Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-04
VERMONT NEWS.
ORANGE COUNTY.

u hiram Roberts fell into the bleachery o
d thepaper-mill, at Thetford Centre, and wa
: badly burned.
I Ira Tucker, of Tunbridge, fell from TIN
haymow to the barn floor, striking on nj
r head, receiving dangerous injuries
t West Randolph has at present four ac
I complished music teachers, and all in ful
! employ.
\ blast from the ledge back Of the resi-
dence of Erastus Baldwin, at Wells River
recently, threw up two stones which cam,
into Baldwin's chamber One, weighing
+ about $50 pounds, went through the roof
broke bedstead, and lodged on pile o
= books; another went through the gabl,
end, and another through the door Bald
; win lives in dangerous locality, at present
The other day, stone Of tons weight
; struck within foot Of his house.
The dwelling house of j. W. Reynolds, o.
Tunbridge, was recently destroyed by fire
Cause, burning chimney insured fol
$500.
At a recent meeting Of the directors O
the Orange County National Bank, at Chel-
sea, resolutions expressive Of the great loss
experienced by the bank in the death OF
their late President, Hon. B. W BarthOlO-
new, were adopted. At the same meeting,
ID. p. Walworth, Of Coventry, brother-in-
law Of Mr.. Bartholomew. was elected direc-
tor, ard Elihu Hyde was unanimously
elected President
SilaS Danforth, of Topsham, fifteen years
old, stole coat and pair Of pants from
0. T. Morrison, Of Groton. He was pur-
sued, and found in the cellar Of Elisha
Moulton, Of Topsham. from whence he was
taken to GrOton, and brought before Judge
! xtrho Ha POI
School, in Waterbury, to await trial.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Monitor says that 4. 4. Earle has re-
turned from New York, where among the
other lions he saw Brick PomerOy. "
" Brick has completely captiyated A..
4. : unSophisticated heart He thinks that
" Brick is honest, and will neither lie nor
steal but he Is compelled to admit he is in
the habit Of using strong if not musical Ian
! guague This Is the only serious drawback
that mars - Bricks" perfection
The Richiord Scntiaol says the Newport
people gave no reception to the excursion
party from Montreal, on the occasion of the
opening Of the Missisquoi and Clyde Rivers
Railroad. They fed no one and Col Foster
paid FOR the dinners of the party. The ex-
cursioni-ts naturally returned Immediately.
without stopping for toasts or speech max
ing.
Newport has seven lawyers.
\ good share Of Barton village turned out
| to a fire recently. The fire was inside of
| headlight Of a locomotive but the cOmbina-
tion Of steam and flame did look frightful
| at distance.
Rev. E.P. Wildof Caft>bury. has written
/ poem on Progress. which he has deliv-
cred with great success at Newport The
| ETprcSS says be 'is a natural poet, his style
being easy and charming
G.. W MEGA fey of Glover. recently h.Ia
leg broken while at work in the woods
The Governor appointed no locating
committee In the matter Of the County
/ seat. 50 that matter of removal ha, fallen
| to the ground for the present.
John Anderson of Glover. Is the posses
/ sor Of a curiosity in the shape Of calf
/ born week before last. The body is the
usual size with n head like a woOdchuck,
/ the lower Jaw being an inch and half
| longer than the upper. Its ears grow out
I OF its neck, it has only one noStril, and is
/ otherwise deformed.
Two or three years since man was re-
/ siding in Orleans county who married and
| buried two wives, and subsequently lived
a widower thirty years. At the age Of Is
l he was united in holy wedlock with the
lady he would have married first had not
/ untOward circumstances prevented. The
/ bride has been married. and within the
| space of year after her husbands death
the marriage took place.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Dr. Goldsmith and F. Foster Cooke. of
| Rutland, have been spending the winter a
| jacksonville. Florida John n Baxter
has also been enjoying a Southern trip.
JosephuS Manley. who was born and has
always lived in PittsfOrd. and who will be
| >ixty-iour years Of age next May. came 10
Rutland last week for the first time in forty
years. lie never rode on the cars before in
/ his life except q few rods on n gravel tram
| once. at the time the Rutland and Bhrling-
ton railroad was being built, and he Is Of
the opinion that car-rlding i "a very
smooth way Of getting over the ground.
He was never out Of the State but once,
when he >taid over nightat "Old IL" He
| lives now. and has always lived, on the farm
in pittSiord. where he was born. about six
miles from the railroad. lie says hewas nev
er in the village Of Rutland but once before.
which was over forty years ago. when, a
he says. "he was compelled To come to
muster or be wouidn't have come then.
4 tenant house in Clarendon known as the
/ Pill>bury place, and owned by Mrs Moran,
was recently burned TO the ground The
family that had been occupying the house,
had moved ont hut lew hours before. Fully
insured
\ house belonging To Mr. Martin of
I Poultney. recently was DESTROYED by fire
1t was shortly TO have been occupied by a
tenant, but was at that time only used a. a
store house. Loss covered by insurance.
\ street scene in Rutland recently en-
braced brutal clod-hopper in the fore
ground, driving a load of wood on a sleigh
/ up a steep hill, bare of snow, the team un-
mereifully goaded on with the whip.
j. Jay Joslin of Poultney, one of the
most enterprising merchants in Western
/ Vermont, has decided to remove to Colorado.
His loss will be greatly felt in Poultney and
vicinity.
Mill River Lodge Of Good Tempars at
| East Wallingford Is extinct The lodge
was heavily in debt. the members We're few
and the community uniayorable to the
| order. 50 a few met one evening and sold the
/ property and surrendered the charter
Cushing Lodge of Good Templars at
| Dandy having the misfortune to lose its
hall, books and regalia by fire, found it
necessary to suspend.
Brandon is to have &c houses erected, the
present summer, to supply the wants Of its
increasing business.
| Dandy has been visited by severe snow
storm. The wind was the hardest known
/ for years Several buildings were blown
down, and fences in many places.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Charles d. Joslyn of Waterbury, has been
| admitted to the bar.
\ daughter of j. H. Gerry of Cabot,
was seriously injured in her back, recent
| ly, while coasting.
Hon. Charles Reed of Montpelier, Just
before his death, came into possession of
very rare book. it being an account of the
/ trial and conviction of Matthew Lyon. in
! 1875, for " dislOyalty," under the alien
and sedition law, and his Imprisonment in
| the Jail at Nergennes. This copy is sup
! posed to be the only one of this book ex-
tent.
Isidore Marcot of Montpelier, has became
insane and put in Jail for safe Kecping.
George W. Wing, late Deputy Secretary
of State and Town Clerk Of Montpelier, Is
going West.
IL. c. Eddy, formerly organist i9 Bethany
Church, Montpelier, is at Berlin very busy
with his practising, and his teacher says
that he will make the finest organist in
America
Chester Powers of Middlesex, attempted
recently, at the head of State street. Mont
| pelier, to chastise Joseph Bower of Middle
town, for being familiar with his wife. The
result was an excitement, crowd, and the
rescue Of Bower by an officer. after he had
got eonsiderableof Il choking
T. J. Hunt, of Moretown, has been fined
$27. 7.6O for breach ofthc liquor law
Barnabus liammett, a native of East Mont
pelier, died recently at Philadelphia. For
aquarter ofa century, Or mere, he has been
one of the successful business men of the
Quaker city, accumulating a handsome for
] tune.
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