Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-29

Mr.. Elisha Drown, Of Sheffield, while go
ing down the Lougee hill with his horse,
the horse slipped down and broke his hip SO
that he had TO he killed.
Isaac Kingston, Of Sheffield has the cham
pion turkey, weighing nearly thirty lbs; he
paid $500 for him.
BENZ Mack, while engaged in doing tho
mason work ON H. Il. Mack's new marble
shop, in lIardwck on the 9Oih, slipped and
fell from an ley plank upon which he was
entering the building, and broke his right
thumb very badly.
Mark French, of IIardwick, fell In his
barn, ON the Goth, breaking his collar bone
aud otherwise injuring him severely. The
cllir, of The iall rendered him partially I'M
conscious tor ,eycral days. lie was however
hpynyins at latest accounts.
Iturcstn Gray, u boy about ls years old,
lately employed Us an apprentice in the liyh-
| don Carriage Company's establishment, has
| lately been detected in stealing. lie quit
| the carriage company last summer, and after
u while went To st. Johnsbury MS porter ~
! the st. Juhn~bury House. Cigars ana sill
yer began to disappear and Gray lost his
! situation. lie camc back to Lyndon, ami |
| last week il WAS discovered that he had stol- |
cn from the Wcukses ut different times |
| an ovrrcont, irock coat, pants and vest, |
drawers, rubbcrs, knit jackot, neck-tic, ~ |
| pair al boots, &c. lie was first detected by !
giving pair of pants TO his boarding mis- |
truss TO make over for her boy. They were |
| new, aud she took them to Weeks to cN- |
change for cloth. The owner recognized
their property, and forced him TO own up to
the foregoing articles. Hearing that they
were about to arrest him, he fled for parts
unknown UHion.
The oyster supper ut the Congregational
hall. ut st. .Johnsbury Center, was n decided
success. clearing, although the weather was
unfNornhlc, S7l.50.
Moses iIumlpy, of st. ,Iohnsbury Centre is
just completing fine set of farm buildings
house main part, 30N30, with IT,; u horse
barn, 3ON2j-whch will make II very nice
appearance.
Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks pastor of the
Congregational Church ut st. Johnsbury
Centre, has rendered his resignation. The
CaicdOHioH says he wa, impcsled to tins step
from the long-cuntinucG Illness of his family,
making II change q? climate Imperative. All
who know Mr.. Fairbanks will unite in SYM
patty aud hearty good wishes for him and
his, wherever they go.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The venerable Roy. Alvah S,lbin OF Geor-
gin, has returned in good health from n sum-
mer's sojuurn with his children west.
, LAMoILLE COUNTY.
A charter fora railroad through Stowe has
been granted by the present Legislature, and
, efforts to bond the town are being made by
some of its most stirring citizens.
$ ORLEANS county,
F, Corodrn Cummings, of Newport, has put
! into his barn floor set of Fairbanks scales
y 4 H., prnlupts
A good operation. Every farmer ought to
n have them.
: Mr.. Charles Becdlo and wife, Of Glover,
!, Mrs Emma (3aily) Bcedlc the famous con-
. tralto singer, are about to return to Orleans
county MIR. Becdle's health is very much
impaired They will stop for u time ut Bar
il ton, where their parents reside.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Daniel Austin of Pittsford, killed two
l. ycar-old hog, Tuesday, that weighed fifteen
e hours after being dressed, Ssl pounds.
N Grab Apple" the famous trottng nag, is
is down with the ephippic.
u WARRINGTON COUNTY.
Two Brothers named Green, ard another
Young man named Herbert Barrett, were
arrested. and tried on the 2lst, before Judg'
SIS Putnam, ut Woodbury., charged with assault
y and battery upon Richard Downing, Al
re the parties were residents of West Woodbury.
OF and the affair was but the elimination OF nj
% old grudgc which the boys concluded to sci
W. tie M in this brutal way. Horace Gree
=. was bound up to appear ut county court lie
= bert Barrett was fined $40, and costs, an
!. Forest Green discharged
nm Montpelier leads all the towns of Vernon
h., for the literary taste OF its people. fou
no hundred aud fifty season tickets have bee
nc sold for the present winter course OF lectures
III l.. l.. Burlington has resigned the prcceI
ny torship of the Goddard Seminary at Barr,
* and Frank NJ. Halves, a late graduate OF Iui
ut college, is his successor.
oil WINDSOR COUNTY.
'' South Royalton was recently excited owe
a bold attempt to abduct II young woma
named Julia Foster, % years OF age, irol
the very door of her home. She had slcppe
10 Ia the back-doOr, one evening, about % .
Ter clock when she was seized by man WI
tn- prevented an cutlery by covering her face an
mouth with the shawl she wore. In this pc
hc sitiou she was borne some distance across
field, rs she thinks, to whore an accomphV
was waiting with Il team. Here she WI
pt' placed in Il carriage, ana all threo stIrtc
lp- whittier she knew not. In the mean TN
ity her strange disappearance had becon
yer known, and the citizens soon rallied to scar!
the locality and river bank. Wmle u
,ut search was carried on, news came that 81
had arrived safe at neighbours, having SUI
ccedcd in escaping from the dastardly VI
ov. inins. The intention of hci abducters, hi
rd they succeeded in carrying out their base a.
n.y. sign must for the present. at least remain
W S mystery.
~ WINDHAM COUNTY.
st. The committee of investigation into Il
ler, management ofthc Brattleboro insane asylu
are only part through the work. They IND
ellis deal of old iogyism ut ioast-is TO mo
unss henious sins the verdict is not made up "
oS' The grounds about the grave OF Jam
Fisk, Jr., at Brattlcboro, have been tasteiu
,n,t ia arranged aud II magnificent curbng