Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
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a good attendance and no grumbling by-and-
by about the management Of tho society.
The endowments Of preparatory schools in
Vermont are as follows Episcopal Institute,
Burlington, $4,000; Castleton Seminary,
$50, 600; Burr aud Burton Seminary, Man.
chester, $4,000; Beeman Academy, New
Haven, S11 400; Caledonia County Gram.
mar School, Peacham, $4,000; St. Johns.
bury Academy, $4,000; Green Mount
Perkins Academy, Woodstock $4,000.
VERMONT RAILROAD SECURITIES Bos-
ton, Saturday, Vermont Central LIST Is sold
at lS, and Vermont and Canada Railroad
stock at 43. The semi-aunual interest
is now due on the Portland and Ogdens-
burg Railroad Vermont Division) Is, 1891
Rutland Railroad Equipment Is; Rutland
Railroad LIST IS, 1902 and Vermont Cen
trail Income and Extension IS, 1902; and
Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada
Ss-tho total interest on the above securities
amounting to S21S,S44, all payable in Bos-
ton. The Woodstock Railroad bonds are at
last 4" in the market" The interest is per
cent, guaranteed by the town Of Woodstock,
and the principal is due in 1890. They are
offered at 80 and accrued interest.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A horse thief named Huzen Sargent, who
was confined in Jail at Bennington for some
weeks, struck down the jaiIor, james Baker,
as he was claiming him in the cell, last
week Thursday evening, with piece of iron
pipe, and made good his escape. The Joior
10 sprtoualv ont nhnut tho haad
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Edward Morgan and Charles Chase have
sold their farms in Sutton.
At d. p. Kendal's auction in Sheffield
2-ycar-olds sold for $50; cows S35.
VIM. Rugglcs has bought the G. L. Brad
ley place, Sutton, and taken possession.
Coroden Parker is doing an extensive
business at extracting cedar oil in Sutton.
Willis g. Hanscomb, of Shelf cid, with
three traps has caught ii foxes this fall.
A house in Wheelock, near the Greens.
borO line, occupied by Mr.. Crawford, was
burned last week.
A. II. Ball has bought part of Slas
Howe's farm in Sutton, and will cut the
wood and draw it to the railroad.
The road to the new cemetery in Barnet
is completed and fenced, which adds very
much to the appearance and general features
of the grounds. 1t is now one of the pleas
ATTEST cemeteries in the county.
At the sale Of James Counter in Burke,
cows sold at auction for s26 to s3l /; hay
Sl2 per ton oats 80 cents calves SO. 10
each. Counter goes to California in the
spring where he has already spent several
years.
Enoch Stevens, of Barnet, who is now So
years old aud has been gray headed for
years, is now shedding his hair, and the in
coming crop is black. He uses no hair
dye or anything, and is much surprised like
every one else at the singular freak.
Hugh Smith aud brother, of Barnet, start.
ed for Passumpsc village Tuesday morning,
and in passing over a narrow private bridge
the plank tipped up, throwing both men aud
horse and wagon into the brook. Hugh re-
ceived cut on his head, and both thils of
the wagon were broken, which comprise
about all the damage.-CaledOnian.
Miller Morrill, of Danvillc, who supported
Judge Poland for Congress as well as did
his namesake Calvin. being somewhat Of a
shrewd fnancier thought to make something
when b. N. Davis bcset him to vote for Po-
land, so he offered to do so for - cents. Da-
Wis handed him the money and told hun not
to say anything. Some of the Denison boys
told Morrill, that Poland paid Davis S.
apiece for votes, and Davis had made 81 %
on his vote Morrill, is mad now and says
is a corrupt ring
One day last week two large minks engag
ed in battle in the mill yard of W. Il w. S
Alard, in Newark, at the outlet Of Bal
mil pond. The fight lasted several minutes
and was so desperate the animals took nc
notice of w. S. Allard, who approached
them with club and laid out both, making
about $40 worth OF nice fur in the melee
Near the same place short time ago ASS
French took on of his feet away from tn,
posterior portion of Mrs. Willard Cheney
body, out of which another war is threaten
ing by the way Of the law.
CnITTENDEN COUNTY.
Fillmore j. Robinson has been appointed
| pOst"dotNl ~ ANOlbus CuuOiullls
DR.. l. S. Alger has sold his home plac,
in Williston TO Mrs. Harriet A Morse, o
Waterbury, for S2500.
The administrator of the estate of G. A
L. Spragus has sold the home place, consist
ing OF 26 acres, to A. W. Smith, for $4,000
One day last week, Cornelius Whalen, 0
Bolton, had eight head Of cattle killed by
freight train. They got on the track at tn
Bolton depot.
The Lamoille Valley butter and chees
factory Of Milton, sold aud shipped Is, 10
pounds of cheese last week Wednesday, t
Boston, for which they received l34 cent
per pound.
On the afternoon Of Wednesday, tho 49,
ult,, young man went to the barn Of
Bowman, in Colchester, which is about 2
rods from his house, took a coed single ha
ness, htched on to his buggy, and went o
with the property.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Samuel Cole, OF East Haven, gives
, house.warmiDg the last Of this week in h
new house.
A. ii. Walter and Lowell Powers,
East Haven, have exchanged places, Powe
paying 5000 difference.
Tyler Horsiord got a bear up tree
East Haven the other day, but having
gun nor match to kindle fire he had
let him go.
! Merrick Moultroup and Mr., IL. Walt
are tive Of the oldest men in East Have
, and either of them can do as good day
work as most Of the young men.
a FRANKLIN COUNTY.
s The Enosburgh Farmers Club will me
5 at West Enosburgh, Wednesday night, at
i o'clock
Somebody undertook to burn the no
!; and ladder cOmpanys building on Kingm
d Street, st. Adams, Friday night, but did D
q succeed.
% Ira Tunner of Eerrishurgh 81 voara nj