National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-02-02
Vermont News.


II. Il. Carter, Esq, If Elmore, adj
mtted to practice ut the December
term of Lamoillc County Court. has
opened u law Office here, in Way,
Titus & Co.'S new block, over Hoyt
Il Wells drug store.
II. n. Chandler has II grade Cots
void buck lamb that weighed when
six months old, 40 POUNDS, and
now ut nine months, after running
with flock Of nirety ewes weighs
100 pounds.
MI G. Woodhouse Of Rutland is
reported to have recently sold, to
New York company, ten bushels of
potatoes for $4,000. 1t il called
the "Shoe Fly" variety. When the
fools die Off this kind of specula-
ton will end.
The amount of butter shipped
from st. Adams during 1871 was
5G,65G tubs, and 7lO2 boxes of
cheese.
Twenty tons of iron is melted
down. daily, in the foundry Of the
Ranlet Car Manufacturing Co., at
Laconia, N. IL.
There has not been any good
sleighing in the vicinity of Rutland
this winter, and the Herald says
that there are several long visaged
livery stable Keepers in that town.
The library Of the University OF
Vermont received last week, from
Hon. Frederick Billings Of Wood.
stock, the gift Of copy of Lord
klhgsborough's Mexican Antiquities
in nine volumes. This is one of the
rarest and most costly Of English
publications.
Mrs. Margaret Shambo of Willis
ton, VT, was fifteen years of age in
1872. She washed clothes for the
soldiers. She married Mr.. Shambo.
"A French teacher, who was twenty
three years older than herself
While living with her husband she
gave birth to twety three children,
and no twins. Two sons were in
the late war, where the younger
died. Mr.. Shambo died Nov. 18th,
1913, since which time she has lv.
ed "A widow. She was "a years of
age last February, is now very
smart to work, and for wages has
IS cents per week during the short
days of winter.
Mr.. c. II. Sheldon, mail agent on
the Vermont Central Railroad, died
of paralysis at Burlington on Mon
day.
Miss Lillian Norris, of st. Johns
bury, VT. disd Suddenly Of cerebro-
spinal meningitis, at Springfield, on
Sunday, being i'll but II hours.
" Albert Ranger, a lad II years old,
was drown at burlington, VT, on
Sunday, by breaking through the
ice while skating.
Small pox is raging over a large
portion of the country, and extend
ing. and is as likely to come ho.e as
other places, and our advice to
everybody is to "vaccinate," and
thus protect themselves and the
community.
The Rutland Herald says that
there arrived there recently, on her
way to st. Alhans, woman named
Mary Ann McCarty. aged 81 years,
who has come all the way from her
home in Ireland, entirely alone, to
spend the remaining days of her life ,
with married daughter in that ,
place,
The saw mill Of the Bennington v
Co., is now still.
And owing to the late purchase of :
he entire property by S. b. Hunt, -
Esq, there will be a necessity for
Corporations for few
weeks.
Mr.. Dudley Lcavitt Of East Bar
lard has rented his big hog, which
now weighs some 1856 pounds, to /
Boston parties, for exhibition. (
IRAsBURG.-The people of this
are agitating the question
Of a railroad to connect with some
'ther road at Troy or Newport, and ',
blowing the Black River Valley, to N
,ass through Coventry, Irasburg, "
Albany and Craftsbury, connecting a
With the Lamoille Valley road at r,
south Hardwick or continuing on in
o Marshfield or East Montpelier. y'
VERGENNEs MARKET.-Buttor
rade not over brisk. On Saturday pr
asst butter sold for 20 to 80 cents q
,cr Id. Eggs 80 cts per dozen. II
lay is worth ego per ton; straw &l5
o SIS per ton. On Tuesday 9G42 -
bs. butter were shipped from this
tstion, ZIG lbs of poultry, and a
uantity of eggs.
J. +. Chase, of Derby, was the
ictim recently of almost fatal &C.
ident. The barn door was blown
against him, striking him ly
pom the head and knocking him pr
own. But little was thought of it 4
ntil the day aftera violent pain set nj
/, rendering him almost crazy. =
|elical aid was called and it was
'und that his scull was fractured. Il