The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-09
STATE NEWS.
Addison County.

Thomas Hale, Frenchman, residing in
East Nliddlebury gave two bills OF sale for
the same COW, one day last week, and for
that little delinquency was lodged in Jail,
where he still remains
A few days ago Mr.. Allen II. Foote, of
East Middlebury, had the misfortune to
fall from scaffold in his barn and broke
three ribs
The Middlebury Register says, two little
boys, of about 60 years of age, in Middle
bury, the other day disagreed as to what
constituted beauty in a tree. One was law
and made very unhappy public evhibitioa
of his temper, and number one was thrown
| nto the mud
The Vergennes Bank has declared semi
annualdividend of five per cent payable on
and after July 10.
Mr.. Hiram Spaulding, well known
| farmer of Panton, died on Saturday MORN
ing, June 2S, of dropsy of the heart
Julius B. Benedict, Esq, of Cornwall,
recently sold to the butchers a heifer
twelve months old that dressed 465 pounds.
This was fine animal of that age for Yer
mont raising.
The Central New Haven Cheese Co. are
running their factory to its full capacity,
and are refusing milk brought by the farm
ers, for want of presses. The company
turn out fifteen cheeses daily.
The Vergennes Graded and High School,
Prof. Benton Principal, closed its summer
term last Thursday with public examina-
| tons in all the departments The examn-
atoms prove the efficiency of the faithful
corps of teachers in charge.
Grand Isle.
The State Board of Agriculture will hold
two days fruit meeting in Grand Isle
county (on one of the islands) in October.
1t is expected that there will be large at
tendance, not only by the farmers of the
county alone, but by the fruit growers of
Franklin and Chittenden counties
Orange County.
Immense quantities of western corn are
arriving at West Randolph, and it is sold
directly from the car to farmers, who, in
consequence of the failure of the hay crop,
are supplying the deficiency by laying in a
stock of corn, at from sixty-five to sixty
eight cts. per bushel.
Orleans County.
A Derby lad named Grout, twelve years
| old, son of Mrs. Charles Chamberlin of
| Irasburgh, while amusing himself in throw
| ing cartridge against rock it exploded,
the ball hitting him in the right eye and
destroying it.
Washington, County.
p. NJ. Pratt of Montpelier, long in charge
| of the State Arsenal there, and assistant to
Gen. Lynde in the Quartermaster's Depart
ment has been appointed special agent for
the Chippewas of Red River, Minnesota.
He is a one-armed soldier.
The machine manufacturing firm of
Lane, Pitkin & Brock of Montpelier has
become the Lane manufacturing company
with paid up capital of $4,000.
Miss Beulah Wass of Waterbury Center,
aged fourteen years, has cut and pieced
within the past two years quilt which
contains four thousand seven hundred and
| fifty-twO pieces, made nine tides, and at
tended school eighteen months in the time.
A daughter of j. NJ. Dana of Woodbury.
died very suddenly, Monday night of last
week. Her death was caused by eating
raw pie-plant
Windham County.
A COW belonging to John II. Stone of
| (Centreville), Brattleboro, was killed by
| lightning in the thunder shower last Satur-
day evening.
| The farmers of Jacksonville are getting
only from one-half to three-fourths the
usual quantity of hay.
The grand list of the town of Putney
shows "a dogs and 2SS taxable polls
Putney has a public library containing
new, interesting and instructive works. 1t
opens once in two weeks.
Abbott, son of Arad Davis, at Whiting
ham, II years of age, was drowned while
bathing in the Deerfield river Thurday.
windsor County.
| In certain school district in Windsor
that, within the memory of some now liv-
ing, contained thirty-one families and five
hundred scholars, there are now but eight
families and five scholars. Other districts
are in the same condition, while, in the same
time, the village has increased many times
] in size and population.