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VERMONT NEWS.


| ADDIsOS COUNTY
| In Moline, Ill, lives John Deere, who Was
formerly blacksmith in Middlebury, and who
came there from that town, years ego, with , 10
! and kit Of tools as his entire stock in trade.
He now owns 600 acres Of land Fear Moline,
sad is the head of concern, whose factory makes
60. 900 plows aud cultiv.;Ors per year, and the
csp.city Of which will be increased one-hs!f this
season. lie hss a weI-earnei reputation for
generosity in aiding persons Of talent to posi-
tons where they can achieve recognition. a
marked instance OF this recently occurred NRere
the old gentleman busiel himself in getting up
An audience for 5 young lady whose great rau-
steal powers. through the fundamentally Of
few people like him, are becoming known to the
genera! public.
! L,., week. G7S0 lbs Of butter and l1iO lbs.
/ Of cheese we're fhippe1 from New Haven. Ihe
former wss bought for 22J., End large proper
ton Of it was held over.
/ In the gale Of Friday afternoon, June list,
much dAmsge wSs done Id Chimney Point. HE
barn of Cyrus Allen, near the lake, opposite
/ Port Henry, was completely prostrsted BY Inc
| gale. Air. A. was in the barn AZ the tine Inc
wind came from the vest, sn1 a. the res;s;ioes
current Of air struck the barn he rushed out
through a small door on the vest side, while the
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with his life The barn vas 30x4O. built Of
solid oak timbers lOxl2, bu, it did not sppesr Of
a feathers weight in this fesrful bow. Two
horses we're in the bern-one attached to bcv-
gy was standing on the barn floor, and ore OF
the heavy bents fell c,ose by, but did not hit or
iniure either the horse OF conveyance. Fences
we're overturned, and numbers Of large pine
trees were blown down on Mr.. As farm. Az
osk tree, over two feet in diameter wAS broken
of by the wird close TO the ground
The usually quiet town Of Leicester OF FIJI
lay, the tfth inst WAS the scene Of = murder0us
ARRAY. Two men, usmei Armstrong and Bruey,
while Intoxicated got into a quarrel. Arm
strong struck Bruey with knife which took e.
feet in the side. glanciny down near tae heart.
The parties were both arrested. Armstrong
was fcreman Of Powers lime quarry
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Harmon Taylor, Of Factory Point, was en-
ployei nearly all lay the fret part Of last weea
under cac Of the tunnels IN Aiessrs. Free!.ey's
quarry arranging some parts Of tie ma5hirtry
Of tie drilling machine, be is a. present En-
gagged IN running The next morning the bench
1t which ne was Al work WAS found shattered
into kin1ling wood by large scale which fell
from the roof Of the tunnel during the night.
Harmon holds policy il The Travellers Accident
InsuIsac Co, bu, fortunately for him AMI the
company lie vas rot at work when she Fcaie fell.
Alonzo B-oyhy Was nit in the side sal back ty
one Of the gsngs in Fields marble NIL in East
Dorset, one dag last week anl feIiouslT injured
He va solicited 10 take out Al accidental policy
in the Travellers short time since but be Put II
Of for = more convenient se.soa- 10 this case
We hSye proof that Relays sre always danger
Gus.
4 Greeley AID Brown 5sg wss raisei at North
Bennington on Weiaefl=y and salute Of one
huci guns dre!.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
In di-eics ci-tern FOR Mr. Horace Jackson,
u West street. s.. J5has5ary, tie Workmen
found tao toEls come nine feet under ground.
Three feet Of the top soil w1s loan, AMI the bot
tom ,ix feet s0ii cay. The toIis we're n tie
clay, each Cling = hole just iA-se enough FOR is
body, aad in shSpe correrFondiug Herewith
v len first found they were Of the color # tie
clay, but the next 1Crni1gthey had assumed the
color O: tcais living above grcCrl After they
were uncovered they hoped about a. ether /
tosis &c.
car loal u corr S.oci 81 tie lep5. a lard /
wick, waiting 70 be unloSiel. In order 70 10 % /
more hsniily, it WAS desrei 70 change It's p7si- /.
ton, sni it vas started along little. The re .
suit, becEute Of tie steep grade, Ess thst the .
car wc1t Of swiftly, leaving Hsrlwick station I
far behind, and not stopping until it reached .
the end Of the track, when ], went OF into .
