Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

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considerable persuasive mauling done
Officer Spaulding has made some arrests.
Vermont News.
GENERAL.
There were /, 475, 900 bushels of In.
dian corn raised In Vermont in 1859,
with an average yield of "a bushels tc
the acre. raised on 1882 acres, which
was valued at $1.40 per bushel, making q
total valuation Of the crop g, O65, 900.
Mills and factories may be erected on
rivers, ponds and lakes in every town in
the State, adequate to supply the wants
Of the inhabitants thereof.
The population of Vermont in 1920 was
49,, 740; in 1870, 33O,6s5-a gain in SO
years of "a ,S45.
An exchange says Vermonters are
becoming alarmed. Their regular snow
crop is fearfuly backward, and the pros.
poet grows worse and worse.
ADDISON COUNTY.
During the last three or four weeks
70 sheep have been killed by two dogs in
Cornwall and Bridport.
Eight car loads Of sheep md cattle
were shipped from the Middlebury station
for market. Monday morning.
"A terrible accident happened in Rip.
ton to boy by the name of Cutter aged
eleven years, not long ago, by which he
was thrown off load Of logs, the wheels
passing over him crushing him badly.
He lived half an hour.
The Select School taught by A. O
Jacobs at West Salisbury, closed last Fri.
day. The attendance has been uniformly
good, and the acholars have made unusual
proficiency in the different branches
taught in the school.
"A meteorological observatory, au
thorized by the government. is established
at Middlebuiy.
The population Of Addison county in
1891 was 1857.
-Middlebary is a money order Office
The Senators from Addison county
in 1910 and 1841, were Dorastus Wooster
Elias Bottom and Isaac Chapman.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Winter term of Burr aud Burton
Seminary commenced on Wednesday, De.
cember 7th. A native French teacher has
been employed to teach that language.
%. G. Waterhouse of Factory Point
has closed his knitting Factory for the
season. . ...
On Monday morning the dwelling
house of Robert Leary, in the north part
of Manchester, was entirely consumed by
fire. 1t is supposed to be the work Of an
incendiary. Insured in the Vermont Mu.
tual. ~
Mrs. Nancy Ishsm. daughter OF
Robert and Lois Collins and mother Of
Hon. Pierpoint Ishsm, died at Dunkirk,
N. Y, Nov. Goth, aged sc years. She was
buried in Dellwood cemetery at Manches.
ter.
-.s CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The County Court convened at ST.
Johnsbury, Tuesday. December. 9th.
"A. M. Dickey is selling out in Brad
ford, with the intention Of removing To
st. Johnsbury.
st. Johnsbury has been enjoying lee.
lures by the travellers G. G. Coffin, aud
Du Chaillu.
-Labin Bradley of Sheffield, has wife
Of 275 pounds, a daughter 10 years old
$50 pounds. and daughter ~ years old
$50 pounds. aas.. ... ..
"A man Familiarity known AS Hi. "
Hubbard, died an awful death of delirium
tremens. at Lyndon Centre. on Saturday.
The Government have an authorized
Meteorological Observatory at Barnet.
The population Of Caledonia County
in 1910 was 148,000.
The Senators FROM Caledonia County
in 1910; were Walter Harvey and Elias
Bemis, Jr
The Academy at Peacham is one of the
oldest in the State.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
j. NJ. Whitcomb has sold his heme
farm in Bolton to T s. McGinnis for
$24,O00
The Hinesburgh academy opens
finely for the winter term with 60 pupils,
in charge of Mr.. Geo. W. Winch, a gradu-
ate of the University of Vermont, and
Mr.. J. W. Huntington Of the senior class
"a associate.
The population of Chittenden county
in 1910 was IA, 497
The Senators from Chittenden coun-
ty in 1S41 were r. R. Fletcher and
David French.
The senior Governor of Vermont, liv-
ing in 1851, was Cornelius P. Van Ness.
Charles Adams was the Representa-.
tive from Burlington in 1917 and 1924.
ESSEX COUNTY.
In car containing IS sheep shipped
at Island Pond few days ago, all but
three were found dead on the morning
after shipment
The soil in Essex County is fertile
when first brought under cultivation, but
the deficiency of limestone is go great and
injurious that the soil deteriorates more
under cultivation, except on intervals,
than in any other county on the east side
of the principal range of the Green Noun.
tains.
The population of Essex County in
1900 was 1471.