Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-31
STATE NEWS.

The Groton Millerites designate April
II, as the last great day.
The st. Adams Butter Market Tues
day, was dull. A few sales were made
at 80 to SO cents for medium to good.
and 40 cents for choice
Hon. I. W. Park recently forwarded |
to his sisters in Bennington, as presents, |
the little sum of $40, 1000, or $4,000
for each.
Congressman Willard has gone to
Florida, not wishing to come to Vermont
until the snow subsidies
Hon. VIM. Hubbard, of Chelsea, met
with painful accident IN Randolph last
Wednesday, by falling and breaking the
neck of his thigh bone.
Judge Poland has been appointed one
of the visitors to the military academy
at West Point
President Grant attended the sociable
given by the New England Society at
Washington last Thursday evening
The cankerrash is making fearful raw
ages among the children in the town of
Waitsfeld Mr.. Josiah Holden has lost
one of his children on each of the last
three Sundays.
Jacob Esty of Brattleboro, the senior
member of the firm of Jacob Esty & Co.
who manufactures the celebrated Cabi.
net Organs, is noted Cor his generosity.
He has just given the Baptist church of
West Brattleboro fine parsonage.
Woodstock voted at meeting last
week to guarantee the interest on the
Woodstock railroad The road will
probably now be completed and the en-
terprising town Of Woodstock be favor
ed with railroad facilities.
Rev. j. W. Malcolm, of Barton, gave
his lecture ''In tub and how to get
out, y at Sutton, Friday evening, the 18th
inst. St. Johnsbury people might send
farther and hear less interesting lee
ture than that given by Mr.. Malcolm
C0ledonaan.
At the term of court just held in Essex
county, only one jury case was tried
The prayer of the clergyman who opened
the court was as follows: O, Lord, i'm
part wisdom and grace to the jurors, the
bench, and all members of the court,
even to the lawyers.
Montpelier has lately been harboring
a scoundrel from Granville, N. Y, who
lurched the people of that place some
two hundred thousand dollars. He came
to Montpelier, hired his board of Mr.
Lyman Camp, but finding the climate
uncongenial, left for parts unknown.
The military bill passed at the last
session of the Legislature provided for
the consolidation of the three existing
regiments of this state into one and di-
rected the Governor to select twelve COM
panies from these with which to form
the new regiment. The companies Sc
lected, are all from the western part of
the state except four. Lamoille, Orleans,
Essex, Caledonia and Bennington Coun-
ties will have no companies in this or
ganization.
P. B. Laird, of this town, secured two
| deer last week, but without the purview
of the statutes of Vermont, but whether
of all law or not is a question for him to
settle. Mr.. L.aird's hound, twenty two
months old, caught the deer. We do
not envy Mr.. Laird his savory meat even
if we did not have a taste of Coledo-
aiG.
DIR. ]. R. Darling, of Ryegate, VT,
has just completed the contract to fur
nish lumber for bridges from Wells Riv-
er to Groton, having delivered some 400
900 feet in all. Nine bridges were In
cluded in this contract-one in Newbury
seven in Ryegate, and one in Groton.-
He has also taken the job to build all
the depots from Wells River to Groton
heights.
At recent district conference of the
NJ. +. Church, held at Lyndonville, Rev.
H. A. Hough, minister at Walden, was
tried by the conference for breach OF
promise of marriage with Miss Knox. Of
Lawrence, Mass. Letters of both par
ties were produced in evidence. The de-
cision of the conference. By a vote Of
thirteen to twelve was that he be sus-
pended from the church for one year.
Rev. p B. Fisk, of Lyndonvelle, ha,
toy telegraph line leading from his
study in the church to his residence
The wire cost $3.50, and the battery fif
teen cents. it works like charm, and
conversations are easily carried on over
the wire One of the good points of the
system is that the Reverend never gets q
cold dinner, but is always on time.
Mr.. L. W. Palmer, who has been Su
perintendent of the Passumpsic Railroad
since Mr.. Perry occupied the same posi-
ton, has resigned, and his resignation
takes effect the lst day of April. Every.
body acquainted with Mr.. Palmer, Sc
far as our knowledge extends, regrets
that he leaves the position. He goes to
the Providence & Worcester Railroad
Mr.. Raymond, President of the Passump
sic Road, has bought Mr. Palmer's house
at Lyndonville.- Cdledoaaian.
In The case of Richardson VS.. Pratt
in the Rutland county court. the jury re
turned verdict for the defendant. II
was conceded on all hands that the plain
tiff in this cause made the strongest CASE
that ever has been made in court, OF
one of these Newcomb notes, and this
verdict ought to settle the question for
ever, that the courts and juries of Yer
mont will not assist the patent right
swindlers who sought to come into tn,
state to gull our people in defraud
ing our citizens
As the eastern bound train on tn,
Portland and Ogdensburg railroad Sat
urday evening approached the bridg'
over the Moose river, half a mile cas-
of St. Johnsbury. the baggage and pas
senger cars were thrown from the track