Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

mill at Bennington.
Wales W. Puffer, conductor on the GIas-
tenbury Railroad met with serious accident
recently. While assisting in woodlng up, a
10y struck him on the head and Ii tilcted "a
terrible scalp wound.
The subject OF a centennial celebration in
Peru, the coming summer. Is again agltated.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Eight St. Jonnsbury boys took the law re
Gently into their own hands, and attempted
10 clean out the establishment OF K. W.
Ayers, whom they suspected vi haylng I'M
proper intimacy with girl In his employ.
Iney collected about Ayers house ana WeIe
ordered of. As they did DOT 20, Ayers,
armed with a knife. went to the door, and
hand to-nand hsnt ensued, which resulted Ia
several sore heads and a boy named oartelit /
received stab IN the thigh nearly i've inches |
long The boys were eacn fined - and |
COSTS, and Ayers was bound over ior appeal
auce at court.
The Hardwick Reporter alleges that DR..
\. j. Hyde recently moved from East Hard |
WICK To 81. JohnsOury, to avoid paying taxes
on his property, stating he had been told by
prominent 81. JounsDury n4en thaG lie cJu4u
get into the list there tor IS 900, when ne
should go IN tor $40 900 Or more.
ESSEX COUNTY.
1t is estimated that = 000, 600 eet OF
lumber, between North otratlUid anu Con-
nectlcuG Lake, Will be run down the Con
uectlcut River this spring.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A brass band has been organize1 at Rich
ford.
Albro Rugg of Fletcher. has some sheep
that are wUrGu possessing, six OF them having
gwen bIrtn to thirteen ialnbs TINS spring.
A Grange OF the Patrons OF nuso4udry
was organized recently at East Franklin.
with hlty members, To BE- calle1 = frontier
Grange Ihls Is tue first Orange org4nzeu
III franklin County, and IL tie IaIg.s.
ever org .nized ii the STATE.
"A. McNaiI, hotel keeper at West Enos-
burgh has lately Deeo rrosec uted by States
Attorney PoweiI for Violations vi tue liquor
law. he plead guilty to turee oheuses, Tue
and cJSts amounting - about l0rsy dvlIaIs,
and prom to stop.
LANOILLE COUNTY.
1t Is now denied that Or. i. 2. Fai N
was III any way crlmlually Connected Win
the death oI Mics Ida P,cK vi " olcOtt.
During the past Tour years Is. Is. uaN sc
s erected 15l buildings IN Morrlsvlle, a4u
is etlll ut II.
The spring examination OF teachers Tor this
county viii be On Saturday, May lon, anu
the Iall examination GA Saturday, Nov. I54n.
Ine next institute Tor tue county viii Dc ned
at Stowe, beginning Monday, May 26lh.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Spring and lali Examination Of teachers
occur May sd aud Nov. 1871.
Dan Hurlhert OF Bradford, and Mr.. Moore
i.,. a. .f
UelOnglnS to Asa Low.
Rev. DIR. Mckecn is engaged on the history
OF BradiUId, aid hopes complete 1t TINS
year. lie IS now 81 years old, aud his eye
SIGHT Is apparently DIS good as wnen a young
Ludu.
| Complaint has been made to the authorities
against Charles Mills OF Orange, ior ALLEGED
cruelty to au Ok belonging 10 INN, the report
beng that he beat 1t to stave IN Its RIBS,
macerate its flesh, and Otherwise iniure IL
so tue animal Is comparatively WORTHLESS.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Craitsbury refused to bond for the build
ing OF the Montpelier and Black River Rail
road, by vote of 30 to 60.
! Mrs David Cook of Barton ate dinner
with her family one day at noon as well as
usual, and before night was a corpse.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Sutherland Falls Marble Company
have fitted up an apartment on their premises
as reading room for their employees. This
room the company have neatly and comfort
ably furnished and supplied with some Of the
leading daily and weekly newspapers OF the
country. as well as with the more popular Of
the monthly magazines. \ means is thus
furnished for the recreation aud instruction
of their employees, and other companies and
corporations would do well 90 follow the ex-
ample so nobly set by the Sutherland FALL
Marble Company
Isaac Wood, son of Rev. Mr. Wood o.
Poultney, while out ducking recently had d
narrow escape from drowning. He went
over dam twenty feet high.
William Hulett died recently at Mount
Tabor aged 100 years, 10 months and days
His father, aged 81 years, and brother
aged "a years, are buried in the same yard
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Co are
to erect new depot at Fairhaven the com
ing season.
S. Clifford of Middetown recently attempt
ed, in fit of dependency to commit suicide
by cutting his throat. ! he wound did MOI
sever the jugular vein, so it is thought ht
| Will TeCUFtT
In some way boy boarder of the Bono
seen House, Castleton, got over the banister,
2 OF The third flight of stairs one night recent
! ly, and fell to the ground floor, distance o
Iorty feet. He was slightly hurt and ttrribl
frightened. lie was rolling marbles in a day
+ OF two on the walk.
t An iron bridge has been erected at West
Haven at an expense oil 81 500. Whitehall
'ins in the expense.
Messrs. Langdon and Answorth of Castle
ton, are among the most extensive t0u
e dealers in Vermont. Their sales last yea
reached nearly Is 700 barrels.
The Sw edes at West Rutland have a pecu
liar method of buying goods. Each article
when received, is paid for and the change
If any, called for. Another required artc
] i then dema nded, paid for, and SO on a.
fnitum-sure but tedious
TangIefoot furnishes many ludicrous cpl
sodes. A funny individual at West Rutland
, with dirty face, sits on the road and essay
r to wash his phiz, using the ditch much lowe
down for an ever. erbalancipg, his fac
reaches the water before bis hands, the
recovering himself, he quarrels with hi
shadow for pushing him IN.
The dwelling house of James Canv, a
t West Rutland, with all its contents. wa
r burnt recently. The origin of the fire
J. unknown. though it is supposed to be de
fectlve fue.