Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

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BENNINGTON COUNTY.
y deep religious influence is awakened il
WOOdiOrd.
Sam lockwood, Esq. one of Bennington
oldest and most respected citizens, died at hi,
home in that village on Monday Of last week
Mr.. r. NJ Underhil of Dorset has {
musket which has been in the possession o
the family nlnety-three years and was for
merly the property of Ethan Allen. Thit
gun Is to be presented To the State collection
Of relics at the Capitol building at Montpel
Ter On the top Of the barrel is plate in
scribed = Ethan Allen, and the name is ais,
cary ed upon the lock. The musket is five feet
ei.ht inches in length.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
W lille cleaning out the cellar OF the ole
hotel at Pdssumpsaic last week, Mr.. 4. j
| Dexter came upon leathern bag in which
were $50 counterfeit half dollars. Most oil
them were corroded, and piece eaten out OF
one. But those that were perfect showed
dates from 1897 to 1890. The money was
Tor time the topic Of conversation and
gossip in the village several Of the Older
inhabitants remembering when certain per-
sons there were suspected of dealing in bo-
gus money and we understand that many
years ago some cOunterfeiters' tools were
found in a barn there.-CaiedOHiaH
E5enezer Woodward of Danyille, and hi.
vile L0cada. thirry-tve years married, and
the parents Of thirteen children, had fam
lily fight recently. for which be was fined s.
AMI costs, and required to give $500 bonds
to keep the peace.
About fifty residences will be erected at
81. JOhns5ury this summer.
Henry Ross of St JOhnsbury has in his
barn some bay that was placed there sixty
years az, by his grandfather.
The Fairbanks manufactured 1000 scales
of different sizes, from post office letter up
TO a sixty feet railroad scale, in a week.
The Lyndon Union reports kind Of ku-
kluz affair in that town. One Tom Ferrln,
il says, was invited 20 leave town because
3. his social habits were not considered ex-
emplarv, and his domestic relations were
none OF the purest" But Tom was plain
man. and could not understand hints So
on Thursday evening the boys roped him
in the mud, and on Friday he departed.
Burglars forced the windows Of Col.
BJwman's auction shop at St. J0bnsbury,
last week and distracted one or two hundred
dollars worth of clothing, boots and shoes
Ldongins to different parties.
a y0unz daughter Of Arad Wells of North
DanyilIe died very suddenly one morning
reccntly-her death being probably csused
by the bursting. while vomiting, Of blood
vessel
j. g. Lawrence OF Passumpsic. some 90
Yeas OF a.e. had the III luck recently 10
break bis leZ, and otherwise considerably
niure himself.
CHITTESDEN COUNTY.
Mr.. J. d. Ellis of huntington Center has
u calf two months old that weighs 272 ID
lbs At one day OH it weighed l II lbs. 1t
has been ed on milk like other ca. YES since
it was four days old.
EssEx coJ>rY.
H. s Flint. stage driver Of West Con
cord, was arrested not long since for stealing
or losing ~2sj 40, the am junt Of an express
collection bill. lie had been drunk for some
days. The stage proprietor Will not be in a
hurry TO hire another man that carries q jug
In hIs stage.
FRANkLIN COUNTY.
\ charge Of blasting powder split a log
and Lewis J ns-' heal, killing him instant
ly, at sheldon, last week.
oR,NGE COUNTY.
4 fcy days since az animal was seen pass
Ing through the garden OF George Burroughs
Of Newbury. \ dog was put on its track
and soon came up with it, but found more
than it, match. John Burroughs, hearing
the yelling Of the dog, ran with his gun, am
shot an otter that measured about SIX feet in
length.
West Randolph boasts Of having the sim
qleSt man living Last year his cows calf
hat no faa this year it had no tail and only
0ac cye. The neighbors expect that next
year the COW will be allowed no calf at all
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Chitt.udeu has a haunted house with all
the modern improvements and appliances
seIladjusting furniture, slamming doors.
unearthlv sounds and frightened tenants
More than this, they have a cistern which is
Just the reverse Of the widows oil can-the
more water that goes into it the emptier it
becomes.
W. p. Horton OF Clarendon recently
found on White Rocks in Wallingford four
duck hawk eggs The bird is supposed TO
have come from Labrador, and is about the
size OF common hen. IL Is OF slate color
variegated on the breast. The eggs are high
ly priced az a curiosity
Mt. Holly, has got some fossil leather in
it, vicinity. Its residents will probably use
it in the manufacture Of boots for the Car
diff Giant
NINDuhM COUNTY.
Arson Parker IL the champion trapper Of
londonderry lie has caught this season,
- foxes, minks, : musk-rats, cOons and
6 skunks-
\ little girl in Jamaica, on a recent windy
dav, was blown off a bridge into a stream
and fell fifteen feet, narrowly escaping death
on the rocks.
WINDSOR COUNTY
The people Of Woodstock are agitating the
project of new cemetery. Not only is the
old ourying ground crowded, but the Stan
dard SAYS 1t Is low, marshy and devoid OF at
fractions Quite likely no citizen of Wood
stock desires to take up residence there I'M
less compelled by circumstances.
Col. s. NJ. Pingree of Hartford is to de-
liver the Grafton at " oOdstock on Decoration
Day.
An interesting law suit has just come ot
in Bethel, the facts of which are as follows
Mr. Leonard ellison of Bethel some six
months ago bought Of one Bowen-a patent
right for fence, paying therefor $500 and
ave his note for the amount. The note has
1assed through several hands since until it
a,ne INTO the hands of Mr.. Potter of Mid
.ebury, who presented it TO Mr.. 1ilson for