Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-12-17

line looking French girl, ooinS
domestic service in his family two years ago.
he ran his bail. but they, hearing OF his
arrest near Boston, for similar crime,
caused him to be returned to Vermont. His Z
ofense was very aggravated, the girl not
having recovered to this day. He will prob b
ably get severely punished, and yet his wife f
has steadily adhered to him, and even part =
ed with considerable of her property to $
conduct his defense h
CHlTTRNDEN COUNTY. lc
President Buckham delivers an excellent
lecture and deserves better treatment at the
hands of the newspapers. They all praise
him but they will mangle his name. 1t has
appeared as Buckram and Beekham and now
the Windsor Journal says that President
Ruckbam has been talking on Life is fine
art A man whose name has been wrench
ed in that way always has one fellow-being
to join in his disgust, and that is the proof
reader
The residence of W. R. Villas in Burling-
ton, was broken into and robbed OF two
buffalo robes, harness and small quantity
Of clothing Wednesday night.
RICHMOND MARKET-On Mondry the mar
ket was active and prices better for butter,
sales of good Is to soc; choice 80 to IS; no
change in prices for cheese. Potatoes 40 to |
45o; poultry II to Ice,
ESSEX COUNTY.
Deacon Ashley Appleton of CRANKY, a
very venerable man, was thrown to the
ground SO violently by the wind swinging a
door which he was closing, as to break his
leg and otherwise injure him, on the 4th
inst His wife, upwards of 80, got him
upon Il sled, but the ground being bare, was
unable to draw him. She then placed shovel
firmly on the ground behind the sled, and
her husband by pushing against it with his
uninjured FOOT worked himself few inches
at a time toward the house. His wife then
waded in the soft snow half mile, blew a
horn and raised help.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Men are at work in the rock cut on the
extension of the P. & o. Railroad to the
Lake in Swanton. They have drilled for
new blast fonr feet into the rock.
The St. Adams tax collector could Mt
gather in the money fast enough, and the
village had to borrow money at IL per cent.
interest, on the LIST, to pay the interest on
it's bonds.
A letter from Chicago directed to the
q best-looking girl in Fairfax" has been
given to a school GIRL she being selected by
lot from half dozen claimants, and she has
put on long dresses and become quite wom-
anly.
The Richford Sentinel says that since only
one train day runs over the Missisquoi
road they do not get their mail from st.
Adams until 4.40 P. NJ, while they formerly
had it by stage at 3. The Boston night
train having been taken off the Passumpsic,
they cannot get morning mail. Therefore,
with two railroads, they are worse off, as lar
as the mails are concerned than they were
before they had any.
LANoILLE COUNTY.
On the morning of the ID inst, the house
and barn belonging to Harry Gibbs of Eden
were burned. Supposed to have been in.
t cendiary.
r A few days ago partridge went from the
5 woods and took up his abode with Mr.. Dar
: ling's fowls in Wolcott. Ii seems quite
tame and contented and as much of her
= as any of EN-.
j. W. Macutchin the milk man of Stowe
: now over 62 years old, has been each morn
c ing for over 1000 days without missing
2 day--delvering milk.
! ORANGE COUNTY.
The West Randolph School House is don
and in use. The lot cost $4,000 aud tn
building and furniture $70ll. Cheap enoug
J. for building which will be an honor to
:. thriving village.
The runbridge town agent has been vlsite
by the County Commissioner and will Sc
liquor with more circumspection hereafter.
. The Bradford Opinion is going for ne'
-s type and new press.
J. William Goodwin and S. j. Moore
s Chelsea recently cut bee tree which the
Is found last fall 1t contained about Is
pounds of honey.
Charles Barrett of STAFFORD, brother
Judge Barrett, died Nov. Goth, aged %
j. His father is still living and is 90 years
l. age.
De Mr.. w q. Clark of Brookfeld thinks
5, horses heels and consequent crutch are n
70 as good as more distance from the former.
20 ORLEANS COUNTY.
A. R. Bean Of Glover raised the past SO
l. son Is, 900 bushels of roots, and is feedir
E. them to his cattle.
De RUTLAND COUNTY.
"A $500 granite monument is to be cree
-, ed to the late Gen. Baxter of Rutland w
- had supposed the General never " late" b
= - first and foremost" of all the good citize
Y in Rutland.
n. John Plumley died of the kick of a hor
n at Rutland, Wednesday.
,st Frank l. Jones, son of Rev. L. Jones
N Hubbardton, who has been missing for Sc
eral weeks, was found dead in his room
:. the Libby house, New York, the other da
III There was bullet wound in his head al
W. pistol by his side He had probably bee
is on long spree
an a young girl aged seventeen years, in
os semi-intoxicated state, was a sad sight T
% Gently, on Merchants Row, Rutland
!, wINDHAM COUNTY.
"' Miss Julia NJ. Waite, lost on the Vile
Havre, was a niece of S. M. Waite of Br;
oh tleboro.
"a DIR. W. II. Rockwell, late superintende
he of the insane asylum at Brattleboro, Pc
-, ton which he held SO years, resigning Ia
rA August, died recently, aged IA. He was
BILE graduate of Yale, and was for years conne
ed with the Hartford retreat.
q A wild - freight train near Rockinghs
passed over high bridge where twer
y" rails on each side were not spiked. L
al section men gave the alarm but the braA
gar would not hold up the train. One of
on- section men placed the last rail in positi
after the train had reached the first unspik
Try one. No damage done, but narrow esca
0'0 Daniel G. Clapp, twenty years old, res
ing in Weathersield, fell from building
all few days since, and received fatal injuries
leir WINDSOR COUNTY.
,cb Woodstock celebrated the tea party an
.sb versary last evening.
Liquor sellers have 1sa s ssgB up to
10 Peter McEnaney, twenty-seven years c
who was shot, last week, at Port Henry,
Mrs. Robear, left wife and two children
Ludlow. Mrs. Robear has been discharg
after examination, on the ground of jus
able homicide.