Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-02
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Of twins.
A school.boy named Goss had his arm
badly broken by a fall while at play on
Monday.
ED. McKinstry will speak at the Town
Hall next Sunday at 1890 a. m. Mrs.
McKinstry, at As and 7.30 p. M.
John Chubb has sold his house on Spring
street, in st. Johnsbury, TO Il. d. Hopkins
of East st. Johnsbury, and his son, Arson
Hopkins, for $500.
A six.year-old son of George p. Moore
fell through the door Of a hay-loft where he
was at play, Tuesday, and severely hurt his
wrist, though it was not broken.
Another railroad employee, (Mr. Il. o.
CLARK, Clerk and Time-keeper) is about to
leave. lie goes into business for himself in
Boston.
Eugene Cunningham, aged II, whose par
ents moved TO Lyndonville only three
weeks ago, died suddenly at Irasburgh, on
Friday last, and was buried at Lyndonvile,
on Sunday.
Rev. f. T. Fairbanks is expected back at
st. Johnsbury Center, on the 25th of May,
and will probably continue his relations with
the Congregational society, as they have voted
not to accept his resigntion.
Mr.. Nckles and Charles Wiley we're ar
rested last Saturday, for stealing q harness
of Laban NJ. NJ. Grey. Wiley turned
States evidence, Nickles was put under one
thousand dollars bonds, for want whereof he
will represent Sheffield at st. Johnsbury.
Judge Poland returns to Washington ear
ly in May, TO cooperate with a committee,
Of which he is a member, in completing
revision Of the laws OF the United States
favorite project Of his, which, after several
years Of effort is now nearly accomplished.
"Dow's Phosphate" which is advertised
by Mr.. Hoyey in the FARMER this week
shows an excellent analysis, and we believe
it to be an honest article 1t has been pref
ty extensively tested in the county and good
reports are given of it.
Mr.. George b. Cobb, agent of the Wilcox
Il Gibbs Sewing Machine, at st. JOhnsbury,
is about to leave for Boston, where he as
sumes the General Agency. Mr. Cobb is a
+ live, prompt business man and will not fail of
achieving success in his new position.
> S. Randall aud Son, Il. Il. ST., st. Johns.
bury, are selling an excellent and cheap
, disinfectant known as the "Carbolic Purify
, ing Powder" Now is the time to scatter
, it about your stables and cess.pools, and
wherever foul oders are likely to arise.
A little precaution of this sort will save
much sickness, and preserve many lives dur
I ing the coming warm weather. 1t is also
good to kill lice on poultry and cattle.
n Mr. H. f. Shonyo, Of Lyndonvle, about
= ready to lay the stills for his new house, and
. G. f. Dodge will soon commence his new
\ house on Main street. Last year twelve
!. houses were built, and are all occupied by
one or more families There are not more
q than two tenements now empty except the
e late Superintendents house (now Mr.. Ray
h mond's) which does not seem TO be wanted
e though offered for rent.
b. j. Hastings brought 81 head Western
: grade Shorthorn cattle to st. Johnsbury
this week, to make beef for our citizens
Roason:-Cheaper than Vermont stock
/. Western corn, wheat, butter, cheese, wool
il tobacco, hops pork mutton and beef are
;. crowding our Vermont products so close
IN that, soon, even the most stubborn old 70.
v gi les among our farmers will be willing to be
i saved by science, if nothing else but science
Q. will save them. No human beings were
IS ever more stiff against all improvement than
d the old time English farmers, but the repeal
r of the corn laws brought them to a realizing
&c sense of their condition, and now they boast
a Of what forty years ago they despised-sci
D. ence applied to agriculture. Can't We
/. learn the lesson without being pinchOd quite
so tight as they were?
cIITTENDEN COUNTY.
II Messrs. Ira Il. Shattuck and Lawrence X
st Barnes, of Burlington, had days pickere
of shooting at Shelburn Pond on Monday last
ed Mr.. Shattuck brought down eight at one sho
Ill aud four at another. Altogether Mr.. Shat
e. tuck and Mr.. Barnes killed ffty-one pickerel
re This will do for sport.
$. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
We The new rolling mill at st. Adams mad
ne its permanent start on Thursday Of las
as week. 1t will employ for the present abou
lg 100 men.
A correspondent says David Rowley
Of Fairfax, has native COW twelve year
T. old from which he has in one year made anC
ms sold 800 pounds of butter, besides wha
tic milk and butter they have used in the fam
ny lily of two persons, and part Of the tim
pc three This COW has been stabbed ever
ak night during summer, and fed hay nights
he she has had no grain of any kind, but ha
IN had all the sour milk and slops from til
is kitchen. If any body has done bette
lt' should lske to hear from them through tn
a. FARMER.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
OF Charles, son of George Gray, of EImor,
ht, about twenty years Of age recently receive
IA intelligence Of the death of an uncle resdin
ST. in San Francisco, Cal, and that he had le
us him very fine farm near that city.
Stowe has 2049 inhabitants, and there al
living in town 13 men who have had thrC
'nt wives each, 66 who have had two wive
oi, and 20 widowers There are thirty-fve w
eu men that have been married twice, and I
~ that are widows.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The postOfice in Newport is now at Shaw
he Jewelry Store.
u.s, Newport village Corporation is out
''' debt with little money in the treasury.
James Brown, of Lowell, has leased IL
- starch factory at that place for five years
be-. A new pleasure yacht of Is horse powe
Law As feet long, is to be put upon Lake Men
promagog by II. W. Raymond, Esq, tn
spring.
in Notice Beams Auction, advertised in tn
ers weeks FARMER. Bean is busy with his ne
en- hotel, which will, when completed, be gre