Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-09

| boys who were gathering butternuts, back on
the bill, and they came TO her assistance
AMI the mscreant made off, but not until he
had accomplished his hollish purpose. AT
last accounts the man had not been captured
though tho officials we're investigating.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Wright & Stockwell are putting up a
store at East Concord.
Five new houses have gone up at East
Concord the past season.
Phillips & Briggs, coopers, at Lunonburgh,
have just put 10 head and cover cutter.
Potatoes are 40 cents per bushe at the
starch factory at Lunenburgh. They arc
grinding up 400 bushels per day
DR.. Hiram A. Cutting, state geologist,
has just completed the only astronomical
observatory in Vermont, at Lunenburgh.
A. A. Smith has sold his farm at East
Haven to Arnold Ball, Of Lyndon, together
with all the crops and most Of tho farming
tools possession at once price 1900
Smith goes this week with his family to
Rockville, Conn.
Last Friday evening as H. f. Gilbert was
passing up the street in West Concord with
his team, when opposite Goud's store he met
and collided with @. III. Smiths team. which
was going down at full speed. Gilbert's
wagon was damaged about SO worth.
Smith and Charles May, who were in Smiths
wagon, were thrown out, and the horse made
for the West Concord House, where Ac took
on one Of the small piazza posts which he
carried about 40 rods, then ran across the
bridge and down toward the depot, where he
was stopped, with the wagon pretty well
used up. Smith and May were not much
hurt.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Central Vermont have put 10 side
track at North EnOsburgh.
Unien Farmers Club, Enosburgh, meets
October II. Rev. Il. Morgan will deliver
an address .|.E"
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Howe
gathered at the residence Of A. N. Med.
Stevens, Sept. %, to celebrate their wooden
wedding. The evening was very pleasantly
spent. Supper at about eleven o'clock. Az
ter supper tue gifts, both useful and orna.
mental, were presented by II. s. Leach in
behalf Of the donors, in a few fitting re-
marks. Mr.. Howe replied, expressing thanks
for the gifts aud for the spirit which prompt.
ed them, and the party separated.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
The Fruit meeting at Grand Isle last week
was well TENDED. Among the prominent
gentlemen present from abroad were 7. S.
Gold of Connecticut, } j. Thomas of Albany,
Albert Chapman Of Middebury and mem
bers Of the State Board of Agriculture.
Fine specimens of fruit were exhibited by
w. G. Hoag, 2. Il. lluburt, d. q. Sampson,
S. Z. Goron, and others, and floral displays
were made by j. r. Macomber aud Miss
Cordelia Gordon. We had reporter en-.
gagged to attend this meeting but owing to
a misunderstanding of dates he failed u.s.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
There are five starch factories in opera
ton in Stowe.
John b. Mcclure has been appointed
postmaster at Belvidcre.
A span of horses belonging to III. b.
Dickinson, of Cambridge, left his field on
the night of the 9th ut. Nothing seen or
heard Of them since.
Saturday afternoon, as three of Jairus
Clark's children were descending the hill near
Isaac Patch's, in johnson, the wagon upset
and tipped them into the brook. The horse
and children were considerably hurt
George Metcalf, who was imprisoned for
enlightenment Of package of about $500 in
money. last winter, and Herman Footc, of
johnson, imprisoned Tor arson, escaped from
Hydepark Jail last Sunday night, by cutting
through the wooden walls Of the jail
ORANGE COUNTY.
The first severe frost was GU Sunday morn
ing
Mr.. Tuttle's horse which was stolen some
time since was sold last week at Fitchburg,
Mass, by MIR. Ford for $3.50, the expense OF
recapturing being about half Of the above
sum.
Some boys Of the school at Randolph,
wishing to brighten Henry Robinson one
evening fred a pistol SO near him that he
felt the air moved by the bullet The affair
was settled before any arrests were made.
Mr.. Charles Loet separated from his wife
some time since and settled with her, as re-
port says. Feeling that ut was not good
for man to be alone" he married again. The
town authorities being called upon to sup
port the abandoned wife thought best that
Mr. Leet should pay the penalty for bigamy.
Not being able to get bonds he has retired
to Chelsea Jail, and his iIl-treatcd wife to
Brattleboro
Temperance in Newbury has seemed to be
chemically diseased for many years, and
like all such invalids alternating with chills
and fever, sometimes apparently GONZALES
cling, then suffering great depression, it has
been difficult to make correct diagnosis Of
the disease, therefore no remedy has been
discovered Upon the first of September a
severe shock of paralysis ap, ears to have
been received, and we Tear death must ensue
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Potatoes bring 81 cents at the starch fac.
tory in Bloomington.
The Iyceums at Derby academy are pro
nounced success.
Echo Lodge, |. o. of G. T., East Charles
ton, is dead.
Butter sold at Greensboro on the lst for
80 to 30 cents. Eggs % cents per dozen.
Cows sold at auction in Greensboro Fri,
day for $50. Hay $3.50 per ton.
Potatoes at the starch factory in Coven
try brings 33l cents.
Philander Wright, well-known residen
of Newport, died Saturday from heart dis
ease.
Charles lIurburt, Of Coventry Falls, i
repairing up the tanuery, and intends to pu
it in running order.
Jonathan Clark, foreman on the section a
Barton, had his fingers pretty thorough.
jammed by missile from passing train.
j ohm Bishop, of Bloomington, was fine,