Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-04

rous of Husbandry held thoir first field meet.
ing, Wednesday, in the Berkshire Agricul.
tural Socety's grounds, one mile north of
the village. All the oranges but one in the
county were represented, nearly 600 people
being present, including invited guests. A
grand dinner was eaten, each grange furnish.
ing its own proyender, and having its own
table, the largo building Of the society being
completely filled with the tables. Gardner
Il. Barker, OF Pittsdeld, county deputy, pre-
sided at the intellectual feast following the
dinner, aud was very happy in his introduce
ton Of the speakers, the number Of which
showed that the graugers like to talk, and
can talk as well as other people. State lee.
turer Graves, Of Hatfield, occupied most Of
tho time, giving u very pleasing address.
He said it was not a political organization,
but inquired what hurt it would do If it was.
Other speakers were j. Reid, Of Rich
moud l.. l. Butler, Of Lcuox Ii. s. Bar
ton, Of Dalton; Chauncey Sears, of New
Lcnox Henry Noble, Of Pittsfed j. w.
RUSSELL OF Dalton. In the evening tempo
rary lamps were put up in the building, and
an agricultural dancing party took posses.
sion Of the floor, keeping it sturdiIy till mid
night. All enjoyed the first country grange
gathering so much that it was determined
that this should not be the last festival Of
the kind.
CONNECTICUT.
Terrence King, 16 years old, was drown
cd while bathing at Now Haven on Satur.
day.
John Murphy, Of Thompsonville, became
a happy father for the twentieth time, last
week
The two.year.old Stafford savings bank at
Stafford Springs has over 5000 900 Of de.
posits itom 700 depostors.
Gustave Hinemau, Of New Haven, who
sold boy some liquor with which he got
drunk, the other day, escaped with Il fac Of
$40 and costs.
\ yoke Of oxen attached to pair Of car
wheels broke hole in the R,pe-lerry bridge
at Mantle on Monday, and became so firmly
wedgod in that the only way OF extricating
them was to cut them loose and let them fall
into the stream, whence they were hoated to
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A little Norwalk boy went to the well to
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blcd into it, head first, falling IL feet
before he struck the wet, and, having climb.
ed up by tho ropes, filed his pail and re-
turned to the house and gave the people
there the first information oil his accident.
The cattle disease at Ncwtown seems Ia
be pretty serious affair. Out Of Ill four.
year-od steers brought from Michigan by
Elmer Fairchid, 20 have been seized with
the disease. and several have died. The
secretary Of the State Board of Agriculture,
however, thinks that the trouble was with
the water that the cattle drank on their way
East.
George lIillard, a fireman on the New
London Northern railroad, was fatally, and
Calvin Moulton, OF Palmer, Mass, the en-
gineer, painfully, scalded by steam from
their engine, four miles above New London
last week Thursday. One Of the piston rods
broke short off at the steam.chcst, and be-
fore the train could be stopped the rod made
four large holes in the chest aud damaged
the lire-box, sending wood, steam and water
back into the cab and tender The engineer
and fireman stood pluckily at their posts, in
spite Of the pain that the steam aud splinters
gave them, and nobody else was hurt, though
the passengers were pretty badly frightened.
NEW YORK.
A boy is said to have been whipped to
death at the Five Points house of industry
Whitelaw Reid, editor Of the Tribune, i,
seriously i'll with congestion OF the brain, ant
hiss recovery is doubtful.
The dailies promise us another exposure
of Tammany frauds, greater than the one
which has passed into history.
The Assistant United States Treasurer a
New York has been ordered to sell $4,000
600 of gold in the month of September.
Henry G. Bowen has instituted several
libel suits which will doubtless bring some
hidden things to light in the Beechcr-Tiltor
affair, unless they are judiciously husheC
up The Brooklyn Eagle and its reporters
are among those agaisut whom he has
commenced actions.
Barney Tighe is under arrest for allegcC
completely in the murder of his wife at New
York Monday morning. she was enticed
out of her shanty by a mise among her
geese. Her husband followed and returned
without her She was subsequently found
murdered in lot in the rear OF their shanty
and Sll0 known to have been on her person
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