Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-10
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The losses by FIRE in this state during the
month of March amounted TO S64, 500.
The Vermont life insurance company Of
Burlington has been admitted to do business
IN Massachusetts.
A meeting OF the Board of Trustees Of
the Vermont academy was holden March
30, at Saxton's River. An agent was EN-.
ployed to purchase the land decided upon
for the site of the school, aud committee
chosen to procure plans for the proposed
buildings, to be submitted to the action Of
the board. Various other committees were
also chosen to take into consideration the
selection of teachers. the course of study ia
be pursued, &c. $4,000 have been sub
scribed towards the purchase Of the land and
erection Of the buildings. This is the prof.
ect Of the Baptists Of Vermont and, al
though owned and controlled by that demon.
nation it does not propose to be a sectarian
school, but to take rank as the best institu.
ton of the kind in the state. Since the
meeting, the land for the site has been pur,
chased, and the success OF the project i,
doubtless now insured beyond question
The officers of the Board are President
Judge VIM. NJ. Pingry; Secretary, Rev
NJ. A. Wilcox; Treasurer, Mial Davis
executive committee, Lawrence Barnes, j
j. Esty, Rev. G. Hubbard
ADDISON COUNTY.
The dwelling house of Philemon Stillson
in Lincoln, was destroyed by FIRE on Wednes
day Of last week, aud scarcely anything was
saved. There was no insurance, aud, az
Mr.. Stillson is not able to bear the loss, hi;
neighbors are already in the woods, telling
timber, and propose 70 assist him in putting
up another house as soon as possible.
On the 9Th of March last a complaint
was made against Samuel Barnard, of Lin
coin, for selling liquor without a license
He plead guilty to three offenses, aud wa'
fined $50 and costs. Three weeks later a
fve-gallon cask of the same article was
found in his possession and seized by the
authorities. He claimed it was for hi,
private use, but on trial it was decided t.
the contrary, and the liquor was con6scated
Three men we're attempting to draw tn,
charge in q rock that had failed to explod,
at the expected time in Dorset, the othel
day, when the thing went off and they wer'
all thrown high into the air, but only on,
Of them was severely hurt, and he will ge
well.
Mr.. J. II. Bottsford, of Sandgate, fel
from a loaded team the 3lst ult., and hi
overcoat catching in one of the whifletree
he was drawn under the wagon wheel which
passed over his head killing him instantly
He was % years of age.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Rising Sun Grange, will meet at thei
hall at North Danville, Saturday, April IL
at 6 Pm.
N. K. Campbell has purchased the bank
rupt stock of goods OF H. A. Blake, of Sut
ton.
Joseph Houston, of Walden, was recent,
struck with paralysis and lies IN 4 critica
condition with faint hopes of recovery.
Lorenzo Warren, OF West Burke, made
pile last Monday. He lost COW worth
800 but his wife shortly presented him d
fine boy worth Sl000,-gain 5000. War
ren feels rich.
At the grange meeting at St. Johnsbur,
last Saturday, fourteen Of the fifteen grange
in the county were represented, but it wa
decided best not TO form a council but t,
make all their purchases through the stat'
agent
Jonathan Lawrence, General Deputy o
the State Grange, will address (by invita-
tion) the farmers OF East Concord on Tues
day, April IA, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Sub
ject The Patrons of Husbandry and tn
Farmers Movement. " All are cordially in
vited ladies and gentlemen. A sub grang
will be organized if the farmers desire it.
Charles Rogers, of Wheelock, last Frida
sailed his cattle in Il trough in the yard, a
is his practice, about II A. NJ When h
went to put them in the barn, at 7. NJ
he found one COW and and a two-year oil
steer weak, and hardly able to stand, bot
failing down several times before they 20
into the barn. The steer died in about a
hour, and the COW will probably die. An
other steer began TO be sick about dark, an
was evidently in great pain physic wa
given him, and he recovered Whether tn
salt was the cause, or something else, is mat
ter Of conjecture. 1t was common coars
salt, such as he was in the habit Of using
The particulars in regard to the killing q
Jonathan Northrop, of Danville, as men
toned last week, are these He was passini
over from the Grand Trunk side of the de
pot, when he was struck by the Passumpsi
mail train just backing in. He was caugh
and rolled between the platform aud the car
being so injured that he lived but an hour
He was on his way home FROM Windsor, /
T., where he had been visiting a daughter
An inquest was held and the jury decide
that no blame was attached to any one bu
recommended that the railway compan
make the platform at the north end of tn
station Of uniform height with the othe
part OF the platform, and also keep ighte
lamp at the station every night.
In Peacham, canker rash is prevaiin
extensively, but no deaths resulting from
thus far.-Our peaceful citizens we're YER
much annoyed, and some Of them not
little frightened, last Thursday night,
little before midnight by the firing of gun
or pistols near their houses, accompanie
with hideous sounds resembling the wauln
Of cats, growing of ROSTERS, gobbling
turkeys, &c 10 the morning the highway
were found obstruoted in many place
watering trOughs turned over, sap bucket
demolished, and sap spouts carried Of
The lawless rowdiss who perpetrated thes
acts need not think they escaped unseen, {
unknown, for they we're seen by more tina
one and their names are generally know
They should be arrested aud made TO suff,
the full penalty Of the law, but Peachal
people some Of them hate sOsnes.-EKce