Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-03-28
state Ifepss.

Arlington has a peg shop which pro-
duces 1s5 barrels of shoe pegs daily.
Gen. S. p. Hazeltine has served MS town
clerk of Bakersfield 81 years in succession.
Richmond, which is only Al miles
square, makes 1000 tons of cheese a year.
The house of John Sykes in West
Windsor was entirely destroyed by fire, the
other night insured for $4,000.
The National Bank Of Poultney is IA
creditor of the scoundrel Cree h The amount
of $3s, O9s.99.
Subscription books for the Montpelier
and Black River railroad have been open
ed.
-Alburgh has received for hay shipped
over the Vermont Central railroad for the
six months ending March L, s97 900; and
Isle La Motto, for beans alone, $4,000.
The trustees of the State Library have
elected C. II. Heath trustee, and II. A.
Huse librarian, in place of the late Charles
Reed.
The annual fair Of the State Agrlcul-
tural society, is definitely located al Rut-
land, for the next three years.
The First Rational Bank of ST. Johns
bury has obtained an increase of $4,000 to
its cdpital-makiDg total 100000.
ID. NJ. Smith of Springfield has invent
ed a practical little adding machine, so
simple that lazy school-boys can operate 1t.
The mice are making sorry work a
mong the apple-trces In Windsor county,
T. +. Butterfield of the Springfield nursery
having lost over 10000 young trees. Scarce
ly young orchard in the county has es-
capped their depredations.
Capt. Geo. II. Blake, who represented
Sutton in the House last fall, has taken
charge of the editorial columns of the Or
leans County Monitor, at Barton.
AT the recent March meeting in Mont
pelier, the temperance folks elected their
officers, and there has been a noticeable de-
crease ofdrunkenness in the vicinity since.
The ladies still keep up their temperance
meetings.
The directors of the Northern Vermont
and Lake Champlain railroad have decid-
ed to build an independent line from Bur-
ington TO connect with the Lamoile VAL
ley and Portland and Ogdensburg roads,
provided the necessary subscriptions can
be procured.
An Orleans county widower, aged sew
entv-six, who has buried two wives, has
just married his first love, widow, whom
untoward circumstances prevented his
marrying in his youth. He has lived a
widower thirty years; she widow less
than twelve months.
A Vermont farmer sent to AN orphan
asylum for a boy that was smart, active,
brave, tractable, prompt, pious, intelligent,
good looking, reserved and mo lest. The
superintendent replied that their boys were
all human though they were orphans, and
referred him to the New Jerusalem if he
wanted TO get his order filled.
st. Adams, according to the Messenger,
promises 10 be a lively place this season.
The iron and S eel rolling mill will soon
be in operation, requiring, to begin with,
some hundred workmen before May, and
thereafter when in full blast a much larger
number. The completion of the water
works will be entered upon as soon as pos
sible, and will require for time \ large
number of men. The new court house, in
volving an expenditure of $500 is 10 be
built at once. The Baptist and the Catho-
| lie churches are to be finished, or as near
ly so as funds will permit. tn addition,
| the erection Of dwelling houses will be
| largely increased during the coming sum-
| mer. New houses must be built to accom-
modate the increasing population. There
are now scarcely any houses TO rent or to
| coll