Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
STATE ITEMS.

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suicide by hanging on Tuesday, the 9th.
"A Bennington farmer took the trouble
to count the kernels in stalk of Indian
wheat and found 1900.
The Bartlett brothers. plow and pill
box mandatory at Bristol was burned,
Thursday night of last week. Loss S10,000
insurance $4,000.
"A Castleton man holds a promissory
note made in 1865 on which there are 20 in
dorsoments, and still ii is not paid.
Tho contract for furnishing the slate
for the new government buildings at WASH
ington, ID. c., has been awarded to tho
Eagle company of Hydeville.
"A Middlebury gontleman's pride is
giant sunfower which is covered with 175
blossoms.
"A nickel mine has been opened in
Wostmoro Common. which promises TO
pay well. An analysis shows that it con-
tains gold enough 10 pay for working,
aside from tho nickel.
Tho gap between tho two sections of
the Montpelier and Wells River railroad
was closed on the 10th inst. Tho entire
road will bo ready for business within 80
days.
A large bird, measuring six feet from
tip TO tip of its wings, and standing five
feet high, was wounded and captured alvo
by two hunters near Brookiield, Wodnos-
day, just as it was in the act of carrying
off q sheep.
"A precocious ST. Adams infant of five
summers asked his big brother TO put his
toe on u chair, that he might cut it off with
his hatchct. Ills big brother jokingly
complied, whom the little rascal deliberate
ly chopped it off.
Vermont has 500 Sunday-schools, with
G,O50 telchcrs and 1890 scholars, but there
are, it is estimated, $500 children and youth
between and 20 years of age, or two-thirds
of tho whole number in the State, who
don't attend.
Some dogs from Shrewsbury came to
Clarendon, recently, and killed twenty-five
sheep for j. @. Stewart, then passed into
an adjoining lot and killed twelve more,
all in one night.
Jack Sullivan, aged 10, formely brake
man on the Rutland & Burlington road,
while riding on the extra train, Thursday
evening, from Rutland TO Bellows Falls,
was killed at East Wallingford, by falling
off the train. His legs were cut Off and his
body fcarfully mangled.
"A Spiritualist soance of the Eddy fam
lily at Chittcndon was badly demoralized,
few nights since, by skeptic suddenly
striking parlor-match, the light of which
revealed the medium in the middle of the
floor, united, and vigorously playing the
guitar, which he had affirmed was floating
in the air, supported and played by spirit
hands.
A boa constructor, which constituted
one of the side-shows Mt the State fair at
Rutland, last week, escaped, Thursday
night, and was not discovered until Satur-
day, when he was found beneath a pile of
papers in Floral Hall, where he had lain
dormant all day Friday, while the Hall
was visited by thousands, unaware of his
snakeship's proximity.
Mr.. julie L. Perkins, son of Col. Orson
Perkins OF Woodstock, has been engaged
as primo basso at Her Majesty's theatre,
Drury lane, London, for six years. This
is one of the largest and best appointed
opera houses in the world, and the position
of first basso is the highest compliment that
could be paid to an artist. Mr.. Perki mss
salary amounts to about $4,000 He was
under the tuition of his brother, Prof
w. o. Perkins of Boston, till about six
.,nn,.s, nno -..L- H. ---,.,t -, ITALY. ,,,hn-n
he has been studying with success. Mr..
Perkins is now about twenty-cight years
of age, and has the prospect of most bril-
liant future.
The Vermont Cotton Mill Company,
North Bennington, has capital of S150,000.
The main building is 1856 by 35, four stories
high, built of wood. Besides this there
are picker and capper room, repair shop,
boiler and draper rooms and thirteen ten
omont houses. The company runs 1000
spindlos, 1862 looms and &c carding ma
chimes, employ 100 hands and pay out
S2,1OO per month. The annual production
is 100000 yards Of GA by ca print cloths,
valued at $4,000 per month. The motive
power is chiefly water, but sixty horse
power engine is used.
One of tho best cheese factories in the
State is located at Shrewsbury Centre and
owned by the Hon. III. C. Gleason. The
ctory is so feet long by SO wide, and is
quite an imposing editice. II. c. Stone has
the management of it, and has had for
three seasons. The milk from 684 cows
has been manufactured into cheese this
year. They expect TO make l75, 900 pounds,
or nearly 5000 choescs. 1t brings them, at
their own railroad station, 14c per pound