Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-11
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY

ADDISON COUNTY. ''i
Hon. Henry Lane and wife of Cornwall, celebra.
ted their silver wedding Monday evening. Over a
hundred Of their friends were present.
Ferrisburgh Grange was organized at the Town
Hall, February 5th, by T. E. Jameson of Irasburgh,
State Deputy. Master. J. l.. Adams; Overseer
j. B. Booth. The Grange numbers twenty eight.
The meeting of the State Board of Agriculture
OF Vergennes was very successful.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Bradford & Co. of Bennington in trouble about
the insurance of their mill, recently blown up and
burned the North British, the Mercantile, and the
Etna compa les, in which they held policies, re.
using to ensure against explosions. About SIS ,oOJ
of the $4,000 los is the stock and the adjusters
say that this was destroyed by the explosion. The
fire, however, ragged for three hours after the explo
sion, and therefore the companies probably won't
care TO go to law on the point. They commenced
laying the brick on Wednesday, on their new mill
The brick all heated before they arc laid, ow ng
to the cold weather.
The shawl factory of s. 3. Hunt of Bennington
has been shut down and ali the men dischai ged.
1t il reported that the suspension is to be a per
manent thing. Most ofthe men employed are Scotch
men and have their families at Bennington.
Some Connecticut men negotiating with the
North Adams, Mass stockholders of the Vermont
Lumber ami Coal Companies for the purchase OF
their steam mill at Hartwellvi lie with the timber
| land adjoining.
Obcd Halps store at Stamford burned, last
week; loss about $4,000; insured for $500.
| A pond two acres in extent has just been dis
covered on the top of mountain in Glastonbury
The old people say it was discovered once befo1e
years ago, by two men who had some wonderful
trout fishing there but never able to find it
second time.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Various papers having reported anxiety in st.
Johnsbury about money matters, the St John sbury
people deny 1t or that any failures have occurred.
The only class of business men who are uneasy are
the rum-sellcrs. The Fairbanks scale works are
doing unusual amount ofbusiuess. The collec
Ct taxes finds less trouble collecting this win
| ter than last.
Alden E.Martn hook keeper of e Il T. Fairbanks
off St Johnsbury, lhas beeniarlestel on charge OF
embezzing 5000.
Joha Dee an employee in the scale works at St
IJohnsbury. entered room which was SO full of
steam that lac could net see on Thursday morning
and, falling INTO vat of boiling water, of his
legs was scaded almost the entire length. He lies
in a very critical condition.
Barnet is proud of young person named Nelson
who has four times spelled down three school dis
tricts.
The grand list i'll St. JohnsUury this year is SsG
4S757 The anountto be raised is SIS l42 40, which
is sl4 the dollar of the list. On the collectors
book are about 1900 names.
Horace Wright, who went to West Concord from
st. Johnsbrry, paid about $50 for rumsellng there,
and warned to leave town, which he did, says
the CdledOnidn.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
| Lake Champlain crossed by a man on Fri
nay for the first time this winter.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
ii. W. Campbers house, store aud part of his
stock of good. at Mont gomery Center were burned
last week; loss $500; insured for $1,000.
5. S. Allen is to succeed the Chisholm Bros. as
news agents the Central VT. and leased lines, on
the first of March the Messers Chsholm's contract
expiring at that time. Mr.. Allen is about to pur
chase the good Will and interest of W. o Barker in
the finn of Baldwin & Barker. Russ" Green will
succeed Mr.. Allen express messenger on the
Montreal express.
The Central Vermont railroad transported 3 l04, :
597 bushels of grain from Ogdensburg to various
points during 1873, gain of Isl ,926 over lS72.
Martin & Moore's tannery at Swanton village was
burned Sunday morning. An engine sent fl ON
st. Adams, arriving there fifteen minutes after leav
ing. The fire confined to the Iannery, and ten
thousand dollars worth of stock saved in 4
damaged condition. The loss VIII exceed $4,000
insurance about IS ,000.
Al Swanton freight conductor Barber. had two
ribs broken recently, while coupling cars at the
lime klns.
three year old boy of Fred Uou yh'on was Tor.
nby burned last week at Swanton, his clothes
taking fire while playing in the kitchen during the
temporary absence of his mother. \ man in the
street WAS attracted by his screams and found him
com letelv cnvelopet IN flames. It is thought he
may recover
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
John Knapp Of MorIistown has been arres ted fol
stealing bIaneets and other household convenien
ces, worth 400, from the house of his neighbor,
+. WIlker a year ago.
Hon. A. K. Camp and c. F. Douglass, of stowe
are TO remove to Minneapolis, Minnesota, mex
spring.
RANGE COUNTY.
r II. Newell, Of East Brookficll, has mad,
the past year fom four Jersey cows, ll21 lbs. o
Duttcr-aelng one COW in November, with an esii
mated loss OF 81 lbs, besides milk aud cream use,
in the family, aud milk fed to two calvc.
young lady by the of BohonOn. age,
about twenty years, living in Chelsea attempted t
commit suicide the 25ult, by eating her throat
She made fearful gashes either side of her noel
but not deep enough 10 prove fatal.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Over 10 women of Newport have signed i call 70
meeting to put forth an unu sual effort to suppress
Incompetence.
The house OF T. j. BeAile at Troy was burned
few days ago. Loss $1,000 above the insurance.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Miss Mary Howard of Rutland drank a solution
of oXalic acid, Wednesday, mstaking it for Con
gress water; an anlidote was promptly admins
tered and she is now out of danger.
President Buckham of the University of Vermont
replies to the writer in The Rutland Hsrtld that he
has greatly overstated the dsproportion between
Vermont boys at Ycrm ont and foreign colleges H.
: says that II is the small UNCONVENTIONAL college
, which prey npOn AMI carry of the youth of tn,
State.
Gilman l.. Estabrooks and Norris Wheeler o
Sherburne, met with a severe accident while Ell
gagged in cutting mill logs on the East Mountain il
that town on The 2Sth ult. by the fall of in tn
woods where they chopping. The tree Eel
against another and sprung from the stump, crush
ing both men TO the ground. Estabrook freeing him
+ self hobbed home, whore he got help Tor Wheeler
Both are doing we'll.
n. T. Sprague, Jr., declares in letter to tn
Rutland Herald that the Addison and Rutlan
county folks, who recently spoke OF him as a pos
l sble candidate for governor, did it without hi
knowledge OF consent. IL the people have an homo
Of that magnitude in store for him, says Spragu,
t it must come directly from the people, and not a
the result of his engineering.
About 10000 lbs. of cheese manufacture
{ at the Dandy Factory the past seas on.
. Rev. Walter Aver o Casteton has accepted
call to the Con gregationa church in Lebanon n 4
h Rutland farmers are complaining that the dry
rot is attacking potatoes, especially the peachblow