Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-02
venOnt News.

Joseph Young, brakeman on the local
freight train, while coupling cars at Mid
dlebury, the Dist, was caught between the
buffers and severely injured.
The mail carrier from Middlebury to
Bridport, was lately six hours going eight
miles, leaving the post Office at Middlebury
at p. M, and getting to Bridport at 10 P. NJ.
He had to dig out the roads with a shovel.
Cyrus Birge Of New Haven, on going into
his barn, recently was attacked by an ugly
bull, and after hard fight escaped, nearly
killed.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
While the household furniture of Il. A.
Amidon was in transit to Bennington, the
freight car in which the goods were stored
took fire from a spark from the locomotive,
and the car with its contents were consumed.
Among the articles burned were several val
| liable oil paintings, and the whole loss is
about So 900.
Daniel Sullivan, who-had the ARRAY with
Orion, at Factory Point, has since died. His
disease was Of the heart, and not occasi0ned
by the shooting, unless as remote cause
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
recent Methodist conference at Lyndon
Vile tried the Rev Ii. A. HOugh of Walden
for breach Of promise with Mrs, Knox of
Lawrence. The letters of both parties were
produc ed in evidence, and after much con-
su tation. the conference voted, thirteen to
twelve, to suspend him from the church for
one year.
As the eastern bound train on the Port
land and Ogdensburg Railroad Saturday eve
ming tie 22d. approached the bridge over
Moose river, half mile east Of ST. ohnsbury
81
from the track The train passed the whole
length of the bridge, smashing ties and COM
pletely demolishing the track The passenger
car was somewhat damaged, and had 1t gone
three feet farther must have been precipltat-
ed on the river. One rail passed in at the
forward end of the car ard found lodgment
across the backs of the seats Fortunately
there was no one seriously injured. The en-
CINE passed safely, and proceeded with mails
and passengers. -Fdrmer.
Rev Isaac Hyatt of St. Johnsbury has
gone to Montreal to look after the affairs of
Mr. VIM. Hyatt, bis uncle, who was found
in a closet smothered, after the recent fire
there
Rev Mr. Barstow of ST. Johnsbury has
gone to his home in Brewer, Me, on account
of the severe sickness Of his mother. Prof.
Parker supplies his place during his absence.
Judge Poland has been appointed one of
the visitors to the military academy at
West Point, On the part of the House OF
Representatives.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The first cheese factory in the State. and
the second in the country, was establi, he'd
in Chittenden county, IN 1853, by E. d.
Mason, ROW president Of the State Dairy
mems Association. At present there are
slxty-Seven factories, twenty-five of which
are in Chittenden county The town OF
Richmond, which is only 4 81 miles square,
makes 200 tons of cheese year.
The Burlington Touring mills are to send
Il barrel Of the finest pastry flour, in black
walnut barrel, tin lined, to the Vienna ex-
position.
George Hyde Of New York lost his watch
in the snow some time since, where it was
found by a fellow workman, Edward Hear
sun, who soon after made off with it. He was
found at Bolton, and does two months work
for the STATE in consequence.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Messenger gives this programme of a
busy season at st. Adams - The iron and
steel rolling mill will soon be in operation,
requiring, to begin with, some hundred
workmen before May, and thereafter when
in full blast much larger number. The
comp letiOn of the water works will be enter
Ell upon as soon as possible, and will require
Tor q ii ne 4 large number OF men. The new
court house, involving an expenditure of
S25 600, is to be built at once. The Baptist
and the Catholic churches are to be finished
or as nearly 50 as funds will permit.
The first rail was rolled in the new iron
and steel rolling mills on the Dist.
Mr. Livingston, St Adams undertaken,
was conveying a corpse in his earse, Tuesday
to the French cemetery, followed by a num-
Der Of carriages containing friends of the
deceased and had nearly arrived at the
grounds, when from the violence # the
storm. his horses became FESTIVE and find
Ing it impossible to proceed, he was compelled
to convey the remains back to the church
aud the burial was put off until the next day.
Mrs. Samual Uford Of Fairfax had an arm
broken recently by being thrown from a
sleigh.
\ boy named Sidney Lash. news
agent for G. Il. Chisholm & Co, fell
IRON an express tain about one mile from
Geo gia station, and was pretty badly cut
survive his injuries.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
The town library at Stowe at the present
tine contains over seven hundred volumes,
F. j. Burnell, while saving wood for
Mr. Woodbury. of E lmore, caught his
thumb in the machinery 50 as to split it
about two-thrds the length nearly through,
besides brusing 1t badly.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The street known as the Pember Street
situated between Randolph Center and Easi
Bethel, contains within the space of two
miles, and living in six houses, eleven per
sons over seventy-tour years old, six over
eighty, three over eighty-fve and over ninety
| There have been but three deaths for more
than twenty years, and not more than two
transfers OF homesteads (out of the families)
IN the same length of time, and the most o
the farms arc now occupied by the descend
ants of the original settlers, in some cases
the second and third generation occupying
| Jointly. " Farmer.
| The Rev. j. W. Bemis, pastor of the NJ
E. Church in " llliamstown, celebrated his
silver wedding Tuesday, March llth.
| D;e+r;ot No in Chelsea votad in E,vo,