Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-13
Ntrmaat Gatmer
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They can have 1t by calling at the FARMER
office and describing it.
Mr.. A. G. Rabbit has shown US q hand.
SOME specimen of the trout from Greensboro
Bend, weighing three pounds and eleven
ounces.
Since the Sovereigus brought in a car load
or two Of apples at S2.75 per barrel the
dealers have discovered that they can sell
for the same.
The Catholic school opened last week
with about $50 pupils. All the common
branches are taught in this school, in both
the French and English languages.
It is now expected that the next lecture
Of the Y. NJ. 9. A. course will be given
Friday evening, Nov. 90, by Rev. w. II. Ii.
Murray, of Boston. Subject Poverty"
Another cash firm. Ira Harvey has sold
his interest in the irm Of Harvey Il Gray,
to Mr.. Gray, who starts off on the cash plan.
Still there is room 10 the reform ranks.
VIM. Brae, who was seriously hurt by
falling from a building, has SO far recovered
as to be about, though not able to do hard
work. His ribs were loosenel from the
back, and will take some time to fully heal.
Wards Block is to be remodellod some-
what, by taking out the stairs and putting
them up GU the outside Of the building, and
making three stores of tho two stores and
stairway in the south end.
Parties buying kerosene by the barrel,
through cooperation, should Immediately
draw it out of the barrel and distribute it,
as keeping more than ten gallons on hand
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We hope the Ere wardens will look sharp
10 their duties, now cold weather is here.
"Al ounce Of prevention" &c. We don't
want to give the fire company any, work,
though they are as well prepared to do it,
and do it well, as any company III the state.
George Gilliugham, who IA hurt on the
railroad week before last, died Friday eve.
ming. HIS remains were carried home to
Waner, N. IT,, Saturday morning. He died
at the Avenue House, though the Montpelier
Journal says it was at Barton.
There is a nice concrete crossing on Rail-
road Street, between the Avenue House and
Wards Block. If you don't believe it get
a shovel aud dig down a foot or so through
the dirt and you will find it. These cross.
ings are good things.
Rev. D. Roys, of ST. Johnsbury, VT, for.
merly pastor Of the Free Baptist church in
this village, preached at that church last
Sunday. At the close Of the afternoon SER
vice he baptized three converts at the river.
He was assisted by Elder Andrews, of New
Sharon, who also baptized one convert. Five
members were admitted to the church dur
ing the day.-Farmington (Me.) Chronicle.
A. g. q H. A. Babbitt have opened a
store in Oddfellows' Block, Railroad Street,
for the sale Of dry goods, ready-made cloth
ing, crockery, teas, %coffees, &c, &C., and
they propose to do business on the grange
principle of low prices and no credit. We
hope those who believe in paying for their
own goods and not for those Of their dead
beat ~neighbors will give them a good pat
ronage.
We understand that about a dozen Boston
runners came to St. Johnsbury, Saturday
night, but finding so poor a show for hotel
accommodations, they left, part Of them
coming to Newport and putting up at the
Magog house and the rest going off towards
Littleton.-ExpreSs. Why don't some live
man come and buy out or build a hotel, and
run it Both Of those we have are for sale;
or, there is room to build another. There
seems no reason why St. Johnsbury cannot
afford as good hotel accommodations as New
port.
Is there any earthly reason why We eau
not have a village market, furnished at the
expense of the village2 Here are about a
thousand men who work in the various shops
for their bread. They buy butter, eggs,
poultry, potatoes, aud everything they use in
their families, from the storekeeper. The
storekeeper pays the farmer 30 cents for
butter, and sells it to the village consumer
for 40. That is small enough commission
it is as cheap as he can afford to do the bus
mess. But if we had a village market, and
a regular market day fixed, the farmer could
sell his butter for p cents advance, and the
villager buy for p cents less than he now
pays. Nobody would nave to be paid for
handling the butter between the producer
and the consumer, for no such work would
be done. There would be no injustice in
that, but a benefit all around. But it is
necessary to have a place for the market,
and it would not be fair for one person, or a
number of persons, to furnish the site at
their own expense. Will our village author
tiles coucedo this much to the laboring
classes, and provide a suitable place for a
market2 We think the wants of the people
demand it quite as much as they do the job
that is being done on Railroad Street, and
those who might chance to have residences
near it would not be any more DISCONNECTED
than are the occupants Of those houses which
are left standing on a bank ten feet high
there.
Mr.. Editor You are probably aware
that a party of st. Johnsbury citizens inter-
ested in the completion of the p. & .. rail-
road designed taking a trip through the
Notch Of the White mountains to Portland.
Leaving st. Johnsbsry Monday, on the 3 p.
NJ. train, marshaled by the new judge from
Caledonia County, our party, some fifty
strong, consisting Of lawyers, doctors, minis
tiers, merchants, d~eacons, judges, mechanics,
Patrons and Sovereigns, arrived at Woods
vile 10 due season, where taking the mail
train on the White Mountain railroad We
arrived at the Fabyan House at 81 O'Clock
=. NJ. Hero we found those famous " noun
tain coaches " with four, six, and eight hors-
es, waiting to take US to the Crawford House,
at which place we arrived about 0 Z. NJ,
without accident or incident save consider
able jolting as those reckless "Jehus +"
whirled US up the mountain side at 2-40 gait,
causing many an ejaculation and inquiry for
the trustees or uncle John the surveyor to
clear the stones from the road. We were
quoted at length by Charlie" Sylvester
assuring us that he would surely send him
up in the morning to clear them out.
At the Crawford House we found a party
Of thirty or more who came from the line Of
the p. x D. from Hardwick eastward, and
took the morning train from st. JOhnsbury,
arriving here 70 dinner. After doing Justice