Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-08
VERMONT NEWS.
ADDISON COUNTY

ADDISON COUNTY.
f, The next annual fair Of the Addison Coup.
" Agricultural Society will be held at Mid
dlebury on the 2i. 81 and 18th Of September
c next.
lev. L. p. Hooker, Of Midilebury, has
written and published in pamphlet form an
interesting and happy memoir of the late
Rev. Joseph Steele, who was twenty-six
: years the devoted pastor of the Congrega-
, tional church in that place
BENNINGTON COUNTY
, The County Teachers Institute was he az
Manchester. last week, with n fair attend
ance DR.. French made excellen. addresses
on Mathematical Geography and Pen
nanShlp' and Mrs Kyle gave An address
on Reading" Prof Perkins. of the Uni-
verSity oi Vermont, gave M illustrated lee
turr on - Birds
CALEDONIA COUNTY
o. 6. Hale, of st. Johnsbury, has recos-
cred 800 and costs from local COMPANY
Tor damages caused by the insuihcioncy Ut
tarred roofing, made by the Ready Routiag
Company with which he covered the venue
House.
The Harris farm ut ST. Johnsbury wss
valued at LOO in 1910, and is now on tho
a~seSsors' list valued at Sj5, 900
The CaledOnian reports that at school
meeting in South Ilariwick, April Is. the
Hon. Alden E. Juiesiue gave the lie to Mr.
Drenan. landlord Of the hotel auL alter
repeating it several times, with uther cpi-
thetS, Mr.. Drenan struck him with his list.
EIrly Monday morning Mr. Judeyins had
an officer on hand who attached all M.
Drenans property.
| Cyrus IIadley, the first man who has ever
/ ts.a, ~.
| selling rum. although many have been
~hut up tar drinking twas pardoned by
the Governor, and released last Thursday.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
! ii ). Foster has sold his hotel property N
/ East Berkshire. to Daniel 2 Morse. oi Ban-
-ur, y. Y, for six thou-ind dollars.
! At the recent commencement ut the ,ued-
| ical department of the University of Mich
isan, h. {. Beebe, OF owanton. receis ed the
degree OF NJ. d.
Seth iO0d-reej. a prominent citiEs0 Vt
Montgomery, died recently. His Judgment
in town affairs Away, made his counsel
valuable and he was often charged with the
responsibilities of office. lie vas a member
of the Episcopal church. assisted in found
| ing it in Montgomery and wa n liberal con
/ tributor.
The listers OF Franklin county met at ST
Alhans on Monday, and resolved that they
wouhi, in the matter of real estate apprais-
al, exercise their best judgment, and not bs
governed by any arbitrary rule. other than
the law.
Clarence WEIGH, ut Sheldon, a boy "a
years old, has gathered and boiled.ths sap
from 100 trees the present. season alone,
making therrirom III pounds OF nice su.
gar.
LsNDIIIE COUSTY
MorriSyille is going 10 build u SO 90
schuol-hnu~e.
ORANGE COUNTY
Rev. DR. Mckeen is busy On his hi-tory
of Bradford. and expects To get il ready 10
- 10 press this summer.
ORLEANS COUNTY
An otter MAS caugntin We-tfeld recsa,ly.
which measured four feet seven inches from
tP 10 tip.
Mn. Nathan Remission, OF Greensboro, ,has
IN her possession three manuscript sermons
written IN I1I7-ly ~. by Rsy Timothy
Edwards, father OF President Edssrds. and
sreat-greai grandfather OF John Ellsworth,
her former husband.
Edward II. Nero ot Salem has been COIN
mitttd in default vi hail Tor an extensive
system ui petty thiesins
The tallest boy in Craitsbdr Is Charlie
Root. nov ~ix eet and LIZ inches high and
still lnusing upward
y lew weeks since the States Attorney,
oi Nrwpert. visited the rum shops and no-
tliir,. the sellers that they must stop selling
liquor. Accordingly the prUprietors posted
NJ notices III their rUrms that nO nOrr rum
w.tS 10 be >Ild over the bar, nut cust,.ncrs
we're informed that they would carry it 10
the end ui the bar and there sell IL a. be
trc.