Iit, one end being thrown half into the Travelled /
rcsl near John Smiths When O'Brieu's Show .
wss al HArdwick, tie Ir2sburgh stage, owned .
and driven by Duakin, took load thitaer from
NCic0tt On the Ie.urB trip THE car frightened /
the horses sud caused them 90 run CT The dump,
tie result being general upset. The stsge
came cut Of the crssh dismAntlei, Mr. Dunkiu
was someEhst injured in the hack, ami Florence
Smith bal enc Of Ler Anna nearly broken, while
the others escaped N.tI5-- -cch inj1ry. Another
team hal 4 smash % - tie saoe plsce because
Of this car.
Judge Aat5t- Of Barnet. has sl1-- from his
flck e CotsEo.iS-twsn,y-oue ewes All three
5uckl---5 pounds Of Wlo,s. -ye-sEing r.Le
AZ ihrcc-sighis pounds.
FRANKLIN C9us.r.
The butter sh.Puen, q, ST. A.bAas lAs, week
Sss 1901 tubs.
Cornelius y BIss, for many years s mr.
,hSnt 81 Georgia Center, died on the II
\ t7s,a On the Nissitquoi BailroAI. Monday,
ran over sni killed or seriously wounded nine
7tluab.e thoroughbred CotsEoil Sni Msrino
heep belonging 10 Henry L. Seymour, Esq, AZ
lie farm neSE ST Albsus
Nr. Willis Learned of Fsi-f.z. 1scsntly enc
4 the INSTRUCTORS in New Hampton Institution,
lss been engsEed ~ principal Of Sw4n;ou Ac.-
louy Snl Graded School.
John BiseloT Of North.np;oa. Mass. has
'ccoIle superintendent Of Congress Hall, 81
sheldon, Tor this season. AMI the hotel las begun
o fill ~ With euests. Dr.. Fitch. the proprietor,
vii he there - stated periods throughout tie
essou.
Appearance Indicate tia, HslgS,c Springs
z 70 be mere largely patron;zel tbs gear than
yer before For three years past the ho;el has
cen vel ua;rolizs1 All nearly al the rooms
4 the bCuse &cl cottsgs ere engaged. : large
ew cottage hss been constructed during tie
Ist yesr. Al jhe c5nvcnie1cies ere nov f-rt
Ass
Tie rLiuoceras c-ra Of O'E.iea's meaager,e
&c dumped neAr LnosturEh Falls SATURDAY. :
D passing ever an uneven road, and when the /.
% crushed cat bis msletty walked into the s
lcsias. By throwing down some rotStoes he vas /,
osxed into tarn cellar, snd 4 CAGE having been
sckei up &c the door, vas co.xed into that in !.
e same Esy, without having doing shy damage !,
4 movs is n foot to establish trottiur s-so- {
alton at Echford.
LAr5fLLE COUNTY. o
The new Fair Ground st HydspSTs is fSir'y !
lder vsy with prospect Of IN early con- >
elton The track, when 6uislei, will re tie Z
ct il the state. ]. viii Lave ''hone stretch :
& feet wide and the bssncs SO feet The
!! Proves TO he excellent Tor The purpose. l
The Montpelier U'rfciHG1 iearus that the \
rvey:ng party en- the E.more Pond route, or p
e Montpelier ana Black River Railroad. while Il
Gently running the line in the region Of ;ae p.
Gorge W. Bailey farm, found the compass sud "a.
My thrown into confusion by the sppar5nt
pee proximity Of iron ore beds On inquiry it
IS found that extensive deposi.s Of iron ore
IRE found in this locality forty or fifty yoxrs ~,
o-thst the lands we're bonded and the mines
lrket TO quite an extent, the ore being drawn
Mo--is7iiie for r1cllia-, where suitable build p
90 we're erected for the purpose The Gre vas u
superior quality, yielding 90 per cent, and u
king AZ excellent quality OF steel Edge tools ~
e still in use in the neighborhooi manufsc- "
red from the Troduc; CT this furnace The de- N
uct;on Of the buildings by fire, together with ?.
heavy cost Of transportation lei to the sban- u
nmcnt Of the enterprise. The construction Of !"
Mnntrp,ier and Rfaek Rive y ,ff-,,9 LII I pl