Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-03

fused for half interest in the Mount Verd slate
quarry at Granville.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Fresh violets are now blooming on the hills;des
in Woodford.
A correspondent of the Banner has the fol-
lowing relative to affairs at North Bennington
Speaking of vegetables, probably the largest
eabjcge head ever raised in this village, is on
the shoulders of the boy who allowed himself to
no sent 10 the barber's shop for basket Of
shaUings.
We have families here who keep COWS, pigs,
etc. and also keep good fires in their stoves, end
yet they have no barns or pig stys, and have not
been known to buy wood for some considerable
time past. We do not speak Of this in fault
finding spirit, but it is to show examples Of
good managing"
The Bennington Manufacturing Company,
is the largest shawl mandatory IN the eoun-
try.
Hon. 7. W. Park, has recently sold four yesr
old heifer raised on his farm, which has taken
two State Fair premiums and weighed, when
killed, ops pounds.
Bennington aud North Bennington. have
both sent large amount Of clothing to the Chi
csgo sufferers.
Horse racing, AMI base ball matching are
among the autumn sports Of the Benning-
tonisns.
South SALISBURY has built the b.st school
house in the COUNTY.
The Eagle Square Company at South Shaft
bury, are about erecting an extensive building
as an addition to their works
Harvey, Arnold & Co, Of North Adams, have
bought two-thirds of the Barker & Plunkett mill
property, in North Pownsl One hundred and
fifty additional looms are TO be aided, as the
water power is equal to the use Of 500 looms
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The baIlsst;ng anu grazing Of the Missisquoi
Road is completed to the Stevens Bridge in
Enosburgh.
Luther L Davis has been appointed United
States Consul at Sutton P. T., AMI will be To-
Gated either at Sutton Flat Or Abercorn.
Since the trains commenced running On the
Missisquoi Railroad, Montgomery gets daily
mail, instead Of tri-seekly one, as formerly.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
CAPTAIN Moses Mcfarland has soil the sash,
door and blind mandatory. and the two dwell
ings connected with it, At Waterville, 10 George
Mann, formerly Of East Franklin, who, IN con-
pany with his father, Mr.. Hiram Mann, intends
to establish business Of manufacturing axes
and hoes Tae sash and blind msuuficiory Will
he run as before.
On Friday afternoon last, the nearly completed
mill-lam Of the Buck Brothers. northeast Of the
village Of johnson, VAS swept away, taking
with it the bridge which crosses from the new
street just below; also doing some damage to
the mill, which is IN process Of erection
four hundred young bruin unwisaly put his
foot in a trap set By Curtis Brown, At Be.yiiese,
few days ago. He was connoiss UT in sheep.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The White River Valley Musical Association
held session at West Randolph this week. The
soloist was Miss Lizzie BAbbitt, Of thsi village.
RUTLAND COUNTY
The congregation Of the Methodist church at
P0ultney, have sent two valuable boxes 10 the
Western sufferers, each valued At 500; one
went to Chicago, the other the Msy0r Of Green
Bay City.
NJ C. Bullock Of Rutland has received q pa
tent for rod chSnneling machine.
l. & Clogston, Of Fairhsven, has just obtain
el 4 patent on marble gang, which bids fair TO-
revOutioniza the business Of saving marble. Il
consists Of a saw gate constructed entirely Of
wrought iron, thereby combining strength AMI
simplicity Of construction with exceeding light
ness, the gSta weighing less than one-half that
Of the old gang It can sls1 be made Of sup1-
rior strength sul st a much less expense. IL has
been tried in some Of our largest mills AMI found
to take much less power than has been required
heretofore.
There AZ f1ar llnaias schools in progress ia
the village Of E1;land.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Washington County Court granted nine
divorces.
W.SDHAM COUNTY.
The farmers in the vicinity Of Wilmington had
their - annual weighing bee" on Saturday
afternoon, the 18th mat, giving for the tine a
lively appearance to the little village among the
hills Thirty pairs CT oxen and steers we're
taken here and weighed, and we noticed some
nice pairs that would compare fAvoraby with
most Of those on exhibition al cattle shows. The
weight Of some Of the heaviest pairs with their
sges and the names Of their owners, we give as
follows: r H. Faulkner. l pair Of yesrling
steers, $50 lbs, l pair two years old. 2,iJJ
lbs. pair oxen five yeas old, 8, 100 lbs. Perry
Hall Of Halifax, pair three years Old, 1900
los D. c. Fairbanks, l pair four years Old, g.
422 lbs. Also fourteen horses and colts were
led upon the scales-singly We mesn-to ascer-
tain their avoirdupois.
4 peculiar case Of libel was tried At the county
court al NewfSns, the other day The aggrieyeI
party, Dwight n. Connable Of BATnardstown,
Mass brought action against Charles Bsbcock
Of Guilford, for SANDER in utteriuy the words
20 Dwight took false oath at Greeufel1," sad
for libel in publishing some verses entitled
81 DEight's Character" which placed Csnnob!e
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turned verdict for Babcock.
II. Il. FELTON, is erecting new saw mill AMI
chair factory At Jamaica.
Mrs. Willard White, Of Grafton. las had,
siuce the lith Of lNst May, 90 pounds OF water
taken from her side by DR.. Campbell Of Saxtoas
River
There are two smart old ladies in Saxtons
River, Mrs Shsttuck and Mrs. Newton, both
over ninety The other day one made call
upon the other, AMI declined an invitation 70
stop to tea, on the srounl that she hal several
other calls 70 make.
At the adjourned term of the Windham
County Court. Judge Ross presided On the I.
call Of the d0ck-t tEenty-six cases we're set for
the jury.
West Brattleboro, the former seat Of the I.
BrsttlebOro Academy, has a new boarding
school Tor both lads and lssses called Belair In
stitute, of which, Miss Annie L. Grou- Is prin- .
cipal.
Beausesnt Commaniery Of Knights Templsr .
of Brsttleleboro, visited Greenfield Mass, on
Wednesday, accompanied by the Brsuleooro |.
Brass Band They partook Of supper AMI re
turned on the evening train.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Frank TrusseI son of Albert G. Trussei, Of I.
Perkinsyille, was found dead in his bed on the
morning Of the 10Th inst His age was 10 years.
lie had been in poor health for = long time
Several Chester merchants have recently !
missed goods from their Boston shipments, con /.
sisting Of oSercosts shswls, dress goois, etc, TO
quite an smount.
Six prisoners are in jail at Woodstock on 4
charge Of high crimes,-oue for murder. one for .
rape. two for theft, one fer breach Of trust and .
another To- obtaining goods on false pretenees.
The dlsgraceful row in the Upiversalist church
st Chester, arising from the publication of Il
beous article, written by C. B. Spaulding. sud
rejecting upon Rev. f. T. Foster, the pastor.
reached the point Of the arrest of Mr. Foster,
last week, on a suit for SANDER. The affair was
planned so as to hustle him into prison, but this
purpose WAS foilel, and bail secured,
EFFECT OF THE GaEAr FIRE. - The various
in which great fire may operate are
now to be widely felt. Our broken
insurance companies are calling in real est ate
loans. aud shout one hundred millions o. mort
cages must now be paid. Real estate will soon
be thrown upon the mSrkes to an almost IN
parallel extent, and prices must fall to a corres-
ponding degree. This decline is shown in the
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