Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-25

Rev. Church Tabor baptized seven persons
at East Gilmore, on tho 18th inst.
g. F. Stanley has purchased the stage-line
from wolcott to Irasburgh, Of Bruce Ladd,
and has furnished a new rig.
The real estate, water power, machinery,
etc., of the Morrisville Manufacturing Com
pany was seld at auction recently. to Ed
wards, Stevens & Co. OF Winooski, for about
$4,000.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Hay is light, but better than was cx pected
in this county.
Isaac Merrill, of Chelsea. cut his hand Sc
verely with scythe, recently.
Capt. John Locke, of Chelsea, was badly
hurt by the falling of heavy barn door up
on him last week. 1t is thought he will re-
cover.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The daily mail from Newport to Charles
ton is discontinued.
w. @. Harding has been appointed mail
route messenger between Richford and New
port, Mt 5000 annually.
Forty guests arrived by the evening train
at the Memphremagog House, Newport, On
Saturday.
Albany has bonded for five times her grand
list, (about 100000 in aid of the Black Riv-
er r. r.
The Congregational ladies of Charleston
have raised $50 by a strawberry festival for
the improvement of their church.
Skinner & Drew, of Barton, have sold six
ty moving maohines. Woods, and might
have sold more If they could'have been OBJ
tanned.
The new railroad is dong good business
in both passengers and freight. The former
are already finding out what nice way 1t is
to go to Montreal, or from the city south
ward.
O.V. Percival who lives on the Benjamin
Nutter place in Barton, brought TO the Mon
itor Office bunch of fowl meadow grass
which measured six feet aud two inches in
height, also some blue joint which measured
the same.
The barn Of Albert Webster in Irasburgh
was struck by lightning, July IA, and the hay
set on fire. Mr. Webster and his hired man
were close by, and with other help put out
the flames, suffering loss Of about $40, COW
cred by insurance.
The Monitor says: Capt. A. NJ. Crane for
merly of Glover. but of late Assessor in VT-
ginia, has lately received an important and
lucrative appointment in the revenue service.
his authority extending over Virginia, West
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida.
The Montpelier Watchman says There is
some trouble in the Newport post-oiiice. and
d. NJ. Camp of the Express proposes to take
the emoluments and curses of the Office for
the next four years, more or less, provided
he can get the appointment.-Thero is no
trouble in the Newport post-office. but the
Watchmdp Is right about Camp. Whenever
was there an Office that he thought he could
reach that he did not jump at.
A subscriber in Orleans county writes that
he has discovered sure cure for consumption
in strong MULLEN leaf tea sweetened and
drank freely every day for from three to SIX
months. The mullen leaves unless from
young plants, must be gathered before July
25, and dried in the shade. He wants every
paper in America to publish this discovery,
and says il has cured several cases given up
by physicians, also horse of lung fever,
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A lot OF cheese has been sold from the
Dandy cheese factory. for 10 "a cents per
pound.
A Rutland girl got up ut three. O'Clock
A. NJ. washed all day, made supper Of
twenty hard boiled eggs, and then danced all
night. The funeral procession was two miles
long.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Montpelier bank building erected in
1926, on the corner of State and Elm streets,
has been demolished by James r. Langdon,
Esq, preparatory to the erection of his new
block at that point.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Crops are reported doing well in Andover,
and fair crop of hay will be secured,
Fred Thompson Of Gmlford, known in war
times as the " ten-milc fifer from Vermont"
is dead.
Abbott Davis. aged II, only son Of Arad A.
Davis, at Sadawga. in Nottingham, was
drowned on the Sd inst, while bathing.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The wife Of Dea. Julius Hazen Of Hartford
on the night of the 9Th inst. took, through
mistake, a quantity Of bed-bug poison, from
the effects Of which she died on Friday, after
the most severe suffering.
On Monday Of last week. Patrick Logan,
of White River Junction, missed 1886 in
greenbacks which he had put away few
days before. Search was made, but II WAS
not to be found till Tuesday, when il was
found scattered about under the window,
having been thrown out by his little girl five
years of age. The money was all recovered
except five dollars.