Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-05

eldest as we'll as one Of our best citizens, is
in very feeble health, and evidently cannot
DO with US long. N
cEuTTENDEN COUNTY.
DIR. y. M. Ourrier. formerly Of Newport,
has removed from Burlington TO Bristol
where he intends to pursue bis profession.
A member Of the grange at Williston
writes: We as grange patronize our state
agent with satisfaction and profit. Have
ordered carload OF feed through him from
grangers in the West, which is billed at
very low figure compared to present prices
here. We recommend him to all Patrons
who wish 10 avail themselves Of wholesale
prices besides he is very fine man to deal
with.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Essex Grange at West Concord has 35
members; East Concord Grange has 25.
Willard Chase, of Concord. on Monday
and Tuesday, broke up three and half
acres of ground with span of horses. Pref.
ty good Tor rocky ground.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Grass looks well in Enosburgh.
N. n. Baker, OF Enosburg Falls, is put
ting up large grain store.
The Enosburgh Falls Library Association
propose to have public reading room.
Thomas Murphy, of st. Adams, was fined
So and costs for intoxioation Saturday, and
Albert Jones, of the Union House $40 for
selling him tho liquor. jones appealed.
A tenement owned by A. O. Patch, occu-
pied by A. Jacobs, at Richford, was burned
Friday, about midnight, the family barely
escaping with their lives and little cloth
ing.
Charles FELTON,, of Franklin, was trying
to catch pig in pen, on the 2lst, when
the mother seized him by the thigh and in
Aicted serious wound. lie bled profhsely,
but it is thought will recover.
A little girl of Mrs. Lambert, at Enos.
burgh, was accidentlly run over by loaded
manure team last week Wednesday and re-
ceived injuries from which she cannot recov-
er. Her arm was broken two or three times
and her hip twice, and she received other
injuries. She was unconscious until Satur-
day noon, and the only indication of con-
seriousness she gave them was slight moan.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
District convention at Hydepark June 10.
Geo. A. Morse has been appointed post
master at East Elmore.
The Free Baptists hold quarterly meet
ing at Morristown june ID and ii.
John Stafford, Of Cambridge, is making
1900 horse pokes for poke man in YER
gennes..
Arthur Fairbanks was recently fined for
disturbing temperance meeting by throw
ing a handful Of shot into the audience as
the lecturer, Rev. Mr.. Granger, was closing
by benediction.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Miss G. Morse, of Fairlee, 33 years old,
left her home in her night.clothes on Satur.
day morning and drowned herself, while in a
fit of insanity.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
j. Q. Page, of Charleston, is planting 40
acres of potatoes.
The Memphremagog House is to be opened
for summer travel next Monday.
Roswell p. Stevens has been appointed
postmaster at East Charleston.
West6eld sends Hollis Atwell and G.. w.
Whitcher to the state copyention.
The only town pauper in Morgan, Mrs.
Skinner, aged So, died suddenly last Friday
j. A. Seavey has handled over 10000
bushels of potatoes, since digging-time last
fall.
Il. X. Hammond, of Derby, shot a gray
eagle last Friday that measured six feet four
inches from tip to tip Of wings.
Il. p. Cotton, Moody Conner, and z. Il.
Jameson are delegates from Irasburgh to
the republican state convention.
John BLY, has sold his Gray farm. in
Charleston, together with so acres of lease
land to Chas. G.. Stevens for $4,000.
The caucus in Coventry for the election Of
delegates to the state and district republican
conventions will be held next Saturday even
ing.
East Of East Hill in Crafsbury, within
radius of a mile and half, there are eight
cen persons between the ages Of seventy aud
eighty years.
w. b. Hoyt was badly injured near
Crawfords mill, Newport Center, last week
Wednesday, by being thrown from his wag-
on, wheel striking log.
As Walter Burke, of Craftsbury, was 90.
ing home from Barton with load Of freight
last week Wednesday, large box fell from
the wagon upon him and broke his thigh.
The Palladium reaches us this morning.
1t is good looking sheet, and the Trojans
ought to give it a hearty support. NJ. T..
Hatch, editor, North Troy. Price $500 a
year.
A petition for town meeting is in crcu-
lation in Greensboro, to see if the town will
defend the suits brough against David Simp-
son, for alleged unlawful sale of liquor while
town agent.
While Henry II. Jackman was driving
one Of Il. w. Powells horses from Newport
to lrasburgh, the evening of May Both, the
horse suddenly dropped dead, without hav-
ing shown any signs Of being otherwise than
IN good health.
Mr. Curtis, the gentleman that drives the
stage from Burke to West Charleston, was
handling loaded pistol in the Charleston
post Office last Wednesday. As is quite u.s.
ual it accidentally went of, the bullet pass
ing through the palm Of his hand.
DR.. G. w. Colby, of Sutton, was sun
struck on the 2Sth instant. lie was at work
near the house and feeling overcome by the
heat, he drank cold water, and Immediately
became derangcd. DIR. Davis was called
and afforded some relief, but it is feared
that the consequences will be severe if not
fatal.
Mr.. Chadwick, who lately came to Nor
gan from Franklin County, had pair Of
horses run away with harrow, last Thurs
day. They ran across the field, jumped the
fence, and brought up in ditch on the 9th
er side, and when Mr.. Chadwick reached
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