Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-12
VERMONT NEWS.
ADDISON COUNTY.


meeting with very great success in estal
D fishing training school, both for teacher
;. and students preparing for college \ elias
of some six students have commenced Gree
c this term.
: The Middlebury Register says: Zone eve
n ming last week two citizens of Middlebur
i, had little misunderstanding in front of
coffin shop. No. gently told No. 9 he wa
his debter to the amount of one fifty cen
: shirplaster No. 2 got his back up an,
4 sung out ''you are n liar :" No. I shook
, bunch of bones in No. rs face, whereupor
No. . frantically tore off n soiled paper col
lar and with the war cry 81 am your buck
} leberry," went for No. |, who concluded
he didn't want the money and marched fol
home.''
Five hundred live trout were recently re
moved from Messrs johnson x Norton ;.
ponds in Scarborough to Springfield. fol-
spawning purposes. They were placed in
two boxes in water and ice and required the
con mt attention of two men dipping the
wat. over and over again to keep it fresh.
The price received for them delivered was
understood to be fifty cents each.
f. W. Fitch of Bridport was recently
the victim of serious runaway in the
north part of Cornwall. Returning toward
home from Middlebury, as he commenced
the descent ofthe hill something broke about
the harness or wagon and the horses began
to run. He refined them out by the fence
but could not stop them. They urned and
passed over the road, and just then the pole
dropped down breaking into three pieces
The stoppage of the wagon was so sudden
that Mr.. Fitch was thrown out, and the
wagon went partly over him, one wheel
] Tba bprgpe hasa
from the wrecked wagon, went on until one
of them broke a leg and fell, part way down
the hill. Mr.. Fitch was carried home,
much bruised, but not otherwise seriously
injured. The horse whose leg was broken
had to be killed. The other was not much
injured.
Fisk's marble quarry, at Leicester, promi-
ses much better than was at first anticipated.
\ block was sawed up last week and
although the first surface rock was unusual
ly sound and clear. Work is still progress
ing, and in a short time as the requisite
machinery shall have been put in, the quarry
Will become living institution. But few
quarries can boast as good location and
natural Advantages as this. The marble is
very clear and fine, and some specimens
seem to rival the finest Parian stone.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Manchester was named after the city of
the same name in New Hampshire, which
was named by King Edward. The signiii-
cation OF the name is City of men,
Freddie Lugene, lad employed in Wa
terhouse Co.'S knitting mill, at Factory
Point, had his left arm broken between the
elbow and shoulder while passing through a
trap-door leading from the knitting room To
the wash room below
Frank c. Prindle. a native of Arlington,
enlisted in the navy at the commencement of
the war from that town and served with
| honor throughout the contest lie is now
engineer at the United States navy yard at
League Island, Pa.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Among the attractions Of the county lar,
at St. Johnsbury. Sept. 23-3j j. reckoncd
dence, X. /.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr. Whiting of sheldon, proposes to catch
a lew bears this fall lie has recently
caught two. and says he has only just
! begun.
LAMoILLE COUNTY
There is more shipment from MorrisyiIic
station than from any other point ON the
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad.
II. B. Lowering. formerly of St. Alban-.
! has been nominated for coroner. and I. ".
| Stevens, formerly Of Enosburs. for county
treasurer. by the Republicans Of Holmes
county, Mississippi.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Bradford Academy opens the fall term
with a full complement of students and an
able board Of teachers. The result must
be profitable term.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Horace Bcane of Newport. Is erecting
large tour-story French roof building at that
/ place, to be occupied a a hotel. l. viii
not be opened to the public until another
season.
Recently. frankie Roberts, aged l. years.
eldest son Of the late Alm0n Roberts of
| Derby. was thrown from a wagon. striking
upon his head and shoulder, but was
thought to be but slightly injured. and
| during the remainder of the week, and the
week following he was about the village.
| but did not look or appear well. On the
23d ult., medical and was summoned, but he
continued to fail, until the following We'd
nesday. when the case was considered crit
zeal council was called, but the disease
was beyond control and he died on the 3ls,
ult. The shock or jar produced congestion
at the base of the brain, which resulted IN
eiiusion lie was insensible the last fgc
days.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Smithsonian Institution Is informed Of
very remarkable case of the petriiaction
Of n human body Ii appears that IN 1872
a Mrs John Lincoln died at Pittsford very
suddenly. Eleven years thereafter the body
was taken up and removed to a new Gene
terry in that town. Upon opening the
coffin the remains were found to have be-
come solid stone, perfect in shape and form.
1t took five men with 4 rope to tip the body
mp on one end, and to deposit the coffin in
the new grave rollers and chains were re
quired Prof. Hiram i. Cutting, state
reologist of Vermont. writes 70 Prof. Henry
to ascertain whether he shall investigate
the subject in behalf of the Smithsonian In
stitution. The son of the deceased woman
offers every facility for examining the body.
\. Z. Mullett, supervising architect in
the erection Of the new buildings at Wash
for the use of the state, war and navy de-
partments, has awarded the contract for the
roofing slate to the Eagle Slate Company,
of Iiydeyille.
AFRO Dickerman. of Pttsford. purchased
4 calf of \. W. Gri>wold. Of Morris,ille,
for $50.
Brandon declines to uniform her iiremen.
The more shame for her.
The Good Templars of Brandon are az
ranging for a course of temperance lectures.
The meetings Of the lodge are gaining in in
terest ana attendance.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
\ pine tree, hardly an inch in diameter
when planted forty-one years ago, in the
Elm street burying ground, Montpelier, by
| II. y. Taplin, now girths six feet three
inches, two feet above the ground.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The monument to James Fisk, Jr., at
Brattleboro, will probably not be erected
/ before next spring, As only one of the four
statues which are to adOrn it had been com
| pleted at last adyices.
\ recent issue of the Fremont O., Demo-
crdt says Fremont is a fortunate city-for-
| tunate in possessing such a citizen as Sardis
Orchard Mr.. Orchard is a native of
| Windham county, and besides other valu-
able gifts to his adopted city he has recently
given it $4,000 library.
James Fisk, Sr., has purchased a build
| ing lot on Western avenue, opposite the re
sidence of +. Crosby, ESD of BrattlebOro,
and will put up dwelling house thereon to
cost Sl2 200 to $4,000.
Important Tests of Fireproor safes. by
the English Government.
rIREPRooF GUSPowDER MAGAZINES.
From The Mechanics Magazine, London.
eSome experiments as to the storage Of gunpowder
have been recently tried at the Practice Range,
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