Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-17

cIOsslng " Ulluge WIN MS morse ana wagon
recently. fell from the bridge To the ice below
and was fatally injured
a shooting accident occurred in Bennington
list Friday. james Bradford aged 20 years
son ofGen. Geo. Bradford was hunting among
the hills. While sitting on wall playing
with his dog, his gun slipped and was dis
charged into his left armpit. The charge
was removed from the wound. but his CON
dition Is extremely critical.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
AT meeting of the board of st. Johns
bury Village trustees Jan. II, the following
officers were elected: Luke ,Buzzel, chair.
man; Il. g. Corscr, Clerk. Police-J. A.
Stevens, (chiciO G.. u. Carpenter, ID. Wiley,
j. BTnhnm, Alex. Stewart, Geo. w. Bo-
nett. Highway Surveyor, John Hancock.
Fire Engineers Cyrus Sargent chief: f..
L. Brown, LIST asst. n. NJ. johnson. 81
asst; Il. f. Rollins, 81 asst; H. S. Good.
win, 18th asst. Surveyors of wood-Dnnlc
Carpenter, Il. +. Rollins, Elisha May, A. NJ.
Cook, Sias Randall. John Hancock, o. G..
Hale, II. II. Wheeler, J. A. Stevens. J. A.
Moore, j. NJ. Alvord John Halves.
The reports to the effect that there are nu-
mcrous eases of small poX in st. ,Iohnsbury
nre uttcrly untrue There aro no cases IN
! the place. and there has been but one, that
of young Curtis, who has lately recovered
There will be some good ballad singing ut
| the Temperance Convention mt tho Avenue
! House next Wednesday, under tho direction
Of Mcssrs. Bean and Morrison.
The Green Mountain Grange T.. of II. will
have social meeting with picnic refresh
mcnts ut their hall Oh Saturday, February |,
beginning at ten o'clock A. NJ. This is the
regular monthly meeting of the Grange and
there will probably he II largo attendance ms
business of Importance will come up.
| Grange were installed at called meeting
held on Friday. Jan. 10. There was n very
| full attendance of both male and female
members, and considerable other business
was transacted. Patron stock is advance
| ing, evidently.
| lloughs full band will play for dancing ut
| Avenue House Hall, next Tuesday evening,
Jan. 2lst. All who desire to have II series
of assemblies, with the above music this
| winter. we hope will be present us the first
| dance may decide it. Dancing from 8 to
! O'Clock Admission 81 gallery % cents.
! The Universalist Church. on Eastern Ave
! nue., will be dedicated next Thursday, Jan.
| % Services will commence mt 10 o'clock
! L. NJ. Clergymcn from abroad will be pres
ent and assist in the services. There will
| be sermon, addresses, DC. The puplic are
| invited.
| 10 me Trustees Of -. JohnS6lyy .Icddcmy:
The examining committee for the school
term ending Jan, 10. 1873, report with pleas
IRE upon the result of their observations.
! We agree that the organization of the school
us whole promises well for its future; that
| its present classification seems rs good, us in
| the circumstances, Is admissible that the
| administration Il admirable, the Principal
wise, efficient industrious, firm and kind;
! that his assistants are mnniestly in hearty
| sympathy and cooperation with HIM; that
| the method of conducting rccitatiOns was
! good with respect especially To its business
| like, yet not mechanical promptness, its
| thuruughness, its range, its accuracy, its evil
! dent success in developing sulf-rclmnt men.
| tai habits, lis freedom from all effort ut help
| ing halting recitation into Il superficial
success,-in word, its stress upon quality
| rather than quantity, upon active habits of
reflection and Judgment rather than passive
| rCcipienCy; that tho reciiatiOrS We're all ialr,
many very excellent, some positively brill
| liant We specify the recitation In the Ana.
| basis conducted by the Principal in History
by Mr.. Savage, in Geometry by Miss Colby,
| in Arithmetic by Miss Cummings, in Gram
mar hy Miss Hancock, rs furnishing exam
pies both of brilliant rcctations and Of skill
iul handling IN the conduct of them. As TO
tie ia-t we agree in congntulation that the
school has 81 mnd p foundation, SO elegant
IN cdiiiCo in prospect, such generous pat
ronagc, and that not the town nor the county
alone. but the state has an institution of such
promise. Respectfully,
l.. o. BRAsTow.
