Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-24

s. Cobegh Il Co.
DR.. l. II Fisk, of Hardwick, was exam.
ined on the 22d on charge Of adultery
with girl of is, and bound up FOR trial al
the June term in the sum Of $500.
The members of Rising Sun Grange are
requested to meet at their hall at North
Danvlle Thursday, April 80, at 2 O'Clock
p. NJ. Business OF Importance comes be-.
fore the meeting and full attendance is
requested.
Miss Martha II. Chase, of Lyndon, young.
est sister Of q. NJ Chase, Of the Union,
sailed last Friday from New York, for a
years sojouru in Europe during which time
she intends to perfect herself in music and
German. She is accompanied by Mrs Thorn
as Brickett, of Boston, formerly of Lyndon.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
AFRO +. Hacket, of WestforJ, got into
quarrel with his sou, Frank, the other day,
aud, threatening to take his i" hearts blood, I"
struck him on the head, three or four times,
with heavy mallet, inffictiug injuries that
may prove fatal.
A Huntington Center correspondent says
Our town is considerably excited over the
liquor question. There have been two seiz.
ures made by state officers and their depu-
ties, making the rum party feel very uncom-
Portable and very mad. So much feeling
has been stirred up that several Of the Good
Templars have been warned by the rum par.
ty to move out Of town or suffer the conse.
quences Of being rotten egged, &c, but we
do not feel disposed to move except il be in
the way Of law and order. We propose to act
only on the defensive, and protect our little
ones from the fell destroyer rum.--Stock
is wintering uncommonly we'll this winter.
Hay is plenty in our town, which is a great
dairy section, and when we have plenty Of
hay we have occasion to rejoice, but short
hay crop is seldom known with us.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. Lansing Mills, of St. Adams, and
Lawrence Barnes, of Burlington, give $4,000
each towards the completion Of the Baptist
church at st. Albans, which is to cost $780,
600.
A young man called at the house of Geo
W. Kendall, at st. Adams, few days ago
pretending he had engaged as clerk at one
of the drug stores, and was in pursuit Of a
boarding place. He was taken up stairs and
shown the rooms, aud when in one that be-
longed to a boarder, Mr.. Sherry, he asked
and obtained permission from Mrs. Kendall
to write letter. After little, he wen,
down stairs, chatted further about board, and
departed, and has not been seen since. He
took away Sherry's watch, valued at SIS
and broke open trunks and drawers for other
valuables.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
A Hyde Park man has slaughtered $50
rabbits the past winter.
Morrisvile is going to build $4,000
school house.
In johnson Solomon Pratt ha, purchased
II. A. Heaths farm for $4,000.
DR.. Randall has sold the Union House
and furniture with one acre of land at Hyde.
park to james Kelley for $500.
Harvey Butts, of Cambridge, has bought
the Charles Cady place in Fairfax, whittier
he is soon to move and to erect machine
shop fQS repairing all kinds OF machinery.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Free Masons of West Topsham have
sold their hall over the school room to school
district No. II, for village hall.
A little daughter Of Warren Lathrop, Of
Vershire, was fatally scalded by falling into
pail Of boiling suds, a few days ago.
The Bradford Opinion has gone into the
hands of stock company, and Mr.. Stan.
ton, Of Laconia, N. H., will take charge o.
it.
The dry house of ii. A. Jaokman, o.
Topsham, was entirely consumed by fire the
l4th inst. together with about $500 worth
Of bobbins IN the process of drying. Los,
$1,000, on which there ID no insurance Mr.
Jackman has already got the lumber on the
ground for rebuilding.
In Tunbridge, Rev. j. Moxley has decid
ed to labor with the Free Will Baptists
another year. May 1t be pleasant, pros
porous year to minister and peope.--Th,
grangers have received au invoice of sugar
and kerosene, with quite a saving.--J
NJ. Jones has invented ladder which il
quite an Improvement upon those now it
use. BY simple adjustment at Each end i
can be used as Il pair Of bars, a gate, or a
length of fence.---R Smith has bought tn,
r. b. Abel place of james Presley fol
s6OO--Maple sugar is quite plenty, tn
best selling for 10 cents.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
In Jay, Z. y. Hunt has snapped farm
with b. N. Chase,
NJ. T. Hatch starts a new paper at Nortl
Troy about May l.
The shoe shop orc. W. Reed, of West6eld
was burned few nights ago.
A. b. Hardy, of North Troy, has mad
1900 pounds of sugar from $50 trees.
M. f. Varney and wife are on visit a
North Troy, from Spring Valley, MINI.
In Bloomington, Luke Days sugar hous
with 10 pails-Of syrup was burned last Fri
day night.
Luke ID. Loverin, living in the south part
OF Newport, is selling out at auction aud go
ing West.
Capt, Fogg is repairing the steamer Lady
Of the Lake and will start her out as soon al
the ice permits.
A little boy in Westmore recently tool
from hollow log 10 quarts of beach nut,
all nicely shelled and laid away by tn
squirrels.
The expressman from Barton to Glove
has changed from runners to wheels, an
from wheels to runners eighteen differen
times the past winter aud spring
b. s. Wilson has sold his house aud lot q
Greensboro to the Messrs. Boyington, {
Morrisvile for $1,000 Old Mrs. RoI
srs has a clock now doing good service tina
was brought from Scotland and has been i
the family 10 years.
During the past year the Congregations
Ladies' Aid Society Of Irusburgh has raise
$11229 aud paid out $l39.53. During tn
last three years the society has paid $3.50
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