Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-12
Vermont news.
ADDISON COUNTY.


Quite curiosity in the form of double
headed calf skin has been sold at the Yer
gennes tannery 1t was left by Mr.. j. NJ.
Ball of North Ferrisburgh. When born the
calf had two perfect heads. Cow and calf
both died.
Moses B. Ferson of Goshen was lately
arrested for stealing horse of Ii. u. and 5.
l.. Churchill last fall but after an examina-
ton was discharged.
Horace Thomas, brakeman, while riding
on the locomotive, on Saturday night, i've
miles west of Orwell, on Conductor Knights
train, on the Addison road. shot an eagle 80
rods away on tree and then jumped of the
locomotive and got over fence, securing his
game and getting on to the train, without its
speed being decreased in the least. One OF
two things is certain. Either the train
was not running very rapidly, or the brake
man is a wonderfully smart fellow. The
eagle measured 5 feet inches from tip to tip.
On Monkton Ridge, about o'clock in the
evening of Nov. 5, the house occupied by
widow Mitchell Blair, lady about sixty
years of age, was consumed by fire. ALI at
tempts to rescue Mrs. Blair from the flames
were in vain, and she was found with her
body horribly burned.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Bennington cotton mills have been
compelled by the demand for better goods to
increase the number OF threads per inch IN
their cloths and they are now running on
standard goods, known as Ga square, that is
"a threads each way Per square inch. That
makes them equal to the best goods made In
the country.
The steam mill on the mountain in Man
e. Rtaha r6S If
Connecticut, the great coal dealers, and &C.
cupied by Mr.. McNaughton, was burned,
Saturday morning, with its contents; no in-
surance.
c. G. Lincoln, Esq Of North Bennington
has placed two hundred dollars at the dis
posal of the trustees OF the graded school of
that village to be expended in setting out
shade trees on the school lot Good man
Woodford had two inches of snow, We'd
nesday.
| CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Henry A. Page of Danville has within
short time, trapped no less than fifteen
skunks, in three traps set near his father s
house, and before the season closes he expects
to trap several more. He gets one dollar a
quart for the oil, and nearly dollar each
for the skins.
A poor orphan girl was arrested at ST.
Johnsbury and put in Jail, but the tender
hearted sheriff, moved by her tender years
and friendless condition, took her into the
bosom Of his family and gave her the liberty
of his house. And that ungrateful orphan
Just stole all his girls clothes, spitefully
smashed his watch, and left.
A son of Silas Wheeler of Lyndon was
visiting in Bloomington, and while there his
horses tongue was cut off The animal was
valued at $40.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The dwelling house of Levi Blair, on Shell
burne Point, was destroyed by fire Monday
forenoon. The fire canght 10 the milk room
and soon rapidly spread to the rest of the
premises. None of the furniture was saved.
Elon Nj. Naramore of Underhill has re-
ceived patent for mop holder.
An unpleasant quadruped was killed in
Burlington, the other day and they say
* Requiesskunk il pace
The gas works of Burlington consume
81, $50 gross tons of coal annually in light
ing the town.
Burlington was shaken by two earth
quakes on Tuesday night of last week.
The ladies, young and old, living on the
street formerly called " Maiden lane > il
Burlington are profuseIy grateful to the
mayor and aldermen for changing it, at theiI
solicitation, to - Union street 1t sound;
prettier they think.
E. D. Mason of Richmond, president o
the Vermont dairymen' S association, is happy
over the fact that two cheescs he sent to th'
Vienne exposition received the highest prize
over competitors from the celebrated dairy
regions of England and Holland.
RICHMOND BUTTER MARKET-At the mark
ct Monday butter was dull and lower; or
binary, 20 to %; good, % to 30; choice
80 to 49, Cheese, new milk sold at lie
half new milk, 5 to s sage l3 to Is ID.
. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
ST.. ABRAMS BUTTER MARKET, Noys H.
The market was dull and declining. We
quote: Common to fair, 20 to 25c; Medium
to good, % to 30c; selections 35C. y
cheese offered.
Some Richford farmers tell of raising 40
bushels of potatoes to the acre.
A few more young men are wanted TO wal
upon the girls at North Fairfax.
S LAMelLLE COUNTY.
Simon Dell of Morrsville, who served tiv
years under the first Napoleon and was i
the battle of Waterloo, celebrated his hun
dredth birthday, last week.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Normal school at Randolph, Edwar
E Conant, principal, began is winter quartz
last week with more than 100 pupils. Thes
are all Normas The school has no othe
department.
Plans are being prepared, whereby
f water supply can be procured for the villag
of Brandon for extinguishing fires.
: The Harlem extension and the Rensselae
II & Saratoga railroads are having a quarre
= about the right Of the latter corporation t
use short section of the formers track nea
Rutland. The latter has at length put in
I new switch and track to enable them to &c
IS to their yard and shops without runnin
over the territory of the Harlem Extensio
|. Company.
% Alvah Dee died at Corinth, few day
, ago, aged 26 years. He was buried wit
- Masonic honors.
y Rev. Mr.. Winch and wife, of East Corintf
}. were returning from a funeral when the
ID horse fell and they were both thrown troI
the carriage. Mrs. Winch fell between th
hind legs of the horse. Before she could
n extrleated she was sadly kicked in the fac
IL III. Merrill, of Chelsea, has gathered
d about 200 bushels of apples of which +
t were grated fruit.
It Chas. Magoon, native of Washington
a was fatally injured iu Boston, by the fallin
OF a wall.
IL The cemeteries OF the Centre aud Eas
village Of Corinth, have been enlarged, mai
le ing a great improvement in their appearan'
as well as convenience.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
d Little Grin Corey of Derby Line tried
IN drown his aunt's cat, the other day but th
a cat was stronger than he, and pulled hi
over the bridge railing into the water, an
= went home, leaving him to drown, which
~ did.