in the helpless state
above alluded to.
The American Hone and Box Co. of
Wolcott employ fifteen to twenty men at
the present time. In addition to this
business, they are manufacturing about
600 fork stales day. Ga this work they
employ sixty more hands. They have
also three women who work on clothes
pins and boxes.
The Normal School at Johnson opened
last week with some seventy pupils, and
quite large number yet to come.
The pastor of the Congregational
church at Hydepark acknowledges "a re-
cent donation of $3.50 in cash, and $50 in
produce.
Levi Pratt, Jr., working 10 the circu-
lar saw mill at North Hydepark, had his
arm caught in the saw and the bones of
the lower arm sawed twice off.
Tho Congregational Society in Hyde
park has purchased new four hundred
dollars organ, manufactured by Estey 81
Co, Brattleboro. The Ladies' Aid Soeie-
ty paid the freight on the same.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Connecticut and Passumpsic
Rivers railroad will pay 3 per cent. Feb
ruary l.
"A recent gale made sad havoc in the
Cemetery at Newbury, breaking down
trees and tombstones.
"A young man named Prescott, of
Vershire. aged II years, was killed on the
22d inst while sliding down hill.
j Bowen, of West Topsham, the
other day sat down on single shave,
and got bad cut in consequence, the
cash being the depth of the shave.
- Samuel Richmond of Randolph,
gathered 600 bushels of apples from his
S,lI xro, IS
fruit yielded 70 bushels !! The same tree
has averaged 30 bushels for the past three
years.
AT the annual meeting of the Orange
County Agricultural Society HI. w. Bal
ley of Newbury was elected President