Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-08
state Ne,cs.

state .N-esCs.
There are two hundred locomotives in use
on the Vermont Central railroad and its
branches.
The Central Vermont railroad has raised
the wages Of track men to the amount paid
them previous to the reduction, last fall.
Col. James M. Putnam has been appoint.
ed chief marshal Of the Vermont state fair,
to be held at Rutland, the second week in
September next.
The Vermont State Grange Of the Patrons
hall by Bishops Hotel, at Montpelier, May
26th and 9th.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Nature has just displayed curious freak
10 Lincoln Maurice Varney found in his
stable calf having only three legs, enc fore
shoulder being entirely deficient. The ami
NAL is alive and we'll, aud can walk.
Heman Moultou, of Lincoln, although in
his 18th year, walks to his pasture on the
side of the Green Mountains twice each day
during the summer season, q distance Of one
mile from his house, TO milk, and carries
home the milk Of four cows. He is now
making sugar still further from home He
is hale and hearty, and has not gray hair.
The following is the record of temperature
for the several years named for the month Of
April each year: 1870, A. NJ, 43 Q; 8
p. M, AZ $3.50 @; average for month, As
$3.50 o 1871, Z A. NJ, AZ 7.3O .; 3
P. NJ, 46 Q; average for month, 44'7.60 o 4.
1872, 7 A. NJ, 80 $50 Q; 9.P. NJ, AZ
1870 Q; average for the month, Al $3.50 Q
1873, 7 A. M, SO 2-3 @; 8 p. NJ, Al
22-30 Q; average for the month 40 10 .
1874, I A, NJ, 30 S.15 Q; p NJ, 85 o;
average for the month, 33 23-30.
EMERSON HOLLAND.
Panton, May l.
Last Monday, Frederick Myrick and
Joseph Wilson started from Middlebury
about six o'clock, both considerably intoxi-
Gated Some ladies driving in the same d.
rectien found Myrick's team standing still
in lonely place called the Lodges, shout
three miles from Middlebury. He lay 10
his wagon insensible, with his head badly
cut with a stone. which was found in the
wagon, covered with blood His pocket.
book was found with stains Of bloody FIN
gers upon it, from which $3.50 had been alb
stracted. Wilson was not 10 be found. The
sheriff is in pursuit Of him. Myrick lies IN
a critical condition. aWf
CALEDONIA COUNTY,
NJ. j. Russell, of Kirby. has made $500
lbs. of sugar from 1900 trees. DID a.a
Joseph King, OF Glover, has rented Will.
lam Ranney's farm IN Wheelock. HI
Geo. q. (iil6llau, of Barnet, has written
the Declaration of Independence containing
1850 words on one side of postal card so
that every word is perfectly plain. ~ 5
Hardwick wants to invest in Another
newspaper It costs only 5000 for five
years, aud they can collect that back once
ia three years-Dr. Charles H. Tenney
for three or four years connected with the
Insane Asylum at Brattleboro died Of APP
oplexy April 81. .s..ts.gs. t.
In Sheffield, the snow in Lester Brown's
sugar place was four and FIVE inches deer
the second day Of May.-William Ran
ney has sued the town for $4,000 for in
juries received on the highway. u. G
Gray is intending to leave for Kansas a,
soon as he can arrange his business.--L
NJ NJ. Gray is dangerously I'LL. G
: Gray has snapped his farm for part Of
A. L. BARRIERS farm, Mr.. Barber paying
$500 difference.
, As Rufus Foster, of Newark, was re
turning FROM one Of his neighbors will
some sugar tins, he CHANGED to meet one o
his friends, named William Hart, in small
! piece of woods. 1t being dark, Foste
stepped behind small limb or bush an
kept quiet until Hart had passed abou
twenty feet, when he started on his journey
: but happening to jingle his tins, Hart, VIII
y had not seen Foster, hearing the RATTLE
. turned round and fred his gun, the ba
i passing Just outside of Fosters backbon,
cutting large cash. 1t was narrow e'
I cape from death.
. For some time past the instrument in on
? of the churches at Lyndon Corner has bee
y out of tune. The tones did not chord wei
There seemed to be altogether too niue
n squeak to them. A gentleman was Gale
s in to tune the instrument and there was dil
- covered inside respectable sized meus
nest, bottle Of homeopathic medicine an
= some other household necessaries. Tn
= leather was removed from several Of tn
reeds for bedding but what the mice shout
!, want Of the medicine was mystery, unle
~ the hammering on the keys gave the oil
: lady the headache aud she used that to gu
ct her nerves when disturbed and broken {
I, her Sunday rest, necessary after a. week
70 care Of 80 large family.
~ On Monday last, Mr.. james Gilfllan,
! Barnet, went to his sugar place about
!, o'clock A. M. to boil sap, telling the famil
- that as soon as no could "sirup of" whiC
= would probably be at about 2 o'clock p M
: he should return. Not returning as expec
A. ed his brother went to the camp and fouu
! both sugar pans empty, aud one washed
i the strip in pals standing near by, all
= order Not far from the sugar house
- found James. lying face down, in sma
10 stream of water, dead. 1t seems he hi
= taken his sap yoke and pals to get sou
: water to wash the remaining pan, and in Il
=, act fell dead as he was found, having 7
~ manned there some FIVE hours. Cause
=. death, heart disease His age was about
10 years. -
70 CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
os Within the past few months nearly do
rr en- women have been committed to Jail
he Burlington for drunkenness.
re Jack Kane, Of Burlington, while intol
st, Gated, Monday evening, pointed, in Jest,
re loaded shotgun at Catherine Bliss; in SOL
ng manner the piece was discharged, and lodg
he three shots in the girls head and neck, Cal
he ing injuries which will probably prove tat
ey A. A, Harrington, of Burlington, "
a fined 500 and costs Saturday, for mar
in featuring aud selling wine contrary to Ia
no He appealed 1t appears that Mr., Harrir
ST. ton has been in the practice Of raising
ed small quantity Of grapes, and while