Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-14
Vermont News.
Adds n COUNTY.

Vermont News
Adds CoUETY.
The citizens # New Haven sent S25S TO the
| Michigan and Wisconsin suf rers.
p Billing, of Ripton, l. hauling to hiF NIL
ten Thousand logs, to be woka1 INTO slaves, shin
giles and clapbo tros.
--Thrre is a birch tree standing on land owned
by W. Z. Cushman, of RIpton, thai, five feet
from the ground, measures thirteen fee- IN cir
cumf-rence, and at so feet divides into three
branches, the sm .ller of which will .u~asurs z
| at least, feet IN diameter
Hill & Frske's blacksmith shop, W -ybridge,
recently turned out, three Day, with tw men
| fo~ty-six well shod horses besides he usut' work
which must BE- do e at this time OF the year.
| Cbey doing well.
| As the time for holding the December term OF
| the County Court draws I-ear the eNcfe0e IN
Bristol in regard TO The Ring murder Gaze. in
c eases. That terrbl- scene is s'ili fresh III the
minds of all who witt essen tie terrible tr4s ady.
-Moses Smith of starkshoro aved S., recently
fell and dislocat one hould-r wh'le Siding wood
| doE the moun'ain.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
| The track 81 the Lsm-lle Valley Railroad
has reach Hardw CT, whrIe viii sep = the
Vint.r. Trains will b. gin rInn'ng at once, con-
netting with tn PassuInysIc road.
d. w. Cboate # Peachasn, during the past
Sc lson, raised IS lambs trom IS ewes, and sold
| the lambs and WOO for 100.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Snow commenced falling in St. AIbsns
Tuesday last, and there is 90 Il sl-,ghinz IN
fletcher and other TO Fns in franklin Counry.
A burglarious sttempt to d, pretty big
thing IN Mr.. Olmstead's s ore. olUs-e ID Fall,
SheItou, the 81 inst, resulted in re ting "nlv
a barrel or two Of Il .ur, owing to Rasinty TO get
any farther than into the baseuen
Each of the towr 5 in the Mis,isquoi Valley
have one or more s-arch factories whel the iar-
mers dispose of their potat"es, receiving from 20
to IS cents r bu,hel. The yield OF the stsrrh is
about nine pounds to a bu-h-l of po,atoe., and
there is a large margin for profit
The Burlington Episcopal Oonvoca' ion wilt
hold its next meeting in Union Church, Mont
somery, commencing on Tuesday, Dec. urh.
Rev. Francis w. Smith Will pre- lch the opening
sermon IN the evening
The Thermometer a. Sheldon on Wednesday
morning marked 20 degrees be ow Z 70.
The Teachers Institute for the County OF
Franklin will be held ut Richford on the 18th mt
TO be conducted by U. Il. Kne, \. N, of Rhode
Island.
The National Union Bank of Swanton holds
its annual elec ion January 9Th.
LAMouLE CJUsTY.
Geo. W. Doty, of Morr,svrIl., will soon put
| on the road between South II 4rdwick and John
son, four-horse stage fitted Up IN good style
as any in Northern Vermont.
wAsHINGToN COUNTY.
-phiuaas FLINT in a tb.
tain in Roxbury, bear which weighed about
one hundred pounds, Nov. lOth.
WHITMAN COUNTY.
DIR. Charles Jewett, the veteran Temperance
lecturer, lectures in the principal towns OF Wind
ham county, this week and next.
j. C. Tolman, sash and blind manufacturer
| of Bellows Falls, generously presented each Of
his workmen with a Thanksgiving turkey.
The Vermont Central have recently covered
their bridge at Bellows Falls with TN, which will
insure it against fire.
S. L. Hunt, of Gulf ri, found twenty If his
sheep badly bitten by dogs, Nov. 22d, and on the
9th many more were bitten. Those who own
dogs had better keep their eye on them.
While Stacking cars at Bellows Falls. the
other day, Alvin ThOmp-on. a freight brakeman
Oh the Vermont Central railroad, had his lead
badly crushed between the foatboards He vas
taken to his home in Woodstock, and is in a fair
way to recover.
WINDSOR COUNTY
The National White River Bank at Bethel,
holds its election January oh.
1t is said that Minot Wheeler, Esq , of Row
alton, raised the past season, $50 bushels of vel
low French turuips from one-fourth Of an acre Of
ground.
"A little son of Mr.. Gates, superintendent #
the telegraph lines, at White River Junction. f-I
a few days ago, and fractured one Of his legs
above the knee.
The White River Hotel of L. Pease Sons,
has passed into the hands of Charles A Peas.
The Fork Shop of French, Watson & Co.. oil
White River, when in full blast turn Of from 81
to 40 dozen of 10 ks in day Thev wit in a few
days stat a nsw branch in th.ir business. maxi
ing shove's. They intend TO manufacture about
20 dozen day.
-Forty-fve coal stoves have been sold at White |
River, during the past year, and coal is much
used in that cinity.
KEY. j. W. ADAMS OF Winchester, delivered |
a witty pom, entitled Axes TO Grind at the
fesFival given by the ladies Of the Methodist |
church In HtTtland, NOVEMBER 22d.
The Vermont Central Railroad have nearly
hnishe1 large and well-srrapged rou nd house At
Viii River Junction, with a capacity for thir-
ty-nine locomotives
Oils spsuldinz, an experienced poultry raiser
of Andover, forwarded b. mar, Ct one Fay this
week twenty chickens, weigh 'pg one hondr d and
one pounds; also so one pair IN Eco A'bee,
weighing eleven pounds. All # 'he -bove were
Matched the last Of June or first of July.
Temperance meetings are being held at Lua-
low
Oliver Gates has been appointed Postmaster
at Brownsville, Vice Amasa F, Robinson re-
signed.