Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27

cheeses day of so pounds each, or about |
1900 pounds of cheese from about III ,OOO
pounds of milk, daily.
Henry Clark of Rutland, is to deliver the |
address before the Agricultural Society OF
Chittenden county, at their fair at Essex
Junction.
RICHMOND MARKET, Aug. 25.-The market
is about the same as last week. Three hum
bred boxes of cheese offered and sold at 10 a
LA for farm diaries and l2c for choice sage
$50 tubs of butter sold at Is to 27c for good.
choice 2oc. Three cars potatoes Early Rose)
45c.
Joe Bushey, IT,, of Hinesburgh, Wednee-
day night, Aug. 6, took horse without
leave, from the pasture of Mrs. Hays, in the
east part of Starksboro. and is arrested.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On the 9th inst, Clement Lamont and
Nathaniel Gray of Lunenburgh were ar
rested for selling intoxicating liquor, and
fined ten dollars.
Lunenburgh has been established as Sig
nal Station under the direction of the War
Department.
John @. Somers 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
| ment her little boy, two years old, tipped a
dish OF hot starch into his bosom, which
burned him 50 as to endanger his life.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Central Vermont have force of thirty
| men grading for a double track, south from
Swanton junction, removing the junction
about 100 rods from its present location, also
eide track about 70 rods.
The eighth annual fair of the Franklin
| County Agricultural and Mechanical Society
will be held on their grounds at Sheldon,
September II, Is and 10. The annual adj
dress is to be delivered by Hon. X. A. Will
| lard of New York.
Eight miles OF water-pipe have so far been
| laid in st. Adams.
| The Ransom Guards of st. Adams have
been encouraged recently by liberal dona-
tions from private sources.
| Fred Ellis of Fletcher took his departure
recently from town very suddenly. The
cause Of his departure was the arrival on the
scene of previous husband of Mrs. Ellis
James Storrs, of johnson. The woman and
her child accompanied Ellis.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
1t is proposed to have a Z" baby show at
the next annual fair of the Lamoille County
A gricultural Society. The nationality color
md dress of the babies to be entirely dsre-
garded, and the elements are to be wei yht,
health, and general formation of body, and
the contour of the face and head Ten babies
at least must be entered, and the premiums
are 81 to first, SIS to second and So to third
DR.. E. j. Hall, Rev. II. Herrick J. I. Ba-
Ker, Mrs. w. Ii. Ii. Bingham, Mrs. j. w.
Codding, Mrs. E. P Mudgett, are proposed
as list of judges. Hon. P. K Gleed gives
the purses.
Iron and ties for the railroad continue to
pass the Morrisville station at the rate of six
or seven carloads a week, and the work OF
ironing is progressing finely beyond Hyde
Park.
The fall term of the State Normal School
at johnson will begin Aug. q.
About three tons of butter, car load OF
cattle and one of sheep, were shipped from
Morrisville station one day last week.
One of the new streets of Morrisville has
been nam ed Portland street.
The champion for novelty in chicken ais
ing is N. NJ. Cheney of Belvidere. His
" improved system" consists in keeping two
professional sitters," all the other hens
being trained to lay their eggs 10 the two
nests, the sitting going on all the while, SC
that the eggs are daily mixed. During the
past season 80 eggs were laid in the nests. "a
of which were successfully Matched. Alter
the Matching was well along Ihe took off one
hen and gave her so chicks to tend, the other
hen sitting two weeks longer and coming of
with the remaining 25.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Eva E Drew of Barton hung her brd-ca &c
Ia, tba
a hawk bounced down upon the cage, and
succeeded in catching and carrying away the
canary.
young bear in his trap recently. On hear
and took young Bruin down to the village
Considerable sport was made over it, but il
could not be kept alive, dying from loss OF
) blood
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Orange County Fair will be held al
Bradford, September Is, II and Is.
, There are from 60 to 100 boarders at the
Spring HOTEL Newbury. Among them are
families from New York, Boston, Springfield
Philadelphia and Canada.
While going to Barre recently, to visit
the grave OF her son, Mrs. Cosgrove o
Chelsea was thrown from a wagon in which
she was riding, and was seriously injured.
AS David Dlckerman of Chelsea was get
ting in hay, he lost control of his horse, by
the breaking of one line. The horse turned
short around, which tirped the wagon over
throwing Mr.. Dickerman upon one of the
I wheels, striking on his back. He was taken
up nearly insensible, and is badly hurt
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A large number of W eshmen are COM
ing to locate in Poultney this summer.
Rev VIII. H. Murray of Boston will de-
liver the address at the state fair at Rutland
which takes place September.
The marble quarrles of Ru tland are now
worked by ten different companies, employ
ing over 1000 workmen. The aggregate pro-
duction is about 400 900 cubic feet p4l
annum, and the stone is principally of thu
simple white or variegated kind, of an ex
, ceedingly delicate texture and purity o
whiteness. The annual sales amount to owe
, a million Of dollars.
: VERMONT PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. =
This association will hold its iourta annual
meeting in Good Templars Hall, city of Bur
( lington, on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept
I "a and Is, 1873. The ladies are invited, AM
8 earnestly requested to be present with then
i husbands, thereby adding to the interest anc
enjoyment of the occasion.
Arrangements have been made with the
,, Central Vermont Railroad to carry member
= and those attending the meeting for hal
fare, and the American Hotel will entertai,
those attending at reduction of rates.
Prof. SeeIey, of Middlebury College, ha
. been invited to address the association som
time during the meeting.
i The owners of the Steamer A. Williams
L invite the Association to take an excursion
> upon their boat.
j. The invitation has been accepted, and tn
excursion will take place on the afternoo
Of the first day, wind and weather permit
ting.