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was an that saved them from beng made q
meal of.
The house of Jay Town-ley, Of Dorset, was
DESTROYED by fire last week. Insured.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
John Stanton. the victim Of the Walden
murder, Is an lrishman. not a German, rs
reported. Tie Is well known at Ludlow
and ProctorSyille. having been much IN
that vicinity. lie is represented as being @
man of quiet and peaceahie demGnor and
was esteemed by al. who knew HIM
Apple trees north and east of =. Johns
bury are badly hurt by the winter, while in
~outheriy direction, through Barnet and
In Peacham. il Is said little damage was
done by the cold. Barron'- nursery, in
| Concord, j. reported as having suffered Sc
yere.y.
On removing recently the body Of the
wife of George Bennett OF 81. John>bury
who died in ISL. 10 the cemetery. 10 was
found to be petrifed and as hard a. stone.
\ correspondent of the Lyndon Iaioa
says Now a word about our better CD
half who has a penchant for making things
look slick and nice. She found a pail Of
paint. got a brush and painted the cellar
stairs She commenced at the top and
painted herself into the cellar. and had o.
crawl out the cellar window. Oh-hO-hO-ho'
smart, wasn't >he2
The town bonds of st. Johu-hury are sell
ing in Boston for So.
Jason Bradley Of Lyndon las q gobhler
which manifested desire % set month
ago. and he was accommodated with hens
eggs. The old fellow was faithful. and
Matched out seven chickens which he j. now
rearing.
Geo Bennett. of Waterford, this year
completes his fltieth year Of sheep shear
/ ins. lie is now fxty-six years old lie
| commenced the business at sixteen. has not
/ omitted u season since. and considers him
| self good FOR twenty more seasons. During
: this time he has averaged 900 sheep year
some seasons running a. high As 500 He
I completed the present season one day last
/ week. with iorty-eiEht sheep, and got nom,
an hour before -undown.
Es-EX COUNTY.
Josiah Pratt and another man visited
| Victory, last Saturday. and brought home
/ go trouts and over : 900 mosquito hlptchcS
It was a great day for bites.
rRANKLIN COUNTY.
\ trotting course is being made on Fair
fax Plain.
Aryin 4. Smith OF Richforl, graduated a.
/ Brown University week before last. The
/ graduating class numbered forty-three, anC
1 Mr.. Smith was one of the few selected 10 de
/ liver orations ON commencement day. III
subject was " Compromise an Element %
/ Progress
Ex-Gov Smith. Worthington C.. Smith
| Edward \. Smith. \. W Woodwork
! Daniel Moren and Silas 2. Carpenter. re
| presenting the Central Vermont and Ms
/ sisquoi roads. met at Richiord last week. &.
confer with Col. \. b. Foster. concernin.
connection between the MissiSquoi L. L
and the South Eastern K. K. at Richiord. :
connection was decided upon if the engin
GERS shall report the bridging Of the rive
between the two depOts feasible.
The dry house of Smith and Wellman a
/ Montgomery Village, caught fire Monda.
night Of last week, but the crowd was sooi
on hand and extinguished the flames not
however. until considerable damage wa
done.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Vershire boasts citizen of distinguish
connections, in the person Of a Mr.. Sullivan
at work for the Vermont Copper Mimi
Company, and who claims to be a relativ
of Marshal MacMahon, the new president q
the French Republic
Immense quantities of western corn ar
arriving at West Randolph. and it j. sol
directly from the car to farmers. who, i
consequence of the failure of the hay croT
are supplying the deficiency by laying in
stock Of corn, at from sixty-iiye to sixty
eight cts. per bushe.
The body Of Frederick l.. Gross. who wa
drowned recently at lIaverhill, n. H., wa
recovered on Tuesday. lie was2i years oil
and unmarried, and had been living
Bradford, up to within few weeks OF IL
time he was drowned.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The asbestos deposits in Lowell extend f,
twelve or thirteen miles, and are absolutel
inexhaustible.
The town bondsof Greensboro sell in 30
ton for st.
The forest worm has appeared in IVES
field and is stripping the trees.
A Derby lad named Gr0ut. twelve yea
old, son of Mrs. Charles Chamberlin
Irasburgh, while amusing himself
throwing a cartridge against n rock it e,
! DlOueu. tUt DdlA AAAtii- lliul Ill inc IILi
eye and destroying it.
Among the recent graduates at Tide
; Female Seminary was Miss Ardelle Rowel
daughter of the late Hon. A. j. Rowell
North Troy.
The house and outbuildngs of j. Q. .
Wheeler of South Troy, were DESTROYED
fire on the 23d ult. Insured for 81 20
Loss heavy.
, RUTLAND COUNTY.
, War is raging between the authorities
5 Castleton and the rummies. Judging fro
t present indications, board will soon
wanted in Rutland for two or more indlyi
: ual<. who. less than a month since. settl
D I'D with the State for the second time. {
/ Sunday. June %, Bacchus held high carr
n val in Hydeyille. The depot, where I
condemned liquor had been placed for "a
= keeping, was broken into, the - critteI
V was distributed without stint, and riot a
4 drunkenness were carried to a despera
V extent. Complaint was entered AGAR
n several parties the next day. The rum-se
e ing and drinking are confined entirely
: the people of the quarries, the order-lovi
d class of citizens cooperating heartily wi
d the authorities to put an end to the traf
IT.; Gideon Cotton, of Sherburne. killed
a three hundred pound bear on the 4th
a July.
y The grand list of Poultney for 1872 sho
l. that there are thirty-one men in the to,
ii subject to taxation BY the name of Jon
:, There are fifteen Smiths on the grand Ii
X but only one John Smith.
~ WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A daughter of j NJ. Dana, of Woodbu
in died very Suddenly recently Her de-
was caused by eating raw pie-plant