Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-20
State Matters.


and then started home. On the way he was
arrested and has lately plead guilty and been
sent to Middlebury jail 10 await trial before
the county court.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
The Remington factories have closed because
Of the lack Of water. all the streams being al
most dry.
Ira, son Of Hollis X. Wood, Of Bennington,
met with distressing accident last Saturday
afternoon while at work in the field moving
In trying to raise the cutter bar on the moving
machine. the chain attached to the bar broke
and he fell back to the ground, catching his
feet in the reins. backing the horses, the ma
chine striking him in the side, passing up over
his chest and shoulder, breaking two ribs and
bruisng him fearfully. His clothes were
caught in the cogs Of the wheel and not shred
Of clothing was left on hi. body.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The sth Of this month was the hrtieth ar
niversary Of Nathaniel p Deans employment
at the Fairhank-eS, at St. Johnsbury. Few
men live TO work for one firm forty consecutive
years. MIR Dean has done II. and that faith
fully.
Billy Horton, go gnod fellow, was clerk in
shaw insurance oihcc in St. J0hnsbury. lie
minuted against the accounts Of numerous par
ties on Shaw's books, will pay July IT, and
some others he credited with a part Of the sums
due lie turned up missing the other day, and
Shaw finds that his patrons had paid their full
/ L.. l.. Of utnfa
Henry Blake, Esq., Of llardwick, came near
losing his life last week by a Jersey bull. lie
was attacked by the animal while in the field
and knocked down and tromplcd upon by the
Infatuated beast. but by the merest accident he
succeeded in getting up and over the fence out
OF reach OF the animal. As it was lie was
badly bruised. lie says he don't want any
more Jersey bulls on his premises.
\ Walden correspondent Of the Calsd0Rian
says he cannot meet living face that has not
a smile on it. Men who have not been known
to smile for years break out into the broadcast
of broad grins. A sewing machine man or
life insurance agent could call upon any one Of
Us and speak bis piece without being called to
order 1t isn't that the town is out Of debt
far from that or the roads good-they never
we're neither is it because the church has had
a now coat Of paint, for it has not, although it
has needed it the past Eve years But tell
you, Mr.. Editor, that crop of hay has done
wonders We have literally been " in clover -
for wecks-are in it now, aud not likely 70 get
out of it for week to colne. Barns that were
never FILED before are crammed to the ridge pole.
Says to one farmer, " How is hay? " Hay 49,
says he, why, never see the like Of it in all
my born days It's cut and come again all
over my farm
CmTTESDES COUNTY.
; The Burlington aldermen seem to throw cold
wuter on the eifirt for the removal Of city at
torney Start
Patrick Shehan, Of Burlington, pounded his
wife 50 that physician had to dress her
wounds The brute escaped.
Essex COUNTY.
John Q. S,pers. of East Concord, got under
! liquor and went to Milan Smiths and tore
around terribly while the men were away -
/ Mrs Smith was frightened and in the excite
Dent her little hoy, two years old, tipped a
dish Of hot starch in his bosom, which burned
him 81 IS to endanger his life.
FRANKLIN couNTY.
The Ransom Guards have just Lad hand
some company fund subscribed by few hon
orury members. 1t does not amount to les
r than thousand dollars.
: The eighth annual fair of the franklin
county Agricultural and Mechanical Society
will be held on their grounds at Sheldon, Sep
tember II, Is and 10, The annual address is
to be delivered by Hon. y. a. willard, o
New York, who is coniessedly one Of the bes
} agricultural writers and speakers in this coun
try
A little two year old daughter Of j n Cul
yer. of st. Albans, has quite a reputation
in her neighbWhood for precocity in singing
). But as children sometimes will. she occasion
= ally gets things mixed. The other day sh
: sang
Let me hide myself In thee"
GRAND ISLE COUNTY
;. About six hundred tons Of hay have alread!
been sold in the vicinity Of Alhurgh for ship
= realized for most OF it,
10 IAMoILLE COUNTY.
or The post office department have estAblishe
a double daily mail between Alorrisville an
Waterbury. This is great convenience t
business men.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Orange County Fair will he held O
-. Bradford, Sept Is, II and Is.
n John Allison, of Newhury, while in liquol
IN attacked his hired man with a scythe, cuttin
rc his hip in horrible manner He tried to 70
n low up the assault but was prevented by b,
ne ISLANDERS.
job Clements, Of Bradford, was recently a
raigned on one hundred and forty five charg'
!. of liquor selling, and five eye witnesses wei
:, willing TO swear to il. When the trial cam
however, some of the witnesses were in Ne
Hampshire for day or two 1.-THE usual wal
=, and finally Clements was allowed to 20 aft
being fined for ten offences 500 and costs.
Rev. s. MeKeen announces that be has nea
~ y finished his history of the town Of BradlOr
ny lie, however, wishes for further intelligence
FcBlTu W lit pI"ltNHloithl inch WIN Hhfo NC
"' residents here and also the present busin6
of the town, especially If the yilaee in all
oil various departments, mechanical, commcrcii
're etc. When the manuscript shall be complete
oil and decidedly commended by competent judg'
it will be published, if the subscriptions
the work, by those for whose honor and graft
ust cation it has been prepared will iuirly wi
ul rant such publication but on that eondti
ON only.
oil oRLfANs COUNTY,
ell A civil action has been roughtagninst 81
asst son, the town liqu or agent Of Greensboro,
EN- selling liquor to Stanton of Walden, who 81
der the peddler Snow, in cold blood, last Mar,
ex The sui, is brought by Mrs. Snow, who pit
the the damages at $lO,OoO.
RUTLAND COUNTY
The Bellows Falls Times says that anotl
w paper is t. he started at st. Adams By sta
IN company.
es. military school, after the style Of I
itv Highland school at Worcester, Mass, is 10
the established at Rutland.