Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-17

jured, though not seriously.
South Wheelock. Crops are looking we'll,
except grass, which is quite light.--Capt.
s. G.. Gray raised a barn 42x62, with cellar
under the whole, last Friday. The captain
is a worker, and has built il all himself
The day after the raising he with four men
double boarded the whole body of the barn,
mailing each board thoroughly.
N. L. Folsom, of Sheffield, lost a valu.
able colt Saturday, by its slipping off its
halter and getting upon a harrow, tearing
its inwards out. His friends started sub
scription paper since, aud they raised $50
ia less than an hour, to go towards compen.
sating him for his loss.
Morrill, z. Jenness, Of Sheffield, went into
his barn at 8 o'clock Monday morning
lie set his lamp on a separator, aud stepped
out for few moments, when on looking
round he discovered the barn to be on fire.
1t is supposed that the fire caught in a scat.
fold Of straw under which the separator
stood. Insured at $500.
A French Canadian on the forenoon ex.
press train up, Thursday, created something
Of sensation in the car by an attempt to
throw bottle which he had been emptying
Of its contents out OF the car window this
side of Barnet. He ommitted the precau.
ton of opening the window, and the conse-
quence was pretty bloody wrist. lie got
off the train at St. Johnsbury.
Last Sunday about o'clock in the eve
ming the church bell at Barnet rang out an
alarm of fire. The people turned out and
found the tin shop Of b. r. Wallace 4 Son
to be on fire. The FIRE was soon brought
under, and the damage was light to the
shop and goods, and was covered by insur.
ance. The fire originated IN lot Of rags
stored in an upper room of the building
A board of listers consisting Of one from
each county met in convention at the court
house, st. Johnsbury, Tuesday. The aver.
age appraisal of farm lands per acre was as
follows: DanvilIe, S14.S4; Burke, SILL.
10; Kirby, SS.93; Peacham. 1925; st.
Johnsbury, s2452; Walden, 1854; Gro
ton, $500 Lyndon, S17 .S3 Ryegate, S12..
81 Stannard, S5,98; Waterford, S1,94 /;
Hardwick, 1884 Newark, $500 Shef.
field, S7.96 Sutton, 1927 Barnet, 3d.
10. 1t was voted to adopt the appraisals
which town a reduction Of FIVE per cent. is
to be made. Mr.. Parks was elected to rep.
resent the listers in convention at Mont
pelier.
The CdIedonian this week says in refer
ence to the late county convention that "to
claim that nothing of the kind was ever
known before, is Initiating the facts of histo.
ry" If the writer Of that paragraph was
swell posted in the affairs of this county,"
those who attended the convention and have
attended the previous Ones and who are as
well posted as he, will know what to think
Of his veracity. The same paper says that
"the insinuation that the convention was
called the day before the farmers picnic in
order TO keep farmers away from the former,
is gratuitous piece Of jealousy without any
foundation whatever" Having informed us
so far will the Caledonian enlighten US as
to why the call for the convention was
forwarded to that paper by a member of the
committee and published there before the
FARMER received any intimation that such
call had been issued Was it because that
paper did not circulate so largely among the
farmers, and the publication there would not
be SO likely to embarrass the working Of the
wires Or was it because this paper has
sometime been SO indiscreet as to incur the
i'll will Of "the powers that be" in apholding
the interests Of its patrons, and so theS were
to be kept in the dark? In our ignorance
of matters in this county we ask for light.
We are not surprised, after having failed to
get his brother-in-law a nomination, as he
L.. a.. Ii -. =. l.. Al
that the editor of the Cdledonian should
make wry faces when the ticket is called
"the cleanest ever presented in Caledonia
County" and growl out, at might have
been better" and Of the new hands who, he
says, seemed to run the machine, "They may
do better with more experience" but we are
surprised that he should single out three of
the men on the ticket aud inform his read
ers that "the FARMER claims nothing Oh
them," after we had pronounced the nominal
tion "a full and complete victory of the
farmers and temperance men of the county"
The CaledOnian conveys the idea that we
claimed that men had been put on the NOM
mating committee because they were farm
ers, which we never did, but we did point
with pleasure to the fact that so large
number OF the committee were farmers, as
an indication that the farmers we're taking
their place on an equal footing with other
callings in political matters, as is their right.
cHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The loyal people of Essex Junction put
their fireworks into school-house, the even
ing of the Fourth, but spark of fire got
at them, and the inside Of the building was
torn all to pieces.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A team valued at $3.50, the property of
John Savage, of Swanton, was seized, Fri.
day, for smuggling liquor.
A little sou Of Ed Norris, of Alburg
about five years old, was poisoned recently
by swallowing weed or bug on some sorrel
which he had been eating in the woods.
He lived but few hours.
A son Of Curtis Hubbard, of Swanton, 10
years of age. was taken suddenly dcrangOd,
last Thursday, while at work in the field.
The physicians think it wus caused by over
exertion Of both mind and body.
The ninth annual fair OF the Franklin
County Agricultural and Mechanical Society
will be held at Sheldon, Wednesday, Thurs.
day and Friday, Sep. 2, 3, and 4. Their
premium list is out, and is one Of the best
and most fairly apportion we have SEEN
No premiums are offered for trotting, but
horses have the same encouragement that is
offered to cattle or mechanical articles. j.
II. Stufflebean, East Sheldon, is secretary.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
l.. A. Tillotson, of WolcOtt, lost COW by
lightning few days ago.
Thirteen persons were baptized Sunday at
Pleasant Valley, Stowe.
u. A. Luce, of North Wolcott, had fine
yearling heifcr killed by lightning recently.