Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-11-15
STATE MATTERS.

Jacob beWey OF Mlddlebnry has "A ler.,o
tree full Eve feet high, bearing ball, of o.,, 'Vn
different stages Of advancement Al ,bo
the tree the balls are in bursting cond,,
showing beautiful balls Of cotton. '''l'
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
4 boy named Burt Of Lyndon. noed Ia
while shooting at a mark recently at Burt. ,''
a companion, ran between the gun and mail
the other fired and received the contents or d,
gun in his side and shoulder blade. IIcisu,,.r
to be in DANCE rous condition.
Bcmis and Hall have sold ont the bt,;po..
furniture Of the Avenue House at st. Johp.m,.
to .. g. Hale, the owner of the building vi
has employed Dan Winter to run it.
Last wednesday, Edward Bryant Of ST. John.
bury, while Mt work at the bottom of a ..
which had been sunk 10 feet, was buried bv a.
caying in Of the earth from the ton, and J.g
must have ensuedalmosti instantly. Hisbodyu,
recovered after 70 hours diligent labor.
cnirrENpEN COUNTY
The members Of Green Mountain Lodge of oil
Fellows Burlington, have contributed one linn
dred dollars towards the relicro the sna.r.ng
brethren Of their order at Chicago.
The collection. Of customs in the di.tro, d..
vermont, Of which Gen. q. j. Smnnard q. ~.
lcctor' for the month Of October 1871. is sloi.
Wo'95' At this rate Of revenue we shall not 4.
surprised to see this district rate the 9Th or .i,,
in the Union ''"
Thaddeus Fletcher Of BURLINGTON ,,h..
cent gin 100000 to the Orpb,es, H. Y' ~
nnston VIII be remembered, ha. just given slo.
GOO TO the E'sox Academy, in which town t,S..,.
OF the most active ard successful bu.ip... ,..
Of bis life were passed
uETX COUNTY
y party, consisting of NJ Harvey Smith, ,.
wife, daughter and three Others, were all moro.
less severely injured ly tho upseuine Of their .,.
rage near West Concord, while returning from
O funeral on Sunday Of last week. Some of HI,
party 10 3. feared were seriously injured
rmSklN COUNTY.
John Nelson, Of old express memory. bas POI.
tired from the depot restaurant at 81. Allan.
which be has kept so well for four years pa.
His successor Is MIR Dunton Of Osden.bnrcb
Gov Smith proposes to supply stock on b..
great Point Farm, at st. Adams B,y. viH,
water from the lake by wind power
\. j. Crane, collector and n. b Flanagan o.
5. Deputy Marshal, made st. Adams yi,i. on
Friday last, and di.tndned the property Of A.F
Cool, W II. Farar and j. Russell Arlington. %
the amouutof $4,000 dollars, f1r q S. tax unml
upon coal oil, manufactured by the ST. Allan
Oh Company some years since Rumor sa.
that the Vermont Central road was called On a.
an unpaid tax TO the amount Of 5000 dollar.
tANouLE cor>tY.
The stowe Farmers Club meet every M3ndt,
evening in the yostry of the NJ b. church. anl
have an interesting time.
Alta Union Of the Good I,mpar, Of u5. cluu.
ty, held recently, the following officer. we've ar.
pointed
D. j. Stafford, W. CT. Sarah King, IS ~
T.. A. A. Miles, W S and A. D. NJ Saaar
W NJ. The next Union viii De held at Stove
on the fir, Tuesday in February
ORANGE COUNTY.
The c9mmodious little church 90 Eos, Orange
Is underg ding thorough repair. which will not
be completed until next spring Tie outlay will
amount to several hundred dollars
a little child of Mr. Joseph Wells of We,
Randolph, was burned in a shocking mann-
about the face, mock and chest on Sunday last.
taking basin Of hot water from III the stove
and not knowing the nature Of ia contents Aft.
tempting % drink from f. tisir n f,ir ,,ayt,
recover.
An unoccupici sboo. owned ty a.. t,.. %
farnham' was burned on Tuesday evening at
Bradford loss MT heavy. Probably n ca-e N in.
cendiarism
oa1r,Ns COUNTY
As Mr. Norris and wife Of Bsrion were at.
tempting to cross the railroad TRACK M s,ti, i,r.
ION iasi Monday they were unfortunate enough to
GET on the track just as the cars came along
Iheir horse was put on tie retired list and Mr.
ana Mrs Norris were severely injured.
a partly finished saw mill belonging to John
sawyer IN the west part of Lowell, was burn
ed on the evening OF Oct. 2s,h The fire must
have caught from stove set up in one corner
,.tt.i. -. F'' '''''''. @" D"
his boct, h., ,'o..''' 'sA', muse ''l
item ,,ir,llc IN H., ~. '',N'' ''.'s y,
d,rs IN rn-,.,., no. aas M ~ '',',7'
machinery for cnpboad mill aI or ,ybic,,
were DESTROYED
A few EVENINGS .i,co wan r,;rl-,,t.-
ab,ut si,tcen ,,.. c.,,,;,,., g., NJ.
port on the railroad track and in rassino n elur,t
OF bushes pistol wa. fired at him. the boll ius.
grazing bis cheek
Mrs. Andrew Tibbitts n Mo-. AL,
days since very suddenly. She was helping pre-.
pare breakfast, when She complained Of beipr
faint, went and laid down and expired in few
minutes, She leit child only few weeks old.
WI i''''''7 WIS oohuhea TO ms pcd with fever
AZ 'he ulne'
a. }. Lang Of Charleston, while odginr board