IJIAs. :. DANA,
J J.. IIlMrHRFS.
Mark 4. Amsdcn has been appointed post
master ut South Walden, vice Louis NJ.
Burnham. resigned
The Lyndon Eaion gives some reminiS.
cences of an old settler running back 81
years. At that time days work brought
half buShcl Of corn; feet oxen about Sij
no market for potatoes. They were distilled
and paid for in whiskey, or made into pork
and sold for five cents per pound. Every
body drank whiskcy, laid round drunk few
hours and got mp as respectable rs ever.
The Ui1oR says there were shipped from
Iyndonvillr hast week by ErastuS Graves, n
Fnir of oxen weighing 1850; Henry Chase,
Il pair, 800, and 3 cows, 1900 each; Calvin
Bgoow, \ pairs oNon, 5000, $3.50 and Ri00,
also thrcc-ycar-0ld steers and Il two-ycar-
old hcllcr, the lot bringing SllS0.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The fishermen are having - good time
catching snult from the lake; little ice fish
about the size of brook trout They usually
make their appearance about the first of
March. Have never seen any in January
before.
NJ. G.. Newton, OF Luncnburg who is win
tering stock for Lambert Hastings, has %
head of cattle. 30 sheep and horse kind;
has cut the present season so tons of hay and
grown II acres of grain; has finished Mr..
Hastings barn in II thorough manner and In
modern style, capable of holding $50 tons Of
hay, with cellar for manure, root, and sta
bile room for 30 head of cattle or more. The
barn cost $4,000 and is among the best in
northern Vermont Mr.. lis farm of $50
acres is under great Improvement, and will
cut 100 tons of hay, another season, il the
crop is M average one. Newton has had
charge of it 10 years, lie was born in Lyn-
don. one-half mile from the Cnhoon farm.
- Union.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Orleans County Agricultural Society
held its annual meeting ut Irusburgh, Jan.
Nh, 1873, and elected MS President, II. G..
Cleveland, of Coventry; Vice Presidents,
John l.. Dodge. lInsburgh, Emera Cook,
West Glover; Secretary, u. 4. jameson,
lrnsburgh; Asst Secy., Il. H. Webster, Bar
ton; Treasurer !. n Cushman, Irasburgh
Albany, u; w. Robinson, Barton, Homer
Bradley, Bloomington Calvin Sawyer,
Charleston. G., w. True, Coventry. J., j.
Hastings Craitshuly, NJ. NJ. kelsey, Derby
Frank Phillips, Glover j. b. Cook, Green's
boro, Martin Feuin, Holland, >. w, Gran
dalI, Jay, IL. ID. lNfkef, lsOWoll, W. J., BART
lett, Morgan, +. u. + ne, Newport G., w,
Cole, Salem, NJ. Kennedy, Jr., Troy, o. c.
Miller. Westfeld, VIM. Bruce, WestmOre.
Tho following committee were chosen to
Negotiate and bargain for the use of the fair
ground mt Barton, for holding the fair five
yenrs: H. G, Cleveland, james Vance, j
l.. badge, Moses Bcedle was 1wardcd pre-
MUM by the Encirty on the best 100 ears of
seed corn. The corn wHs distributed to the
members present. l.. Arnold, of Salem, re-
cnivcd premium on OnG-half aero rye.
T. b. j.
ORANGE COUNTY.
\. A. Storrs, of Randolph has the past
year sold about $50 worth of eggs from 30