The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-14


house and lot belonging to the Carpenter
estate.
The horse of Mr. c. J. Robinson, of Rip
ton dropped dead while drawing logs.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Richard Hinch of Barnet, has discovered |
a medicine which Is a sure death to worms |
in children, and by the repeated doses
which the doctor took himself,i 1t is judged |
1t to be safe and harmless to the human |
system.
BENNINGToN COUNTY.
VIM. Robinson, of Stamford, has brought
suit against this town for injuries sus-
tanned on the highway last July, laying his
damages at $4,000
John NJ. Ferc, veteran in The temper
apce army, died al his residence, South
ShallsburY, laat Thursday. lie had been
sick for nearly three months Mr.. Fcrre
has been identified with the order Of Good
Tempars in this county since It's commence
ment, and his funeral was attended 10y dele
cations from surrounding lodges, seventeen
being present from Bennington,
In district No. 6, known as the Barton
Works neighborhood, there was, between
1915 and 1920, Il prosperous village num-
bering between two and three hundred peo-
pie, known as Waterford Hollow. 1t con-
tanned store, tavern, potato dstilcry,
potash, saw-mill, clover mill. an oil mill,
a blacksmith shop, shoe makers shop,
doctor, Free baptist church, with settled
minister and parsonage, school house
winter school numbering about seventy
five scholars. The same locality to-day
numbers about forty inhabitants with moth
ing in the way of business except farming.
The business buildings are all gone, moth
ing is left but few farm houses and the
school house. No traces Of II former vii
lage remain. The first cause Of the decline
was the failure Of THIS little " mill brook.
running from Stiles Pond. to supply water
for the machinery At this time but few
houses were built on the river at llarring-
tons mill. two miles distant. But the
water power there being abundcnt drew
the enterprise from the " Hollow" to that
point. which soon grew into Il village and
was named st. Johnsbury. East. At the
date of this village the population of Wat
eriord was nearly double the population OF
to-day.
Mrs. William Dinsmore, of Sutton, has
spent several years labor on quilt, which
now contains 2,33i, pieces each of which
differs IN color and figure from every other
and some of which show the various fash
ions from Queen Elizabeth's time down to
the present day. Nearly every state in the
Union and some of the territories. the Brit
ish provinces, Mexico, add most Of the
South American states arg represented In
the quilt, while the flags Of many coun-
tries are pictured, and one square Of the
quilt was made IN Brigham Ioungs f1mi-
ly.
Moses IIuntley of St Johnsbuy killed
seven crows at one shot. the other day, it
is said.
CHlTTESDEN COUNTY.
Hon NJ Il. Tyler has been elected W.
G. Il. of Champlain Lodge of Good Temp
lars at Burlington and Mrs W. II. Brink
w. Y. L.
s. +. Teachout of Essex junction, is the
owner of SOW that has brought him AZ
pigs in year and four days. The first lit
ter numbered IL, the second Is, and the
third II. The mother OF the pigs was rails
ed by Mr.. Teachout. but the father Of the a
pigs is owned by d. c. Linslcy of Burling-
ton, and is the best of stock
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Hon. Horace Rublee. the American min
lister at Berne. (who ia cousin to Hon. w
s. Rublee of East Berkshire) Is slowly re-
covering IRON a long and very dangerous
illness, and i'll all probability will soon re
turn home on leave of absence.
In Enosburgh, the listers found on lit
tie mountain farm of about fifty acres, a
widow woman (Frcnch) with eight children
trying to provide for herself and family in
the old fashioned wav, and, to all appear
anccs, succeeding very well. Her farm was
stocked with four cows six sheep and n
team. Her girls were clothed in blue drill
ing, their garments all clean and whole. In
an outer room the woman was swinging
flax which was probably going through tie
various processes to the loom.
LAMcnhH ooUEry.
john Holmes. carriage manufacturer of
Johnson. has tailed. Liabilities about SIG,
600; assets $4,000.
Dennis Dickinson, of Cambridge, has
made nearly 1000 pounds of sugar from
! 100 trees.
Flocks of wild pigeonc were seen flying
towards Mount Mansiieln last week. They
used to nest there and on Sterling noun
tain years ago if they should nest there
this. IL will make autumn sport.
Lowell Baisdell of North Cambridge has
said his farm consisting of about 100 acres,
together with stock, tools, etc, TO Earl
Bartlett for $500.
Addison Case of Cambridge has made
this spring. up to date, May 9th, ,260 lbs
of sugar from 200 trees From sap gath
cred from these trees, lht4th inst, he
made 800 lbs.
ORLEANS COUNTY
/
| l.. T.. Ainsworlh Is about to begin at
Barton Landing, VT, the manufacture of
new ilrc-escapo, which consists of a cord
with ball attached, which is In turn fast
ened to Il ladder made of wire, rope, and
harness leather. The apparatus can he
rolled up into small bundle and carried
about conveniently,
ORANGE COUNTY.
Chas. Stinson, of Stratford aged about
sixty years, committed suicide Thursday,
| by hanging himself 10 Il cross beam in his
barn.
a man named Dunton, who has kept the
Mansion House at West Randolph, since
last fall. left for Canada last week, having
beaten the citizens out of several hundred
dollars and sold the furniture OF the hotel
to his successor when it had two lcns
upon it.
A Randolph man named Hunt, with u
pair of horses and wagon which he had
purchased but not paid for, drove to Clare
mont, n. H., one night, when one of the
horses died. lie returned without the
other, but was persuaded TO tell where he
had left it, thereby saving them the trouble
OF hunt and the TAILOR the care Of another.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The sold Stage Man, William Billings
says that he run his stage to Bethel and
back GA niles ON runners, April Both. HG
has drove stage over 40 years, and April
18th is the latest that he recollects being on
runners, when he made trip to Windsor
and back.
Bethel has done away with highway sur
veyors and "loailng" out the taxes, and ap.
| nnininl lImh NnN commissioners who will