Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-24
Vermont Items.
ADDISON COUNTY.

young lady in Bristol attemp pied suicide,
not long since, by taking oil of cedar
A school district in the south part Of Bris-
tol has a committee consisting OF a man, his
wife and daughter. 1t is needless to add
that the daughter is TO teach the school.
Cornwall has sixty-fve acres Of its land
planted to onions and has a much larger
amount of land assigned to the sugar beet.
Addison county has five Masonic Lodges,
with membership of nearly five hundred.
Forty five cents per pound for washed
wool and thirty cents per pound for unwash-
ed wool, is paid at Middlebury.
rather savage specimen of wild cat,
was shot by John Gregory, Jr., of Addison
a lew days since, on his fathers farm, IN
that town.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Large supplies OF charcoal are now obtained
from Arlington and the vicinity by iron man
ufacturers Of Eastern New York and Con
nectlCut.
The Manchester Journal, after announcing
that somebody or other is buying calf-sktns,
advises It's readers to take UP their skins TO
him and get the highest price. Compliment
tary; but if the advice Is generally followed
what will become of the Journal subscription
list.
There is tempest in a teapot in Ben
nington, excited by the pupils IN the Graded
School being required to take turns IN
sweeping the local temple Of knowledge.
+ \ Bennington man is trying to invent a
portable water wheel which will supersede
LOGON olives. With one Of these wheels and
/ a tub Of water mounted on wheels, the We
bicle will run until the water evaporates
Twenty thousand dollars have been sub
scribed IN Bennington toward the Walloom-
sac Railroad.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
( One day last week Hubbard Graves Of
Lyndon shot an otter near hls house which
had been followed by his dog. 1t is the
only one ever shot IN that town, TO far rs we
know.
James Williams Of Lyndon recently soaked
some corn nStrychnlne and scattered 1t over
his fed.-rhe next morning he went out
and stacked up p dead crows Williams
can cro5g over that success.
On the 18th, the National Bank Of Lyndon
declared a semi-annual dividend Of four per
cent.
Mark L. Hovey of st. JJhnsbury East,
has a few dairy cows worth Dragging about
4 Canada Durham on Thursday last gave Al
pounds Of milk, on Friday 40 pounds and
Saturday 80 pounds. he first day she was
fed three quarts OF oat meal, and the second
and third days five quarts each. An Ayr
shire and a native gave 10 pounds a day each
during the same time, with hay and two
quarts of Indian meal each.
WALDEN-On Sunday last, one Mason and
wife. who live on Cold Hill, started to 90 to
meeting, and found 1t so cold that they
turned back When within mile OF heme,
T.. A. KIttredge and one Swallow came out
Of Mr.. Coles house, took Mason from the
wagon, and gave him good pounding, IN
Til he promised not TO complain OF them tor
the pounding and several other things which
he had previously accused them OF. lie
promised but afterwards forgot, and did COM
plain On Wednesday OF this week they
were in the presence OF Justice Chamberlain,
examined and bound over to the County
Court in the sum of $50 each. kittredge
claimed Mason had been lying about him
and accusing him of improper conduct with
Mason's wife, all of which Kittredge most
soemuly denied.
The town Of Kirby contains neither store,
hotel, village nor post-otice
CHTTFNDsN COUNTY.
A sad occurrence took place on the Vt.
Central cars at Essex Junction last week, in
the sudden death OF young lady. Miss Ida
Seaver, aged 10 years, daughter of Mr.. James
B Seaver, of Hinesburgh. She was IN poor
health and on her way home from visit to
an uncle IN Malone, n. y
There were lO7 tubs Of butter sold in Mil
market, at from % to % cents per pound.
Milton Falls Factory shipped - boxes OF new
cheese 600 lbs to Ii X Slayton, Manches-
ter, to be sold on commission.
Luther Herrick of Milton has on his farm
nine miles of fine stump fence.
A boy named Eaton, some IA years OF
age shot himself accidentally at Richmond,
last week The ball entered his bowels, Sc
verely but it is hoped not fatally injuring
him.
Gen. George j. Stannard of Burlington
has been elected one of the Grand Army OF
the Republic
EsEEX COUNTY.
The people of Island Pond are attempting
to raise money enough to buy fire engine
1925 was subscribed IN one day.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Ricbford will build this summer two new
churches, school house, sundry bridges, and
several other buildings.