Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-02


Abby ]. Barnum, i. A. s
ESSEX COUNTY.
Christmas was celebrated at East Con.
cord with appropriate exercises at Rupclls
Hall and also at the Free Baptist church.
The advance Of the p. Il o. r. r. hands
are now grading near Rupells mills.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Parties connected with the public schools
of St. Albaus have begun the issue of a small
educational paper called the School Record
1t has no regular time of publication, and no
editors name attached to it, but bears the
imprint of the st. Adams Printing and Bind.
ing Company as publishers The first mum.
Der contains some good ideas in relation to
educational matters.
The annual meeting Of the County Agri-
cultural q Mechanical Society will be held
at the Portland House, Sheldon, Jan. I. Let
the farmers attend, en- maSse.
The West Enosburgh Farmers Associa.
ton holds its next monthly meeting Wednes.
day Jan. IL. The meeting ut West Enos-
burgh, Dec. 10th, was fairly attended, more
than the usual number Of ladies being pres
emit This Association has now nearly n
hundred members, composed ofthe best farm
ers in the towns of Enosburgh, Bakersfield
and Fairfield. Cannot some Of them send
the FARMER u report of its meetings.
II. Hopkins, Jr., Of Montgomery Center,
has recently purchased OF A. M. Winslow n
Sons of Putney, five head of Princess Short
horns, paying liberal price. With this
accession Mr.. Hopkins has now seventeen
head of this superior stock, being the largest
herd in Franklin County.
Tyler Branch Grange, No. 10, of Enos-
burgh, elected the following officers to serve
for the ensuing year, Dec 9th, viz; w. III.
McAllister, Master, West Enosburgh p.
o.; Timothy Hubbell, o.; Horton Hall, L.;
w. o. Brigham, s.; j. II. Chaffee, Asst s.;
S. b. II. Stufiebean, O.; Il. b. Ladd, T.; j.
H.; Stufiebean, Sec, East Sheldon Z. o.
Walter Cutting, G. K; Mrs. G. S. McAllis-
fer, g.; Mrs. Timothy Hubbcll, P, Mrs. w.
o Brigham, f.; Mrs. w. II. McAllister, l..
A. s. Regular meetings OF Saturday pre-
ceeding the full OF the moon or on that day
if the moon fulls, at 6 o'clock, p NJ. In
stallaton of officers, at Maynard's Hall, Jan.
3lst. The public are cordially invited to
be present.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Stephen May, Of Hydepark, a soldier in
the war of 1912, died rather suddenly last
week, at the age of so years-the oldest
person in town at the time of his death.
Malvern Grange elected the following of.
ficers, Dec. 81, for tho year 1874: Seymour
Harris, Master; j. NJ. Campbell, o.. A
B. Smith, S.; |. N. LeBaron, A. S d
n. Farrand, G.. o.; Daniel Smith, T. +. T.
Allen, S. jeff Spaulding, G.. X; Mrs. NJ
LeBaron, c.; Mrs. r. NJ. Allen, z. Mrs
g. A. Davis, f.. Mrs. b. T. Smith l.. A. S
&, r. Atwood, of Morristown, lately
slaughtered hog II months old, weighing
626 lbs.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Rev. II. 7. Searlc, of Thetlord, preached
his farewell sermon Sunday, dec. 2S). Ht
| commences his labors at Windsor this week
Past Master Scion Ladd, of Thctford, wa,
buried last week with masonic honors.
A small shop owned by Thos. d. Sanborn
in Thetford, was destroyed by fire on tn,
23d inst. 1t was being used for the manu-
facture Of wooden trays stock and tools al
destroyed. No insurance.
II. p. Closson, the enterprising florist o
Thetford, is putting up an additional green.
house twelve feet by forty.
ii. +. Brownies shoe mandatory a
Thetford Center was totally consumed by
fire on the night of the 22d Stock, tool
and machinery nearly all destroyed; vel
insured
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Orleans Grange No. t. Glover, elected
the following officers last Saturday; c. p
Owen, Master; H. Randall, o.; NJ. IL
Mason, H.; r. NJ. Walker; s.; Jerr,
Marston, A. s.; Amos Cook, c.; II. S
Bickford, II; II. S. Chaplin, s.; A. b
Rich, G.. X; Miss Laura a. Jenness, l.
A. s.; Mrs S. G. Hardy, c.; Mrs. II. L
Randall, p. Mrs. l.. +. Parker, f.; l.
Villa Gray, Organist This Grange holds
special meeting Tuesday afternoon, Jan. &
at which full attendance is requested
prepared for the feast which was prevente,
at the last meeting on account of the funera
of Miss Blodgett
Mrs. Nat. Cole, landlady of the Newpor
House, being without family of her own
recently adopted female babe, the child o
an unfortunate young mother of Barnet, VIII,
died in giving it birth. This child wa
chargeable to the town of Jay, but bein
brought to the Newport House on the wa,
to that town, Mrs. Cole became attaches
to it, and an arrangement was subsequent,
made by which she and her husband relieveC
the town of the burden and legally assumes
it themselves. The little one was poor an,
sickly when taken intd this kindly home, bu
is now a happy, healthy baby of eigh
months, weighing upwards of twenty pounds
A better fate than being brought up in tn
poor house.
Scene in the Newport post-oiiico Time
early morning. Clerk, solus, engaged il
! sweeping out enter an EDITOR. Editor
81 want some stamps. This pOst-office ain
going to be here long. want it myself
and when | want anything | work till GO
, it. I'll bet any man 500 will have thi
post.ofice within three weeks" Clerk sup
piled the stamps, but did not take the bel
Others, however, profess willingness to d
so, were it not for the statute against gan
| bling.
The Old Folks ball at Beans Belevu
: House, Newport, in honor of the Battle G
, New Orleans, Jan. S. (see ad.) will be a bi
thing. 1t is in the hands of men who kno,
how the thing should be done, aud can an
will do it, As for Hold Bean, everybOd
knows his part will be done right up to tn
handle. We guarantee a good time to a
who attend b. j. Hastings of st. johns
bury is on the Directing Committee. Tn
affair is going to be considerably spiced wit
aye olden time by way of old dances, oil
music, &C., &c.
A. II. AIlard, of Browington, has bough
the old Dick Richards farm and is gettin
out lumber for a house to take the place q