Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25

who takes the Calcdonian.
Great excitement was caused in Lyndon,
Monday evening by the rumor that Cephas
Applebee, the jeweler, man between 40 and
80 years old, and deacon Of the Congrega-
tional church, who has a wife aud family,
had seduced several girls, from Ii years old
upward, one Of whom was about to give birth
to child by him. Had the crowd got hold
Of him that night it would probably have
ended his earthly career. He was after
ward given q certain number Of hours in
which TO leave town. and, having changed as
much Of his property as possible into money.
he left on the night express train, Wednes-
day. He had borne good reputation. The
verdict ia the Hardwick adultery case come
none too soon.
County Court.
No 227. State cS. Chasiind w. War
rem. No. 22S. State ps. p. T. Bridgman.
Adultery. These two cases, involving the
same transactions, were tried together by
consent of the parties. The evidence on the
part OF the state tended to show an intimacy
between the respondents for seven or eight
years, and several criminal acts. The evi.
i1ence on the part Of the defence tended to
show that the evidence for the prosecution
was false, aud was the result Of a conspiracy
made by certain enemies Of Bridgman in
Hardwick. The trial commenced on Wed.
nesday noon of last week, and continued until
Monday evening. The jury were kept
locked up together during the whole time and
returned verdict Of guilty" Many ex-
ceptions were taken during the trial to the
Rulings aud proceedings Of the court, and the
cases pass to the supreme court for 6nal
hearing, the respondents meanwhile being
out on bail. States Attorney and Dickey
for state. Beden, Burke, Bartlett aud
Lampson for respondents.
Wednesday morning Judge Powers took
the bench to try his first case.
No. III. Orange Buchanan US. Richard
Peabody. General assumpsit. The plf.
claimed to recover of the def, sum $3.50,
for goods delivered to Frenchman in the
employ Of the deft., claiming that the goods,
by order of the deft., we're sold on the credit
Of deft., and not on that Of the Frenchman.
The defence denied any such liability. YER
dict for the plff., $3.50 and costs. Burke
g. Bates aud Belden 4 Ido for plf. Shurt-
left for def.
No. 124 Alrin Perley rs Orange
Young. On trial.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Louis Bressette, of Milton, 90 years old,
died, few days ago, while sitting in chair
smoking
The dwelling house of John Cain at Mil
ton was burned on Friday morning, with
corn and potatoes. Insured for $500.
The item from the Sentinel last week re-
spectiug Dean Il Sons cows should have
said "average per COW s33 for four months"
instead of 1888 per mknth.'
ESSEX bUSrr.
The Geo. Drew farm B West Concord was
not sold at auction, as ves expected. Hay
sold at sll 80 per ton. w
The }" Young Peoples u iou Society " held
fair at the town hall, Wat Concord, on
the evening of the 2lst, whictAaetted about
$40, to be used for the benefit d sthepublic
library.
We clip the following from last week s
CaledOnian:-Mr. Samuel Kellogg was draws
ing logs on his mill pond at East Concord,
last Saturday, with two yokes of oxen, when
they broke through the ice. Mr.. Kellogg
being alone was unable to get them out, and
left them and went for help. Mr.. A. ID.
Parker was the first help Mr.. X. found, and
Parker jumped on his horse and went for
more help, which he found in the person Of
Frank Warren who harnessed up his team
and ran it mile to the pond; on arriving
there, he jumped out Of his sleigh to help,
but his horse had got on his d" run aud kept
running, so it was Of no service to help pu II
the cattle out. At this stage of the game
the Misses Russell came along, and word was
sent by them for more help. They got lit
tie excited and got up great speed with
their horse, and running against stone be-
side the road they were tipped over aud
their horse ran three miles. The cattle re-
NAMED in the pond about three-quarters Of
an hour, when they were got out and order
was restored. The loss footed up one OK
yoke aud an axe and all this time kellogg
kept up his usual good temper.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
There is a great mortality among the hens
chickens, ducks geese, turkeys and porkers
1t is known as the knife disease, and though
it Stays its thousands annually, at this sea
son, a remedy is not even sought.
Mrs. Phila Lambert, of West Georgia
aged So years, is smart. Fifteen years ago
she was left with children and very poor
, She has bnilt stone wall, for one man rs rods
for another %, dug and drew the stone has
chopped cords of wood per day after doing
the work for her famil y mornings; and ha
, worked in the harvest field, haying, pitching
and moving; considered an extra hand
: Has carried to mill on her back two bushel
of grain three and onehalf miles and return
ed feeling well after her long walk. She nos
has nice little home of few acres, oil pai
for, and has educated her children in th
Protestant faith. She cannot read or write
but has given her children good common
: school education. She is by birth Canadian
and Indian. | think it would be a goo,
: plan if some of the Yankees would take pal
5 tern OF her and send their children to schoo
f.. d. z.
5 District No. 8, Binghamville, came nea
k losing their school house on the evening o
0 December Is. The boy who builds fire:
Z. Dwight Tubbs, was saving ashes in barre
$ in the boys closet under the shelves. w. X
i Lamb on returning to his house about
o'clock noticed a light at the school house
/. lie called the attention of his wife, and sh
= said " that was nothing, it had been Their
, some time" He called his next door neigt
" Dor, II. T. Bingham, and they proceeded
. to investigate. The door was locked but
e few vigorous pushes gave them Gdmittanc'
u They found the ash barrel ashes, and the clio
> ct fast being reduced to the same materia
They extinguished the FIRE without much di
It 6culty but the closet was nearly gone, bein
d burnt to the brick, the window glass cracke
= and ruined, and the door chaTed. Ten mil
7. utes later, and it would have been too la
4 TO save the house.