Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

Der he will be carried from New York by an
outward bound steamer to distance not
less than two hundred miles from land,
when he will be dropped aud left to the mer-
cy Of the waves until he shall meet pass
ing vessel. He will carry with him in
rubber bag sufficient rations, consisting OF
dried meats, etc. for one week, as we'll as
good quantity Of fresh water. He will also
carry signal lights aud flags, with section
al staff twelve feet long for raising them, all
Of which are to be slowed away in the un.
limited portals Of the rubber bag, which is |
about two feet square, and is little or no in. |
convenience, strapped TO and foated at the |
side Of the swimmer. He places implicit
confidence in the Merriman life suit, and
feels an anxiety TO have its merits thorough
ly tested and laid before the public. In or.
der to accomplish this object he has chosen
the mentioned date as the one when he will
be most likely to encounter the severe equi
noctial gales.
MAINE.
A man named O'Brien fell asleep at Bath,
the other day. with his head Oh his hands
aud his elbows OH table, aud, his wife
happening to wake him. he started up so
suddenly as to dislocatc his collar-bone.
Capt. Charles Perkins, of Wells, fell or
Jumped overheard from his lobster boat off
York, n day or two since, aud, as the an
Choir was gone and the rope cut It is sup
posed that he tied il TO his neck and thus
committed suicide.
The wool store.house connected with John
Harper's wooden and repellant factory at
| -. 10, ~,
Thursday night of last week. There was
near 10000 pounds Of wool in the building,
portion Of which was saved in u damaged
condition. Loss estimated at 1000.
= The Maine temperance people don't like
bio Lewis's stories about the condition Of
things in their state A meeting Of the or
CARNATIONS along the line Of the Knox and
/ Lincoln railroad, the other day, pronounced
: the recent statements with regard to the
, workings Of the prohbitory law "gross mis-
representations.
n NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Five boys escaped from the state. reform
@ school at Manchester, last week.
d John Gear, an insane man, 30 years old
hanged himself at Darlington, Saturday.
Il Moses A. Dow, Of Boston, has offered
Ltteton, his native town. clock worth
! 800 for the Union school building.
q A grange Of the Patrons Of Husbaudy has
been organized at North Haverhill, called
II North Haverhill Grange No 20. 1t con
If tans eight lady members and eighteen gen
Of temen, all sound, practical farmers. q
l. NJ. Carlton is master aud Fayette BacoI
D. secretary.
I'd The Portland and 0gdensburg railroad
company has made new contract with it
Us contractors by which the work Of building
'd the road is to be pushed much faster tina
N hitherto, and the working force is to be pu
r. on the portion of the line between Bemis'
BY aud Fabyan's, the most difficult part. One
cs half of the pay Of the contractors has thu
to far been from the sale Of bonds, which
s. very slow, and they will hereafter be pal
a. directy.-Springfed Republican.
nc MASSACHUSETTS
to Andrew Gallagher has been sent to til
s. house Of correction for walking short dii
r. lance on the Fitchburg railroad track q
IL Somervile, not being able to pay the fne c
's- S25 and costs.
py The audience at the Howard theater 4
III Boston were scandalzed on Saturday nigh
nc by the brutal conduct Of = policeman, whC
ey finding man asleep and trying to reposO o
ce the shoulder OF the man next to him, thre
20 him from his scat TO tho floor, and then VII
~ ently dragged him out of the house. Al
ms other officer quietly stood in the street Ii
other night, aud saw lot of roughs insult
lady, while policemen may be seen, almo
any night, on fremont row, chatting wi;
questionable women.
Last Sunday Hattie McCabe, u girl 2
+. years Of age, with no relatives in this cour
try, and rather questionable reputation
ID. was walking on the railroad track near Il
{ passenger depot in Revere with RichaI
Dundas and Peter Murphy, when the latt
". made an indecent proposition to the cir
zen She refused, when Murphy, after continui1
ms his insults a few moments, drew heav
stone bottle from his pocket and struck Il
- unprotected woman senseess by series
~ terrible blows upon the side, face and hea
10 The man Dundas stood by, witness Of Il
'n aJ brutal assault, but did not interfere. II
" screams of the young woman attracted a
tention from the occupants Of the hous
ey near by, aud the drunken assailant attemptG
ou, to flee, but was quickly captured by cit
0, zen. The police were speedily at the scel
Ecu of the outrage, and the insensible woma
was raised from the ground in beediI
er' condition, placed in wagon aid taken
ere the lookup. The two men, Murphy al
be. Duudas, were arrested and placed in ce
ties at the lookup. The girl is not dangerous
hurt.
,hp CONNECTICUT.
ON William Meyers. of Woodstock, has raj
was ed 5000 boxes Of strawberries from 9OC
the plants, this year.
The j. Sigourueys store at Bristol was robb
)OO Of over $500 worth OF jewelry and other VI
'es- uables on Sunday morning.
Oy The contract for making 10000. 900 ca
ridges for the Turkish government, orig
,ing ally let to the Winchester arms company,
his New Haven, has been sublct by that col
ex. pany to the Union metallic cartridge Co
,ro- pany at Bridgeport.
de- j. q. Cooley proposes to convert his hOr
J, 1t aud Middle Hill farm Of $50 acres
i've. North Franklin into a home for INDECENT a
has disabled printers. HO will expect them
Ills, work as much as they are able, and, in
en- turn, will feed and clOthe them aud q
1t a them decent burial As he can't take
are erybody that will be likely to apply, he '
rae give preference to those who have GO
pleted regular apprenticeship, and IL
m a attained to editorial work. lie has pie
re. aut place for such purpose, and his hot
lie contains one of the best private libraries
lely the state. The home can probably acco
row modate about SO persons. Mr.. Cooley
self an old printer, aud was formerly prOprie
Tho of the Nor,oieh Courier, but gained
oco. wealth at New York, making wooden typ