The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-31


man in the State, Mrs Joseph Richie.
She weighs 4l9 pounds, is five feet two in
ches in height, measures seventy inches
around the waist, and twenty-five inches
around the arm.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
III G Cleveland, of Coventry, recently
slaughtered one of his Shorthorn cows
that weighed alive ,525 pounds, and
dressed ,052
A Mr.. Day, of Glover, had raisin box
left at his door Thursday night by man,
who departed in haste. The Vermont Far
n'er says it contained only one (female)
raisin, which Mrs. ID. adopted
The Barton people are trying TO get the
bank away from 1rasburgh.
The Newport people want to get the
county seat away from Barton.
Some folks want to get the county fair
away from Barton.
William r Elkins, of Troy. had his hand
badly bitten on Saturday last by a dog.
Teams are getting into lake Memphrema-
cog quite frequently, but so skillful are the
Memphremagogger in getting them out
that serious results seldom occur Free
man Blake and Aaron Magoon were the
last successful experimenters in this line
The latter lost his load of lime.
Mr. T c Butler, an old and wdely-known
citizen of Derby Line, died ON Friday, De-
cember ~, after an illness of several
months. He was an unobtrusive and quiet
man, remarkable for his industry and at
tention to business to the last.
f C Merrill, of West Charleston, manu-
facturcr of the patent composition emery
wheels and saw gummers, went into bank
ruptcy on Monday. His liabilities are set
at $4,000. Several of the best men in
Charleston are on his paper, and must, of
course, suffer, rs also many others in Or
leans county, and Stanstead, P.Q. of whom
he hired money.
LAMOII.LE co.
Andrew French, near North Hydepark,
died very suddenly on Wednesday of last
week. lie went to the barn in usual health
in the morning to care for his cattle. When
his wife got breakfast ready she sent the
dog to call him. The dog went to the barn.
then ran Immediately back. Mrs French
knew something was the matter, went to
the barn and found her husband sitting
leaning against the barn. lie rolled up his
eyes but could not speak he lived an hour
or two. His age was about 60.
WINDSOR co.
y centennial Boston tea party was cele-
brated by tea festival, which netteG S23
for repairing the vestry of the church at
Windsor
dance at Il hotel in Norwich recent
~, was interrupted by an old-fashioncd
fight between two pugilists.
On the 18th instant a lad named Alvaro
Lewis, 12 years of age, son of Mrs Myra
Lewis, and another boy about the same age
named Harry Taylor, were skating on the
canal above Balcom's factory, in Proctors-
vile, when the ice broke and let the Lewis
boy into cool bath where the water was
about four feet deep. Struggling upon
broken and breaking pieces of ice, by the
assistance OF his companion he was able to
keep from drowning till Mr. Joel Peck,
hearing the boys cries, ran to his assist
ance, and thus saved his life.
The net proceeds of the ladies festival of
the Univcrsalist church in Fclchyille Noted
$123
North Hartland has II writing school.
Some scoundrel entered the mill of Hen
ry Lull, at Hartland, one night last week,
and broke nice mill saw he had used but
one day.
Two young men of lIartland have taken
a contract to cut into logs the pine timber
Tor mill at so cents per thousand feet
They expect to cut 400, 900 feet.
l. Fisher, of Chester, has butchered IA
beef which was twenty months and twenty
days old which netted $40 pounds beef, AZ
tallow, hide 1l8, making total weight of
1905 pounds,
Warner Earle, Of Chester, has hen tur-
key that produced young birds enough the
past season to bring him S3l So, besides
leaving him one for Christmas.
A S Martin, of Hartland, has the contract
of supplying shoe boxes for the State
prison.
The great fog reached Ilartland on
"Wednesday of last week 1t came on dur
ing the night, and remained until II o'clock
a m, when it disappeared, leaving every
tree, bush and shrub beautiful Sheen.
a Shedd has very large and interest
ing singing school at lIartland
A patent has been granted to George d
Reed, of Springfield, for n guitar