Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-19
STATE MATTERS.

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having. Thor last years crop was small one,
.od the crop this year will only be about two
birds as much
Inland Samson Of Waltham has a COW which lac
"a 10 milk three times day The first week
H., her calf was taken of she gave 3lj pounds
milk. She now gives 30 quarts per day She
l. not large COW
The freight depot Of the Rutland and Burling-
abroad at Middlcbury, with $1,000 worth Of
|. mi and other merchandise, was burned We'd
beslay night.
There are 80 acres Of onions sowed in the town
M Cornwall and 40 acres Of sugar beets.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
4 The citizens of Bennington are taking measures
NJ purchase a steam fire engine
club No. /, Irish Confederation, had public
parade at Bennington on the Fourth
4 bennington man celebrated the Fourth rath-
D. too freely. but managed to get home and attend
10 his chores" after fashion. While he had
lent nerpendicular he could carry his load as
soon as he laid down it wouldn't stay. To bis
wire's question as TO what allied him, he replied
. MIN wife. milk that's what's the matter
drinkcd too much warm, and it's soured on Inc.
aoh yes" said the lady, " that story is all
r;ebt but that smell is rum" - Then the cussed
GA cows prob'ly been eel 'brat'n ln'pen 'ance
dny." said the inebriate, as he turned his face
again toward the basin.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
De- Ballard, Of st. Johnsbury, has been tried
f1r mal-practce and promptly acquitted. The
81 .Iohnsbury Times says in this case the Dr.
was acquitted before he was tried.
The engine st J1hnsbury," Tor .he Portland
4 Ogiensburgh railroad, has arrived at St. Johns
bury
ON Monday. July 81. p Parker shipped
The best calf ever sent ~ market from Lyndon
DEPOT ne va. eight weeks old, weighed go
pounds. and .li 90 he was Durham.
cuhrcpN oorsTr
The ground. selected flr the County Fair at
Essex junction, ore about one. fourth Of mile
from the Junction House, on the Burlington
road and will include thirty acres.
The last OF the purchase Of the Vermont Horse
stock Company, consisting Of thirteen brood
mares and ten sucking colts, arrived safely at
their farm in shelburn On Friday last, after a
week ride from waukegan, Illinois They are
al valuable animals, aud looking very finely.
Burlington received $4,000 feet Of lumber for
ile week ending the 18th.
"A Wilder L. Burnap, Of Burlington, has been ap-
pointed by Gov Stewart States Attorney for
chittenden County, in place Of Capt Romeo II.
Start resigned, the latter retaining bis posi-
ton deputy collector Of customs
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Hiram Stutson's residence and out buildings at
Berkshire, were burned Tuesday morning with
A their contents loss $1,000.
Cora Willet, about three years Of age, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Harrison Wilet, Of Bakersfield, was
drowned in the creek near her fathers residence
tuesday evening.
The track of the Mssisquoi X. r. is laid to
within three miles Of Enosburgh Falls
GRANp ISLE COUNTY
\ sturgeon was caught ms seine, a short time
ago, on the west shore Of the Island by Ira Good
~sll measuring six feet and weighing l4o pounds.
ORANGE COUNTY.
\ new masonic lodge is about 10 be started at
BrookGeld, to be called summit Lodge
The twentieth annual fair Of the Orange Conn-
~ Agricultural Society, will be held at Bradford,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September
Goth, 9th and 2sth, 1871
The grist mills owned by H. Leavett 4 Son Of
The,ford, and the building occupied for the manu-
iacture Of beadsteads, cofins and caskets, owned
by ;. A. Fish Son, were consumed by FIRE Mon
day morning, July 10th. The FIRE was first dis
covered in the roof Of the grist mill, about one
O'Clock, 4. n. Supposed to be the work Of an
noendiary. The buildings were insured but the
loss in grain and stock was considerable.
One John Garyin, who recently committed
burglary in Grows iewelry store, in Chelsea
4 has been arrested in Boston and taken back to
Chelsea lie also stole $500 from man named
Homer, Of Vershire, before he left that section.
RUTLAND COUNTY
DR.. Sheldon the County Commissioner and the
.electmen have had little a" onp easantness" in
regard to the appointment Of liquor agent for
Brandon The selectmen desire q change, but
the Doctor stands upon his rights and has APP
pointed the agent Of last year. The selectmen
decline to purchase liquor for the appointed
agent, which leaves him in the condition of any
retailer who sells without a license.
The pail fa,tory, short distance east Of Fast
Poultney, belonging to Chauncey a Kisander,
+ANA"aifAAAef was Nl0eANlNN - nv VI WV mug
Of the 5th The property was insured for $500.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
propose establishing large coal depot at Rut-
land, as a central distributing point for the en-
tire Western Vermont Valley. The company are
building two hundred " dump " coal cars at their
Salem shops, of about ten tons capacity, for use
on the Rutland'and Washington and Rensselaer,
and Saratoga divisions Of their road.
wNDHAN COUNTY.
A little son Of Otis Wheeler, aged about three
years, of Sadawgo, in Nottingham, was so sever
ely scalded that its injuries proved fatal.
The nnetieth birth day of Jonas Walker o.
Dummerston was celebrated by his relatives Jun'
2lst The party numbered SO,
penitent Brattleborean says /" Having ad
vertised my wife last week, while under the in
Auenee of intoxicating drink and the advice o
others, hereby give notice that said advertise
ment was without Just cause or proyocaton, and
is hereby retracted.' That's manly, If gettin,
drunk was beastly.
Calvin Brown Of Rockingham, missing hi
lambs and chickens, shot the thief which prove,
to be large eagle measuring seven feet and fou
inches from tip to tip.
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