Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-15
Addison County Mention.

AOO1SOn COunty mentIOns
The population of Addison county in
1920 was 81 1919, showing an increase Of
only 266 in the preceding ten years.
The number of towns in Addison
county, including the city of Vargennea,
is twenty-three. ..-. ...
Addison county has thirty-six post
Offices.
Addison county is at nearly an equal
distance from the northern and southern
extremities of the State.
The farmers in Addison CO. ,ty have
sold number of carloads of -. nure to
enrich some Of the more barre nds OF
other parts of the State like the ,tervsls
of the Connecticut River. A number
having been loaded at Middlebury for
that destination, within few days.
TOWNS.
The town of Addison has "a, 672 tax
able acres of land
"A tenement house belonging to Mr..
Abel P: Skiff, about mile north of Bird
port village, was consumed by fire last
week. Insurance light.
The Register says: gall quiet in
South Bristol Even the fish in thu stream
refuse to be tempted by the bit. The
best fisherman in that region j. said to
have been fishing five days in succession,
and according to his own statement,
didn't get a nibble.' 1t is generally
thought he did, however"
"A town meeting was held in Corn
wall, June Sd, to elect consta BILE. Party
feeling was not up to fever heat. but five
persons were in attendance.
$. B. Martin, the new pro 2rietor of
the Martin House, North Fer isburgb,
gives an Independence Bali st that
house on the evening of July Sd.
The appraisal of personal property in
Goshen amounts to 2,5sS.50
The town of Granville has 14S tax
able heads.
Hancock has only twenty doga.
One per cent of the grand list of Lei
cester ia 81, 952.72.
Lincoln had no inhabitants in 1901
and only 81 in 1900.
Hon. R. J. Jones, Collector of Intern
al Revenue in the First Congressional
district. receives the annual taxes upon
incomes and special taxes of the people Of
Middlebury and vicinity at his Office in
Middlebury, July 9Th, 9th and 7th.
Toby at his hotel in Monkton will
give ball on Friday evening June 3Oth
The names of officers of Lampsor
Lodge, installed May 9th, 1871, at New
Haven East Mills are Mr.. James Hawkins
W. @. T.: Miss Lucy Smith, W. V. L.
Mr.. Jacob Barton, W. c.; Mr.. Seneca
Sumner, w. t Mr.. Frank Mills, P. W
CT: Mrs. A. A Warner, w s.. Mr.. s
F. Thompson, L. D.; Mr.. Otto Moore
W. M: Mr.. Ambrose Grow, W. F. s.
Mr.. Andrew Barton, W. A. s.; Mr.. j
Barton, jr, W. / G. The Lodge is il
quite a prosperous condition.
The Addison county conference o.
CONGREGATIONAL churches holds its annua
session at Orwell on the 18th and 14th in
slant.
--Dea. H Allen, now sole proprietor o
the Elgiu Spring in PantoD, is realizing
quite m Income from the sale of thu
weter, which is in constant demand. 1t
medical properties are said to be wonder
full
The town of Ripton was fret repro
sented in 1843 by Samuel H. Hendrick.
Chester Kingsley, Esq, wooden manu-
facturer at Salisbury village, has taken
contract for making 1000 yard of Stat
prison cloth" for Boston.
Josiah Pond was the delegate from
Shoreham to the Constitutional Couven
ton of 1891.
The first town clerk of Starks6or
was Warner Pierce in 1895.
The immediate rebuilding of Hol
land, Maxfeld Il Cleaves' furniture shoI
which was destroyed by the late fire a
Vergeunes, is con templated.
The town of Waltham had 70 repre-
sentative in the legislature, only in cor
neotion with Vergenues, until 1928. Thi
was the case with number of other sma
towns.
-Messrs. D. L. Wright Il Sons, and
} J. Wright, of Weybridge, have purchase
of A. W. Grisworld, from his stock farr
J at Morrisville, Vt, the two year old Sho1
Horn bull Sultan. The price. we under
stand, was $1,000. He will, NO doub
= make great improvement in the herds
Messrs. Wright as well as among the ca
tie in their neighborhood. Mr.. L.
. Wright has sold to Mark Ferry, of Lon
Island, the Short Horn bull Adam, who's
. pedigree is recorded in Vol. 8, A. ii. B
, for 5000.
Samuel Beach was the first Justice {
= the Peace in Whiting in 1888.