Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-23
Vermont News.
GENERAL.

mafcn Isl.
The Boston Journal Of Friday says
"Those holders of old Vermont Contra
Railroad stock will be sorry they sold
their certificates to the trunk makers, Of
gave them to the children to play will
when they read that there was sale al
the Brokers Board of 300 shares at "a
cents a share Moral-"Never destroy
anything"
--Forty-six teachers have received
State certificates at the Teachers Insti
tutes recently held in the several coun
ties.
Look out for short crop Of hay thil
season. Reason The severe cold THU
winter, without the usual quantity o.
snow to protect the grass lands.
Copenhagen parties, with small ad
mission fee, for raising money for charit
able purposes, are all the rage in the
northern part of the State.
Vermont has contributed 2,487 In
dividuals to the population of the City Of
Boston, and is the third State in rank in
her contributions.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Lincoln at their recent town meeting
voted to appropriate fifty dollars for the
Orphans Home at Burlington.
-Ripton town tax for this year will bt
100 cents on dollar of the grand list
and their highway tax will be rs cents or
dollar.
Dead Greek bridge, in Panton is te
be repaired in good shape the coming
season. The town appropriated 5000 TO,
that purpose at their late town meeting
Mr.. J. r. Ford of New Haven has
sold his farm to Mr.. Fl. B. Elicarp of Bird
port. He takes possession April 1st. Mr.
Ford has purchased lot in Middlebury
village, and he will commence the cree
ton of house as soon as the spring i.
fairly opened.
Mr.. and Mrs Delano of Addison both
died of pneumonia, suddenly, within 9
few days of each other, recently. Mrs
Delano died on Thursday last, after about
one weeks illness. Sunday was appointed
for the funeral, but on Sunday morning
Mr.. Delano also departed with the same
disease, after very short illness. Mrs
Delano's funeral was deferred, and both
were buried on Monday. They leave two
sons.
The Free Press says: Joel Briggs Of
Starksboro, was surprised on his return
from March meeting last week, to find his
wife had left him she had harnessed the
old mare to the lumber wagon, loaded az
her effects and gone to her friends. Briggs
went there the next morning, returned
with the old mare, but minus wife
Joel is son to the Briggs who had the
Christmas present, zone feather bed, two
quilts, one coverlid; also long absent
partner"
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Snow on the mountains in Bepning.
ton county is nearly gone two months
earlier than usual.
Quite a number of Sunderland far.
mers are preparing to go into the milk
business.
More than the usual amount of long
timber is now in the various millyards at
but short logs, some of them
piled in the woods for want Of
enough snow to use long sleds to draw
them. S. Mason has at least 1900 in that
way.
The present winter has been marked
with much sickness and several deaths in
Readsboro principally throat and lung
and mostly among children.
Bennington county has had seven
Governors of the State, of these Hon. Hill
md Hall, of North Bennington alone sur
yives. Two Lieut. Governors have also
,een elected from the county, Hon. l..
Sergeant, and Hon. A. B. Gardner, both
If whom are still living. OF five Speak
RS of the House from the county, one
My, Hon. A. B. Gardner, is now alive.
Bennington county has been repre-
ented in the State Senate by the follow.
ng persons from Arlington
VIM. Hoyt in 1889, Asahel Hurd in
644, VIM. Billings in 1853, Fl. Garfield
n 1S67.68.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Goth annual fair of the Caledonia
Agricultural Society will be held at the
air grounds in st. Johnsbury on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 26, 81
nd %, 1871.
Miss Mary Frances Blunt, daughter
f Gen. A. P. Blunt, the former Colonel of
he 18th Vermont, died at Manchester, N.
l., on Sunday last. Her age was seven.
cen years. The General is absent on
uty in one of the Western Territories.
st. Johnsbury has been shocked by
mother suicide, following sooa after that
MISS OuOESJ. lho Sicbtu VI tuie ioob
omestic tragedy was Miss Edna Burn
am, only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Justus
'urnham, who died Sunday morning,
rom the effect of morphine and ohloro-
orm taken the evening previous. She
ras about IS years old, and much respect
d, was a member of the South Congrega-
onal Sabbath School, and student in the
-cademy, having many friends in both.
! note written shortly before implores
ne forgiveness of her parents, and ex-
resses a hope of meeting them on the
Their shore, where she hopes to be found
18th her young brothers and sisters whose
cath she seemed to take to heart. The
t. Johnsbury Times says: "There are
lmors of disgrace attached to her, which |
aving reached her exceedingly troubled
er, but she declared her innocence, and
is believed by those likely to know her
est"
-Heman French of Lyndon, has an
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