Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-04

hat and grazing the top OF his head.
We are informed that Mr.. Downer,
of Arlington, from certain facts which
have come into his possession, is thor
oughly convinced of the identity of the
parties who plundered his fish pond re-
Gently. The cowardly meanness of the
act is greater than the pecuniary loss,
and whether Mr.. Downer will seek any
legal redress or not we are not informed.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Among the attractions of the county
fair, at ST. .Johnsbury, Sept. 1925, is
reckoned balloon ascension, by Mr.. Al
len of Providence, r. |.
The Congregational Sabbath school of
Lyndon have recently had forty vol
umes added to their library. and, pro-
yided funds are contributed literally, will
have as many more after the new ones
are labeled and shelved.
oHITTENDEN COUNTY.
A Bridge across the Winooski river at
Bolton is talked of.
The hotel on Cancels Hump near
Huntington, is not open this season, yet
the place is visited by many. A party
from Huntington and Bristol went there
last week, and had very pleasant eX-
cursiOn.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. Whiting Sheldon proposes to catch
few bears this fall. He has, within
the past few days, caught two, and says
he has only just begun.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
About six hundred tons of hay have
already been sold in the vicinity of AL
burgh for shipment to the cities. The
high price of 800 per ton was paid for
most of it.
LAMOuLE COUNTY.
P. C. Cleveland, who was divorced at
the last term of the Lamoille County
court, from a wife who is described as
an amiable and esteemed woman, and
with whom he had lived thirty years, and
reared a family of interesting children,
was married again day or two ago to
Miss Mary FOss
A son of Edwin Hayes of Stowe, about
five years old, accidently fell down
stairs, recently, and struck on a scythe,
cutting a fearful cash across his abdO-
men, which it is feared will result fatal
ly.
It is expected that Hon. Luke P. Po-
! land will deliver the address at the Or
ange County Fair, Sept. II.
Bradford Academy opens the fall
term with full complement of students
and an able board of teachers. The re-
suit must be profitable term.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Fall Term of the Missisquoi Val
ley Academy, at North Troy, commenc-
ed Tuesday. September 2d. Miss Ardelle
J. ROwell, Principal.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mortified people want.to know how
much Capt. jack made by getting Jo-
seph Dumas stopped from drawing bag
gage to the Camp Meeting grounds !?
Thereby hangs a tale"
A pine tree, hardly an inch in diameter
when planted forty-One years ago, in the
Elm Street Burying Ground, Montpelier,
by II. n. Taplin, now girths six feet
| three inches, two feet above the ground.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The Putney cheese factory now has
the milk of 135 cows, and make about
200 pounds Of cheese daily.
The famous SIG, 900 suit in which John
L. Clark seeks to recover excessive
damages for injuries sustained by his
wife upon ''the interval two years since,
is set down for trial at the coming term
of the Court.
A recent issue of the Fremont. O.,
Democrat says Fremont is a fortunate
city-fortunate in possessing such a citi-
zen as Sardis Orchard. Mr. Birchard
is a native of Windham county, Vt,
and besides other valuable gifts to his
adopted city, he has recently given it a
$50 600 library.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
1t is said that the gold diggings at
/ Tyson Furnace are now yielding good
nav 10 the miners. heinz worked hN mon