Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-18
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Nto VIII Ut uNiN w AlttiAltiuf NO-hOAANW
(Friday) afternoon.
Vermont's outstanding debt is now S297,.
5O0
The yield of oats and rye will rule over
the average in the State
Lake Champlain is now nine inches lower
than at any time last year.
A state mass temperance meeting will be
held at Mortified, August 8, among the 1T
fractions being all address by Rev. " Adiron-
daok" Murray.
The following additional money order Of
fees have been established in this State Bar.
ton Landing, Bristol, Hartland, Morristown
New Haven, North Bennington, West Far.
lee.
The Annual Fair OF the Vermont State
Agricultural Society and Wool Growers As.
ISOLATION will be held at Rutland, Septemb Der
8, 10. IL and l2. The Society have made ar
rangemsnts with the Rutland County Agn-
cultural Society, to hold the fair upon their
convenient and extensive grounds. There
are upon the premises large number OF
permanent and conveniently arranged build
ings, so that exhibitors will have ample
space to show their goods and machines.
All manufacturers of machinery and labor
saving implements, and articles useful and
ornamental, that they wish to bring to the
notice of the people of Vermont, are cordially
invited to come, and every effort will be
made to accommodate them. The awards
to the successful exhibitors will be made by
diploma, medals and money. Rutland being
one Of the great railroad centers Of Vermont,
it can be reached with little effort. The Su-
perintendent Of the Mechanics Hall will con-
slider it great favor if exhibitors in his de-
partment will make their entries at an early
day previous to the week Of the fair. Here
toforc many exhibitors have neglected to
make their entries until late day Of the
Fair, causing Inconvenience to themselves
and extra trouble to the Superintendent.
Exhibitors tickets are Sl.OO, emitting them
TO admittance to the grounds during the fair.
Entries can be made atany time previous, by
addressing Samuel Everts. Supt. Mechanics
Hall, at Cornwall and OH Monday, Sept 9Th,
at tho Bardwell House, Rutland. We shall
publish the Premium list in next weeks
FARMER.
ADDISON COUNTY.
An old lady in Middlebury crossed over a
bridge that was marked " dangerous" with
out seeing the sign. On being informed of
the fact on the other side she instantly turn
ed, in great alarm. and recrosscd il.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The rain for tho past two weeks has inn
proved tho hay crop very much, in Sheffield.
The Sheffield Grange. No. 90, are saving
30 per cent. on the goods they have ordered.
The Mclhodists. of Sheffield, hold their
quarterly meeting next Saturday aud Sun
day. the 18th and Goth.
The Methodist Church and Society, of St.
Johnsbury, have basket picnic at West
Danville to-day Thursday.
Deluge engine No 2 has been repaired
and reprinted, and if it works rs well MS it
looks we needn't be much afraid of fires.
The Express train commences running be-
tween st. Johnsbury and Hyde Park to-day,
CThursday,) leaving here at 10 A. NJ. and
returning at 9.55 p. NJ.
Some sneaking wretch dcfaced several of
the granite monuments in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery last week by the application of
chemicals.
DIR. Paget, of Stanstead. p. O., was lodged
in the lookup one night recently for drunk
enness. We do not learn whether it was Ca
madam or st. Johnsbury liquor he had been
The three-lined potato bug is doing consid-
cradle mischief in Sutton. He can be killed
by busting the vines with one part Of Paris
green mixed thoroughly with twenty parts of
plaster or -four and busted on when the vines
are wet with dow or rain.
e. w. Graham, jeweler, Main Street, left
town between two days, leaving quite a
number of creditors to mourn his loss Ru-
NOR has it that he is now in Bethel at work,
but we should sooner think of looking for
him outside the state, under the circum-
stances.
fire in the gas-wOrks ut Fairbanks vii
lage Friday was caused by the boiling over
OF some oil. which took fire and blazed up,
setting fire to the timbers over head. OF
course 4 fire in such proximity to the gas
caused quite an alarm, but it was extingush-
ed before any considerable damage had been
done.
Geo. Bennett who lives in the edge OF Wa
terford, this year completes his fiftleth year
OF sheep shearing He is now sixty-six years
old. He commenced the business at sixteen,
and has not omitted a season since, and con-
siders himself good for twenty more seasons.
During this time he has averaged 1000 sheep
a year, some seasons running AS high as 1900.
He completed the present season, one day
last week, with forty-eight sheep, and got
homo an hour before sun down.
About 81 p. NJ. Monday as Mr.. James
Harris, of ElySillc, was going into his barn,
he found some shavings ON the floor to be on
fire, but easily put them out. About an
hour afterward girl at work IN the family
gave the alarm of fire and the shavings were
again found to be on fire about ten feet from
the place of the other fire. This was extin-
Euished and the family sat down to supper.
Not more than 90 minutes after they saw
smoke and on rushing out found the house it.
self on fire, the fire having commenced in
some shavings which were partly under the
floor. The wall and floor were considerably
charred, but, with the assistance of some 100
or more neiEhbOrs who were quickly on the
spot, and to whom Mr.. Harris and family
wish to returns thanks, it was soon put out.
A narrow escape, indeed.
cHITTENDEN COUNTY.
A little son,two years old, Of Julins Hodge.
OF Richmond, was killed on Tuesday evening
by a kick from horse.
Rev. Mr.. Wilbur recently caught pickerel
In Shelburn pond that weighed 9li pounds
lie was three feet and nino inches long.
Joseph Mossey, aged 65. was struck by an
engine, while crossing the track near the
station at Burlington, Thursday, and instant
ly killed. A French boy in the wagon with