Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-05-29
Vermont News.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

nome from Europe on Monday OF last week
Hon. VIM. E. Park, formerly Senator from
Bennington County, now residing in Charles
town, Mass, is Frustrated with second and
very severe attack of paralysis, and though
hopes are entertained of his recovery, one
side will be palsied.
! The Bennington Free Press says: The
present indications promise larger crop OF
fruit of all kinds than we have had for
several years. Tbs apple, plum, pear and
cherry trees are heavily loaded with blossoms.
Last year the pear crop was heavy, and Is
therefore somewhat reduced this season, but
the trees are promising much better than
could be expected again this season. Unless
cold, blasting winds cut off the young fruit,
we are reasonably sure of an abundant yield
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Faulkner, a student at St Johnsbury
Academy, while practising upon the hori-
zontal bar Thursday evening, fell to tho
ground by reason Of the breaking of the bar,
striking upon his head. He was taken up
insensible, and serious injury was feared, but
he is now out again.
Hardwick people are full of the faith that
the projected Montpelier and Black River
Railroad will cross the Llmoile Valley Rail
road near their village.
Charles French has received the appoint
ment of Station Agent for Hardwick station,
vice Chase II. Eaton, resigned.
Laducer's Hotel at West Danville is now
open. There is talk of putting a sail-boat
on joe Pond this summer.
The CGledOHiGn on the 18th inst, passed
In the town of Peacham a snow drift fifteen
rods long and from one to six feet deep 1t
was in the open field on a soutb-easterly
bluff, where the northwest wind had piled
the dapYn 1uriDu ba ct rrfr
5 Wheeler has commenced carving a tri-
weekly mail from Lyndonville to Island Pond
The Passumpsc road will sell tickets at
reduced fare to those wishing to attend the
Worlds Jubilee in June. None OF the roads
below White River Junction will reduce
their rates at all, they claiming that they
will have all the business they can do at full
fare. Tickets from St. Johnsbury will be
SJ.15, for sale on and after June 18th, and
good to return until June 9th.
Among improvements made BIZ the Pas
sumpsic railroad in its trains, is the keeping
Of telegraphist in the Office at Lyndonville
until the last train reaches White River
Junction at night. Then if any accident
should occur, slight or otherwise, anywhere
on the road, by going to the nearest station
and waking up the telegraph operator, help
could at once be sOmmoned from LyndOngille.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The St. Adams butter market or Tuesday
was active. Common to fair 90 to 25c. me
dunn to good, 70 to 80; selections 80 TO 33c.
No cheese quotations.
The St. Adams Messenger, the other day,
net oue-armed man, and feeling its sympa-
thies running out after him, inquired, " sol
der = lie said, - No, circular saw
Rev. II. W Worthen of Vermont has
been appointed by the Methodist General
now in session at Brooklyn, one
Of the committee on seaman 5 cause.
LANoLLE COUNTY.
The man in WOlcott who was injured by
the premature explosion of a blast, awhile |
good prospect Of recovery.
G.. W. DOty Of the Morrisville stage line, |
has put nice Concord coach on the route
from the depot, at Hardwick, to johnson, /
and with the good and careful driving of
50 Bert, passengers may be sure they viii !
be delivered safely To their destinati0n-as |
well as protected from the weather-in their |
stage ride.-ReD0rier.
ORANGE COUNTY.
RASD0LrH.-Hiram A. Huse, ESQ. who |
has lab0red so eiectually in the Normal School !
since last fall, has left the school much TO |
the regret Of ms classes. His place in the |
school is temporarily filled by Miss Julia H. |
Bailey, late principal of the graded school !
in Barton.
4 man by the name Of Crane, Of Williams |
town, committed suicide by hanging, May |
Il. lie was eighty years Of age, suffering /
terribly from hernia, and had sent his wife |
to have a neighbor 90 for a physician, and |
On her return she found him suspended by a l
cord from a hook overhead.
The Lyndon Union notices an immense |
slide Of rock which occurred on the ledge /
opposite the paper mill near Wells River
Il took the whole force over a week to remove .
t. This is the greatest work on the whole /
inc Of the NJ & W K. road. ID has been
regarded as the bugbear Of the whole line.
But human calculation and energy will soon .
nave the act completed. The work on other
carts Of the line Is prospecting we'll
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Barton Village school district has voted to
-aise two dollars on the dollar Of the grand .
list, TO pay expenses Of repairing the school
rouse.
NEwroET.-Six bridges, railroad and high
way, now span the lake at this point The
ront part al the Memphremagog house will /
)e opened the first Of June.
Glover has had a genuine case Of the small
box Henry Wright. son of David Wright,
ind hostler a Fosters Hotel, soon after re-
urning from Boston was taken sick and died
sunday. Some thirty persons from Glover
md BirtOn-acqUaint visited him
before it was known that the disease was
mail pux. There is good deal of excite
nent IN consequence, and the physicians
make vaccination important branch f
heir business.
RUTLAND COUNTY,
IL takes 1000 carloads of coal to supply
he town Of Rutland The independent says
. If our canal was built, this coal could be
delivered in Rutland at saving of from
SIS, 900 to $50 600 per year
Merritt Cook, formerly of Dandy, fell dead
n mis- tracks, May l4th, while driving cattle
rom the railroad to Granville, n. Y, aged
bout 20.
The annual meeting of the Vermont Bap-
list Sunday School Convention will be held
It Brandon, Wednesday, June 5, 9 o'clock
/. NJ Rev. DR.. Randolph, of Philadelphia,
Brethren Eldridge of Philadelphia, Gannett
# Boston, and other prominent Sunday
school workers from abroad will be present
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Seyenty-six persons have been baptized in
}rattleboro within three months, eleven on
he Doth ult.
The funeral Of Mr.. Zadah Lawrence, of
y est Townshend, which occurred on the
9th inst, was the first that has occurred in
he parish since last September. Lis age