Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-27

with the Rutland and Burlington rail-
road.
Hancock people have some prolific
animals. Witness the following: G. A.
Fassett has a cow that had six calves in
less than three years. From five quarts
and one pint of the milk from that ami
NAL was made one pound and ten ounces
of butter. j. E. Wright is the owner of
sheep that dropped a lamb which
weighed 10 pounds when only one hour
old. A. Taylor owned a merino eve
that gave birth to eight lambs in twenty
months.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
George B. Perry, of North Adams,
Mass, and others, have purchased 5000
acres of wild land in Stamford, of
Cakes Ames, for coaling purposes.
About six years ago a man having
wife and seven children, the oldest not
fourteen years of age, left North Pow
nal, and, about the same time young
woman of questionable character ''mys-
teriously" disappeared. He returned re-
Gently as poor as another prodigal we
read of, and now proposes to resume his
family relations.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Rev. p s. Burbank, of Danville, has
accepted a call to the Baptist church at
South Parsonfield, Me.
james White was postmaster at
South Ryegate from Feb. so to Sept.
'72. Twenty years steady service in the
department gives man a good under
standing of the business.
-Hardwick registration returns show
26 births, II marriages, and 25 deaths,
for the year ending Dec. 81, 1872.
The Farmers Festival, at st. Johns
bury, last week, was very pleasant af-
fair. Several excellent papers were
read, and after dinner various sentiments
were responded to, the first, Farmers
of Vermont, being responded to by
Mr.. A. NJ. Foster, of Cabot.
The Avenue House at st. Johns
bury, was the scene of a gambling riot
one Sunday morning recently; a mixed
company of residents of st. Johnsbury
and Danville, having got into melee
over a stake of $40, in which person of
African descent came out ahead. Pistols
were drawn and knock downs were nu-
merous.
DIR. A. r. Stokes and Mr.. Gilmore,
of the ST. Johnsbury House, were fined
for selling liquor recently and r. G.
Vaughan shared the same fate on the
next day. People may have charity for
Vaughan and Gilmore, one is a druggist
and the other hotel keeper, but Stokes
Stokes acas Good Templar
Fannie NJ Cutting, daughter of
Stephen Cutting, of Concord, and a sis
ter of DR.. Cutting, our State Geologist,
died at the residence of her brothcr-in-
law, Y. d. Moulton, in Peacham, on the
Sth inst. She was recently married to
James B. Barron of West Concord, and
while ON her bridal visit to her brother
and sister in Peacham, was vaccinated.
from the effects of which came a pro-
tracted gastric fever from which she
died As she was an intelligent and ac-
complished young lady she will be
missed by large circle of friends.
oHITTENDEN COUNTY.
"A thirteen year old son of L. Allen,
of Shelburne, has caught 200 muskrats
during the last four months.
One thousand dollars has been
pledged in Burlington for purchasing a
new uniform for the St. Mary's Cornet
band. The famous Queen City band are
also moving for new "suit."
james McCarty, of Burlington, suf-
fered the fracture of one leg Wednes-
day of week before last, by being thrown
from a sleigh.
On Saturday, 18th inst, David Gar
rick, Waterman for Shepard, Davis &
Co., of Burlington, found bright,
healthy male child on the steps of their
office, with written request to have
him left at the Home if not wanted.
He was labeled, "Willie, born January
10, 1872" and still remains in Garrick's
possession.
ESSEX COUNTY.
-MyrOn J. Elliott, of Maidstone, was
brought before Justices Morse and
Webb, on the 5th inst, on complaint of
States Attorney Boyce, charged with.
assault and battery, committed upon the
person of Josiah H. Benton, ESQ, of
Maidstone, on the 5th inst, and ordered
to give bail in the sum of $3.50 for his
appearance at the next stated term of
Essex county court. Failing to procure
bail he was on the same day committed
to Jail
The Messrs. Hastings are rebuilding
their mill at Miles mountain. They are
nearly ready to put up the frame, and
hope to be in running order in about
four weeks. The new mill will be an
improvement upon the one burned, and
though that was a severe loss. the adj
vantages to be realized from additional
facilities for getting out lumber will
partially compensate for the loss. They
own some 1900 acres of land about the
mill, a portion of which has been culled
OF the larger lumber trees.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
W Edward Stanley, CT Georgia
Bay, died suddenly Saturday, of apo
plexy.
There are about fifty students in at
tendance at the New Hampton Institu-
ton ---'''l'"-
:, The days selected for holding the
franklin County Fair are Wednesday
Thursday and Friday, Sept. nth, l8fh
md 10Th, 1878. ny io'n
The labors of Rev. ]. f. FERGUSON
nave closed with the Methodist church
n Montgomery, and he has accented q
all and removed to Essex, to become
pastor of that church
"A Fairfax correspondent writes
lur town has consumed $3.50 of the
liquor agency ; not quite so bad as Cbes-
er, 81, 200.
FAIRFAX lumbermen have enioyed q
est this winter, the number of logs in
ne mil yards being small as COMPARED
With other years.
"A grange of the patrons of husband
y is about to be formed in Ricbford
everal subordinate oranges have al.
aady been formed in the eastern conn