Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
STATE NEWS,

purchase tickets at the stations, or charging
20 cents extra on the cars, requiring in such
cases, the conductors to give an excess check
which the passenger can present at any office
on the line and receive the excess fare back.
Charles Howe of Rutland is to become
master mechanic on the Passumpsic railroad.
The meeting of the Vermont Dairymen's
Association for the election of officers and
the transaction of other business, will be
held at Weldon hall, st Adams, October
9th at III O'Clock a. m. Iut
ADDISON COUNTY.
Horace Gladdug of Bristol suicided the
other day because he could not get the affec-
tions of a young lady that charmed him.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Some rogue cut the straps by which Fore
paugh's two largest elephants were tied, at
Bennington the other night, and the beasts
ate up half an acre Of potatoes and fright
ened woman half to death by Iatting her
window blinds, in the attempt to get some
apples on the window.siIl. 1t was so dark
she could not see foot from the window,
and when she opened the shutter huge
trunk was writhing about after the apples.
The poor woman fell over backward, scream.
ing "Oh, what a snake!'
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
l.. b. Goss sold his farm in Waterford at
auction to A. j. Dexter, for $4,000. He
sold fve-years-old Jersey COW to Stephen
Hastings for S1l3.50, and other stock sold
we'll. -t-ri # q. "tat 7H
o. b. Carter has bought the Eliphaet
Carter farm at West Barnet for 81 $50.
A little five years old son of William Her
rim, section man, at St JOhnsbury Center, fell
into the river last week and was drowned.
Mrs ii. S. Gates Of Peacham has sold her
farm at auction to Leonard WEIGH Of Groton,
for $4,000, and q. b. Carter sold his farm
at auction to Harrison AinswOrth for 1928
"Appropo. VI Union.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Chas N. Mead has bought the Times build
ing at Darlington of George ii. Bigelow for
81 800.
The Burlington rife company announce
a grand rife tournament on w Wednesday aud
Thursday, October 20 and 81, 1875, when
5000 will be offered in prizes.
The great lumber firm of Shepard Hal
Il Co, OF Boston, failed last week, involving
the failure OF Shepard, Davis IL Co, o
Burlington and their other branches at Og
densburgh, Montreal and Whitehall. Thei
liabilities are up among the millions.
The latest novel in the fne garden o
Mrs j II. Peck Of Burlington is fig trees
Of which she has twenty or thirty now bear
ing. They grow in the open air during the
summer and are transferred TO her cellar il
the winter, the last green fruit Of the fall re
naming on during the winter, and recon
mepcing and completing their growth IN tn
spring. ...a
Mr. N. r. Miller of Shelburne has abou
$50 apple trees, some 700 Of them in bearin
this year, from which he will harvest some
700 barrels Of apples many Of them vii
produce from four TO six barrels each Th
Rhode Island Greeuing predominates; b
considers it the best, although he has othel
varieties doing well. He ignores summer
pruning altogether, doing it in March o.
April, when the wounds will not freeze
after few days he applies mixture Of rosi
aud talloW with brush He also declare
against cultivation after the fourth year bu
Keeps u space ClcdI hIVunu hhO tlSO anu ihu
ehes and top dresses the surface once 10 tW
years. ,fuasfli dIffitf.
Considerable excitement prevails in Wi
iiston over the inhuman treatment OF be
by his parents. Selectman Horace lshma
visited the house Of Edward Hursdill, FIR
day, and found in an unfinished she
chamber his boy -four years old) con6nt
with hardly any clothing upon him. L
could not walk or talk and had every al
pearanoe of being an idiot. He was coyere
with filth and vermin, and the room ha
evidently not been cleaned for two year
80" .fsr ESSEX COUNTY. ~
Q.R.& CIV Bpss9ts saw mill at IA
Concord, burned about three o'clock, la
Thursday morning, together with all its col
tents. Loss about $4,000 insured for on
$1,000. Origin Of fire unknown. .Ia..
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The state superintendent Of educate
lectures at Westmore next Tuesday.
Potatoes bring from 70 to % cents
different parts Of the county. ~ it
A twelve years old sou Of Lester Swe
of Newport, was killed. last Thursday
hai1io thrown from loaded team, Charl