Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-10-21
STATE NEWS.
A young man named Bashaw had two

"A young man named DaSnaW mad TWO
fingers sawed off at the scale shops at
St. Johnsbury, one day last week.
The annual meeting of the State dairy
mans association will be held at Mont
pelier on the Esd, Henry Clark of Rut-
land delivering the address.
The Legislature has been petitioned to
make membership of secret associations
a challengeable disqualification for sit
ting on jurles.
Rev. Mr.. Glazier, chaplain of the
Vermont Senate, carries an emptysleeve,
which comes from honorable service in
the late war.
At last reports, the enemies of the
Central have concluded not to drivet that
corporation into bankruptcy the grade
seems little too heavy.
Francis Daniels of Grafton, who claims
to be the champion fruit grower of Wind
ham county, has gathered seventyfve
bushels of grapes this season, notvith-
standing the fact that the severe winter
DESTROYED some of his best vines.
Locals are getting scarce. Would
some of our people have the kindnss to
get drunk, or knock somebody down
present company excepted finnish
us good local ?-Lyndon Union.
ney. ormon rarnelee, ID. d., Yer
mont pioneer preacher, now in the mae
ty-frst year of his age, few Sundays
ago preached his sixty-fourth anniv,rsa-
ry sermon of his settlement in Westlord.
Not one of his first congregation 5, to
his knowledge, now living.
SECOND DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CbN-
vENTIoN.--The Democratic District
Committee have called a convention at
W. R. Junction on Thursday, Oct. 24th
the next day after the Republican
convention.
The weather has been decidedly cold,
and indeed winterish. during the week.
Three inches of snow were reported on
Walden nights last Friday morning.
Hard frosts have cut down all tender
vegetation, and the forests are fast drop
ping their leaves.
The body of an unknown coloret man,
with the legs tied together with rope,
was found in the river at Highgate on
Sunday. A coroncr's jury rendered a
verdict of death by violence at the hands
of some person unknown. Deceased was
apparently about IS years of age.
A brakeman on freight train was in
stantly killed on Wednesday morning
by striking against the bridge justabov,
". Randolph as he was in the act O.
swinging himself from the saloon to tn,
top of the train. Another was injured
at the same time and in the same man
ner. The man who was killed wa
named Sturgiss.
A petition signed by 81 citizens 0
Guilford, setting forth alleged iniquit
Gus practices of Free Masons, has bee
presented to our Legislature. Mr.. Field
Piooocu nIInscII DIS nuu III sympathy WIG
the petitioners, but acted in accordanc
with their request. The state shoul
build railroad and telegraph throug
Guilford, and let them out into tn
world.-E1change
Gov. Converse's message is business
like document, devoted entirely to stat
affairs, calling attention, among othe
things, to the need of improvements il
the insane asylum, the desirabillty 0
doing something for the idiotic childrel
of poor parents, and suggesting the nee,
of additional legislation for enforcement
of the liquor law. Besides these sub
Jects, there are to come before the Leg
islature propositions for a general rail
road law, change in the method of tax
alton and other important matters.
The state of the butter market at St
Albans on Tuesday was active common
to fair 10 to 20 cents medium to gooc
20 to % cents; choice 80 to SO cents
selections 33 to 30 cents. The butte
market at Richmond, Monday, was ex
cited under the recent advance in prices
and 1000 boxes of cheese and 800 tub
of butter were sold the cheese at II l.:
to II, and the butter at so to 80, ant
some choice rolls in California style fo1
35 cents.
Isadore (Felch) Goodell died at Mont
real the 18th inst. Some two or three
years ago Isadore eloped from Passump
sic with Jack Woods-she leaving ;
kind husband. and he faithful, loving
wife. Woods made no provision for hi,
wife's support, and she died in a few
months poor and broken-hearted. The
conduct Of Isadore almost killed heI
mother and she lately passed away. Now
the telegraph announces Isadore's death
and rumor accuses Woods of poison.
ing her although he is held in such de-
testation by the people about Passump.
sic that such story might be made o.
whole cloth. Woods keeps rum-hole
in Montreal Caledonion
First regular train of cars reached