Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-04-05


TnE PRIZE OxKN.-Last week Willard S
= Martin of Plainfeld, sold to the Bailey
n Brothers the finest pair of fat oxen ever sent
out of Washington County. They were o
grade Durham breed, six years old, and then
home weight was $500 lbs. They were fine
clean limbed animals, and in cattle dealers
parlance I" perfect beauties" We are glad
to know MIR Martin received satisfactory
price for them.
THE FATTEsr Cow YEr.-The palm for fat
cows must, we think, be awarded to Mr..
Benz. Arbuckle of Berlin. Saturday last he
sold to R. H. Whittier of this village cow
weighing 1920 pounds alive, which dressed
off 1920 pounds, and had AS pounds Of
rough taIlow. OF course the COW as
large as a good sized OK, of fine form, fat as
a cub, and as she was led through the streets
was the observed of all observers, who had
any eye to prospective steaks and roasts
from Whittier market. We learn that the
price paid for this cow was SIP, and an
inspection of the beef after it was dressed
showed it to be the latest and incest seen
/ in this market for long time. AS there
have been many inquiries how it was posi-
I bic to make such fat beef out Of en- ordinary
mich cow, we have prevailed upon Mr..
| Arbuckle to give US the nodus operondi for
the benefit of our farmers and breeders.
The COW was eight years old, and has the
past year been MIXED daily even up to the
a she was slaughtered. Last October Mr..
Arbuckle began feeding the cow twice each
day with four quarts of dry meal on the
second day he noticed the COW did not eat all
the meal. He thereupon boiled some ten
quarts of potatoes, poured off the water, put
in peck of meal and little salt and thor
oughly mixed the whole while hot, adding
enough hot water to fully scald and moisten
the meal, one-half of this being fed warm,
morning and night Of each day. This with
plenty Of good hay was the daily feed of the
COW till she was fit for the shambles, and had
attained size and fatness that has not been
excelIed by any COW we have seen fatted in
this vicinity.
There was a mammoth sugar party " at
the celebrated Morse sugar orchard in Calais,
on Monday. Anywhere from eighty to one
hundred ladies and gentlemen were there
from Montpelier, and every degree of acidity
came home with uniform sweetness A
special artist F." was present and several
views were taken. Mr.. Morse won more
laurels for his liberal sugar treat, than he
has naples, which are counted By the thou
sand
A little son Of Patrick Mcmahon Of Rid
ley's Station had the misfortune to break his
leg just above the knee, while coasting on a
handsled Tuesday, March DIST lie was
coasting on the little snow in the orchard
and ran against an apple tree.
Charles E. Landon Of Ridley's Station has
sold his farm there to Patrick Mcmahon for
80, 2OO-and himself and family 20 West to
join the little colony Of Yermonters at Wave
land, Iowa.
It viii be seen by reference to the court
proceedings that Gordon and Martin, who
were fined for selling liquor, and who had
not the ready money to pay for their trans
gressions, were sentenced by the court to
be put to work upon the Montpelier and
Wells River railroad, until their wages
amount to a satisfaction of the claim which
the state has upon them. If this novel way
of collecting judgments Of this sort is gen
orally adopted-and why not ?-it may prove
healthy appeal 70 those who expect TO escape
the penalties Of the law through the medium
Of an empty purse, besides protecting the
state against losses from this class Of viola
tors
Mr. Samuel Kelley man some y years
old, hung himself in Worcester, Sunday,
April ID, be having been unweH and partial
ly deranged for some time.
NoRrHF1ELD.-At the annual meeting of
the graded school there was large atten-
dance, and lively time was anticipated.
The manifest opposition was confined to one
man. The finance report showed healthy
condition of the treasury. BY paying IS
cents on dollar the three district school
houses had been exchanged for the Academy
and year of instruction had been had under
the graded system The attendance had been
increased from $4,000 to $4,000 or nearly
IA gain, and relative increase made in
the public money received.
Six committee were elected Jas. n. John
son, Esq, Rev. Wa. S. Hazen, Frank Plum
ley, Esq, Dr. NJ McClearn, Geo. B. Warner
and J. II. Richardson. The first two are
elected for three years, the next two for two
years, and the last two for one year, and
hereafter there are to be two new committee
elected at each annual meeting. f. ). In
gals was elected clerk, q. Denny, treasurer,
and E. w. Howe, collector. A tax Of
20 cents on the dollar was voted unanimously,
and the meeting broke up in a decidedly
healthy state of sentiment towards graded
schools. Thus our graded school has entered
upon its second year under reasonably favor
able auspices, and if properly managed its
future is certain.
The intermediate and primary departments
will commence soon, next Monday if posi-
BILE. Four teachers will be employed in these
departments. And it is expected two Of the
old teachers will return.
Rev. c. w Emerson late pastor of the
First Restorationist Society of this place, has
left for his new field of labor at Fitchburg,
Mass. He leaves many warm friends who re-
greet his departure. and his new pastorate will
find him man of unusual talent as a public
speaker and a Christian gentleman of the
first order.
W. L. Murphy has sold out his grocery
store to A. D. Metcalf and gone to Waitsfeld
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