Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-05-21
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY

goou oruer and lair prospect Tor speedy
sales at remunerative prices.
The Teachers Institute is in session at
Addison
G. A. Carter. the celebrated horse thief.
and Joseph German, confined for cutting off
horses tails, broke Jail at Middlebury
thursday night. Sherifs Trip and Drew
are on their track and expect to recapture
them
A young woman of some twenty years,
becoming weary of life, attempted to drown
herself, on Wednesday, in the river, some
half mile below Bristol village.
A Bristol recluse, named Day, died re-
Gently, leaving a handsome property, and
batch of pet cats, numbering &c adults and
l0 litters of kittens.
Bears are prowling around the hills in
Granville and Hancock Sheep owners stand
in fear of their depredations, as they are very
bold, and some think their hocks have
already suffered from them.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Mrs Maria Parker of Stamford, has
borne % children-l0 of whom are boys,
whose united weight when they arrived at
manhood was over two thousand pounds.
The barn of James Purcell of North
Dorset, together with nine head of cattle,
was destroyed on Thursday night May 18th.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The pay roll of the Passumpsic railroad
last month numbered about 500 men. The
amount paid for help through the year
averages about $25 900 a month, or $780,
000.a year. But the number of employees is
usually much larger than at present, occasi-
onally as high as 1900 men.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
Fred D. Mussey, for some time connected
with the Free Press, is now in New Orleans,
as special correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times and Chronicle, of which Hon. Joseph
IL. Barrett, ex-Commssioner of Pensions,
and formerly of the Mlddlebury Register. is
| the editor
Kaufman. the Montreal horse thief, was
brought before Judge Tyler, of the city court
of Burlington, Wednesday afternoon, and,
after examination, bound over for trial at the
| County Court, in the sum of $l0O0-in de-
fault OF which he was remanded to Jail.
Several cases of small pox are reported at
East Charlotte, but are all doing we'll under
the care of Dr.. Varney.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The stockholders in the Central Vermont
Railroad will hold a meeting at St. Adams
on the 2lst of May, for the purpose Of
electDg directors.
At St. Adams, May 18th. Charles Mulhol-
llnd a lad thirteen years of age, in attempt
Ing to get off a freight train, was caught
between the cars and received fatal injuries.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
the Mt Mansfield Hotel will be opened to
the public June 81, with COL Keller as
manager The prospects of prosperous
season were never better than now, as al
the best rooms have been engaged for som,
time.
Cambridge has 81 families SO of whict
have no sugar orchard. 299 own sugar
orchards 9 have two, and ) have three OF
more. II0,73O trees were tapped, and 500
were not, on account Of the deep snow
Harrison Warner has made b5 to the tree
but the average IN town is less than 3. 1t i:
thought that the tubs were gathered to-
early.
The examination OF graduates at tn
Normal School, j OhnsOn, took place Nay 5tl
and 6;h. The TO lowing persons graduated
| FIRST Course " erona Fitch, johnson; Allie
E. Mason, uighgate; E. n: Connal, New
port Lizzie NJ. Buchanan, Albany; Add
} +. Woodf1rd, Pompey. n, Y. Second Cours
D. r. Shepardsou, Fairfax Rosa A. Hill
Chicago, Ill Mary E. Mott, johnson. Th
Summer term began May l4th and will cor
tnue eight weeks.
Tue hotel keepers at Hyde Park hav
, voluntarily closed their bars.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Decoration Day is to be observed in Brad
ford, 30th inst, and Col. w, @. Veazey
expected to deliver an address.
Rev Dr. McKeen is engaged on the histor,
: OF Bradford, and hopes to complete 1t thu
I year lie is row 80 years old and his eyesigt
Is apparently as god as when young.
K. II. Mardin, Esq, has removed f1or
Bradtor ri to Bristol, Vt.
Dr. Z9bc Gilman, formerly OF Piermont
n but iog some time past in practice in Morris
vile, has removed to Bradford.
Almon Underhill, Of Chelsea. has mad
So pounds OF sugar from - , trees; and Ii
T ). Annis, of the same town, has made frou
. 200 trees 1000 POUNDS of sugar-the best,
tar.
Under the new quadrennial contract,
: daily stage each way Will be run from tn
place to Brookfeld via Braintree, comment
ing July l, next also stage, daily, fro'
here to Randolph Centre. Both contract
ara owned by ). \. Babbitt the Cent?
route being sub-let to Mr.. Nathan Miller.
: Memorial Day will be observed by ELL
II worth Post, and the citizens, with appropr
ate ceremonies. Soldiers graves, both i
{ this cemetery and at the Center, will |
E decorated with divers. \ citizens meetin
: Is called Tor Saturday evening for the appoin
ment OF the necessary committees, at tt
brick church VestTy.
- Mr. W. T. Salisbury, who went to S5ut
Carolina last fail, on account of his health
= TO spend the winter, has just returned wit
= his health somewhat improved.
Il The Record and Farmer says: There
! probably more liquor sold and drank
West Randolph, than in any town of twic
it's inhabitants, in the State. - We don
believe any thing Of the kind. New schoC
houses like the one the good people Of Yves
1t Randolph are finishing do not spring up i
IS that kind OF community, and the know
i thrift and enterprise OF that wide-awak
- village are the best possible reputation O
y the above Misrepresentation
Ii The Normal School Is Furnishing, tavin
about eighty pupils for the term. there
the largest graduating class this term, tina
e has ever been prepared at any session sine
II the school was established.
/ Mr. VIM. Clark mas purchased the Miuera
d Springs property at Newbury, and is putin
n 40 an extensive addition to the house, whic
VIII contain thirteen bath roons, fitted up i
as perfect manner as can be found anywhere
Mr.. Clark intends to have his bath houe
Il ready for opening by June l.
u ORLEANS COUNTY.
l. At the railroad meeting in Low ell Satul
Of day, May Sd, the citizens turned out e
IT nasse A motion to see if those presen
% would help build a road, using their name
- and influence, received unanimous Yes
e The sum of 500 has been raised in thI
d town, VaitsfeId and Eden, for preliminar
r. survey.