Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-10
Verrn ont News.

this year in the hay field.
The house of Alvin Tucker, Eat West
Hartford, Vt, was robbed of three humid
red and fifteen dollars few nights ago.
The man Clifford who some days ago
took laudanum in Bethel while stopping
at the Depot House, on Wednesday, was
wounded by the discharge of a revolver
which was in back pocket. The ball
entered near the small of the back and
passed downward and was extracted about
eight inches below the point of entrance.
Upon examination be turns out to be q
sort of walking arsenal, having about him
two seven bareled revolvers and one sim
gle barrel pistol, all loaded, together with
quite quantity of cartridges and a
slung shot.
The Alburgh Springs hotel has about
| 60 boarders, the Mansion House about 30,
and there are many more in private fsmi
| lies. For views, spring water, boating
and good air, Alburgh is unsurpassed by
any resort in this country.
The church at st. Johnsbury Center
acknowledge handsome gift from G. H.
Morse, one of the former members, now of
Chicago. Also timely gifts from friends
nearer home.
The students of Middlebury College
are organizing boat-clubs and procuring
boats, preparatory to praoticing rowing.
AT Barton Landing corn IS sold at 90
cents per bushel.
Crops in Mad River Valley are grow
ing tall. Moretown boasts of herdgrass
six feet and one inch, and oats six feet
and three inches in hight, grown the
present season.
Mr. Wheaton, a farmer in Bolton,
had two valuable horses killed by the
cars, on Tuesday morning. 1t seems they
broke out of the pasture, went on the
railroad and were killed by the early
morning train. The span were valued at
five hundred dollars
-Westminster has so acres of tobacco
Brattleboro consumes 800 bushels of
peanuts ann ually.
"A few days ago Grand Isle was visit
ed by a hail storm which damaged grain
and fruit quite seriously.
j. H. More, of Barnet. has read the
New Testament through sixty-hve times
in the last ten years.
The canal of the Worthwhile Manu-
featuring Company. it is said, will be
completed by September 1st.
In Fairfax the hay crop is much bet
ter than was expected before haying com.
menced. Many farmers will get third
more than last year.
Hon Justin S. Morrill, has been en-
gagged to deliver the annual address at the
next Lamoille County Fair, which is TO
be held in Morrisville, September 26th
and 9th.
The skull Of some old settler was ex-
humed in working the eastern extension
of Weldon street, st. Adams. Ola in.
habitants report that few bodies were
buried there some seventy-fve years ago.
Mr.. Byron A. Calkins, of Hydepark,
had narrow escape from death one day
last week. He was attacked and over
powered by mad bull, and received
many ugly bruises from his horns and
feet. At one time the furious animal had
him pinned to the ground, the horns be-
ing astride his neck. The timely inter
positi on of friends saved his life.
j. T. G. Hammond, Calais, has been
elected P c.; L. II. Haskell, Waterbury,
S. V. c.; F. Ketchum, Mansfield, Adult
ant, of Post Scott No. 70 Grand Army of
the Republic The Post has appropriated
a charitable fund for the benefit Of = oh
comrade in Cabot.
Mr.. States Attorney Ballard Of
Franklin cou0ty. made a parocbial visit
70 L alrf-eld, the 26,h inst, aud as a result
Iof.n Drisooll was fined fifty dollars and
costs, and Patrick Connolly thirty dollars
and costs for selling liquor contrary TO
the law in such cases made and provided.
"A patent has been issued to Harry
A. Willis of Vergennes for machine for
pointing horse shoe naiIs
Vermont has 10 pupils at the deaf
mute asylum, Hartford. Two noble and
intelligent Vermont girls, Julia and Car
RE Sweet-daug hters of the late Capt.
William Sweet, of Woodstock, formerly
Of Rutland are employed as teachers in
the institution.
A new road is to be laid out between
West Berkshire and Enosburg Falls to
shorten the distance between the two
plsces.
Bradford has a Methodist and Con-
gregationsl church, tt Masonic Lodge. q
Chapter and Council, a seventy.five asso. G
'iatiou, River Side Lod ge of Good Temp /
ara, P. t. Washburn Post Of the Grand Il
Army of the Republic, Brass Band, and :
fire company. :,
Henry Nichols and David Stearns of
lincoln have sold their farm to John
trace for $4,000. 81
There were 214 tubs of butter sold v
a Lincoln on Saturday July 2Sth; aver e.
ge price % cents. a
"A child some five years old was on
be railroad track on Monday just above
station, and came near being ii
iiled, the train being stopped when the >. -
nglne was within five feet of it-or Just s.
ne foot for every year of the child's age.
The tobacco fields in Westminster are .,
'okIng very finely and promising. The m
reat new tobacco barns loom up like Sc
'ctories. AS there is some eighty acres an
tobacco planted in Westminster, some -
ea may be formed of the amount of
obbering there is ahead.
The Portland and O2depsburp rail- l.