Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-09-16
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~ We iSeo Nhae eO1atVu nus mtu
whose name is Wild, aud they call him
Square who, although upward of so,
carries on his farm, works hard, eats aud
sleeps well, feels just as well as he ever
did and says the secret Of 1t is that he
quit the us Of tobacco aud rum so years
ago.
Rev. Kittridge Haven, who is "a years
old and was the first pastor of the Uni.
versalist church iu Bethel, preached there
recently and found several of his parish.
toner's Of fifty years ago.
Hannah Bowen of that town, aged 90,
wife of s. Bowen, is holding her own with
other young folks at picking hops, having
worked several days this season in the
field.
But Windsor county isn't the only place
iu the world Newbury has an octogeua.
rian PEDESTRIAN who walked fifteen miles
on the oath ult.. and took the cars at
midnight from Nowbury to Bradford, on
the 25th. ...
Brandon has Mrs. Justus Hyatt, ged
cigbty-two years, who walked from her
residence, few days ago, to Leicester,
distance Of six miles, and then wanted
to walk back the same day. Not many
at her age can do so well.
And now Vershire boasts of Mrs. Lucy
Hinckley, who IS 90 years of age aud has
left her comfortable home the present sea-
son and been spinning at several different
places. ln one place she spun twenty
knots day aud knit one large miiten
each day, for eight days ia succession.
And when her days work was completed,
she would say che felt better than in the
morning.
PAssUMpsrc RAILROAD. -Emmons Raw.
mond of Boston has been elected President
OF the Passumpsic RAILROAD, B. p. Chen
ey. of Boston. Vice President. Elijah
Cleveland Of Coventry, Secretary, and
w. p. Lowering, Treasurer. The number
of directors has been reduced from nine to
seven, Horace Fairbanks being one of the
two dropped. This road is getting very
large amount of Boston and Montreal
through travel. The "Bostop, Concord
aud Montreal" folks are extensively adj
vertising their route, which they call the
"air line" and their cars are crowded
with passengers.
The BoDY OF A MAN FoUND IN LAKE
MEMPHREMAGoG. The body of an no..
known man was discovered last Thursday
afternoon floating in Lake Memphremagog,
near the West Derby bridge, by some
boys while fishing. 1t had evidently been
in the water for several days, and was SO
badly swollen that it can scarcely be iden.
tilted, but is supposed to be that of Mr..
Frederick Field Of lrasburgh. VT, who
has been missing siuce Saturday before
last. Marks about the face seem to indicate
that he came to his death through violence
The matter is being investigated
-MlddIebury College enters upon its
seventy-ffth year under good auspices.
The new class numbers fourteen and two
or three others will enter at the beginning
of the next term. There have been add.
tions Of one to the sophomore class, but
the senior class has lost two or three men,
bers. The faculty is the same as last
term with the addition of II. II. Ross, CT
the class of ~ as instructor in the fresh.
man class, DR.. Clark, of Yale, contin-
ues to fill the vacancy of Prof. Webber IN
intellectual and moral philosophy, and
during the year DR.. Smith will lecture to
the senior class. as also Drs. Boardman,
of Chicago, and Labaree, of Dartmouth
"A young lad, Of Mortified. Charles
Collins by name, who is known to all rail.
road men in the vicinity, as a regular Wis.
itor Of their trains, jumping on aud off
their engines while in motion. received u
serious remainder Of the hazardous nature
of his business on Friday last, by falling
from an engine upon which he was Climb
ing, and striking his head upon one of the
rails. cutting terrible cash clean to the
skull, and narrowly escaping instant death.
STATE FA1R.-The attendance was very
large, and the exhibition good one.
Pickpockets abounded. and it seems. gor
we'll paid for their trouble. Lamti lille
County's ouly contributor, mas r. G. Hill
of Gilmore. who exhibited his flock of
Co,swolds; to which was awarded tie
following premiums:
For best flock, gold medal; 3D. best
ysarling lamb IS best ram lamb. So;
Sd best eve, 81; I'd best yearling eve,
IS; Sd best eve lamb, 80.
BURGLARY IN EAR HAvEN.--On Mon
day night the office Of j. Adams & Sons
was entered by BURGLARS, who broke open