Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-13

Francis Gougean, Of Colchester, has
brought suit against the town Of Milton, for
$40 900, for injuries sustained in December
last foe alleged in efficiency Of the highway.
The town will contest the suit
At Burlington ON Tuesday politics en-
tered into the election, and with split
among the republicans the democrats carried
the city by SO majority. The vote was,
o. II. Blodgett democrat, III Lawrence
Barnes, republican, 6S8.
+, q. and w. H. Browuell, formerly of
Willstown and Burlington, and late Of
Tahsvlle, have leased for term Of ten
years, with the privilege Of longer term.
the Rutland Railroad depot 10 Burlington,
and have started machine shop, which is
already turning out work In the spring
they will start foundry in connection
with the machine shop.
Burglars visited the Office Of Clark,
Boardman 4 Co., in Milton, Thursday night
and opened safe with chisels and other
implements they found in the room, from
which they took 5000 in U. s. bonds be-
longing to Mrs Ward s115 in postage
stamps belonging to the assistant postmaster,
and gold watch and chain worth $3.50,
held by Mr.. Jed p. Clark as security for
money loaned. There is no clue to the
burglars
As A. X. Norton, Of Huntingdon was
passing through the woods one evening re-
Gently, he suddenly became suspicious that
he could hear something in the rear that
was not just right. His suspicious were
soon confirmed by crash of bushes and
frighttul scream, close upon him. When he
arrived at the party he was nearly out of
breath aud says that the way he strobe out
Of those "darksome woods was caution"
A Charlotte correspondent says that tho
county grange meeting there last week was.
owing to tho bad travelling, small in numbers
but large in hope. A temporary organiza-
ton was effected aud the meeting adjourned
to Wednesday, March Is, at the same place
Town HAIL Charlotte) The Charlotte
Grange hopes to see many Of the Patrons Of
Chittenden ard Addison at this meeting,
aud will meet them at the depot with con-
veyance to the hall. Let there be a good
turn out
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The ladies of st. Adams have taken hold
of the new temperance movement in earnest.
The name of the railroad station hereto.
fore known as East Georgia has been changed
to North Georgia.
A few farmers have tapped, but the
snow aud cold weather will keep back
the sap until they can boil up the stock OF
rain water now on hand.
j. Spoonor, of Enosburgh, has been sen.
fenced to fine of 5000 and three months
imprisonment for liquor selling. Other par.
ties there are thought to be in like danger
Frontier Grange of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, located at East Franklin, has adopt
ed the very sensible plan of holding open
meetings, usually once a week, for the dis
cussion Of questions connected with farming.
Some farmers in the Missisquoi valley,
who put off filing their ice-houses, are now
picking their supply off of the meadows,
where it was lodged by the freshet but il is
not the kind to make good clean butter with,
says correspondent
Sally Bailey, over 80 years old. who re.
Gently died at Fletcher, had piece of con-
tinental scrip which was issued on the 18th
Of February, 1875, and represented one
third Of dollar. Ii bore a motto, "Mind
your own business" evidently meant for
George III.
The farmers club discussions, when pub
lished in well circulated journal, are
sometimes pecuniarily as we'll as mentally
profitable to the members. A Minnesotu
farmer, seeing the report of Mr.. Truman
Hurlbut's corn crop in the proceedings Of
the Trout River club, has ordered a barrel
Of it for seed.
The "ShoIdon Grange" OF the Patrons Of
) Husbandry are prospecting finely, at least SC
far as numbers are concerDed-they cat
} count nearly 80 members in good standing
composed Of the best citizens and farmers
in tOwn-and the cry is still "please TAKE
my Petition want to be Granger"
, There IL dog at Richford who is SLOWLY
pining away from grief at the death Of hi
master. He had lived with the man almos
IL years, and when he died. about | | month
ago, the faithful animal hunted up his grave
though he had been kept away from tn
man during his illness, aud staid by it 70
: three weeks, until removed by force.
The Missisalo river was Slealed 81 ice
/, by the thaw last week, doing some damage
:. At Samsonvile it compelled j. Samson d
move out Of his house, the water being II
: inches deep in his kitchen. It.also tore u
the floors in the saw and gristmills and tool
of about 10000 feet Of sawed lumber be
sides many logs At Enosburgh Falls tn
only damage was the taking out of tw
bulkheads and hume
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1 The Messenger charges "scandalous prac
r tees" upon the successful party in st. Al
h. bans; among others that the employees o
A the railroad we're supplied with ballots be
q fore leaving the shops, and some Of then
4 told how to VOTE aud informed that the,
r would be watched, and if they voted RICH
o would receive pay for the day, although tn
shops were not running. 1t also says whole
sale treating was practiced by the same par
ties. Nothing so bad as this was ever al
:, tempted in St Johnsbury, we are happy
|, say. The worst we ever knew Of was
! Ukase in the CaLedonian, and that onl
q when the fight was very close.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
|. Bowman Gale, of Stowe, has bought tn
/ Cabot Morrison farm Of Hon. A. r. CAM
J. paying $4,000 for it.
). Columbus Lovejoy, of Stowe, has swappe
,e farms with Robert Scribner; Mr.. Scribnt
D. reserves one meadow.
v, Newell Hawley, of Cambridge, has rel
'e ted his farm and is to go west this seaso
!. Martin Armstrong has sold his farm to Pa
t. rick Gray.
- W. H. Colby, of fillmore, has closed out h
o. grocery business, selling tbs residue Of h
ie stock to w. b. Harris, who now has the OIL
u " y general stock of goods in town.
- Edwards Il Stevens, Of Winooski, havin
" bought the machinery belonging to the la
~ Morrisville Manufacturing Company, Al
e now packing it up for removal to that plac