Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-27
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st. JOhnsbury, Vt, March ~, 1874.
state wees.

Seectmen will be busy dividing school
monies to-day (Friday) tt
Reports from the sugar orchards all over
the state are as yet unfavorable. The
weather don't suit, and the sap don't run.
Bishop De Goesbriand has sailed from
Brest, FraHce, for the United States, with
three priests and three seminarians for the
Catholic diocese of Vermont
The Masonic Grand Master Of Vermont,
Park Davis, Esq, has published an edict an
nulling the edict Of accommodation with
the Grand Lodge of Canada, which was the
result Of differences between the latter aud
the Grand Lodge Of Quebec. In tho pream-
BILE to his order ne recites the fact that the
Grand Lodge of Canada has withdrawn from
its offensive position.
The Rutland Globe says incidents wor-
thy of note 10 connection with the funerals
OF Fillmore and Sumner, are that Rev. V.
II. Hotchkiss, d. d.. formerly pastor Of the
Baptist church in Poultney, Oficiated at the
funeral of ex-President Fillmore. Rev. By
ron Sunderland, ID. d., native Of Shore
ham, oficated at the funeral Of Senator Sam
ner, aud that Senator Sumner made the for
NAL announcement of the death Of Hon.
Solomon Foote in the Senate Of the United
States.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Rev. William b. Clarke, formerly pro-
lessor of theology at Yale college, viii leo
ture before the senior class at Middlebury
college, the coming summer term.
The formal transfer Of the possession of
the Addison House at Middlobury, by Mr..
Rider, to Mr.. Sco6eld, took place on Mon
day. Mr.. Rider, we understand, will re-
main in Middlebury until about the FIRST of
next month.
The celebrated entire flock of Spanish
merino sheep raised by the late Edwin
Hammond, of Mlddlebury, has been pur.
chased by Mr.. l.. j. circuit, of Cumming
ton, Mass. Part of the flock are to be kept
on his farm in Cummington for breeding
purposes, and part will be shipped to CAL
ifornia.
When we published the item about coal
being found in Bridport, reported to be
endorsed by Prof. Seely, we supposed it
might be bed of Ignite, such as exists at
Brandon. II is well understood that there
is no true coal in Vermont But it seems
that the whole thing is a canard, or fraud,
and that Prof. Seely pronounced the "black
stones" shown him not to be coal, but
worthless shale.
A young man in the employ of MIR. Ze-
mas Myrick, of Bridport, some twenty -four
years ago, left one day, without giving no.
tice, taking with him a gold watch and
chain and locket, belonging to one Of the
daughters, and nothing was heard from him
until last fall, when he quietly returned and
gave Mrs. Baldwin, formerly Miss Myrick
gold watch, chain aud locket worth 80
dollars, in payment for the one he carried
away. He again disappeared and it is not
now known where he is.
Bristol needs looking after if it is true,
as a correspondent of the Argus asserts
that there is three times as much liquor
sold in that town as there was before the
sellers we're prosecuted, for certainly the
testimony upon those trials proved that
there was far too much sold there. If that
statement is true we must concede Bristol to
be the banner town in the county for the ex-
tensiveness of Its damnable liquor traffic
We hope it is not true.
The horse trot on the ice on Bristol pend
resulted in the death Of one horse, besides
several minor accidents. At the village,
after the return from the trot, A. p. Dan.
iels, Of Bristol was driving his horse on the
track, and at the same time Dwight Bush, OF
Lincoln, and Oscar Roscoe, Of South Starks-
,bOro, were running horses, starting at the
other end of the course. The consequence
was that they met and in the attempt to
pass, the thill of Daniels's cutter entered the
breast OF Bush's horse, some lS or 20 inch
es. The horse went a short distance, fell
down and died instantly. The cutters of
both parties were more or less broken. The
trot, or its effects, lasted until Saturday
night, and rumor says that traces Of it may
now be found on the mugs of some active
parties. People there are not particularly
proud of the affair.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The pottery works at Bennington were
burned on Monday. Loss $500. lnsur-
ance, $4,000.
Two prisoners in the Bennington Jail
picked the lock with wire and escaped last
Monday, but we're soon captured after a
lively chase.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Mrs. A. b. Glidden, of West Burke, had
the misfortune last Saturday, to slip down
o0 the ice, and both break and dislocate the
bones Of her left wrist
The next annual meeting of the Vermont
Conference of the M. Il. Church will be held
at Danville, commencing on the 22d of APP
rl. Bishop Peck will preside.
Albert Lee, while saving wood for Milo
Hale, OF Waterford, with circular saw,
Friday caught his hand on the saw severing
all the bones and cords on the back of the
hand.
iona. Lawrence, Of Passumpsic, lost q
valuable colt last week, by its rearing up
aud falling backwards Its neck was brok.
EN- by the fall. The colt was being broken
by Albert Lawrence
Lyndon Academy aud Graded school OPP
ened last week with l0S scholars. They
speak in high terms of praise OF their new
teacher, aud present Indications betoken a
pleasant and profitable term.
The dwelling house of John Sanborn, of
Sheffield, was consumed by fire on Tuesday,
supposed to have caught by defective chin.
ney. Most Of the furniture was saved. No
insurance. The fire took while the family
was at supper. The loss will fall heavily on
Mr.. SanbOrn, who is hard working man.
John Glfllan 2nd and wife, of Barnet,
celebrated the twenty.6fth anniversary Of
their marriage on the 10Th inst. with an
oyster supper and dance in the evening.
Among the many beautiful presents
offered by friends were two cake baskets,
one presented by X. W. Manning, of Gro.
ton, the other by Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bay
aud WIN. Higgins also a butter dish by
Mrs Joseph Ray, a silver call bell by Ben