Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

] lHt appearance 1t tue june AtIuA NA AIlN
County Court for trial Paige was arrested
at New Bedford, Mass. 1t Is said the whole
operation is an attempt at blackmailinS Mr..
Paige.
J. F. Stevens of Walden, takes the lead
on making sugar this spring, having made
l ,425 pounds from 45O buckets, and it was
weighed not guessed at. This is , l-6pound-
to the tree
\ VI. Woodbury. of Hardwick, has a
large contract for sharpening railroad fence
posts. lie works three men and a saving
machine, and points about 500 per day Of
10 hours.
The shop at East Hardwck owned by
AmaSa Morse was destroyed by fire on the
l 9Th. The basement was occupied By Morse
a. a blacksmith shop, the next floor By B.
/ Il. Prentice in the manufacture of the Jewett
/ Milk Pan, and the upper floor as a tenement
and store room, Thomas Cross having Just
moved in his goods The building and it,
| contents were an almost total loss.
The buildings of Luther Bradley. towards
/ the northwest section Of st. JohnShury,
I were burned on the It'll. \ little bedding
was about all that was saved. except horse.
/ Insured in Farmers Mutual for 81 900
| The Cai.doniaq severely rebukes Ben
| Butler for his altitude upon the Credit
I Mobilier.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Alvin Golf Of Richf0rd swallowed q cam
/ brio needle, recently, which was promptly
| extracted by physician.
Mr. David Rowley Of Fairfax. sold $50
I pounds of butter from his COW last year.
besides supplying his family with butter
cream and milk during the same time. and
also furnishing some outside.
LAW0ILLE COUNTY.
Geo. A. Cheney of Stowe. has beaten all
the sugar makers in town-Inaking 500 lbs
and six gallons of mOlasscs from 100 5rees-
Deacon solomon Montague of Cambridge.
art. s., walked nearly two miles, u take
charge Of the erection ola building, setting
out the frame himself For half a century
he has drank no liquor never has had the
doctor but once; never had the headache
never was a member Of Congress, nor a can
dIdate for any Office.
At the last session of the Probate Court
held at johnson. the principal business was
with an estate in Wolcott that has been
under probate for forty years. Lamoilie
county was not then organized, and the
estate was first probated in Orleans eoun-
ty, Woleott then being in that county.
VI. Y. Parker of Cambridge. came near
being seriously poisoned recently. hy drink
livers itself in his dining room. lie imme-
dately visited the spring and on examina-
ti0n found several dead snakes and a dead
frog, which was forced partially into the
tubing, 70 be the cause OF the unwh1le-
someness Of the water.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The PasSumpsic railroad company has
offered 10 give the town of Newbury 81
soc towards opening a new road from the
village Of Wells River towards WO0isyi.ie.
and 10 the new depot grounds, which cuts
through the railroad some five rods north oil
the present bridge.
George Croker Of Randolph Center. has
pair Of cattle which Will weigh over 500
los. lie intends to bring them up 20 5000
lbs. The largest pair Of cattle Randolph
ever sent 10 market was fed By him. and
weighed over 4, 200 lbs. \ pair fed ly Gen.
F. Souther. weighing 1860 lbs, sold in
Brighton last week for S2f5.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The deep snow has made sad havoc among
the fruit trees in Glover. II has DESTROYED
about 900 in Elisha Brown : nursery.
little four years-Old son of Russell
Cowles OF Craftsbury, got caught by a log
rolling upon him. on Monday forenoon I'd
last week. No man was in helping distance
and Mrs. Cowles fastened % the rescue
W ltn great presence of mind. she took hold
and lifted one end of the log. which was q
green hemlOck Is inches in diameter and Is
feet long. and released the little prisoner.
several Of the strongest men in the neigh
l0rhoOd have since attempted to lift the log.
but have failed. Mrs Cowles has been
severely Frustrated ever since, but the b5y
las fully recovered, and seems to be A.
iyely as IL no such accident had ever hap
lened.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. W VILLAIN Hulett died recently At
.lount Iabor,agei 100 years and 10 months.
lis father aged ~ and brother 80. are
'uried at the same cemetery.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Naitsheld Is Dragging over snow drift
even feet deep.
Thursday Of last week Mr. Luther Adams
he veteran stage driver between Montpel-
n and Wolcott, made his last trip on run
erS- The distance across the highlands,
yer the Eagle Ledge road. Is nearly five
lilies, and for about one-third of a mile the
now vas y feet deep.
Warren Nye. of Barre. caught monster
lrtlc some TWO weeks ago. which he con-
ned By chain. ID broke its chain the
Their night, dug a hole in the ground. and
I'D therein 76 eggs. The turtle was about
NO feet long. and had strength sufficient %
AIRY man on It's back.
Rev. II. A. Spencer, Of the Methods
lurch of - JOhnsbury. goes to MoDtps-
er this week. He leaves st. Johnsburv
tier one year acceptable service, at hi
Eu request. He formerly preached at
Ii.t0n.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dewey. of Mont
sller, celebrated their silver wedding on
he 81 inst.
Mr.. Fairbdnk's caair factory at Water
lry, Is now turning out about 500 chair
ats per day. About half Of these are
net by the boys, and the rest in about
rty different families, To whom some so
II day Will be paid.
thomas Norway Of Waterbury, while en-
iged recently in his usual business. was
living nail, which broke under the stroke
the hammer. \ piece Of the nail flew.
I'd hit HIM directly in the eye, and entirely
stroyed the sight.
The gentleman who does the Ana1iasap
pphlra business for one Of our exchange.
y that Timothy " heller of Waterbury
'ntre, has lived one hundred and eighty
y without drinking drop of any kind OF
Iuid. Mr.. Wheeler is one Of the best
lrklns men in town, and hasn't seen a
K day for years.
Ii. Durgan Of Cabot, has sued the town
$4,000, on account of his wife being
rown from sleigh at the railroad eros
x in West Danville. The accident or
FRED over year ago.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
A Brattleboro youth named Henry Wood.
oxlcated and noisy, while endeavoring 10
ape the clutch OF policeman, fell overa
CHING post, striking one leg on the gran
curbing IN such way as to break both
les below the knee. He was promptly
ed Tor by surgeon, and though not
ier arrest, Will have ample leisure for re-
ltance.
he Baptist society of Brookline. have Sc
ed the services of Rev. Mr.. Donahue of
er, Mas, and have bought a parsonage
1 cost Of ST. 100.
laple sugar is plenty at Brattleboro. at
res ranging from thirteen To eighteen
ames tisk's monument az Brattlebor1
probably be erected before the close Of
month
circular saw cut off, with neatness and
patch, all the fingers of jefferson Burn
rs left hand, at Brattleboro, one day
week
ne man in Putney reports that he has
.hree hundred young fruit trees BY
depredations of the .mice the past
ter
WINDSOR COUNTY.
lay Term OF County Court commences
- On the civil list there are 2O2
:, 10 divorce and ) State cases.
ne Woodstock Savings bank has Dur
ed OF NJ c. Fairbanks his building in
!, n'x Row, IN that village, intending to
II lIr banking house, Offices, etc.
K on the site formerly occupied by
rvs old hotel, the coming summer.