Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

\ young lady OF eI- htccn in Rpton, has prclar
ed neatly all the wood u ed by her fathers family
the p;,,t few months rait OF it being chopped from
the log.
A. j. pcFontenois of MldJilebury, who had been
to i dance at Cornwall on New Years night, died
an hour alter he reached home.
Mr. t;ochl barber At the Addison House, dropped
dead III his shop the goth, while Mt work. Disease
of the hcalt was the cause. lie leaves a family.
The widow of Elisha Turner who twice attempt
cd IN NJ ddlchury, year ago, 30 lake opium IN
quantity sufficient to Kill herself accomplished She
act in Nergcnnes the 4th.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Tlot. Enos Gould. A. NJ, has resigned his posi-
ton As principal of the bennington graded school
and intends to 40 into business at Buffalo, y. V. IN
the spcing.
several bridges IN Woodford have been carried
away and the Bennington and Glastonbury rail
road bridge in the hathaway District has had one
of the tiestles washed from under it which makes
it unfit FOR
There has also been a washout of ten or ntteen
rods on the Bennington and Glastonbury road in
the town of ~ oodlorl.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The emperor of Austria has made Thaddeus fair
banks of ST. Johnsbury, the inventor ofFarbankA's
scales, a member of the imperial order of Francis
Joseph This is believed to he the only instance in
which this distinction has been conferred upon
American.
CUIrTENDEN COUNTY.
a Milton woman complains that nee her hut
band joined the patrons of husbandry he has sown
nothing but wild oats.
ESSEX COUNTY.
"a /, = al sla oh al two
hogs last week which dressed l6l1 pounds, the
heaviest one dressing 95i pounds This Is thc larS
est hog story in the State this year
Custom House officers at Island Pond relieved a
woman of her hustle the other morning, consisting
of23 yards silk, ; IL yards of velvet, and other
articles, all to the amount of $l20.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
l.. 1. Abel, in charge of the Georgia poor.farm,
plowed one and hall acres of stubblc land, Sat-
urday and found very httc frost TO impede his
work. Flow ng, by The way, is not the habitual
New Years diversion of the Vermont farmer.
Forty thousand California fish. mostly salmon
trout have been placed in the Missisquoi river be-
tween Swanton Falls and IIighgate Falls.
The St. Adams rolling. mill, which had been idle
for some time on account OF a strike has resumed
work on a limited scale with green hands. The
strikers say that the difference bctwe their price
and what the superintendent offers them Is only
$3.50 in the aggregate and they attribute his action
to hatred of unions.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
The friends of John W. Carpenter OF Johnston
turned out in fun force and celebrated his silver
wedding the other evening Generally folks havt
cool time at a silver welding and somebody
struggles with the Muse and gets worsted. Thu
friends of Mr.. Carpenter not only had cool tint
but we wish to remark that Mrs. Matte Baker reat
the best silver wedding article" we remember t
have seen.
Samuel 4 Adams was div breed at the recen
session OF the Lamo;lle county court, on account
the "in olerable severity" of Sarah, his wife.
was in evidence that she accustomed to kic
: him ont of doors, and subject him TO other pett.
annoyances.
The house and barn of Rcrbcn Lewis, Of Morris
d Vile near the fair grounds, were burned lately
The loss is about 81 goo; insured for $575