IL i r,.npreG that Mir Hatch, late ut tay
liardwicE Reporter. will commence the
publication ol Il rev paper At North Troy,
about May 1T. t, he called the Bugis.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Twelve large families of the nane OF EatYa
have resided at one time ON Eitnn Hill. Cas-
Teton. The last of the name mosrd away
within a lew days. and now not au Estoo.
nor Il relative of any OF the families. liys
there.
TIE officers OF the Law are visiting every
place in Rutland where the sale of liquor -
suspected. and they have ~,ne curious rX-
perienceS. This is the way the Herald re-
iates one inciden; that happened last week:
The humble saloon OF Kate Ready was all,
visited, and the only te't- pot in the family.
in which the lady of the house declared
tlS wiz tWltc u WHY ipuu1
full of ale, and haf-drunkeu man ioahns
around the premises. Upon the discovery
of the ale being made Mrs. Ready Nas rally
surprised - lt must have been there
long that she had nearly forgotten II. The
officer in command inquired ot the mau 1t
he boarded there and he said he did not,
but was" joost goin by, and saw Ulpan
cuttin cabbich, and he wanted a pace
shure and come in alther IT,
Two women. residents of Cuttingsvills,
had di>graceiul fight. April I'D, in which
they hruisr! and blackenei each other Sc
VeFc,N
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
During the season JUS. closing. 4. A
t,recn ui Montpelier, has caught IL foxes,
~ skunk. 81 muskrats and IL minks " hieh
Is considered record difficult for trappers
to excel.
Every body hereabout> knows Hi" How
land and hence a recent eating feat OF hlI
IN the store oi Bailey i Park, Montpelier.
will he appreciated. his meal on this occa-
sion being IA raw eggs. shells and all. two
raw onions, large piece OF cheese. and sew
eral crackers, with six links Of raw usage
to top off with. saying he felt hungry after
he had bolted the ot.-Argns.
wINpuAy COUNTY.
Deacon Samuel Crogin. aged 81. Is the
oldest man in Bellows Falls.
4 brawny elm tree, near the house OF b.
4. Streeter at Vernon Centre, less than 100
years old, measures six feet four inches in
diameter. and Is said to be the largest in the
State. An old gentleman now living in
Vermont at the age of SO, distinctly remem-
bers seeing load of lumber drawn over the
tree, when r boy, and seeing the rubbed
sapling spring back into place.
Efforts have recently been made in Jamsi-
ca to suppress the sale Of intoxicating L.
quor Recently young man appeared st
the town agency at midnight. saying the
daughter of his employer was very sics IL
WIS soon found out that this was ruse and
said Young man was arrested for his false
pretensions Several Others have been ar
rested for selling liquor and fined. and tho
work Is To be continued
A son of Joseph d. Graves, of Jackson
VILE. about five Years old, had one Of his
legs broken. recently. in such manner that
he will be- cripple for lite.
Ont of the twenty three towns in Wind
ham county, but six have agents appointed
Tor the sale oi liquo under the statute.
Athens continues to produce large stock
and some moDstrositics. j. o. Kingsley
has a very fine larb which weighed u ibs.
when it was dropped and George Eager
has chicken with three legs, and Daniel
Perham has nice old biddy which the
other day laid two eggs weighing 81 ounces
plump.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
In South Royalton merchants are selling
hay seed for some 50 IS per bushei. instead
of S4 so. as they did last year, notwith-
standing the wholesale price is about the
same a. last year.
Charles Atwood, Of Windsor has been
fined $50 and costs for assaulting Martin
Curley at the Felchyille Hotel, and has paid
Mr. Curley $50 to settle private eamage&