Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-12

johnson Bros. & McNeal, are agents for
the Buckeye Mower.
The auction sale Of the Avenue House is
postponed until July 16.
II. p. Shorey &. Co. have the best assort-
ment of musical instruments in Northern
Vermont.
Our story contributor, L. b. Gage, is very
i'll, which fact accounts for the absence of
his stories Of late.
Mr.. i. 1. Clapp opens store in Beane's
new building on the Avenue next week.
See advertisement.
Ourraut worms made their appearance in
This village in force Saturday; the first time
we have noticed them this season.
Free return checks on the railroads will be
given those attending the Universalist Asso-
citation at North Hatley next week.
Four persons were baptized at Passump-
sic last Sunday, two Of whom join the Bap-
tist church here and two the one at that
place.
The Roman Catholics will hold a fair in
their new schoohouse on Cherry Street,
Wednesday, the Oath, that being St. John
the Baptist's day. II will pay to go.
The praise meeting that was postponed
last Sunday evening, on account of the death
of member of the choir, will be held at
the Church Of the Messiah next Sunday
evening.
Thomas j. Daniels, of Danville, section
hand on the 2. &. o. road, came to St.
Johnsbury Friday and got glOriously drunk.
He was arrested aud taken to the jail.
Next morning he was fined So and COSTS
Barnum's agents have contracted with
Jerry Drew for four tons of hay
and ton of straw, and with A. IL.
Mcleod for 175 bushels of oats and 10
bushels of corn to feed their animals on the
day Of the show.
The bridge over Seeper's River at Chick
ering's mill collapsed last Saturday,
Geo. G. Hodge was on the bridge
with team, when one of the stringers
broke and that side of the bridge went
down, sliding Mr.. Hodge, team and all, into
the water. No bones were broken.
A little five-year-old son of Horace Hall
one day last week had a narrow escape.
He was IN barn in the north part of the
town and jumped down upon scatfold; the
hay was slanting and he failed to secure a
footing and rolled off fourteen feet to the
floor. He was insensible for time, but no
bones were broken and he is now about the
house again.
If any one inferred from the item in last
weeks paper that Frank Brown was fit
candidate for reform school they were mis-
koGap JIo hos q ,ood mama IN fhA xilIouo
generally, and any intmation of sending
him to theSeform school could only be taken
as a joke by those who know him. The
loading Of the pipe was a rather reckless
kind of joke, which might result in more
or less harm than it did.
Last Friday afternoon, as Rev. Mr.. Buz
Zell, of Passumpsic, was going up Eastern
Avenue a team coming down driven by q
Danforth boy ran so close to his as to inter.
lock the wheels Instead of stopping both
carriages or taking off wheel, as might be
expected, the wheel Of Danforths carriage
rose up as it struck and ran over both axle.
trees of the other carriage, inside it.
wheels, and both parties went their way!
uHharmed.
l.. ID. Parker, of West Concord, formerly
farmer in Kirby, but who has been in poor
health for two or three years, was fatally
injured at East st. JOhnsbury, Tuesday ai
ternOOn. lie stepped from the platform a
the depot just as the special train which
went over to the conference was backing up
and was caught between the car and thu
platform, in space of seven inches, anC
rolled along for eight or ten feet before the
train could be stopped. He was taken o.
the train and carried to his home at Yves
Concord, but died before he reached there
He appeared to be insensible all the time
He leaves wife and three children.
Our States Attorney seems to be such
man as the people want for public servant
He is pushing the liquor dealers and thei
aiders to the wall, and there is trembling i
their camp. 1t is said that number O
back rooms and saloons were emptied @
their stores of liquor Tuesday night in an
ticipation of official callers. If there ar
not some liquor suits brought up before thi
term of court is over we shall be surprised
We trust it is the same leaven which ha
worked so effectually in Rutland and est
where Of late that is showing itself her,
and that the war will be carried into Afr
ca" and its opponents given a chance to ia
in the last ditch.
Mr.. +. w. Clark has one of the new pa
tent machines for renovating and dressin
old feather beds by steam in his shop in III
old express Office on the Plain. Having ha
practical test of the quality of his worl
we take pleasure in recommending to a
having such work to be done to give him
call. The cleansing being done entirely
steam no fire comes near the feathers,
there is no possibility of burning, scorchin
or otherwise injuring them. BY this proce
all moths are destroyed and removed, Il
feathers cleansed, the fbers relieved fro
their matted position, giving to bed {
astonishing increase in bulk, often more thi
one half. Those wishing such work dol
should lose no time 10 calling on him, as
is going away before long.
Joseph Coveuey, while blowing on h
farm west of Fairbanks Village few weeI
ago, turned up curious piece of cope
1t is 81 inches in length and u wide, abOI
an eighth of an inch thick, and covered viii
letters engraved upon the surface, reverse
like type for printing. Here and there
worn OF TWO eau DC nlaue out, DuJ BoI
many Of the letters seem to be thrown
promiscuously. We read the words "Bolton
"Bates" "LOng life to you" "HAlifax
"Milliner," Manufactured, "Bonnet ma
er,""Rebcl, ""Her Gracious Majesty Queen
rebellion in ireland is down." &C., &
On one side of the plate are two circul
figures, resembling coins, somewhat, on Oh
Of which we could distinguish the wor
POISON" "BOltOn," Eight" Who can q
count for ii?
An ecclesiastical council called by L
Baptist church recently constituted in IL
place. assembled in their hall over Brow