Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-27


/ 3 ,J32 pounds of cheese were shipped from
the depot. Potatoes command forty cents
per bushel.
The tenth annual fair of the Orwell Far
mers' club viii he held in that town
Wednesday, oct 4th 1t is expected that
some Of the finest stock horses in the county
of Addison VIII be present.
In Salisbury, recently, staging gave way
on which were four men who tad been sla-
ting the house. precipitating the men 70 the
ground, some - feet, injurIng two Of them
slightly. 1t was lucky cape from seri-
GUS results.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A witness in a liquor trial at Lyndon last
week, aroused an unpleasantness In the court
room bY testitying that he drank with two
meu-one of the lawyers employed in the
case, and the Justice hearing 1t.
Charles NJ LadI, son Of Asa Ladd, Of
Lyndon. committed suicide on the morning
Of the 9th inst. by hanging himself n his
barn. lie was about > years old, and leaves
q wife. and child some sir or seven years old.
lie was supposed % be a man of good habits,
and no cause is ASST gned for the act He
arose In the morning usual, went out into
/ the shed for some kJndllnys To start a fire.
| ld after collecting them, left tn Ii, and ia
f. king rope went into the horse barn and
hung himself. When found, lie was extinct
c. II * j. NJ Weeks and Lorenzo Quinn
BIZ have purchased Walker hotel at Lydon-
VILE, including furniture and other stuff
about the premises for SO, 500.
Tho corner stone Of the new Congregation
al ehurch-in Lvnd lnyilie, was Iti4 with op-
( propriate ceremonies On Wednesday. sept. 6.
currE>DEv oorNrr.
Attf edmond market on Monday. 1000
. boxes OF cheese and 30 tubs of butter Farm
DAIRY chee- sold lrJm tJ 4 cents and
factory and sage at from II to II cents per
pound. Butter. fair, at from - % - cents ,
choice at from r e ~ cents per pound
tRANkLi> COUNTY.
The hop market is quite active and q
good article bring 10 cents per pound THIS
unusually high price VIII stimulate IS many
farmers u engage in hop-raising next year
thar If the crop should prove a large one,
nominal prices would be THE result.
The telegraph IS now in operation in Ba-
ker-Gcld, and Ie-patclCs are sent throI gh %
any desirable point.
b. r. Stiles of Berkshire. from - bush
els s0wln. Of wheat on one acre of srau"d
I tare-heI ~ bushels of clean, plump wheat.
The Miss,squoi railroad $ now completed
10 RIchfJri and trains will soon pc running
there
The Franklin County Fair at Sheldon. last
rrcL, 49,. ,.,- v.r,, s,,-.,o-.r.,I ,,i,.+.r.,,
tendance OWN, H. nm. uns,y,r, NJ. ,,aarr..-
I The aggregate number ot entries were, how
ever IN - the average. The show of ,a,trIe
ami sheen WIS the best ever GIVEN in Nh.
country, but the show in horses was inferior
to that OF former exhibitions. There was "a
fine display of butter and cheese G0v- Sew
art Delivered the annual address.
were over : 600. enough 10 NEE, ali debts.
y expenses ant premiums.
The merchants of St Adams nave agreed
to close their stores nj eight o clock. CS4tur-
day evenings and pay days exceVtcl,) from
October lsr until April lst.
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'"'I 40 D"''.i ii1'N '' Auh''44S9' I''"'''
SIX eeiic77 p'Ii'oeS last 7Pl!h-' from
""'eN ne aug ~ august ~ Il "l7''e.-
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A French boy named Breton. about II
years of AGE. when about half w4v between
East and West Charleston, was set uron bv
two villains who beat him IN "A terrible mau-
ner, robbed him Of a watch, $50 in money,
and ring, and left him half dead
The annual exhibition of The Orleans
County Agricultural Society M Barton.
though not up to former ones, was a fine one
ana very successful. The entries in an de-
partments numbered about 6O9, and the re-
ceipts at the gate and from the sale Of mem
5ershlp tickets Will reach nearly or quite
Ss0O' LEAVING the society entirely out OIL
debt
A company from Connecticut have pur-
chased two thousand acres Of land in vs. est
more, and intends to erect steam saw mill
at Long Pond tins IAN Next spring they
VIII hniiu a steam Hhl7hing niI near est
Burke depot.
RUTLAND COUNTY
the Grand Jury found forty-seyen bills Of
Indictment at the present term Of Rutland
County Court
The lumber mill, owned BY p l.. Griffith.
at nit Tabor, was burned on Friday last
; The mill was undergoing repairs, a large
number Of workmen being employed, bat all,
with the exception OF two were absent at
tending the far How the mil caught ire
is shrouded IN mystery. There was v'ry