Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

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machinery was not badly injured, and S2OO
will cover the loss
Nathan Wetherbee of Kirby, aged about
| - years, died suddenly in his chair on Tues
day morning of last week. On Monday be
worked in the mill, and the next morning
at the breakfast table feeling unwell moved
back, and died in about one-half hour. tie
was never sick day, or had doctor in bis
life.
An old lady of eighty summers, over in
Barnet, has been astonishing the people OF
that usually quiet town, by dancing good
share of night to such tunes as the g Dew
IFS Dream g Money Musk" etc. What
other girl of eighty can beat it?
w. Buchanan and Judge Hall of Groton,
have returned home from their recent tour
to Nevada. Judge Hall went out to visit
sick son, who has now recovered.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
| Butter at Richmond, March 10th, is quot
ed at 80 to 80 cents according to quality.
Thirty tons of cheese were shipped to Boston.
Charles McDonough of Burlington, is I'M
der $500 bonds for trial, on the charge of
attempting to kill his niece, Annie Sherlock,
with whom he had quarreled.
One recent Saturday evening Mr.. Garrick,
a night Waterman found on Shepard, Davis
Il Co. steps basket containing a fine boy
baby. To its garments was penned the fol-
lowing descriptive list % Willie, born
Jan. 18th. 1872. If not wanted, please leave
him at the Home" The little waif at latest
advices remained in MIR. Garrick's hands.
We heard a pleasant anecdote the other
day, which we advised the teller to send to
2ra, hut ha dp,f
we put it in print. An old lady in one of
the towns of this county, had rather disso-
lutte husband who fell sick and died She
attended the funeral, and upon her return re-
marked that she had one consolation, q She
knew now where he Slept nights
ESSEX COUNTY
The Grand Trunk railway station at Island
Pond was destroyed by fire, with its con-
tents, Tuesday afternoon of last week.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The days selected for holding the Frank
lin County Fair are Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, Sept, 18th 18Th and 10Th, next
Gen. S. B. Hazeltine was elected Town
Clerk of Bakersfield for the 54th time en-
Tuesday.
There has lived within the last two and
half years, and all but one of them
within the last one and a half years, within
two miles in straight line in different di-
rectlons from the tannery of DR.. Gilbert in
EnOsburgh, seven men who have had three
wives each, and one who has had four, max
ing in all eight men who had twenty-five
wives. Five of those when last married
were under forty-six years of age, and not
but one family living in any place called
a village.
LAM0ILLE COUNTY.
RAILROAD Wharf.-The Messenger says
Messrs- King, Fuller Il Co, contractors on
the Lsmoile Valley railroad, have commenced
a suit against the company, claiming $780,
900 damages for breach of contract and for
not allowing them to complete the construc-
ton of the road. They have attached all
the property belonging to the company on
the line of the road. Messrs Edison & Rand
and Gov Underwood are their attorneys.
The railroad company have built an ice
house at Hydepark, and laid in large stock
of ice for use on the butter cars another sea-
son.
Work is going on upon the P K O. road
beyond HYDE Park, in several of the heaviest
cuts-both rock and dirt This is done to
put the work forward so that the remaining
forty miles, to Swanton, may be finished for
running the coming season. The grading is
already we'll advanced.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Wells River Manufacturing Company
have sold the mill privilege, where the Box
Shop was burned, to S A. Moore who is to
put up another mill.
The village of West Randolph has at pres
ent four accomplished music teachers, and
all in full employ.
A. Il. Colby of Tunbrldgc, has pair of
two years old steers that girth SIX feet and
four inches, and weigh 2400 pounds.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Coventry people begun sugaring ten days
ago, and report considerable run of sap, be
tOkening an early season. Well, people in
this section have had a - considerable run of
sap but it hasn't been from the naples
We may need to employ little patience be-
fore that 'whopper " Of a sugar season
comes TO US.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The blast furnace at Pittsford is manufac
turing about nine tons of iron per day.
Pittsford has voted to erect a monument
to the mem DRY ofCaleb Houghton, killed by
the Indians near Fort Vengeance, July 18th
1880. 1t is expected to be dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies, on the Fourth OF
July.
WINDHAM COUNTY,
Harris Brothers & Co., of Brattleboro,
have closed contr Ict to build the New
York, Westchester and Boston railroad from
the Harlem river to the Connecticut State
line at Portchester--a distance of about .
miles. 1t is to be iirst-cass, double-track
road, With iron bridges and steel rails, and
is to be completed within u or Is months,
as the company may elect The work and
materials covered by this contract, super
structure not included, exceed 81 100000.
Brattleboro has a liquor war, in which
Morey of the Brattleboro House is the man
they are after. After long bat
tie, he was beaten, fined $50 and costs but
appeals TO a higher court. In liquor cases
the - highest court is the worst possible
one for the seller. Better own up, pay W
and shut up.
youth in Brattleboro was fined 81 for ar
assault on his mother.
Thirty-tgo deaths in the Brattleboro In.
sane Asylum last year.
The train coming north over the Vermont
Valley railroad, on the afternoon of the Isl
inst, had a narrow escape from destruction
While running at high rate of speed neal
East Putney, the tender jumped from the
track, and the baggage car followed it. Ir
this condition the train ran nearly quarter
of mile before it could be stopped, ye
strange to say, none of the passenger carr
left the track The wheels Of the tender
and baggage car were completely demolished
and only strong Stacking saved the whole
train from destruction.
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Plymouth had very high wind Saturday
> night, and barn belonging to Mr.. George
Swan was found tlown down Sunday morn
ing.
Plymouth has the champion hunter in
Horace Pinney, living in Penny Hollow. LII,