Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-01
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CT. Ramsay's address in now Waits
field, VI.
q. j. Bowk er has sold 55 acres of land
10 District No. IL to Harvey Lyford for
$780,
Lewis b. Head, with his family, went to
Lawrence, Mass, Tuesday, to make that
their home
Peter Laundry has sold his farm of 100
acres near Jonathan Lawrences to Joseph
Ives for $1,000.
Teachers examination tomorrow (Satur-
day. at the High School building, commence
ing at 9 A. M.
Mr. Hale is re-painting the Avenue
House, using the Averill chemical paint.
Color, light drab trimmings darker.
For our excellent report Of the Vermont
Conference, part of which was printed last
week. we are indebted to Rev. A. l.. Cooper.
Rev. Lyman Clark. Unitarian, of Lam
caster, N. H., preached at the Church Of the
Messiah last Sunday on an exchange with
Mr.. Tlotson.
Rev. Isaac Hyatt preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday from the text, Be not
overcome with evil but overcome evil with
good He has practiced what he preached
while he has been with us.
The suit of Lane, Pitkin & Brock, of
Montpelier, us. Luke BuZzell and others for
alleged infringement Of patents has been set
tied by compromise. 1t seems that Lane
obtained patents upon others inventions, aud
can not therefore drive the others of the
track.
The Passumpsic Railroad Company on
Monday brought up two new passenger cars
built by the Salem Car Company aud design
ed for summer travel One was marked
s'Boston aud Montreal No. l6," the other
"New York and White Mountains No H."
and they are splendid cars.
Harley Hill, while at st. Adams two
weeks ago, swallowed a dose of hartshorn
supposiDg it to be cough medicine. He un-
dertook to call for water but the ladies in
the house thought him crazy, aud it was
about half an hour before he could get it.
1t didn't kill him but burnt his mouth and
throat to blister. He is now out again
and says he'll not die yet, even to please the
ladies.
There is a diversity of opinion on the sub
jsct of Philip Phillips. Some liked his
singing and some didn't. As We are no
judge of music our opinion will not weigh.
But it pleased us, and we can net sec where
in anything was advertised that was not per-
formed. His songs we're Of a sacred char
acter, and given by himself alone Perhaps
it was this departure from the usual DIVERSE
fed style of concerning that did not please.
He had full house.
The whole force Of the FARMER office ac-
cepted an invitation of its foreman, WIN. II.
Wheeler, to taste the sweets of A. M. Fos-
ter's sugar bush at the house of Daniel
Streeter on Tuesday evening. An evening
was never more pleasantly spent, and no
company more Hospitality entertained than
the typos were by their Bro. printer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Streeter, and the sugar was
delicious. The only joke in this is that
Mr.. Wheeler knew nothing of this item until
he saw it in print.
The Hampton jubilee singers sing at the
town hall Thursday evening, May u, at
Newport the 22d, and at Montreal the 23d.
The troupe is composed of sixteen young
gentlemen and young ladies, students in the
freedmen's college at Hampton, Va, bright
and smart, hut genuine negroes. They sing
their plantation songs in true negro style,
and those who have heard them declare there
is no better show on the road. The funds
they obtain go toward the support of their
college.
Mr.. II. Dayton, the auction book man,
".
did not intend to lcouvey the idea that all
his books we're damaged. He! sold a good
many very good books, and for less money
than they could be had for at bookstores,
and the damaged books sold were announced
to be such by him when put up. The idea
was that so many of our villagers were
ready to invest in books which they proba-
bly, did not want, simply because they could
be got cheap, when times were as hard as at
present. We saw some OF the books sold
which were not first class, but Of their av-
erage quality the public must be their Town
judges.
The safe of s. Randall 4 Son was opened
last night aud a pocket book containing S46
in money and some valuable papers was tax
en-. The robber left S3l7 between the safe
and the back window where he escaped.
Some $500 were lett in the safe. There
was nothing to show how he gained admis-
sion to the store, from which it is
supposed that he secreted himself and
was locked in. The safe is Tlton x
Mcfarland, having three-tumber COM
bination lock, and when it was locked
for the night the bolt was not turned far
enough to destroy the combination, so that
by knowing the lock it was easily opened
Circumstances point out the direction taken
by the robber.
The bridge contract has been disposed Of
as follows: l.. Hastings 4 Son do the stone
masonry at 50 per cubic yard. Joseph
Trudell does the grading, taking dirt from
Magoon 4 Harlow's land for the east end,
and from Thomas Hills land for the west
end, at 80 cents per cubic yard measured in
the pit. X. Il. Peabody 4 Co. furnish the
hemlock timber for gibbing for Sl3 per NJ,
aud 81 foot spruce shingles at SO per NJ,
measured on the root. f. l.. Hovey fur
nishes all the spruce timber, boards aud
plank, for Sl4 per M. f. II. Stone does
the framing, raising aud finishing for $3.50
per running foot. Russell Underwood does
the iron work for cents per pound. Geo.
+. Wells furnishes maple plank for $3.50
per M. The bridge is to be on level with
the railroad track, "a feet wide, with side.
walk on each side; to cost about $4,000 aud
be completed about the first of July.
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