Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-30

ha We been shipped to Boston, Fitchburg.
Ma -, Manchester, n H.. Providence, X.
Land various points. Some two thou
sand bushels have been sold out by peddlerS
in fal niles in surrounding towns.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Pal n-leaf hats sell for seven cents each
To merchants and dealers. and the Leaf costs
Is cents per pound \ Bennington woman
has br aided since November /, 1873, and
and ha> Just discovered that the leaf costs
81. GS more taan the hats come TO.
Luth sr L. Graves, of Bennington, has
been elected director of the National
State BanE, at Troy.
ESSEX COUNTY.
\ new depot and new Episcopal church
have ia 7 been finished at Island Pond.
Tie Island Pond House is now run BY
ID. VI. Stone.
All the liquor dealers of Island Pond
have been up for second offence They
plead guilty and paid their fines.
The dry house at Russell's saw mill at
CRANKY was burned on the morning OF the
Sd. Loss about $500. The building con
tanned %. 600 cloth boards, which burned
like finder, and it was only by great effort
that the lumber in the mill-yard was saved
from the llames.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
l.. \. Parker has been appointed post
master at East Richford. vice Thomas ID.
Carhee resigned.
\ grange of the Patrons of lia,haniry l.
to herreani4ed in Richiord.
LAuoIILE COUNTY.
tn, ,,-,,ple Of Pleasant Valley Cam
brids,) have subscribed 81 900 toward
new chnrch.
The u..mnul meeting OF the Fair 6rOnnd
Company was held recently at Morrisyille.
The bylaws were amended 50 a. TO have
fifteen directors, instead of seven as hereto
fore The following directors were elected
e.. ". IIendee. solomon Stowe, Morrisyille;
l. c. Cleveland. &. Waterman, Hyde Park
Alger Jones. F. ). Benjamin, Wolcott; r.
K. Wait. II. j. Harris, Stowe Sewall
Newton, |. L. Pearl. johnson; Harmon
Morse, Henry Smile, Cambridge l.. ii.
Doty, \. C. Merriam, Elmore W. ). Pond,
Eden.
The Morrisyllle C.t.sn has been enlarged
by the addition of one column to the page
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A fend calling himself G. NJ. Hatch was
sent to Jail from Barton, last Saturday,
for an attempted outrage On girl going
home from school whom he met on the road
He will doubtless grace Windsor in due
time
BENJAMIN |. Campbell. an aged and re-
spected citizen, died suddenly at East
Charleston, on the 3lst. ult. On the eve
ming previous he had attended the lyceum
and took part in the debate. Alter return
81, I'd ia..d ha-
fore morning.
The annQnl meeting of the Orleans C0un-
" Temperance Society will be held at Bar
I, IN Landing. Jan. %, for the election OF
of. Seers and the nomination OF candidate
for County Commissioner. An address Will
he delivered by Rev. p. n. Granger, gene
raj 40 mt of the State Temperance Society.
On tlfe night of the 18th inst, the barn
with all it, contents, belonging 10 5. d.
Graves Of South Albany, was destroyed by
Are His new hOnse standing near was
barely save d, the end next the barn being
charred and very much injured by the heat.
The house WIS cleared Of its furniture,
which was niue b injured by handling, as Is
always the case. The property was insured
The origin of the IRE is not vet known.
Awrit six feet long by actual measure
ment WIS scTNtu th l'.,'N 80
not long since.
Stephen Roberts Of Crattsbury. year or
two ago. constructed an artificial fish pond,
stocking it with small trout. Now he is
reaping the fruits OF his Investment, some
of the trout reaching several pounds, IN
weight.
Hon. Thomas Bartlett. of Lyndon. re.
Gently delivered an address on the lite oil
Gen. Jackson, at Newport.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Tie Eddy family, who livei in Cbittenden
and are somewhat noted for their spiritual
Manifestations. are reported .as having had
some strange experiences lately. On one of
the last days of the old year they. had
small party at their house. the object oil
which was dancing. primarily. After con-
siderable indulgence in this amusement. the
proposition was made to hold . circle. The
Youngest of the three brothsrs did not
readily agree to this and made some noise
and disturbance, whsrsuPon the sssord