Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-22
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st.. JOhnsbury, w., May ", 1874.


Luxe buzzell mas bought house and lot
at Paddock's village, for $1,000,
Bella s. Hastings is moving his house
north about ten feet so as not to be quite so
neighborly.
Franklin Fairbanks has just purchased a
sIan Of matched horses Of l.. s. Nye, OF
Coventry, for $500.
The bodies which had been deposited in
the tomb at the cemetery through the win
ter we're inferred on Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
A. j. Willard has bought house and lot
on Maple Street, OF Edward Henault aud
Lewis Gingrass, fwhat pretty names for
S2700.
H. l.. Hovey has sold building lot at
Summerville to Charles hall, who now has a
good half-acre lot aud is going to build a
house.
The New York Hippocomique troupe with
cornet band and orchestra perform under "a
pavilion tomorrow friday afternoon and
evening.
The names of Horace Paddock and j. II.
Appleton have been drawn for court grand
man for petit jurors.
Thomas Knight, of Fairbanks village,
lost $50 bill Saturday night. 1t happened
to be found by A. j Smith, who. being an
honest man, returned it.
Green Mountain Grange No. is making
preparations to celebrate the nations birth
day and its own, July 4th, by picnic and
appropriate exercises. Other oranges aud
the public generally will be invited.
Geo. w. Haskell has sold his drug store
the one formerly owned by r. Q. Vaughan,
to g. A. Storer, of Augusta, Me- Mr..
Storer is druggist of ten years experience
and brings the highest recommendations.
On Tuesday morning the ground was
strewn with angle worms. The sidewalks
were literally crossed and re-crossed 10 all
directions with their lines of travel. Any
one competent may rise and explain.
John Varrett is commencing a brickyard
on the fat west Of Passumpsic River aud
north of Portland Street. He seems to be
preparing for extensive operations, and has
intentions of putting in pottery for max
ing brown earthen ware.
A pail Of sops descending upon Luke
Buzzel's truck team while standing at Mr.
Wider's iron store, last Monday, started it
off on double-quick, without waiting for
Jo Willard, the driver. The team was
stopped on Railroad Street, by Nelson Shedd
and no damage done.
Hugh G. Moore has leased the old Tres
colt stable and bought part of Jerry
Drew's teams, which, with his own, make a
good livery outfit. Jerry has gone out Of
the livery stable business and now. keeps on.
ly boarding aud sale stable in the new
part of the Prescott barns
The streams in this vicinity are very high
indicating the melting away of large guam
titles of snow on the high lands, and severa
bridges are considered unsafe travel goe
over the hill to reach the East Village anC
the train crosses the temporary bridge at How
ey's mill very cautiously
Mr.. Hale is advertising the Avenue Hous
to be sold at auction on Wednesday, jun
10. 1t comprises four-story building, Ii:
feet on Eastern Avenue, and 1872 feet OIL
Railroad Street, with stables, &c, and abou
10000 square feet of land, aud is probabl,
the most valuable location in st. Johnsbury
Mr.. Fletcher seems to have good thing
in his milk pan and cooler. He commenced
advertising it in the FARMER last week anC
on Tuesday received an order for three thir'
ty-cow sets from firm at Wilton, N. Fl
The pan is simple in construction and is sol,
at very low price. Farmers, call AM
look at it.
Mrs. William Smith, who, in obedience
to the wills of others, left for good two week
ago, repente1 and returned in the same man
ner last week and surprised people by ap
pearing at church with her husband on Sun
day. "What a world this might be, did peopl
mind their own business more and mint
their neighbors less"
A line from Rev Isaac Hyatt says: "Ou
reception by the Starksboro Free Baptis
Church has been cordial and we are begin
ming to get comfortably aud pleasantly set
tied in our new home at the parsonage
There are many good farmers in this sectiO
aud they have got their springs work wei
started"
The First Baptist Church of ST. Johnsbur
was organized ON Friday with II members
Mr. A. G. Mitchell was chosen clerk. Flo
the present they will have the pastoral ser
vices of Mr.. w. A. Bacon and will ho
meetings in the hall over Browns store
Although few in numbers this society
composed of good material and starts o
with bright prospects.
Among the new buildings going up ar
the following Horace jackson and job
H. Smith are each building "a house on Nj
Pleasant Street Abel Roberts house o
corner of Spring and Webster Streets; Dani'
Wakefield house and barn on Pearl Street
Horace Wakefield house and barn on Raj
road Street Thaddeus Fairbanks a hou:
near South Park for Rev Edward T. Fail
banks Jos. Trudell brick tenement hou'
north of Railroad Street Luke Buzzel
house for himself at Paddock's Village
Austin Howe and Elias Cheney each hou'
on Portland Street; and Chas f. Weeks
house on Hovey's fat, Summerville.
A look at Cifford's picture gallery is we
worth the time He has lately receive
some new and rare stereoscopic views whiC
picture-loving people will be sure to wan
Among them are views in Palestine an
Egypt, and these he sells for less than ha
what they have been bought for before view
of historical places and works of art in Ge
many, France and Italy views of Mexic,
which, on account Of the changers OF man
kinds" which beset northern people on goin
10 that country, are the only ones ever mad
Colorado views made by the United Stat
Typographical and geological survey, show
ing the most wonderful scenery in the worlC
and Weler's instructive aud amusing STE
eoscopic treasures and gems. Mr.. C!iffol
is live artist, too, and is now engaged
photographing the short route from BOstC
to Montreal over the Boston, Concord al
Montreal, Passumpsc, and Southeastern ra
roads. Clifford knows how to take pictur