Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-24
A3trntamt FARMER
St. JOhnsbury, Vt, April "a, 1874.


The Odd Fellows give a social levee at
their hall on Tuesday evening.
@. s. Hadley was released from Jail last
Thursday by pardon of Gov Converse.
Joel Fletcher has sold to George Bradley
his residence, corner Of Church and Summer
streets, for 81 500
Rev. J. Il. Wright, of Montpelier, preached
at the Church OF the Messiah last Sunday
afternoon and evening.
Bishop Peck, Of California, preached at
the Methodist Church last Sunday morning,
and at the North Church in the evening.
Mrs. W. j. Connel, a daughter Of Mrs.
A. g. Chadwick, arrived last Thursday from
Omaha, to stop with her mother through the
summer.
Harmony Lodge No. IL, L. o. of G. T.
has liberated itself from debt, and has
money in the treasury. Pretty good for
these times.
Miss Mary +. Howard, daughter Of The
ron Howard, Esq, who has been in Boston
for medical treatment the past winter, is
expected home by special car to-day.
Jacob Hovey was kicked in the head by
horse on Wednesday of last week, and re-
manned nsensible four hours, but the wound
was not serious, and he is now about his
business again.
Arthur, son Of Mr.. b. f. Peterson, went
out to walk on Sunday with Edward Wilson.
On coming to a tree Arthur undertook to
show how the sailors climb mast. He did
so, but upon making dive for bird, Ed
ward was shown how a andsman fell and
broke his arm.
The book auction man has closed up and
gone, after having very reluctantly parted
with lot of damaged and imperfect books
for 500 cash. Well, it is too bad not to
buy when such a remarkable opportunity is
offered, and there is such All abundance Of
scrip lying around loose.
Reuben Spalding makes nice quality of
sugar, Judging from the sample left at the
FARMER Office. 1t is very clear, and weighs
IL lbs to the gallon. Mr., S. takes great
pains in making bis sugar. He uses tin
buckets and cement cistern for storage, his
sap standing in wooden tubs only while
being hauled to the cistern
We hear of much dissatisfaction among
bridge builders, some of whom have come
long distance to put in their bids for the con-
structlon of the Portland street bridge, aud
also among our own citizens, that no plan
nor specifications of the bridge have been
furnished, SO that bids could be understand
ingly made. Some are so unknd as to charge
the selectmen with selfish motives in regard
to it, but we hope these fears are groundess
When Mr.. .. G. Hale rebuilt the Avenue
House in 1869, he covered it with tarred
paper roofing which he purchased of Sias
Randall, l.. g. Morris, and a Mr.. Flint who
then owned the right for Caledonia County,
purchased of the Ready Roofing Company.
This roofing cost Mr.. Hale S6l3.29 besides
the putting on, and was warranted to be a
good and durable covering. Time has prov
ed it otherwise. and Mr.. Hale brought suit
against the parties for damages. The matter
was referred to John L. Edwards, Esq, Of
Newport, who has awarded Mr.. Hale $500
damages and his costs. In the testimony it
came out that the profit charged on this
roofing was 663 per cent.
At the last annual town meeting vote
was taken instructing the selectmen to pro I.
vide a suitable fence around the soldiers
monument in front of the court house. The
kind of fence which has been decided upon
is an iron fence similar to the one around
the Ethan Allen monument at Burlington.
1t is composed.of ipieces of cast iron in the
form Of muskets and of the same size, stand
ing about six inches apart upon granite
base to which they are secured. A rail con.
meets them about three feet above the base,
and a real bayonet points upward from each
Inusket. The corner posts are limitations of
cannon with a ball on the top. The whole
is to be painted black, except the bayOnets
which will probably be bronzed. 1t is
thought to be the most appropriate style of
fence that could be selected
Editor Vermont Farmer One day last
week Mr.. Austin Lovejoy and wife, of Laa-
caster, N. H., had occasion to visit St. Johns
bury, 1t was exceedingly dark when they
arrived. Not knowing that the Portland
Street bridge was gone, Mr.. Austin attempt
ed to drive across When the horse arrived
at the brink he suddenly stopped. Mr. Aus
tin attempted to urge him forward, but the
horse reared aud plunged 80 excitedly that
MIR. Austin got out only to discover that the
superior intelligence of his horse had saved
him and his wife from the fate our stupid
town officials had prepared for them. Why
is not that man-trap fenced up? After some
ones life is sacrificed to save few dollars
expense our reigning officials will be ready
TO squander few more thousands on Eastern
Avenue. So goes the world
F. B. GAGE.
About two years ago, when the Athena
un with its 800 volumes was presented to
the village of st. JOhnsbury by Horace
Fairbanks, Esq, at an expense of abOu
$4,000, there was a movement among
our citizens to have life size portrait Of
Mr.. Fairbanks painted by the best artist il
the country aud placed in the Atheneum
as a token OF their gratitude to the donor
Messrs. r. NJ. Howard and A. 4. Rankin
were chosen a committee to receive subscrip
lions and see to securing an artist. Thi
part d the work was easily performed, o.
our citizens felt it pleasure to contribute
for such a worthWpurpose. But the con
sent Of Mr. Fairbanks was of course neces
sary, and that is where the committee wer'
for a time baked in the discharge of thei
duties. Finding the endless perse verane,
Of the committee was intolerabe, Mr.. Far
banks finally yielded, aud the picture was Sc
cured. 1t was painted by Mr.. Wilson, o
New York, the same artist who painted tina
beautiful portrait of Sir Thaddeus Fairbank
which hangs in the academy hall, and th'
cost of the picture itself is about $1,000
A box supposed to contain it has now arriv
ed, but as no frame for it has as as yet beer
provided it will not at present be open t.
the inspection of the public. Those VIII,
did not have a chance to contribute towart
the picture can now do equally as good al
act by subscribing for an elegant frame, an,
after that is secured the picture will be plac
ed in position at the Atheneum, as fttinI
memorial of the lberality of Mr. Rairbanks