Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-06-11
State Matters.


ADDISON COUNTY.
The Cream Hill stock farm, in Shorcham,
contains nine hundred nctcs Of land, and has
every convenience for the business they are en-.
gagged in. There arc m the farm some 100
breeding mares. ard hundreds Of colts Of all
ages. 1t is beautiful location, the land is
the very best, and it lis thought they are making
heaps Of money.
A certain married couple Of Riptou had an
argument the other morning ns to who should
build the Gre, and on the wifes refusing to do
1t, the gentleman proceeded n throw a qnan-
tity Of COW manure at her. For this odorous
conduct the wife fired stick Of wood at him.
The husband is now going round with sore
head, and says boss kicked him"
The United States Arsenal at vergennes was
sold on Friday at auction by Lieut.. Maclay, o..
S. A" Of the arsenel at waterylict, N. Y.
Hon. John NJ Dyer, Of Salisbury, was the pur.
chaser for $4,000 Tho arsenal was built in
1916. The buildings arc large and subsian-
tial, in excellent preservation, and are sur
rounded by fine grounds The property Ger.
tainly went cheap
The general convention Of the Congrega
ti0nal churches Of Vermont, will be heldat Mid
dlebury, June 18th. At the same time and
place will be held the first meeting Of the con-
yention as Incorporated by act Of the Legisla-
turo Of Vermont. Among the exercises will
be discussion Of the Roman Catholic ques-
ton in is practical aspects in this State, By
Rev. q. b. Stafford, Tuesday evening. and an
essay on Wednesday, on the proper ratio Of
ethical to doctrical preaching by c. W. Tbomp.
son.
Mr. Joseph Morse, Of Leicester, while re-
turning bomeIrom Middlebury, on the 81 inst. b.,
was brutaly attacked by two persons named
Bronson. lie was pulled from his wagon, one
arm broken, and his assailants jumped on him
and pounded and kicked him terribly. The
case was laid before the grand jury of the
county, and bin found against them. Mr..
Morse is very highly respected citizen and
widely known in the county. One of the viii
lains went to a town grand juror and complain
ed Of himself, thinking this would shield him
from further prosecution and punishment.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Bennington valley sends 4 900 quarts Of
milk to New York, daily, which is delivered to
customers without the assistance Of middle men.
The knitting mill Of A. B. Valentine, at
Bennington, has been enlarged to accommodate
six sets Of machinery instead Of four-al on
women'- white knit goods
Ola Dorset mountain, by actual measure
ment, is 3,7l0 feet above the level of the sea,
and perhaps gives some Of the most beautiful
views Of our scenery of any in the State
Orlando Boorue, Of Manchester, caught a
200 pound bear in trap on Ea% Mountain,
Saturday night. When found he had dragged
the trap about 100 rods, but bullet or two
put stop to that, and bruin was dragged back
again BY the elated hunters,
The steam clothes pin factory Of r. 5. lIurd,
Of Sandgate, was destroyed by fire on the morn
ing Of the Both ult. There was no insurance.
and the loss will not be less than $1,000 to the
owners Of the property, besides the loss to tie
community, which is not small
Edward, son Of D. II Conkling. Of Bcnning-
ton, was drowned at Troy. n. Y, last week.
while riding in a sail bont His father, who
was formerly member Of the Kew York house
Of II. B. Claain q Co., died about five year,
since in Paris, leaving this son upwards Of
100000 Young Conklng was about 20
years Of age, and was attending school at Troy
at the time Of the accident
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The last case Of fire arms mutton head. is a
youth named Gates, of Groton, who knocked
the gun cock against door frame and sent tn,
charge into the room containing eight person'
-grazng the face of one woman and barely
missing two others, but hurting no one. Sucl
chaps give providence hard time.
The st. Johnsbury Caledorian gives an &C
count Of a stone the size Of a nail-keg which
dropped through the roof of a she'd just aftei
three children had gone out. Children may b,
plentiful in st Johnsbury, but it is not in &C
cordance with the laws Of the nineteenth cen
fury to thin them out by blasting in tn
streets
CHlTTENDES COUNTY
The W inoosk Mil Co., has broken groun,
for an addition to its mill, 100 feet by so feet
four stories in height Another story is ais
to be placed on top Of the present mill by rails
ing its roof.
There has been already one death from smal
po1 at Essex junction, and the dreaded diseas
is increasing Persons having business there
or travelling in that direction, would do well :
be vaccinated
The trustees Of the Burlington Savings BAN
have voted to pay their depositors at the rat
Of 5 per cent for the six months ending Jul
LIST. The deposits now amount to little owe
81 100000.
novel surgical operation recently perform
ed at Burlington was the removal of portion
OF the medan nerve from the middle Of wo
mans arm. She had suffered for four year
from neuralgia, induced by tumor involyin,
the nerve, and relief is expected from the oper
alton.
Terence Mccall Jr., Of Colchester Center
on Saturday Inst attempted rape upon the pei
/ 81" VI g'uhE Etili halH'h Z Hptht Mittuel
he was drunk, as usual lie was arrested
held to bail in the sum of $500, couldn't rails
the funds and is now spending the summer a
the County boarding house in Burlington.
Early on Friday morning the regular freigh
train on the Central road went, to the sid
track at Jonesylle to let The night train, fror
Boston, pass, and leaving did not close tn
switch An extra freight train following cam
along, and the engineer and fireman seeing tn
switch open-knew the inevitable result an
jumped from the engine, ard in so doing, tn
engineer was somewhat burned. The engn
plunged into the Winooski river so deep O
to leave only portion of the smoke stack vi,
ible The engine bore the name "Josep
Clark, and is said to be nearly total wreck
Five of tho freight cars loaded with corn wer
off the iron, but did not go into the river.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chief of Police of st. Albans has issue
the following notice to vaerant boys Simila
notices might be issued in other places wit
good effect "There are numerous boys run
ming habitually in the streets of this yilag
without visible employment, who ought to |
in regular attendance upon the public schools
If discover any such after the first day
June, they will be arrested as Migrants, and
convicted will be sent to the Reform Schoo
Parents and guardians will take notice an