Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
State Nescs.

born,
The Mount Mansfield House is to be
opened May lst, under the management
of Col. n. 2. Keller, who with his son,
Henry A. has run it so admirably for
several years past.
1t took nine roosters and the rear end
of the tenth for Atkins of the ArgaS to
convince his readers that Connecticut
had gone Democratic. 1t was votes that
convinced the radicals
Mr.. sheldon Taylor, son of Stephen
TAYLOR, of Rupert, after assisting thro'
the day, on Thursday last, in saving
wood with a machine, was instantly
stricken with death at evening. He was
about forty years of age.
Ludlow has appropriated $500 for its
centennial celebration, which takes place
on the 18th of June. Barre appropriated
$1,000 for the same purpose and on the
same day. This is getting the start of
Philadelphia.
Five clergymen of Burlington have
sent note to the editor of the Free
Press expressing their disapproval of a
local notice of the Black Crook, that re-
Gently appeared in its columns, but the
editor protests that his paper did not
mean to do anything naughty.
The Bradford Publishing Company
have formed a Stock Company. with a
capital Of $4,000, and Mr.. Stanton,
recently from Laconia, n. H., has taken
stock in the Company, and viii assume
the management of the Opinion, which
will be enlarged.
MEETING OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
"A meeting of the County Commission
ers of the State will be holden III Mont
pelier. on the 2lst inst, at ten o'clock,
A. NJ. Arrangements have been made
with the Central Vermont railroad for
return tickets.
The shipment of choice focks of sheep
from Vermont to the far West has be-
come quite an important industry, but
never before has flock gone so far as
one of ll3 sent, few days ago. from
the vicinity of Pittsford to Washington
territory, 1000 miles.
The Central Vermont railroad has
made arrangements by which Pullman
cars are to commence running from Chi
cago to Boston. via Montreal, on the lst
of May, the train leaving Montreal at
P. NJ, and overtaking the night ex-
press at White River junction.
There are now nine light houses on
Lake Champlain, while there is one
small light without a dwelling at Isle
La Mott, and fourteen movable beacon
lights in the narrows at the South end
Of the lake, besides the beacon lights on
the break waters at Burlington and
Plattsburgh.
Samuel 2. Drew of Newark, last fall
cleared so acres and 81 rods of new land,
hiring only 10 days work and drawing
off all the logs with one horse. He also
drew to the river for the Lyndon Mill
Company l30,924 feet of lumber 1143
posts, and got up two years stock of
wood. laundering is Sans best hold
A flock of wild geese alighted on the
land of Charles Stevens of Maidstone,
one day last week, with the evident at
tempt of convincing him that summer
was close at hand. Mr. Stevens brought
an action against them for trespass, and
by hobeas corpetS process won his suit,
taking off two of the intruders at one
| shot.
A woman residing near Swanton june
ton, recently died of grief because Of
giving birth to twins-a girl and boy
the latter of which was monstrosity,
having a perfectly formed ROSTERS comb
extending the length of his head. Its
feet and limbs. from the knee down,
were formed like fowls, with spurs
two inches long. 1t lived but a short
time.
Bennington has had an enthusiastic
meeting, and has organized a club fol
the preservation of game and fish in this
State. 1t is proposed to stock the ponds
with black bass, salmon and muskalonge
and the streams with trout. 1t is fur.
Their proposed to establish a deer park
Young deer can be procured from Penn
sylvania at cost of $40 per head, OF
delivery.
The Washington Chronicle says of q
recent arrival '.Hon. John W. Stewart
Ex-Governor of the State of Vermont
and one of its most prominent lawyers
and politicians, is a guest for a few DAYS
at the Arlington. Vermont, though {
small State, manages to raise and pro
mote to official position the stronges
and most able men Of any constituency
IN the country"
Professor Hiram Mead Of Oberlin co.
theological seminary, and formerly pas
tor OF the First church at South Hadley
Massachusetts, has been elected presi
of Middlebury college, but it is not We
known whether he will accept. He grad
uated at Middlebury in 1850, and al
Andover theological seminary in 1857
and, after leaving South Hadley in 1867
preached in Nashua, N. H., two years
and then went to Oberlin.
Wright, the defaulting teller of thu
Bradford savings bank, is terribly agita
ted over the discovery of his crime. H,
has twice attempted to commit suicide
once by shooting himself and once by
poison, but his revolver was snateheG
from him and he got an overdose of NOR
phine. When first arrested, he cheyet
up a s400 bill that he had stolen. apt
tore up roll of small bills. His fathe
has offered to bail him out of iail. bu
he refused to go, saying that he has com
mltted the crime and deserves the nun
ishment.
: Charles Backus. an employee at til
: central Vermont car shops at Rutland
while undressing on Tuesday night Q
last week, fell backward into chair i