Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-17

" MADE Tor us possession lawsuits aud bot
tie OF skunk's essence are included and the
water must be nice.
ORANGE COUNTY.
MIR. Leister Watson has bought piece of
land near West Braintree Station and is
putting up new house on it.
Warren Bowen, Of Topsham, sold pair
Of oxen, last week, to Mr. Chamberlain, Of
Newbury, weighing 1900 lbs, for 1910.
An infant child of Fred Flanders, Of
Orange, was dropped into boiler Of hot
water and scalded to death, the other day.
The house Of Warren Hood, in Topsham,
came very near being destroyed by fire on
the 7th inst. The FIRE caught from an open
flue in the chamber and spread very rapidly
between the lathing and the boards. About
half of the roof was destroyed Loss from
ST5 to 500, on which thore is no insur-
ance.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
John Fellows has bought the Calhoun
place at Newport Center for $500.
Mr.. George Il. Stearns, Of Bloomington,
has purchased Of Sherburn Locke the Clough
place, Lowell, for Sl700.
Ezra Carpenter has bought the Williams
farm, in Lowell, of N. S. Adams, giving in
exchange his farm in Eden and 5000.
p. II. Smiths hotel and outbuidings and
Aiken's store aud some sheds, at South
Troy, were burned Wednesday night
Frank Phillips, of Glover, sheared from
% sheep 249 lbs. of wool, being an average
of nearly 10 lbs. each some profit in keep
ing such sheep.
Elijah Allbee, Of Derby, was fined for vi.
oation Of the liquor law by furnishing in
toxicating liquors to his help at raising,
the other day. Good.
A few days since Geo. NJ. Ramsdel, Of
Westfeld caught the remainder of bear
that he caught piece Of last fall he gets
the bounty this time.
Mr.. Cooks COW, Of Greensboro, which
was reported last week to have been found
with hole in her head has not died, and he
is hoping she will not.
The suit against Simpson, the town liquor
agent Of Greensboro, for selling Snow the
liquor on the strength of which he killed
Stanton, has been withdrawn.
+ Reuben Christy, Of Greensboro, lost a
horse the other day by breaking his leg
While driving in the highway it slipped on
rolling stone another bill for the town.
Frank French, of Coventry. between 60
and 70 years Of age, got to feeling a little
too antic the other day, and got into a wres-
tie and broke both bones in one leg just be.
low the ankle.
The old hotel stand on the river road from
Albany to Craftsbury was burned week
ago last week Wednesday night. The house
was unoccupied at the time. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The listers met at Irasburgh on Tuesday.
All the towns we're represented except Crafts.
bury, and no change was made in the apprai.
sal. II. 5. Jones, Of Coventry was elected
representative to state convention.
July 9Th, Harry Heermou, of Coventry.
about l6 years of age, got thirsty and took
drink of bed-bug poison, supposing it was al-
coho, and has been in a critical condition
ever since, bat it is hoped that he will re.
cover.
As Marshal Faycr was going to Glover
village last Saturday his horse took fright at
pile Of wood by the roadside and ran of
steep bank below Il. A. Norton's, smashing
up the wagon considerably and injuriug Mr..
Fayer somewhat.
There are two more cases OF small pox at
Newport, that of Mrs. Silas Shaw and
French child. Some have already been re-
leased from the pest house, and the disease
seems TO be fully under control. At West
Derby child has it,
Geo. G.. Williams and sou, of Craftsbury,
made 1000 lbs. of butter before July LIST,
from 7 cows, . three years .ods, and two
yoars-old, making 10 in all. They were
fed 2 quarts Of corn meal 1.-THE cobs ground
my per day after they "camo in" till the
first Of June.
While NJ. II. Currier was working in
Averill's saw mill, at Bloomington, recently,
truck car loaded with 1000 feet Of green
hemlock lumber ran over his toes smashing
them in shocking manner 1t is thought
he will loose his toes or part Of them, if
not his whole foot.
The marriage notice OF Mark Wilcox and
Lillia A. Todd, of Derby, in last weeks
FARMER, was copied from the Express,
which paper it seems was imposed upon, the
thing being sell. There are rouges out of
tho state prison mean enough to perpctrate
such tricks, but they ought not to be at
large, and will not long if they get caught.
A man named Ed. Taylor came here
year ago last winter, from New Hampshire,
in company with a girl named Bigelow
whose parents resided here, and has since
been living with her, claiming to have been
married to her. They have, we believe two
children. Last winter, on complaint Of his
legal wife number one, in Charlestown, N.
H., papers were sent here and Taylor was
arrested, taken to Keene, N. H., and there
lodged in Jail. Either the facts being I'M
his wife paid all costs, bought Taylor new
suit Of clothes and took him home to live with
her again. But in process of time he grew
homesick and came here to see vile number
two. Last week wife number one wrote here
inquiring about him. He was arrested and
bound up in the sum of 800. Unable to
secure bail he was lodged in jail at lras-
burgh on Friday. There is, as we under
stand, no evidence Of his marriage 10 this
BigelOw girl.-Erpress.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
II. s. Howe's candy and cigar store at
Rutland was entered Thursday night and
robbed of four or five dollars in money.
They have some smart workmen up in
Rutland. Nine of them, with foreman,
dug 2ll feet Of ditch, four and half feet
deep, and LAID water-pipe in it, in one hour,
the other evening.
The Trojan marble company at Brandon
are making 100000 head-stones for the
United States government, which will be
placed on the graves Of soldiers buried at
Arlington, the name aud regiment of each
being cut one the stone The stone will be