Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-10-13
STATE NEWS.

pants at the Fair in Addison County,
and the Society had to pay him SIS |
therefor Evidently that Coon is cup
to snuff
The ST. Adams Butter Market, Tues
day, Oct. Z. Owing to the storm, the
offerings were limited. Common to fair
from 20 to 25c.: medium to good, 25 to
3Oc., for fall made; choice, 80 to 35c
for standard diaries; selections, So to 38c.
J. H. Croker, postmaster at North
Hyde Park, dropped dead while stand
ing in his wagon on Friday last. He
had paralytic shock last year, and at
that time lost the use of his left limbs
and side.
The American Hone and Box company
at Wolcott upper village, is doing a
large business. Their pill boxes are
shipped to all parts of the Union. They
are finishing now the best kind of homes,
cut from stone quarried at Willoughpy
Lake.
The executive committee of the Ver-
mont officers Re Union Society have
fixed upon " ednesday, Oct. 18th, for
their Re- Union, at Brattleboro. The
address will be delivered by Maj. John
Curtis Tyler of Brattleboro, late Of the
18th Vermont Regiment.
A COW, belonging to A. Juckett, of
Granville, lately got mad, repeatedly
knocked down her owner gave William
Crouch, who interfered with her fun, a
free ride on her horns, fought desperate
ly with a crowd of men and boys who had
collected, and only desisted when Is
bullets had been deposited in her body.
S. c. Haviland. of Danville, found
tree week ago last Saturday, which
contained large quantity of honey. and
set fire to the tree for the purpose of
killing the bees which he succeeded in
doing, but also consumed his honey, he
only saving two pals full out of the en-
tire amount
An unknown man, believed to be in
sane, is creating considerable excitement
at Franklin by his unpleasant actions.
A young lady named Vincent was seized
near her residence by him, one evening.
and he attempted to cut her throat with
| a jack-knife, but her outcries alarmed
the family, and he fed. Although
search was made for him, he had not
been caught at last accounts.
Eliza Beach, of Burlington, a young
miss of nineteen summers, was arrested
Wednesday of last week. on complaint
of being common house thief Her
practice has been to work as domestic in
families, and after remaining few weeks
to decamp with as much valuable prop
erty as possible She has been an in
mate of the State Prison three terms.
In default of $500 bail, she was commit
ted to Jail to await trial at the County
Court.
At Plummer's granite quarry in North
bridge last week, seam blast from the
top threw one stone, estimated to weigh
ten tons, to the side track of the railroad
and broke the rails like pipe-stems. One
piece, weighing over 800 pounds, was
sent whirling into the engine-honse, 4OO
feet distant, striking one of the cylin.
ders and lodging within foot of the en-
gineer. The conclusion was such as tt
break glase in tho-etore and office, SOC
feet distant.
| SALISBURY can put forward claim
for the championship of the State on fat
people. Living in that town-whict
has a population of only 2,Ooo-art
five persons who weigh between 262 and
800 pounds. Among the five is youne
lady seventeen years of age, whose weigh
is 275 pounds, while one maiden tip.
the scales at 800. The other three arr
of the male persuasion. the highest on,
of which weighs 262 pounds.
A lady photographer created no it'll,
CONSERVATION Monday afternoon of las
week. at the Rutland depot, by leaving
| a broken bottle of collodion in railway
car bound North. The accidental burst
ing of the bottle frightened the lady
and forced her hasty retreat from th,
car, but, forgetting to take the exploded
vessel with her, the other passenger
came very near being overpowered BY
the suffocating fumes of ether which fill
ed the car.
: At the recent meeting of the Stat,
board of education at Burlington, Col
Roswell Farnham, of Bradford. wa
elected member of the board ID plac,
of the late Judge Steele, and Col. Reu
ben C. Benton, of St. Adams. was elect
ed member in place of the late F.
Hathaway. The present members of tn
board are: His Excellency Gov. Coz
verse, er ofscio; Benjamin F. Bingham
Brattleboro Roswell Farnham, Brad
ford George N. Weber, Middlebury
George W. Grandey. Vergennes; NJ. Fl
Buckham, Burlington; R. G. Benton
st. Adams.
Some sharp rumsellers are RAINING
floating bar room up and down the shore
of Lake Champlain. They bid de6anc
to the powers that be on land, sayin
that being afoat they are not selling Ii
quor in either the State of New York 0
Vermont. Skirting the shores of tn
lake are large numbers of laborers EN-
ployed in the building of the New Yor
and Canada Railroad and to these me
3 they sell large quantities of liquor. O
a recent Sunday. as party of thel
were returning from the boat a fight Ell
sued. and one of them fell overheard an
was drowned.
!, 1t gives us much pain to chronicl
that Lucius Gilmore was arrested Fir
day night for being intoxicated, and ft
5 disorderly conduct. He had hearin
Saturday, and was fined FIVE dollar
;, and put under two hundred dollar bone
to keep the peace for one year. job
Emerson went his bail. 1t may be we
to say here that the men who caused Il
g arrest of Mr.. Gilmore are among ii
:. best friends he has in the world, an