Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-03

moving machine company has failed. The
FOOLS are not all dead.
The Newport Express Of Tuesday says
Arrivals at the Bellevue House for the week
ending last night were nearly or quite 800.
The number Of arrivals at the Memphrema'
cog House, for the week ending june 9th,
foot up nearly 700. The business during
the month Of June, in spite Of the backward
spring, exceeds that Of the same month last
year. The prospect for great business IS
very Hattering, more rooms being engaged
already than last year at this time.
The manager Of Barnum's show was ar
rested here for the acts Of one Of his en-
ployecs in cruelty beating his team. He
paid fine Of $40 and cost. Though not
present at the court we learn that one Of the
stated to the court that the cause
Of the said abuse was liquor sold to his men
here that the men had been recently paid
off and that liquor had been sold them free
ly here, Notwithstanding his earnest personal
request that it should not be SO. If this
was the fact, though cruelty to animals
should not be tolerated and the fine for the
offense was proper and Just, was il not
really striking at the effect rather than the
cause7 A pertinent question to all (; are
not the fountains Of liquor which were for
time partially closed again breaking forth in
our midst with renewed force 2-Erpress.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Last week a vicious bull attacked George
Stevens, Of Williamstown, who seized the an
imal by the horns, but instead of controlling
it was thrown over the fence, getting some
of his ribs broken. His wife, who saw the
ARRAY, was SO frightened that she was thrown
into premature travail, and gave birth TO
triplets.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Thermometer stood at 98e in the
shade at Mortified, Monday.
The NJ. Il w. II. r. II. runs refriger.
ator butter car Mondays, for Boston.
S. p. Circuit, of Mortified, has an OK the
tips of whose horns are three feet eight inch
es apart.
A little son of William Merrill, of Rox-
bury, broke his shoulder blade one day last
week, by falling from log.
Mr.. j. Slayton, of Calais, raised last year
SO bushels of barley from three pecks OF
seed, that weighed 40 pounds to the bushel.
a. j. Hollister, of Montpelier, has 81
cows, Jerseys, grades, and natives, ten OF
which are two and thrse-years-old heifers,
that average seven pounds Of butter each
per week.
DIR. A. Colvin, Of Burlington, was Sc.
riously, though it is hoped not fatally, in.
jured at Montpelier last week Wednesday
by being caught between the train and a
wall, as the train started. He had waited
to help a lady who was late to get aboard
Charles Watson and Thomas Read have
presented claims for damages received on
the highways in Calais last spring. There
is not highway district in the town that
does or can sustain road answering the re-
quirements of the law unless the taxes are
greatly increased.
Nelson Tyler, of Mortified, had the mis-.
fortune, few days ago, to lose a valuable
COW, which he was leading in the highway
by her being gored by neighbours OK which
was running loose in the road. Query
Would not the owner Of the OK, under the
circumstances, be legally holden for the dam
age2
The following is an extract from letter
from Waitsfold to the Green Mountain
Freeman; awe have 4 grange in town
Just now they are having what Nasty would
call little 'cussedness among themselves
not on account of what they shall cat, drink
and wear. but as 10 ,chere they shall be To-
Gated. Nothing serious, we trust +; just 4
little offshoot Of total dcpravity which dis
turbs all organizations. We believe th'
grsngers dsclaim party politics altogether
but VIC judge, after reading their platform o
principles, that they mean to pull sticks
with the government by-and-by, when they
get their feet placed right. They have go
big job, though no doubt they have The
muscle if they have the brains to suitably
direct in the struggle. Changers! leav'
your little differences, and press forward Il
the prize Of your high calling; but MIND
and keep your finger on the money valve O.
the National Grange" This last suggestion
is one which deserves the attention of Pat
rons. A showing Of the financial affairs o.
the National Grange has been repeated.
and loudly called for it should have beer
made at the last session and still MIR. kel
ley is communicative.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Reuben VIM has been appointed post
master at Nottingham.
The Connecticut River Valley medical as
ISOLATION will hold its July meeting at tn
Brooks house in Brattleboro on Wednesda,
Of next week, at 8 o'clock in the morning
A sad case Of drowning occurred at Jack
sonville on Monday evening. Tyler A. Hicks
the well-known and highly-esteemed landlor,
of the Glen house, while bathing in the mill
pond, was seized with cramps, aud before as
sistance could be rendered was drowned
Ho was brother of Lawyer and Landlor
Hicks of Sadawga.
june 4th, about 100 Roman Catholic
children attending the village schools a
Brattleboro stayed out to celebrate Corpu
Christi, the prudential committee having OF
dered them to attend school, and the com
mittee have expelled them. The priest c
the parish, Father Lane, sent q polite not
to the authorities on the morning of the 1t
requesting that the children be excused, bu
was met by point blank refusal. lie hu
now applied to the court for an injunctio
to compel the admission of the children I
the village schools, and decision will b
given this week. If the parents of childre
have no authority over them when they Al
tend school, and cannot keep them out da
il they see fit, without being punished there
for by the school authorities, where is on
boosted freedom2
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The Weathersfeld Farmers Club ha
adjourned to the first Saturday in SepteH
Der. ..
Charles Woodwork, of Royalton, hi
bought Durham COW of John Hanks for
breeder,