Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-11-06
State Matters.

On October 10th snow fell in CRANKY an inch
deep
Ripe siraxbersies of The second crop have been
picked in number OF places.
hfr. WAipplc. howard. 81 I.udl0w. has raised
this year 1855 hhshels OF corn from one acre.
3 j. Coyey, Of SYNDICATE, has been examined
and locked up in Jail on q charge Of williul
murder.
The town farm house of Dorset was burned
down Monday night, and the family and eight
inmates barely escaped with their lives.
The death Of Seth Taylor, of BondvilIe, is re-
corded. lie was born May 6, l776, and was
nearly nncty-five and a half years Of age.
There have been more buildings erected and
repaired in Windsor, in the past summer, than
have been constructed in any one season for many
years.
Mrs Augustus Pardy, of Bennington. found
6ne partridge dead on her parlor floor the other
day, and hole through the window where it
dashed in.
The Concord W.T. wooden mill foundry, and dye
house, were burned Oct. 81 The capital OF the
company was 100000 insurance on building,
stock and wood, $1,000
Mrs. Elkins, whose head has been whitened by
| the SHOWS Of seventy nine winters, at jackson.
n H., lately drove her own team, with load OF
APPLES, through the Pinkham Notch and the
forests 10 Guiidhall, Vt.
| Henry Barnes, OF Woodstock. has sold his
| mammoth five year old oxen for S275. A broker
soon after offered $500 for them. They were
undoubtedly one Of the best if not the best pair
4 ever raised in this section.
| L. W. Palmer, Supt., of the Passumpsc Rail
road has offered reward Of $50 for informa-
ton leading to the conviction of the person who
put large stone upo. the railroad track south of
Barton landing, ON the nights OF Oct. and ls
On Saturday evening last, young peoples
| prayer meeting was organized at Lyndon Centre,
10 continue through the winter. The next day
Rev Mr. Adams preached on the following subject
'The young people; their place in the State and
in the Church."
The Banner says " Between Salisbury and
Bennington, five miles by correct count, there
are twenty places where whiskey is sold this is
one in eighty rods. Now, as il is said 10 kill at
FORTY rods, 1t would seem that the chances OF
crossing the said road alive are quite Slim
4 James b. Dimock, an engineer on the Vermont
II Central nllroad, fastened sixty pounds of rail
road iron TO his body, and then jumped of from
wharf at New London, o., on Monday night.
or course he was drowned. Depression, conse-
quent upon ill-health, was the cause OF the act.
Looking after stove pipes and chimncys to d.
minsh every possible chance Of fire is the duty Of
every householder as the cold weather approaches
: making numerous fires a necessity. After all
this has been thoroughly done, look at your pol
icy of insurance and sec whether assessment
ia not due, or renewal necessary.
; &C. W Bsowneli, Jr., while at work In the saw
, lm owned ny his brother, >. A. Brownell. and
r himself, at Essex junction, on Wednesday fore
noon, caught his hand under a rope running over
the main shalt, and was carried over the shat
f, several times before the mill could be stopped
Ills arm was found TO be broken between the Of
a bow and shoulder, and he was considerably
bruised otherwise.
II Between l2 and "A O'Clock on wednesda,
morning last, fire was discovered in the factor,
I known as West Monkton Cheese Factory, owneC
by Mr. NJ. H. Dean, which was entirely des
A troyed. The building was valued at $500 in
: sured for 50, $50. In the factory were $500 lbs
: of cheese, valued at $400. Insurance on chess
u 1000. The factory was some forty rods from
: Mr. Dean $ house The FIRE is believed to be thu
work Of an incendisry.
On Saturday evening, October 10th, between
: six and seven O'Clock some rascal syy opene.
, the front door Of Mr. Barnard's house, in Wind
= sor, and stole valuable 0yercoat and pair o
$ panti that happened ~ he In the entry. On tn
Il same evening, and at about the same time al
!, umbrella was stolen from the front door Of nv
Is. N. Stone, on the same street. The oyerc0at
q worth $25, it is believed, offered for sale a
81, on the first OF last week, at White Rive
Junction.
o Books being missed from tho Sunday SchoC
J. Libraries OF the churches at Ludlow, few ger
d tlemen went into the detective business a littl
h aud caught two kanuck women, mother and daugt
y ter. They lived at West Mountain, where III
& head of the household chopped wood. II wa
d learned that they were about seeking net
sphere Of usefulness, and so a search warran
was procured and Sheriff Stimson took two larg
!. trunks in fransitu which were at the depot. y
% being opened they were found to be full Of book
10 some three hundred volumes in all. There wer
10 bibles, hymn books, prayer books Of all Style
A. gift books in various bindings, and lot OF mil
4 cellaneous works. From the confession obtained
u il was found that they had been gathered froi
70 Woodstock, Bridgewater, and Ludlow. Man
contained the name Of the owners.