Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-13
State Ne,Cs.

Hon. G.. W. Willard has been invited
to deliver the principal address in Bur-
lington, Decoration Day.
Gov. Converse is quite indisposed. He
has been for some time confined to his
house. and his recovery is regarded as
doubtful.
Rufus Mead, United States consul at
Corinto, Nicaragua, who died recently,
was editor of the Middlebury Register
from 1868 to 1866.
Buell. Hall of Berkshire, 20 years old,
attempted to commit suicide last week
by taking carbolic acid, but dose of
ipecac saved his life.
Joseph Houston of Walden, suffered
an attack of paralysis recently, and lies
in critical condition, but faint hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Thomas Battles, a workman about 40
years old, fell dead in the marble yard
of Charles Clement & Sons, Rutland, last
week. He leaves a wife and two children.
The St. Adams butter market, last
Tuesday, was dull. We quote common
to fair % to % cents ; medium to good,
80 to 80 cents choice, 80 to 81 cents
selections, 80 cents.
E. L. White of Essex junction, has
purchased the farm recently occupied by
C. G. W. Larkin at Bolton, and projects
the erection of a large cheese factory
thereon.
Vermont has little over three and
half million acres of cultivated real
estate, valued at about Sl35, 100000,
only about twice as much as the reputed
wealth of John Jacob Astor.
J. H. Bottsford of SYNDICATE, % years
old, while drawing ties Tuesday of last
week. fell from the load and received in
iuries from which he died in a few min
utes. One wheel passed over his head,
crushing it to shapeless mass.
A Frenchman named Cotton, at work
for William Woodbury. of Berlin, event
through" the money department of that
gentleman, and decamped Tuesday with
$1,000 in money, besides large amount
of notes.
Bishop DeGoesbriand on his recent re-
turn to Burlington from Europe, present
ed to the cathedral an exquisite gold
chalice that had been consecrated by the
pope himself, and is consequently very
highly priced.
A thirteen years old girl of Belvidere,
has been engaged the past two weeks in
drawing logs to a saw mill two miles
from home. Earle of the Citizen thinks
this is too bad and offers to give $500
towards $500 premium for her. Gen
/ erous soul
2 The Patrons of Husbandry held a
r meeting at Essex Junction, on Thursday,
to perfect arrangements with Mr.. J. II.
Crosby of st. Adams, the newly appoint
ed State Agent, and to set the agency
e in motion. Delegates were present from
: twenty one of the one hundred and four
q oranges in the State.
John W. Hayes of Burlington, receiv-
ed intelligence last Saturday evening
' that his brother Eddie" Is years Of
y age, who went West some months ago
e and was employed as government team.
J. ster, was on that day killed by team
l. about forty miles from Cheyenne, Wyo.
. ming Territory.
- Tuesday forenoon of last week Albert
; Comstock of South Burlington, went tt
II Burlington, and hitched his horses to &
l. post on the street, where he allowed
d them to remain till o'clock Wednesday
10 morning, without food, drink or covering
For this cruelty he was arraigned befor,
the City Court, and fined S. and costs.
% A wagon in which Nellie Brown anc
'r Lettie Dutton of Hartford, were riding
he collided with team driven by 'Thode'
" Tarbell, Thursday evening Of last week
and the ladies were both thrown to tn
ground. Miss Brown struck on her heat
." and remained unconscious for some time
H. while Miss Dutton narrowly escaped be
d. ing killed.
es Rev. S. W. Field Baptist clergyman
be now of Bangor, Maine, formerly of thi
Ia state, believes what is ''sass for the gan
:, DER will do for the goose. In recen
~ sermon he told the ladies of his congre
SIS cation they had better reform some o
IS. their follies in dress before undertaken
he to make angels of beer drinkers.
an A. c. Benedict, young lawyer i
nc Underhill, got balmy recently. and dc
:, veloped a belligerent tendency Fl
0u knocked down his mother Law, foore
ms Alonzo Sherman, when outside partie
" interfered and brought Mr.. Benedict t
70. his senses, with the help of a fire shove
ID He now carries a badly injured arm.
:, A serious accident occurred at til
marble quarry of J. Hawley, in Sout
st. Dorset, Saturday of week before last. !
ay Clum, Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Billings pr
ct. in heavy blast, which failed to ez
ey plode, and they commenced drilling OF
- the tamping, when the charge exploded
throwing the men some distance in til
lbs air. Mr.. Billings was the most sever,
nj ly injured, and is in critical condition
rs. One of his hands was torn off by fras
70 ment of rock.
;tv At the recent meeting of the stool
- holders of the Lamoille Valley railroa
l,' at Hydepark, large majority of tt
len stock was represented The contrac
Jus heretofore made by the directors WEI
ter ratified. A second mortgage was the
al. placed upon the road to raise money
=: complete the road in permanent an
mo first class manner, and to purchase
rolling stock, build depots, etc.
lch A very serious accident occurred
lis Ealrhaven, on Friday evening last. NJ
40. Young. wife and child, were riding thr
,l;o the streets, and when near the residen
- of James Dooley, the king-bolt of IL
Jun wagon came out, precipitating them u
'bl- on the ground. injuring the child so tn
the it died in few hours. The others G