Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

The Rutland County Court sits March
10th. The docket contains 1913 jury cases,
7S chancery cases, and 20 State prosecutions.
Asa Collins, of Chittenden, has taken the
Rutland Herald for 30 years, and he and
his father between them, ever since It start
cd
BENJAMIN W. Marshall, Of Rutland, has
been nominated for reelection as County
Commissioner by the temperance men Of
this county.
Frank NJ. Brown, of Rutland, foil from
the scaffold in his barn on Wednesday eve-
ming Of last week, and was picked up insen-
sible. There is but little hopes Of his re.
covery.
The state constabcs seized the entire
stocks of liquor in the wholesale stores Of
s. j. Loop and j. q T. Caden, of Rutland,
Friday, the former losing $4,000 or Sl1,-
900 worth and the latter $500 or $4,000
worth. Raids were also made on four no.
tells and three saloons, and small quantities
of the ardent captured.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The number of lawyers resident in WASH
ington County is thirty.sx.
Miss NJ. Viola Ainsworth commenced
select school in District No. 5, Calais, on
Monday last.
The impression is gaining ground that MIR.
p. NJ. Gate, the Tax Collector at East Mont
pelier, whose store was recently burned, is
not guilty Of the charges insinuated against
him.
Thomas s. Salisbury,a prominent bust.
ness man of North6eld died at Indiauapo-
lis, Ind, February 18th, aged 10. He,
with his family, was spending the winter
there.
A boy named Geo. Blake, who escaped
from the Reform School last September, was
captured at Ticonderoga, on Thursday, by
Sheriff L. A. Drew, Of Burlington, and was
on Monday returned to the School.
Quite business has sprung up in Wa
terbury, within about two years, in heeling
aud toeing Shaker stockings Mr.. Alfred
York has paid out, for knitting more than
$4,000, and this has gone mostly to those
who have usually had rather hard time to
get along; he now pays about 5000 per
month.
A convention of the oranges of Washing
ton County was holden at Montpelier, on
Wednesday of last week, for the purpose of
effecting county organization. A council
was organized under the title of Washing.
ton Council" and f. w. Huntley, Of Dux-
bury Grange, was chosen master, and Ira H..
Edison, of Marshfeld Grange, secretary.
In Middlesex, John s. Long has sold his
farm and stock to Benjamin Barrett, for
$4,000, taking in exchange about thirty-fve
acres of wood land in Moretown, at 81 ,000
Jaryille g. Leland has sold his farm near
the Center to A. NJ. Ainsworth-his bust
ness partner-for $4,000, and has bought of
Mr.. Ainsworth his McEroy land " for
$4,000.
The following are the officers of Summit
Grange Of Roxbury, organized Feb. l6, with
81 members: G. l.. Walbridge, NJ; VIM.
NJ. Wiley, o.; w. l. Simonds, L.; Melvin
Spalding s.; Wallis Smith, A. s.; A. s.
Pike, c.; A. j. Averill, T.; Clark Flint,
Sec. f.; Il. Hildreth, g. k; Mrs. G.. A. Hill,
c.; Miss Clara Chamberlin, p; Mrs. L.
Hildreth, f.; Miss Estele Simonds, L. A.
S.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Twenty-three persons living in Guilford
arc so years and upward.
A Nimrod named Alexander Atcherson Of
Westminster, boasts the slaughter of 800
foxes during his life.
Rev. Louis Rosecrans, son Of the General,
has just finished a series of successful meet
ings at the Brattleboro Catholic Church.
Names Of some of the different localities
in Athens Toadshire, "Slab City, -
" Mutton Hill" Hedgehog" miller
Hill, -" Lilly Pond Hill. "
John Oaks, Of Athens, recently purchase
pair of two-year-old steers of Mr.. Bennett,
of Brooklne, that are estimated to weigh
between 2600 and 200, full blood Dur
hams.
j. d. Plummer, OF Brattleboro, has con.
tracted to do the brick work on the new in.
sane asylum to be built at Worcester, Mass.
It is estimated that 100000 brick will be
required.
Sumner Titus, Of South Vernon, was some.
what surprised, on entering his woodshed,
Tuesday morning of last week, to find e dead
man hanging suspended by a rope from a
beam. Investigation showed that the sui
eide was a recently escaped patient from the
Insane Asylum in Brattleboro.
Harvey Brown, ESD, of jacksonville, who
died Feb. 18th, after lingering illness Of
twenty years, aged ~ years and . months,
was native Of Nottingham, and had resid-
ed on the farm where he died for about for
ty-seven years. lie was man Of strict in
tegrity.
VIM. II. Young, of Wardsboro who died
last January, proves to have been a victim
of lead poison, the family vinegar barrel be-
ing contaminatedIin some way with lead. At
the time Of the death Of her husband, Mrs.
Young was also very low from the same
cause, having nearly lost the use Of her
limbs, and all the members of the family have
been more or less the victims of this dread
full malady.
During the meeting Of tie State Board of
Agriculture at Westminster, p. Il o. L..
Fisher had ON exhibition a specimen of very
excellent butter, which could not fail to rank
high in the gilt edge department, and the
same they are constantly sending to market,
where it doubtless commands the highest
price. Mr.. n. q. Pierce also had present
u trace Of nice seed corn. 1t is a Canadian
variety and the same he has perpetuated from
his famous acre mentioned in another col
umn.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
A. w. Tarbel, of Andover, has sold his
farm and farming tools to Mr.. Craigue,
for $1,000.
Samuel A. Weston, of Chester, has been
nominated for County Commissioner by the
temperance men of this county.
The Proctorsyille Cooperative Company
has been turning out six hundred chair bot
toms daily. 1t is understood to be in a
prosperous condition.
The Woodstock Post, in stating that up.