Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
Vermont News.

"A. L. Chllds has become proprietor
and editor of the Vermont Gazette, OF
Bennington.
"A grange was organized at East
Highgate, Feb. 10th, with twenty-five
members, Nelson Nye is Master, and j.
HI. Fairchild Secretary.
The $4,000 stock required to be
raised for the manufacture of emery
wheels at West Charleston is nearly all
taken, and the prospect is that the works
will soon be running again.
Nine young ladies, in Lowell, can't
wait for leap year. The other evening
they invited nine young men to ride.
keepingshe poor things out in the cold
till after II o'clock.
The trial of the Flint boy, in Dam
vile, last week, for pounding the Wiley
boy, resulted in fine of S15, and S15.13
cost The Wiley boy was so severely
pounded that he has not since been able
to 60 out. A suit has been brought by
Willey's father, claiming $4,000 private
damages.
"A grange of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, numbering so members, was or
gauized at Berkshire Centre, on the eve-
ming of Feb. 11th, by Deputy McAllis-
ter of Enosburgh. E. A. Hall was cho-
sen Master, and Henry Ladd, Secretary.
the grange promises to be a large one,
but will not be free from politicians.
Derby & Ford of Burlington were
recently convicted of selling liquor. and,
as is usual in such cases, they appealed
and demanded specification of the
number of offenses. The prosecuting
attorney complied by specifying 5000
sales to Is persons. If this number of
offenses is proved, fines to the amount of
at least $4,000 must be imposed.
"A little boy of Bennington, five
years old, heard an account of the Sia-
mese twins read. He did not under
stand it, and when alone with mis- moth
er, he began questioning her about twins
in general, and the Stamese twins in par
ticuIar. He was as much excited over
the famous ligature as the Philadelphia
doctors are, and had to have it infinitely
explained to him. He then began as
follows: "and they are dead are they?''
Eyes" They've gone to God havn't
they?" "Yes." Then followed long
pause, and the mother supposed he was
asleep. Finally, said he, Mamma, what
do you suppose God thought when he
saw them coming?"
A PUZZLED PIKE.-In the great aqua
rum at Brighton, Eng, a pike was in
troduced among the trout and other fish.
At first its behavior was quiet and COM
mendable, but after while the discovery
was made that it had great fondness
for the trout such liking, indeed, that
it did not hesitate to chase and eat them.
Various plans were tried to stop the hav
oc it made, all of which failing, a plate
glass partition was inserted in the aqua
rum between it and the trout. The pike
watched its former companions swimming
around on the other side of the glass,
and, darting toward them with great We
locity. succeeded in humping its nose vi
olently against the thick plate. Evident
iy wondering what was the matter, it re-
peated the experiment several times, nn-
til, convinced that there must be some
thing wrong, it reluctantly ceased its eff
forts. The glass was then removed, and
the pike finding it could swim by and
around the trout, frequently shot after
them, but always stopped abruptly when
within few inches of its intended prey,
as if sudden recollection of former fail
ures had returned.