Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-08-04
STATE NEWS.

WEN "iuhuuo icSe VI dIlhs-
Miss Longfellow, daughter of the poet,
is spending few days with friend in
Grand Isle.
An aspiring Burlington miss is already
six feet seven inches tall and has grow
ing period of several years before her
yet.
Butter at Richford, brought 20 to ~
cents, Saturday July &c. The shipment
Tuesday was 232 tubs. There was
no cheese in market.
j. K. Crane, the famous Bridport
beekeeper, expects to secure 10000
pounds of honey from his '.busy little
bees this season.
A rattlesnake was killed the other
| day in West Castleton He had eleven
rattles, was four feet in length and was
thicker and larger than man S wrist
The Burritt brothers of Manchester
caught another bear on Friday last.
This makes the forty-ninth which they
have captured and all nearly in the same
place.
z Two boys, sons Of Mr.. Raymo and Mr..
Dixon, were drowned in the river at Nc
londoe's Falls last Thursday. They
were playing in an old boat, which
sprung a leak and sank.
st. Adams Butter Market, Tuesday,
July 20 The market was active, and
prices little better than last week.
We quote common to fair at from 20 to
25c; medium to good at from 26 to 29c
choice at %; selected also.
While moving in the bayfield, on
Monday of last week, James Smalley. Of
Sheldon, suddenly stopped, placed his
hand on his breast and said, 'sMy heart I"
He fell to the ground, dead, before he
could be reached.
Messrs. Shepard, Davis & Co, the ex-
tensive lumber dealers of Burlington,
are said to be endorsers of Eddy, the
great lumber manufacturer of Ottawa,
who has just failed, to the amount of
five hundred thousand dollars. ig
A Castleton farmer recently discovered
a fox among his hens. 1t had killed
one when it was driven off. He put some
strychnine in the carcass and allowed
it to remain over night and the next
morning, nine dead foxes were found
near the half eaten carcass. s
A Rutland youth, who "sloped" his
board bill, sent this exasperating billet
to his defrauded landlady: "Miss A.
Please do not worry about me. Again
/ enjoy the comforts of home. My
present hash-maker improves on you
considerably.
Thirty instruments a day, or one
every twenty minutes during the ter
working hours, is the rate at which
Messrs. J.. Estey & Co. of Brattlebort
, are now manufacturing their cottage
E organs. Their fifty thousandth instru
ment viii be made before the close O
the present year.
A son of Rev. S. S. GarviI, Of Rich
ford. and another boy killed larg
; striped snake few days ago, inside Q
! which were ffty-three young ones. A
0 is we'll known, upon the approach o
danger, the old snake opens its mouth
: and the young ones run down its throat
: Sentinel
Mr.. James H. Tracy, who lived wit
: his father near Woodstock Station, com
mited suicide on Wednesday by takin.
strychnine. He told his father what h,
y had done and a physician was sent fol
but he died almost Immediately. II
e was about thirty five years of age an
" was unmarried.
a The Troy Press says great deal Z
J. money changed hands at the recent in
$ ternational wrestling match at Troy
"a John McMahon's father, who resides i
! Bakersfield, Vermont, wagered his farl
&c and three horses against $4,000, pu
Re up by eight individuals at Rutland
e, The Champions father won, but it wa
lie long odds-about six to one.
r A young lady named Abbie Rollir
lg of Thetford, who was employed at tn
r. Manchester Print Works, committed 81
icide on Thursday evening last.
. waterproof and hat, which have bee
s. identified as hers, were found on th
g. bank Of the canal on Friday morning
,e 1t is understood that she was engage
70 to be married, and thatcher lover wei
: off with another woman. 5s
l. A citizen of Halifax, Vermont, I'll
scene of the murder of VIM Smith,
~ Crosier, on July 4th. says that for yea
Id Crosier had been threatening to sho,
Of his family when intoxicated, and tn;
a. they have been driven from the hou
oe repeatedly, and taken shelter at neigl
- boris house for protection. Some
= the papers. nevertheless, have been saYir
that Crosier was a peaceable and la
abiding citizen. @
A Brandon man was going down TOW
n the other afternoon, when he saw DO
g, fellow endeavoring to walk straight, b.
nd in vain; he made very crooked pat
- for his feet The next he saw of hi
= two men were pulling him out of Il
III back window Of an eating saloon. I
y, was drawn on to two boards and the
lis left to the tender mercies of the fiji
no that had gathered where Stops from t
! sink hole inside were thrown out, whe
: he lay for hours in a helpless state
LIT intoxication. The cruelties of the ru
&c. fend and his colaborers are past fndil
Id out.
5es A sad mistake occurred in Hartf6r
en- which resulted in the death of Mrs. De
- julius HaZen, who resided in that Da
of the town known as Jericho.
VI seems that Mrs. Hazen had an imbeci
daughter, and that some medicine HI
i'm been prepared for her, and set up
to the shelf till wanted. By some mea
the bottle had been moved from its plat