Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
Mttmh~t Aatmtt
st. JOhnsbury, Vt, August 8, 1878.
state N-esVs.

we see various papers in the state copying
the false facts OF the Springfield Republican
about tho number Of oranges in Orleans and
Franklin counties, and the equally incorrect
s tatement OF the burlington Free Press that
the FARMER Is the organ Of the state grange,
and ono of its proprietOrs the secretary Of
that body.
The Montpelier freeman gives the follow
ing classification Of the towns of the state
Vermont has four bridges-Wey. Cam. Tun
and Stock n dozen .fording places-Brad,
Gull. Hart, Pitts, STAN. Staf Thet, Rich,
Wood, West, Water and Walling; two ports
of great importanoo--New and Bird; three
havens of rest-Ncw, Fair and West. Five
stately boro's appear-Starks and Reads and
Wards and Brattle and Mari; also few
naughty 6urghers "-Enos and Ferris and
Iras and Sears and Hines and Lunen and
AL There are three. remarkable dens
e and Wal and Chitten. Two noted halls
Guild and Win. The state is watered by
several never failing scells-Or and 10 and
another town that is nothing but Wells.
Gates are few-Rye and High and Sand. Such
onterprising farmers as the state boasts,
should have more ways to 20 in and out OF
their t,celUe felds-Fair and Brook and Marsh
and Spring and Plain and Pitts and Shelf and
West and North and Waits and Bakers and
Weathers. Vermont Inns three sons--John
and Ben and Add. But the family must be
large for II has thirteen 6ttvying places-Sud
and Shrews and Sails and New and Middle
and Shafts and Crafts and Glasten aud Wood
nj W,,tor anA Ilo, aud Inv aud Inhuo
Three quiet VslieS nestle among the hills
Gran, Dan and Water. Two brightly burn
ing tricks light the stats-Hard and Bruins.
The land is divided into two parts-Rut and
Hart. A few boastful dons early settled in
Yermont-Bran and Lyn and Shell and Men
and Claren. The By places Of Vermont are
Dan and Gran and Kir. The diet of YER
monters is ham in part-Wind and Shore
and Walt and Peac and Tops and Whiting
and Rocking. The avoirdupoise weight of
the commonwealth is twenty-nine tons
Bennng and Burling and Airing and Wash
ing, Whining and Leming and Browning and
Hunting and So. BurlinE and Hubbards and
Dummers and Royal and Willis and Castle
and Charles and Bar and Fays and Graf and
STRAIT and Swan and Brigh and Mil and Monk
and Yves and Gro and SUIT and Boil and Pan
and Rip. A few more places may be named
Ell and West and Balti. In all we find
three to'cns-Morris and Williams and one
More.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Hon. Henry Lane, of Cornwall, who has
been quite III, is 80 far recovered rs 10 be
about his business as usual
N. b. Douglas, of Cornwall, reports per
feet success with his improved hay-loading
machine this season.
Our Vergennes correspondent reports
splendid showers, which are telling on the
fall crops. The apple crop will be very
short.
On Monday. July IA, Mrs. w. r. Hayes,
of West Ferrisburgh, placed her "irsn clad"
tin pals on the south side Of the house to
dry. Not long after she noticed n smoke Is
suing from the side Of the house, and on ex-
animation found that the reflection of the
sun oil the pals had set the clapboards on
fire, and burned through the thickness Of
two boards. A little longer time would
have kindlcd - destructive fire, the cause Of
which might have always remained u mys-
terry.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A. NJ. Parsons, of Williamsvills, while
bathing in tho Deerfield river ut Roadsboro,
Sunday afternoon, dove violently against \
rock, and received injuries which resulted in
his death on Monday. Of last week.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Mr.. Fisk has secured good speakers for the
picnic at I.yndonville, the fourteenth.
An eight-year-old son of Mr.. Green on
Maple street fell and broke his leg. The
case Was attended by DIR. Brown and the
boy is now doing we'll.
Jerry Drew found ono of his valuable horS-
es in pasture at Passumpsic with n hind leg
broken in two places, Wednesday morning
He had to be killed.
George g. Hodge adVertiSes his improved
Roller-deck for horse powers in another col
umn Fer illustration and description see
advertisement.
Harley Folsome, Esq, heretofore clerk IN
the office, is now Master of Transportation
on the PassumDsic road, vice II. z. Alden,
; who has been appointed Superintendent OF
the new road from Newport TO Montreal
The Sunday-school of the Church of the
Messiah in connection with the Sunday
school of the UniVersalist churches of West
Concord and Morrisville, will have an sxcur-
sion and picnic at Walden, Wednesday, Aug
-. Fare one way.
There was a runaway at Paddock's village
Wednesday, \ horse levanting with lumber
wagon. A boy was thrown from The wagon
; and somewhat hurt The horse ran acros.
) the bridge and stopped in Mr.. DanIorth''
door-yard.
; ; The following are the officers Of Harmony
Lodge, No. II, 1. o. ofG. r.. for the current
E. Massey, V. T.; Mrs. L. II. Gage, S.
John Stocker, M; Miss Attic l.. Gage, +
! s.; Mrs. Flint. T. Mrs. Hull. l. g., l.. N
! Kendall, o. G.; Mrs. @. w. Thomas X. IL
! S.; Miss Nellie A. Harlow, L. ii. s.; F. b
!, Gage, c.. II. Kinney, p. q. L.
Rev. L. 0. Brastow, of the South Congre-
gatiOnal church in st. JehnSbury, has &C
ceptod call from the White Street Congre,
gational church, in Burlington. Mr.. Bras
tow has been settled ut st. Johnsbury some
{ dozen years, and is highly esteemed by the
community. The Burlington church hal
}, succeeded in securing An able preacher anC
: a genial man.
The shocking intelligence of the suddel
and unexpected death of A. G. Chadwick
Esq, from cholera morbus on Monday last
while on visit to Montreal, WAS receives
IN st. JOhnsbury by telegraph on Tuesday
n Mr. Chadwick was the founder of the Gale
= DOMAIN, and one of the most valuable AnC
!. highly esteemed OF our citizens. His deaf
will be widely. deeply and painfully fell
Mr.. Chadwick was Sixty-two years Of age
| His funeral will take nlaaa this (rhu rAday