Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16
Vermont News.

Vermont News.
The Stale fair will be held at ST.
bloomsbury, September 12-l5, and ex-
Gov. Bullock of Massachusetts will de
liver the address.
A girl eight years Of age resides at
Piainfield, who recently harnessed spir-
tied pair of horses and narrowed in ten
acres of grain. Equal to the western
girl
- The house and barn of Josiah Sar-
gent, of Mortified, was destroyed by fire
on Thursday night. Loss, 81 800; in
sured for 81, 200.
The old hotel stand, formerly the
Green Mountain house, at Searsburg,
owned by Sherman Robinson, was total
ly destroyed by fire early Sunday morn
ing loss $4,000, fully insured.
A magnificent elm tree growing be-
tween the residence of Mr.. c. ". Strong,
Addison, and the lake, was thoroughly
splintered by lightning during a thunder
storm on Tuesday of last week. The
elms Of that town are particularly large
and handsome, and the destruction of
one is really public loss.
= An interesting little boy of Mr..
Horton, of Vergennes, cashier of Yer
gennes Bank, eighteen months old, came
near dying Friday afternoon from the eff
fects of eating sugar coated morphine
pills that were accidentally left in his
way. BY prompt and severe measures
during the night, he was saved.
= Freeman Reyes, prominent rail
road man and Vermonter, died at Chi
cage, on Saturday, while on his way to
Kansas with his son and party of men
to examine the affairs Of the Atchison
and Topeka railroad, Of which his broth
er Henry, lately deceased, was president
He was formerly engaged with his broth
er at Newbury in country store.
- About midnight Tuesday night, a
fire broke out in the engine room of Cole
Bro.'s laundry, situated near the depot
at Bennington, The laundry was utter
| iy destroyed before proper assistance
could be rendered. The engine compan-
les were promptly on hand, but did not
get to work, the hose being out of order.
Loss not estimated.
A part of what Henry Rose of St.
Johnsbury, VT, knows about farming is
that hay should not be fed out to stock
until it is thoroughly seasoned He has
some that was put into his barn by his
forefathers, sixty years ago, and ism
expecting to feed it out for year or
two yet.
= The Boston Journal in noticing the
the Herald correspon Tents Startling
| Fact" says Some genius in Vermont
has made the startling calculation
that in that staid, matter-of-fact State
there are no fewer than 2S, 600 drunkards
that is, men who are recognized sots
Of hard drinkers there are 1880, and
of occasional or polite drinkers there are
over 1000, making in all A 800 tiplers.
- The sons of Vermont residing in
New York city have organized social
club under the name OF Green Mountain
Club, and are fitting up house on oath
street, near Fifth avenue, for their head
quarters. o. P. Chandler. President OF
the first national bank of Woodstock,
VT, has been elected president of the
organization.
- The State Eclectic Medical Society
held its sixth annual meeting at Mont
pelier on Wednesday. DIR. w. S. john
son of Milton was elected President, and
DR.. Albeit Dodge of Chelsea, Secretary
Four new members were added to the
rolls, and after the ordinary business was
completed, the Society was addressed at
some length by the New York State del
egate, DR.. j. NJ Comins of New York
city. Several names were presented for
membership TO the National Eclectic As
ISOLATION, which is to be held at New
York in October
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