Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-13

knew, that il Bowley has hasty temper, he
also has big heart in him.
Miss Ellen NJ. Pierce. daughter of the
late DR.. Aaron Pierce, of Barton, has gone
to Aintab, 10 Central Turkey, to be associ-
ated with ether ladies 10 the Female Semi
nary founded there by Miss Myra A. Proc
tor. This seminary Is the oldest in the Tur-
kish Empire, and is one Of the most inauen-
tial. It is designed to do for women that
which colleges do Tor men, giving them the
highest education attainable.
Il. 9. Merrill, the manufacturer of the
Cosmopolitan Emery Wheels, died suddenly
at West Charleston, Feb a. He was doing
business as usual, and having been left alone
for few moments, was found dead upon his
office floor. A partial post norton exam.
ination was held on Friday but no real
cause Of his death was found. There was no
poison in the stomach, and the heart APP
peared to be in healthy condition though
twice the usual size, and weighed % ounces.
lIc was buried with Masonic honors.
AT a wedding in Greensboro recently as
the newly married couple were about start
ing for home some Of the boys planned u
little fun. SO going ahead of the party to
piece Of woods through which they were to
pass trees were nearly cut off at points sew
eral rods apart SO that a few blows would
fell them before and behind the paaty, thus
caging them in the woods. When the bridal
party started they found some 1900 feet of
lumber piled in the gateway. While this
was being removed the sound of axes was
heard in the distance. Suspicion Of some
trick was aroused and the party quietly took
a cross road to their new home. The boys
had some extra chopping to do the next
morning, and now they don't like to have
people ask them foolish questions.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Peck q Benjamins clothing store at Rut-
land took fire Wednesday night, Feb, 4.
The fire was soon extinguished but their
stock Of goods was badly damaged by water.
The Rutland Herald deserves great cred
it for its very full, prompt, and accurate re-
port Of the Farmers meeting at Vergennes.
1t was represented there by reporter who
understands his business.
Fred A. Shattuck, a well-known citizen
of Rutland, in company with A. Il. Sander
son. broke into his wifes room, which was
locked, Il few days ago, and found Cephas
Il. Stone, who is now on trial.
IL was we believe, in Dandy that the aged
farmer marked the end boards of his cart
"B," to prevent mistake. 1t came out that
the "B" on the one next the horses meant
"Before," and the one on the other extreme
was "B" for "Behind."
G.. ID. Easterbrook aud N. Wheeler, Of
Sherburne, were both crushed to the ground
few days ago by tree they were telling
in the woods Easterbrook had leg brok.
en-, but he managed to hobble home, three
quarters of a mile, where help for Wheeler
was secured. The men will both get well.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Mortified Cougregationalst Society
held festival at their church Feb. 4, and
realized 1925.
G. s. Dole, of Mortified, raised the past
season 500 bushels Of apples He is now
giving his orchard thorough trimming.
The directors Of the county agricultural
society met on Tuesday and chose T. B.
Stevens, Esq, general superintendent APP
propriated $500 for trotting arranged pre-.
MUM list, and referred the location of the
fair to a committee, of which Hon. Geo.
Nichols is chairman
The hotel, store and barn of p. NJ. Cate,
East Montpelier, were utterly destroyed by
fire Thursday morning, Feb. 5. The fire
was first discovered at half past four, and
at the time was burning in both bar-room
and attic Of the hotel. Ii was kindled by
the use of kerosene. Who the incendiary
was is not known Mr.. Cate is the town
collector Of taxes, and is said to have had
from $4,000 to $4,000 in hand to be passed
over to the State Treasury. This makes the
second hotel and fifth store destroyed by
fire in the same place.
A correspondent says: The burning of
the hotel at East Montpelier was the work
of an incendiary without doubt. The safe
was rhed of its contents and some two
thousand dollars are missing p. NJ Gate
was collector Of taxes of the town and had
in his possession the State tax Just col
lected, which is missing. The state aud
town are fully Unidentified as his bondsmen
are good, but they are in for about two
thousand dollars on his bond and nearly as
much moro privately. There was five thou
sand dollars insurance on the buildings, fur
niture, &c, which goes to the mortgage
The store Of the Page Bros, at Plain6eld,
caught fire in the attic last Saturday morn.
ing but was soon cxtinguished with but
little damage.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
1t is quite sickly in the southern part of
ha A L., Il.
tors care are children. Group and scarlet
fever are raging extensively.
A man at Brdgewater has sued the
teacher of his little boy, laying damages at
$3.50, for mildly Furnishing his child with a
ruler, after using moral suason for some
time to no purpose.
Sweden is now sending large number of
working girls to this country. There are
some fthem in Hartford, aud it is said they
make the best of domestics, and are honest
in word and deed
Joseph Hathaway of Woodstock, has late.
ly cut an elm on his premises the crcumfer-
ence of which, four feet from the ground,
was Fl feet. He cut the main portion into
4OOO'fect of saw logs, which he sold for S4S.
Tho remainder made five cords of stove
wood, 1t was estimated that the whole tree
would have made II cords Of wood.
Levi Washburu, the oldest man in Wood.
stock, SO years and three months of age,
came to the village last Friday driving his
own horse took dinner with his son on
South street, and returned home the same
day The distance is nine miles, aud the day
was very cold and clustering. Mr. Wash
burn appeared as active as some men of
twenty.
At each and every season Of the year we
meet with extremes never known before ever
to the "oldest inhabitance," and the winter
Of 1894 is not without ITS wonders. The
Connecticut River above Bellows Falls is
now frozen over to admit of teams crossing.