Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-11


lives. We wish him the success Lis abilities
and energy deserve, and that will be enough
for any reasonable man. Will he forgive us
il we suggest that it would be only fair to
give agricultural papers on both sides Of the
Connecticut an equal show in the matter Of
credits?
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The ice on Lake OhOmplain.at Burlington,
gave signs Of weakness, and there is every
appearance Of a speedy breakup.
Hon. Il. d. Mason, Of Richmond, has sent
two cbeeses, weighing 40 lbs, to the Wen
ma Exposition. They were incloscd in tin
boxes sOldered, and these encased in wood.
The citizens of Burlington propose to inn
prove the green in front Of the university
buildings, and John p. Howard of New
York leads of with subscription Of $1,000.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
st. Adams capitalists have subscribed
S26, 900 toward lumber company at Rich
ford.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Sap runs well, but sugar making is attend
ed with many difficulties this year.
The tannery Of W. p. Haseltine, at Derby
Center, was burned on Monday. Loss heavy,
with some insurance
Snow is disappearing very slowly, but
there is no frost in the ground, aud the grass
has already begun to grow.
l.. NJ. Sleeper has sold his farm known as
the Buck Farm" near West Charleston
village, to Wesley Foster, of Morgan, for
$500.
At Jacob Greenwood's auction in Lowell,
April 2, hay sold for less than 50 per ton,
good sap buckets for less than 10 cts. apiece,
and three-years-od heiiers for Sl5 per head.
Hard times for money in Lowell.
j. w. Hail, of Barton, has pressed and
sent to market the past winter, forty-three
car loads Of hay, or more than two hundred
and thirty tons, and has still some more than
thirty tons to press. 1t has been sold mostly
to parties in Lowell and Boston.
The Black River railroad excitement
seems TO be increasing, with fair prospect
that the enterprise will be pushed to speedy
success. No one will deny that so rich u
valley ought to have a railroad, especially
when it must necessarily become, in time, a
great through route from New York to the
Canadian cities.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A son of Ward Clayton, 10 years old, fell
into brook in Rutland, Friday, aud was
drowned His body was recovered two miles
down the stream.
The express train to Montreal from Rut-
land, Saturday morning ran into landslide
near Pittsford, smashing the locomotive and
throwing the baggage car down l5-foot
bank, but not hurting any of the passengers
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
John l.. Smith, of Waterbury, was found
dead in bed on Monday night.
Hiram Atkins tells quite different story
about his difficulty with Capt. Clark from
that which had been previously published
He says he acted entirely on the defensive
and that Clark spit in his face, kicked ant
struck at him before he made any resistance
The truth Of these different statements is t
be sifted in court. On the whole, We dom
believe any man. in the long run, will fine
it paying business to take the law into hi
own hands, especially against editors. There
are better ways Of getting satisfactory sat
isfaction.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Richard Russell, Of Springfield, committed
suicide last week by taking strychnine, after
making an unsuccessful attempt to murde
his wife.
Woodstock voted, Wednesday, by lS'
majority, to guarantee the interest on $3.50,
900 of the Woodstock railroad bonds, al
ready ordered to be issued. 1t now SEEM
as if the long.looked.for enterprise would b.
completed.