Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-15
STATE N-e,cs.

The Republican state convention VIII
meet at Burlington, June IL.
The Rensselaer, aud Saratoga railroad re-
fuses to carry contraband liquors into the
state OF Vermont.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Joe Wilson, who committed a robbery
near Bridport as mentioned last week, has
been arrested at Chicago.
Last week Thursday Patrick Ryan, of
Vergeunes, was brought to trial for violating
the liquor law on various occasions He
plead guilty to ten second offenses and was
fined 5000 and costs.
In Leicester, hay is scarce many having
sold themselves short.--Deputy O. l..
Austin of Iowa has been spending a few
weeks in town He reports increasing sue
cess among the grangers in his section. He
returns to engage in the work of organiza-
ton at once. are being
made for organizing grange in Leicester.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Nine stores in Bennington were robbed
last week Wednesday night by Michael
Lynch and Michael Grace, two boys aged
sixteen and eighteen. They were arrested
aud Lynch confessed. u
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
From $50 trees, Henry Bradley, Of Bar
net has made $500 lbs sugar and 700 lbs
honey.
The engine "Swanton" of the z. x o.
gravel train, on Monday, when backing up
in the Badger gap, in Danville, ran into a
large cake of Toe that had fallen from the
bank aud broke her tender brake and one Of
the tender springs.
In Sheffield, Thos Mcdowell lost nice
COW last week, of milk fever.-The snow
in Lester Browns sugar place on the second
day Of May lay fur feet and FIVE inches deep,
instead of five inches as our last paper had it,
La Peacham, the Congregational society
are thoroughly repairing their parsonage
John M. Martin, who has been very
ill is out again, but looks pale and thin -
The sugar crop has been good. Albert
Partridge has nude 1900 lbs. from 1926
trees. V. d. Moulton has made 740 lbs.
from 100 trees.
In Peacham, Duncan Harvey at the Hol-
low has repaired his store inside and out
He will probably sell cheaper than ever
now, as neto stores always sell cheap
Plummer Barret's little girl was bitten in
her face by horse last Thursday.
S12 to Sl4. Sugar 8 to 10 cents Butter
has sold at 80 to 80 cents, but those who
have sent directly to market get more.
In Sutton. Simon Bartlett has sold his
farm on North Ridge to Oliver Fogg, for
merly of Westmore, for S3000-some per-
sonal property thrown in.-A. N. Bryant,
of St. JOhnsbury, has sold the Joseph Bry-
ant farm to W. X. Roundy and Charles
Clark, for $1,000 They design taking the
timber to market. Lewis Parker moved
to Nebraska last fall, with second wife
and two boys, one nine years old and the
other ten, by former wife. When spring
came, the boys took dislike to either the
country or thsir step-mother, and deter
mined to return to their native land Ac-
cordingly they started in the absence Of
their parents aud travelled about ten miles
towards Omaha, which was about fifteen
miles distant. The youngest boy became
discouraged, and they returned home.
About four weeks ago, the oldest boy start
ed again on foot and alone towards Omaha
aud without money. There he took the
train and came the whole distance to this
place, where he arrived a week ago, support
ed and conveyed by the generosity Of the
people and railroad officers. He saw no
one that he knew during the whole journey
His head is level.
The death OF Mr.. John Stiles, near Stiles
Pond in Waterford. on Monday, was very
sudden occurrence. Though not a robust
man, he was in usual health until Mon.
day morning when he arose with pain in
his stomach, but was able to keep about his
work until about o'clock n the afternoon
when he went into the house, sat down in a
chair and-was no more. The cause of his
death is supposed to have been an affection
of the heart Connected with this family is
a circumstance that is little remarkable
The father and mother of the deceased came
to Waterford in the year 1901, and settled
upon the farm which has passed through thu
ownership OF successive generations until
the present time, and for several years, abou
ten or fifteen years ago, there lived at the
same time and in the same house, two per
sons, aud only two, of each of four different
generations, all in pairs, viz John Stiles
aud wife, his son John Stiles, j., 1.-THE de
ceasedl and wife, his son George Stiles anC
wife and his sou Wallace aud daughter Ii
cetta. Another circumstance perhaps worth
mentioning is, that never, since the family
has lived upon that place, has the ice OIL
Stiles Pond which by the way long ago tool
the name of this family, remained past til,
third day of May until the present year
aud it lies there yet.
CHTrTENDEN COUNTY.
Peter Pease, of Charlotte, has received
the appointment of mail route agent between
Burlington aud Ludlow.
Solomon Norton, Of Huntington. lost, OF
the 9th inst, between Richmond and Hun
tngton, about $500 in money and notes
Soon after leaving Richmond where he hat
been making some purchases, he though
there had been mistake in the change he hat
received, 80 he took out his pocket book anC
counted his money. He supposed he return
ed it to his pocket, but on arriving at HON
! he found that it was gone, and as yet Their
is no trace Of il.
} The druggists of Burlington have resolved
not to sell either ale, wine, porter or intoxi
eating drink Of any description, prescription
or no prescription, to any one, whether il
, sickness or health. This would seem to la
, pretty effectua embargo upon the sale o
liquor in Burlington. The hotels and rel
: taurants have already shut down, the cit
, agency is closed, and now that the druggist
have gone out of the business, persons desir
ing stimulus must procure it elsewhere.
ESSEX COUNTY.
George s. Howard has been appointe
postmaster at Concord
Rowland Il Tlton's dam in Victory ha
/. again gone out in part so that the water rur
around one end.