Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-01
STATE NEWS.


Boston on Saturday.
Prof NJ. Stuart Phelps, for some time
past connected with Yale college, accepts the
proIessorship Of intellectual philosophy in
Middebury college, aud will enter upon his
duties at the beginning of the winter term.
The reform school farm at Waterbury has
been sold to Russell Butler and DIR Henry
James for $500.
The new Freshman class in the Univer-
sity at Burlington thus far numbers 30, in
GLIDING one or two young ladies.
A tree standing near the Waterbury and
Bolton town line, is nineteen feet five inches
in circumference. In Lowell there was
pine tree twenty.one feet in circumference.
This tree was cut down by two men who
worked nearly all day, supposing it to be
hollow and inhabited by bees, but they found
it solid to the core, and the grain running
round and round like the twist of a rifle.
Six bee hunters sat on the stump at one time
and ate their lunch. A hollow pine near
this one was found that contained 404i lbs
Of honey, aud measured thirteen feet around
the butt.
ADDISON COUNTY.
The Central New Haven Cheese Ma MI.
featuring Co., closed their factory for the
season Sept. %, aud have sold their entire
stock on hand (some 500 boxes) for II IL
cents pound at the depot. A part Of it
has gone forward the remainder to be ship
ped as soon as it is sufficiently cured.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Any one wanting one of the best farms in
Sutton will do well to consult the advertise
ment of d. Il. Rugges in another column.
Stephen Farnsworth offers for sale splen-
did river farm, well situated.
Mrs Samuel Jackson of uardwick has
sold her farm with the crops, to Herbert
Barrett, for $4,000.
Charles Sisco of Sheffield fatted a calf on
sour milk to weigh 4S2 lbs at four months
old. He sold it last week at four cents
pound and got Sl9.2S.
Aaron Smith of Danvlle took a table,
spoonful Of oil Of vitriol, instead of medicine,
last Monday, but physician saved him.
Joel Jenkins of East Burke knows what
makes glad the heart Of the printer.
Silas Lackey has bought of Horace Brad
ley, the George Williams house and lot in
Sheffield village for $500.
4. s. Cobleigh has purchased a building
lot of Uric Burt at West B lrke and is about
to build dwelling house upon it.
There will be musical convention at the
First Universalist church, West Burke, com.
menciug Wednesday. October 9th, at 10 a
m, and continuing three days closing with
concert Friday evening Prof James Whit
ney Of Boston, conductor,
In digging grave for Mr. Eggeston at
East Burke, they disinierred daughter Of
his who was buried thirty-three years ago
Her coffin was only very slightly decayed,
and the body retaining almost its original
iorn-remarkaby well preserved.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Hon Hiram b. Smith OF Milton lawyer
died at his home on Monday, at the age o.
6lty-seven.
Edward Miner, thirteen years of age, who
had been adopted by George A. Clark o.
East Charlotte from the home for destitute
children, about six years ago, disappeared
last Thursday night and has not been seeI
since.
A detective in pursuit Of Charley Ross lii
down in Burlington the other day aud oil
Monday morning got arrested for vagrancy
but was released upon showing his papers
The boy he was watching was Master VIII
liam Boyle, seven years old, who bears .
very striking resemblance to the lost Char
10y. Mr. Ross appeared from Philadelphia
the same evening and the excitement at
tending the examination of the boz
completely broke up concert that wa
to be held at the city hall that evening 70
bis benefit.
Ellen Post, aged % years, whose friend
reside near Burlington, died at the polio
station 10 Providence, h. l., last Saturda
having been turned out Of her lodging tn
previous evening for nonpayment of rent.
Last Friday Amos Goodale assaulte
Horace May in Bolton with murderous il
d, tentOns, for the second time. t
FRANKLIN COUNTY. q
While four-year- child Of james
Fisher of st Adams was playing with pa
of wheels which had become rusted to Il
axle, the other day, the rope by which
was drawing it became wound around Il
axle and the child's neck, breaking il al
causing instant DEATH
Edward CLARK, DR., fireman on tho &c
trail Vermont, was assaulted at st Alba
last Saturday at midnight by some workm'
who jumped from behind tree and stru'
him with club, Murder and robbery W
probably intended.
ORANGE COUNTY.
O. Horace Hubbard Of Springfield, agl
cultural editor of the Vermont Farmer vi
give the address at the Bair Of the Uni
agricultural society at Tunbridge, Oct. Ia
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Shipments from Barton station for b
Yeak ending September 25 one car calve
One cur cattle one car hogs two ca
sheep one car box boards three cars CHI
aloaL q. ro,,r oa,.a lun,hhr n 7TI H. L.tt,