Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15
VERMONT NEWS.
ADDISON COUNTY.

charge passing through his hat and grazing
the top of his head
Large quantities of coal are being manu-
featured at Glastonbury, twenty-three kilns
are kept steadily burning, and the pits that
were in use in Eye olden time are being
brought into req tiisition-Or rather the Gus
tom thereof. Yet there are thousands Of
cords Of wood still piled on the hillsides.
Arrangements are being made to extend
the Bennington and Glastonbury railroad
across the mountain, which enterprise will
pro bly, be completed in year or two.
The wife of Col. NJ. S. Colburn of Man
chester is recovering from her recent serious
| Illness
Hunts shawl factory at Bennington en-
ploys two hundred hands, consumes annual
ly 400, 900 pounds of wool, and the payroll
amounts to $1,000 per month. The total
cost of the mill, including machinery, was
over 100000
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Lafayette Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
at their last regular convocatiOn at Enos-
burgh Falls, adopted resolutions expressive
Of their respect for the memory OF their late
Past High Priest, Capt. f. l.. Ilibbard.
Henry II. Rounds, of Riehford, has re-
ceived the appointment OF Inspector of Gus
toms at that place.
The Good Templars of Fairfax are con
templating an excursion on Lake Champlain
on the A. Williams.
The new hotel at Enosburgh Falls is now
open and quite an imposing looking build
ing. The hrst story is only used as hotel.
The second story is a village hall and the
third is owned by the Masonic Fraternity.
The Enosburg Falls aqueduct company
Is to supply that village with plenty of good
water.
Congress Hall, Sheldon, has ninety
guests.
\ drunk came off at Levi Sherwood's in
Bakersfield on recent Sunday evening, for
which pastlme Sherwood paid $50 and costs
and his son $40 and costs.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
There is grand rush to the Iodine
Springs, South Hero. The Spring House,
the Island House, and L. B. Macomber's
boarding house are all well filed.
Mr.. c. G, Mayo, of South Hero, is to be
principal Of the Stowe graded school, the
coming term.
The fishing in Keeler's Bay, South Hero
is unusually excellent.
LAMouLLE COUNTY.
Hydepark is to have musical conven-
ton September ID, conducted by Prof. W.
o. Perkins of Boston.
A Seventh Day Advent camp meeting is
in progress at Wolcott.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Job W. Clement, of Bradford. was fined
last week 800 and costs for selling intoxi-
eating liquor.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Stephen Keith, Of Newport Centre, had
his barn removed from its foundation by a
thunder gust recently.
Cyrus Merrill, ofWestmore, left his home
some three weeks since, telling his wife he
was going to Charleston on business and
should return the next day without fail, and
has not been seen since.
Adna Crandall, Of Jay, IS years Of age,
has cut and peeled 1903 hemlock trees, aver
aging two feet on the stump, during the
present season Of bark peeling.
Judge Royce will preside the first week Of
the September Term Of the Orleans County
Court, and try the cases in which Judge
Redheld Is disqualified.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The next meeting of the Good Tcmpars
Union viii be held at Castleton on Tuesday
next. IN essay will be read by Miss Mary
Z. Sinclair Of Poultney and an address
given by Rev. W. I. Ross Of CastletOn.
Large numbers of Welshmen have been
arriving III Poultney this summer.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Oscar Jones of Montpelier has jus; sold
his farm. in Berlin. to Mr.. Sherburn Of
Glover for 81 900. 1t has been in his faith
er's and grandfather possession for 76
years, Major Samuel Jones settling ON il in
1877, when it was a complete wilderness.
The art of telegraphy i to be taught at
the Vermont Methodist Seminary at Mont
pelier next term
The Argus ssays Montpelier has several
persons who were evidently made for ballast
IN balloon voyages, being Just as good to
throw over to " tighten ship a. " any
other man.
Hiram Atkins Of the Montpelier Aryus,
with his family and other friends, are at
- Camp Watson" on the Milton shore.
Governor Converse has appointed Henry
X. Field and Hiram \. Huse of Montpelier.
justices Of the peace, to fill the vacancies
caused by the deaths Of Hon. Charles Reed
and Luther Cross.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Vim. Murphy. while at work on the pre-
misses of j. c. Morgan of South Woodstock.
killed a striped snake of the female persua-
sion within which was found d" happy
family of eighty-four young snakes.
The barn of Martin LaiTee, of Windsor.
was burned last week. and here j. local
report of the affair Boys playing with
matches caused it. The fire company COW
cred themselves with glory, after strenuous
efforts they succeeded in getting a stream
pointed in the direction of an old wagon
which was on fire and was distant about %
or 80 feet from the nozzle of the hose, find
Ing that they couldn't reach il Bill Lacy
went up to it and drew it down to them,
after which 1t was extinguished. The citi-
zens of our village should be proud of such
an institution. All honor to the brave fire.
men. The fright Of the city folks in the
vicinity, resulting from the fire, was of 50
alarming nature, that for a while we APP
pretended fatal results.
While Mrs. George Burroughs of Hart
! ford, was riding in carriage with her
chi Id along the bank of the river, the horse
became unmanageable and commenced back
| ing. Before it could be stopped the occu-
pants of the carriage were in the river.
| Mrs. Il. managed to draw herself and the
child out of the water by keeping hold of
the wagon and speaking to the horse with
perfect GOODNESS and presence of mind.
\ man not far from Woodstock, says the
| Standard, adopts the following novel plan
of feeding the trout in his trout pond He
| kills woodchucks and suspends them over
| the pond, and as they become maggoty the
maggots lose their hold and down they 90
to feed the fish. This plan of course does
not work so well all seasons of the year,
but in these dog-days it, like "Rennie' 5
Magic Oil, works like a charm"
Miss 5. F. Snow, of South Royalton. has
a botanical curiosity in the shape of a night
blooming cactus. The plant is round and
some four or five inches in diameter. 1t is
three years old, and has within few days
given its first blossom by throwing out a
stem from the main body of the cactus
about eight inches long, upon the top OF
which is beautiful white flower the size OF
the top Of an ordinary teacup, the aroma
from which fills the room.
At Windsor on recent Sabbath evening
there were four preaching services at the
same hour-an incident which is not known
to have occurred before in the history of the
village.