Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-03-21
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BELLOWS FALLS MAR. 81, 1878.
Vermont News.

err has been sued by Hon. A. +. Jude
vine, for libel, the damages set at $4,000.
Guy Warren of Fletcher, recently
assaulted his sister in such a shameful
manner that she was obliged to seek
shelter in a neighbours house, badly
beaten and covered with blood.
A Grange of the patrons of hus-
bandry is about to be formed in Rich
ford. Several subordinate Oranges have
already been formed in the eastern coun-
ties, and are now working under State
Grange.
- The Stratton stage for Arlington
made only one trip the last week in Feb
ruary on account of the deep snow. The
driver says the snow on the mountain is
four and one-half feet deep on the level.
An old lady in one of the towns
of Chittenden county had rather dis
solute husband, who fell sick and died.
She attended the funeral and upon her
return remarked that she had one conso-
lation, She knew now where he slept
nights"
Henry Macion, the North Williston
burglar, pleaded guilty before Judge
Noyes, in City Court, Burlington, to the
charge of grand larceny, and was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment in the
State Prison, and he has been sent to
prison at Windsor.
A lad by the name of E. Warner,
of Weybridge, had his right leg very
badly broken, on Saturday of last week,
by falling off a sled on which he was
riding. In some way his leg became
twisted, and was broken above the knee.
"A tenant house at Clarendon, known
as the Pillsbury place, and owned by
Mrs. Moran, was discovered to be ON fire
Thursday evening about twelve o'clock,
and was shortly entirely consumed.
The family that had been occupying the
house had moved out but few hours
before. Fully insured.
- The Burlington Free Press Of last
Friday says: This day, March 7th, is
the one haIedredh day of uninterrupted
good sleighing in and about Burling-
ton. The snow came Nov. 9th, and
there has been no bare ground since. No
such winter has been known here for
many years"
"A resident of Rutland found some
thing offensive in his last dozen of eggs
and took the dealer to task. "What is
the matter with them p asked that indi-
vidual. "They are not good" was the
reply. We'll, that can't be wondered
at" was the apologize rejoinder, "the
hens are so drove now they amt expect
ed to be particular as usual"
Rev. P. B. Fisk of Lyndonville,
has toy telegraph line leading from his
study in the church to his residence.
The wire cost $1.50 and the battery 80
cents. 1t works like charm, and con-
versations are easily carried on over the
wire. One of the good points of the
system is that the Reverend never gets
cold dinner, but is always on time.
How to start cheese factory, was
practically demonstrated at Dorset re.
Gently. The project was started by q
few energetic men, the stock $4,000
nearly all taken, a meeting called and
officers chosen. and the actual work Of
the business commenced in few days
The number of COWS secured is between
four and five hundred. The factory will
be located in Dorset Hollow, about one
and half miles from the village.
Two men employed by Gen. Geo
S. Bradford of Bennington, in his ex
tensive knitting mill, have stolen sever
al hundred dollars worth of wool from
him during the last two years Locke
one of them, was arrested Friday, 9TH
inst. and put in Jail. The other one
Leonard, ran away. On searching the
house of Locke, three hundred dollars
worth of wool was found secreted in the
cellar, and Locke says that that found
was not quarter of what they had sto
len.
- Two years ago this winter the
Richmond iron company bought be
tween two and three thousand acres o,
woodland in Stamford, for the purpose
of coaling and to supply their numer
GUS furnaces in Massachusetts, and Con
necticut. They now have large mum
Der of wood choppers engaged in cutting
wood, and some ten or twelve teams
drawing it to the place where they in
tend in the spring to erect five coal kilns
Last fall they contracted for 150,OOl
bricks of Mckenzie Whitney of Ben
nington, which are now all delivered O,
the ground, and everything is in read
ness for active operations as soon as th
snow drifts disappear The snow, BY ac
tual measurement, is four and one-hal
feet deep in the woods, and lumberin
has come to a stand.still