Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-22
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Tn Cen,rdl Vermont Railroad will run
refrigerator cars every Tuesday after the
Goth. =
Mr. Myron Green, who put 10000 sal.
mon in the Missisquo last winter, is TO in
crease that number by 100000 the coming
winter.
The Union Republican Convention Of
the third congressional district will meet at
Hydepark Wednesday, June 10, to uom-
nate candidate for representative. Mr..
Hendee will probably he re-nomlnated.
The FIRST annual sale of trottng stock by
the Vermont Horse Stock Company will
take place at their farm in Sbelburn, June
25. Twenty-Five horses will be sold at
auction, and they are horses Of the best
blood We hope Vermont will furnish her
due share Of the bidders. For particulars
apply to L. s. Drew, Jas. A. Shedd, Bur-
lington, W A. Weed, Shelburn, executive
committee, or to the superintendent, @. +.
! Predmore.
The following patents have recently been
issued to Vermonters j. II. Martin, North
Springfield, chid's carriage; D. A. Dean,
Bethel, circular saving machine; A. X.
Bailey, Elmore milk cooler; f. Tiffany,
Bennington, knitting msChne; j. W. Smith
and @. S. Weld, Brattleboro, water wheel I;
L. K. Fuller, Brattleboro, organ case A.
s. Kimball, Bellows Falls, slate roof; A. s.
Kimball, Bellows Falls, snow pillow N. f.
Reed and j. q. Andrews North Wolcott,
rein holder; Il. Weston, West Randolph,
stocking supporter attachment.
The 81. Adams Messenger aud the Rat
land Globe have come out in favor Of Judge
Peck, of Jericho, for our next governor If
the statements these two papers have made
regarding him are true he will be elected
They assert that he is practical farmer, an
honest, upright man, and Que who has never
sought office, nor seeks it now. II he is all
this, we repeat, he will be elected, for that
is Just such candidate as the farmers Of
Vermont want to see in the gubernatorial
chair, and the vote of the people of this
state who are principally agricuturists, is
going to decide this election, instead of let
ting it 60 by default as has been done before
now.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Lewis Godette stole watch, overcoat,
&C., to the value of $40 from the house of
Augustus Daniels, where he was visiting, a
few days ago, and decamped. He was ar
rested in Pittsford, the property recovered,
and he was committed to Middlebury Jail in
default of $500 bail.
BENNINGTON COUNTY. SIS.
S. B. Hunt has sold his Improbable
shawl factory at Bennington to Philadel-
phia parties for 100000, which is consid-
erably less than il cost. and it will be con-
verified into cashmere factory.
The gas-tank belonging to Bradford 4
Co.'s knitting mill at Bennington has been
examined, aud the discovery OF three leaks
in it confirms the theory that it was the
cause of the fatal explosion in the mill, last
winter.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The ice on Joes Pond, Danvile, is foot
thick this Thursday morning
Butter brought 20 to 80 cents at Hard
wick last Saturday IA tubs were shipped.
N. H. Campbell has sold his farm in
Sheffield to Albert Allard, OF Sutton, for
$1,000.
Horse breeders should notice the adver.
tisements of Mr.. Vance and of Mr.. Stiles
in this paper.
The sugar house of George Sherburn. Of
South Wheelock, was burned on Monday
night, with about 400 buckets, boiling ap.
paratus &c. Cause. of the fire was sup
posed to be careessness in leaving the fire.
Thomas G. Clark, of Peacham, attempted
suicide on Monday by cutting his throat
with razor. Fortunately the wound was
not deep enough to be fatal, and he will
probably recover Mr.. Clark is well known
10 this and neigbboring towns as wool buy.
er, and has met with heavy losses which have
partially crazed him.
The remaining real estate of the late Rob-
ert Harvey, of Barnet, was sold on Monday
by s. G. Harvey, administrator. The two
story house at the northerly part Of the
village with about two acres of land was
sold to Enos Stevens for $3.50. The Hall
house near the grist mill was bought by
Milton Brown for $3.50 The small house
near the toll bridge, on the railroad, was
sold to NJ. ID. johnson at a reduced rate
which completes the sale Of all the real cs-
tate formerly owned by the Caledonia Man
ufacturing Co.
A sorrowful occasion was the funeral Ger.
emonies at Peacham, of Kittie, daughter
of Charles and Elizabeth Gates, which were
held at the Congregational church May IA
The Rev. Mr.. Wilde addressed large au.
dience from Job xiv: l, 2, and the many
fearful eyes showed that Mr.. Gates family
had the heartfelt sympathy of their friends
and neighbors. Kitte was a lovely glrl aud
child of much promise. The family il
truly LETT lonely as their eldest daughter
married and left home only two weeks be
fore Kittie's Heath.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Hon. VIM. Hartman, United States Con
i sui at St. Johns, p. O., died at his residenc
in Sheldon, Thursday of last week, after 1
long illness.
Q The pocket book containing $500, los
by solomon Norton, of Huntington, between
q that town and Richmond, was found by
a 6ve-years-old boy Of John Gilman, anC
; restored to the owner. The wealthy Mr.
] Norton rewarded him with whole dollar.
a man named Timothy Sullivan entere
the house of his former employer, G. A
Austin in Burlington, Que morning las
i week about clock, and went into the bed
/, room of the cook, against whom he had
grudge aud choked her until her scream
! aroused the household. He escaped.
f ESSEX COUNTY.
5 Mrs George Jones, Of Lunenburg, browne
= herself on Monday.
> Erastus Chamberlin has sold his farm a
East Concord to #, Cros7, of Waterford, TO
$500.
Wallace Steyens's house and barns u
Bloomfield were burned on Friday and tw
adopted children, three and five years ole
, persisted. Mrs. Stevens was in the dwell
\ ing, but the smoke and flames prevented he
from, rnnnhinn the childran Ennr oxen