Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-02-05

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There is a film growing over 1t which the
physician thinks will prove serious.
During the snow storm last Friday evening
several flashes of lightning were noticed at Bar
ton Landing.
The supposed elopemont Of married woman
who formerly lived at Barton Landing, and
man from Burke, the latter leaving wife and
two children at home, is the general topic Of
conversation thereabouts at present.
It is estimated that from January I, 1872,
to January /, 1873, there have been 500 cars
loaded at Barton Landing with lumber hay
and potatoes, to say nothing Of butterand other
produce. Grandy, Skinner & Parker, alone
have sent of two hundred car loads OF lumber
At Derby, in hut made Of poles, brush
and few boards, s by 10 feet in size, live an
Indian and his sqgsw With five or six pap
poses, two dogs, I'VE puppies, cat, hem
and three doves. The children are mostly
bare footed and bare-hoaded The furniture is
of the simplest kind, consisting Of a stove and
a board in one corner used as shell and table,
and few dishes.
At the meeting Of the Missisquoi & clyde
Rivers Railroad Co, at the Frontier House at
North Troy last Thursday, Lucius Robinson
was elected President, and o. n. Elkinsi Sec
rotary and Treasurer The CID board Of direc-
tors were chosen
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. Miner billiard, Of Rutland, recommends
a new industry for Vermontors Il is TINT of
raising bears, and he has bad experience. lie
says that it is much more profitable than rails
ing hogs, dogs or sheep The meat Of one he
sold in New York for $50 For the hide he
was offered SEQ, and he received a bounty Of
SIS each, for those he rniscd--this, with the
benr's grease, will amount to the sum Of ono
hundred dollars.
A Rutland lady, some months since, import
ed from New York a coorod servant girl who
soon eynced a warm attachment for thc only
child Of the family, a little boy about three
years Of age. Aside from this apparently warm
attachment nothing unusual was noticed in
tho conduct Of the girl until few days ago,
when the mother was startled by shrieks from
the kitchen, and, proceeding there, was sur
prised to find the servant armed with a butcher
knife, with which she was about to mltilate
the child BY cutting of It's nose fingers, and
ears. The mother conveyed the child TO place
Of safety, and, returning, was pursued by the
girl with cries Of am kill you, I'm stab
you" Fortunately the uproar by this time
reached the neghbors, who speedily appeared
and secured the thoroughly Infatuated servant
before any injury had been inflicted. No ex.
PLANTATION Of the girl strange condnct is given
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Joel B. Ober has been appointed Postmaster
at Cambridgeport, vice c. F Glynn, resigned
Bniding palm-leaf hats is making business
for the ladies' and children in jacksonville, and
there are some spry braiders too,
The total amount Of insurance on Warren
tannery, burned last week, was $1,000. lh,
Phoenix Insurance Company Of Brooklyn set
tied their claims Eve days after the FIRE, on
basis Of $500.
On Monday night .peciul train from
Springfield for Bnttleboro, met with an uccideu
at Holyokc BY which the forward car run oli
frog, while the engine breaking from the train
went on, and the two rear cars proccede
, along the side track Charles Kingsley q
b South Vernon, brakeman was hurled from Oh
train by the shock against a telegraph pol.
and was 50 severely injured that he died OF
Tuesday. No passengers were seriously hurt
J though several were more OF less injured
5 NJ. Waite Of Brattleboro was thrown on Oh
D stove and burned bis hands somewhat ID
d @. II Tenney Of the Bptteboro Insane As Tai
n was standing in the aisle, and feeling from th
J motion of the car that it was % the tracl
e caught hold Of the bell rope to stop the trail
wnen THO ripe parted, and was drawn tnroug
his hand with such ppidity that it powel
= deep furrow across bis hand. Henry Wiliar.
. a Brattleboro druggist, was cut on the head D
glass from a breaking lamp, and lady VI.
8 cut on the nose by the same cause
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Ludlow has an anti-tobacco, antiswcariu
/, and temperance society.
# The Ludlow Gazette, speaking Of the deaf
a Of Colby q. Partch, brakeman who W.
If struck by bridge near Proctorvile, say'
h 60 This is the ninth man who has been injur'
n by the same bridge and the lif,h who has d.,
&c from injuries received"
=, On the recent breaking up Of the ice ia Il
r, streams, the dam across the branch which So
1t plies water to the grist mill owned by c.
IS Brown, saw mill owned by Jackman * Ric
n ardson, and also the but,er-tub factory own
he by Richardson & Savage, at Sockbrilge, w
swept away, thereby throwing those gent
a, men out of business for four months at lea'
- besides the loss Of their dam, which is estimi
s. ed at from 5000 to $1,000.
The next convention Of the White River NJ
$, steal Association is to be held in White Rs
ID village, Feb. 18th, 18th and 18th, under t
direction Of G. W. Foster, Of Boston. Mi
~, Ella E. Kendrck and L. NJ. Kinney, Of We
:. Randolph are announced as soprano and co
a. tralto soloists. with Mr. Bems, Of Hartior
tenor, and Il. N. Perkins, of Woodstock bas'
The Lebanon " Choral Union" will be prese
the last two days.
- The Vermont Novelty Works Company,
"a Springfield, it is said, made dividend of tw,
~ ty per cent at their annual meeting last wee
tn The Lebanon IN. H. Free Press has an
d. count OF the means taken TO avoid the destrl
ri tive consequences Of the ice jam at White Ri'
BY Junction. The freshet of January 18th carr
II the ice out of White river. About mile
cal low the Junction the ice became choked up
mt the Connecticut, making a dam, and setti
back the immense mass Of ice and water
two miles or more in the Connecticut, and
the White river as far as White River Villa
~ Within this space there are five long and cos
ci' bridges which were threatened with destr,
'n ton. The extensive manufactures of
Messrs. Morris, French h Co. were for,
err to stand still, and were likely to stand st
70, and were liable to be destroyed. In this EN-
ir. gency the Messrs. Morris decided to try
mt afiaafa Of 1ualfr ba ton o,.I