Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
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course next week ShtuTudy. hu hObtThcb Oi
Mrs. Lvermoro's lecture can DO found on
the FIRST page.
John A. Stocker was taken bleeding at
the lungs Sunday evening There are hopes
Of his recovery but his physician says he
must leave Vermont
Tho Sovereigus are buying Portsmouth
ribbed, knit undershirts for 10 cents.
Happening to see exactly the same thing 10
a shop we inquired the price. 1t was sl.35 4!
G.. p. Foster, of Montpelier, advertises
twenty tons of Franklin coal for $1,000 per
ton, "being the same price as for the Lacka.
wanna stove size COAL What does IL cost
here, with the p. & y. road uncompletej 2
Walker, of Lyndonvile, has nearly com.
peted trade for the uuexpired term Of
Adrich's lease of the Avenue House, but
"there's many slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip" especially in making trade with
Aldrich.
Some 500 were present at the entertain
ment given for the benefit OF the poor at the
town hall Tuesday evening by the ladies' be-
nevolent society, and good sum was raised
to relieve the wants Of the needy poor. We
are waiting patiently for our share.
Changers and Sovereigns abroad 10 the
land. A Railroad Street firm stick out
shingle marked "Beaver overcoats, $40;
formerly sold for $40" Who will find fault
with beaver coat at that price2 If this
thing goes on, St. Johnsbury will become
good place to trade
One seldom sees such a rush, even during
the holidays, as there is at the 80 cent store
on the Avenue. If you want to buy any
thing there, the best way is to 60 in the day
time. There is a perfect crowd there every
evening, and the proprietors aud clerks have
their hands full to wait on them. When
one sells goods cheap the people soon find it
out.
Mr.. Ranucy, of Concord, drew load of
wood to Charles Shorey's Caledonia street,
Friday, and after unloading it went in to
dinner, leaving his horses with the brides off
and oat baskets hanging to their heads. The
horses took it into their heads to 60 home,
and ran about half mile but the oats
about their noses curtailed their supply Of
wind and they gave up the runaway business.
No damage DONE
On Tuesday, George Il. Penn. a mem
Der Of Blaisdel & Ingalls,, and the St.
Johnsbury quadrile, bands, was to play at
dance at White River Junction. He had
played somewhere the night before, and ar
irving at the Junction at noon went to bed +,
asking to be called at six o'clock. When
they went to call him he was found dead
1t is thought he died in fit.
A good many property-hoders would be
willing to subscribe literally toward procur-
ing a steam fire engine, bat would it not
look better for the village to buy it All
property would be rendered safer by it, and
should alike bear their snare Of the expense.
Probably after fire has swept through and
cleaned out street or two something will
be done about it, why not before2 We need
some good hand engines to go with it, and
VIC have got them.
Postmaster General Jewell, on Monday
awarded to l.. & 4. Fairbanks & Co. the
contract for supplying the department with
platform and counter sclles, in order to meet
the requirements Of tho newspaper law,
which goes into operation, January L. The
number of scales required will be 5000, the
largest contract of the kind ever awarded.
Il ue dWdTu WAS uOb uliue uulil 81 Iato uuy
that probably no other firm could fill the
order in season.
Some of the local dealers say they can't
buy Providence River oysters in market for
81 per gallon. That's their look out; not
the Sovereign's, 1t is a fact which the deal
ers cannot get around, however, that the ex-
ecutve committee furnish those oysters to
members for 32 cents per quart. 1t is a
fact, also, that it costs just 10 cents per gal
Ion to transport them from Boston by ex-
press. Now that executive committee must
be making money out Of pocket pretty fast
if the merchants are correct. The fact is
these merchants are often looking more to
profit than cost, while the Sovereigns, not
looking for profit, turn their attention to
buying, and so can teach the merchants a
lesson. The merchant don't believe the
Sovereigus buy their oysters for 81 per
gallon. Well, as they don't tell where they
buy perhaps they can't prove the fact to Mr.
Merchant, but we think it will be as easy tC
prove as for him to prove that he don't sci
good percentage of Waterford water with
his.