Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08
CHlTrENDEN COUNTY.

while lot of factory sold for BIC. n cheese,
farm diaries sold at 81 to lOc sage at l04c.
The bass and pickerel in Lake George think Of
calling meeting to formally express their graft
tude to Seth Green for the 10000 young trout
which he planted there. The trout are nearly all
gone; and every little while hungry pckerel puts
his head out of the water to see if Seth is coming
with more.
The change of yesterday to north wind and
cooler air came as relief to the longest and
stcadiest " heated term " that we remember IN
many year in Burlington. AS general thing
after four five days of hot weather, we can rely
on change here between the mountain ranges;
but no w-for sixteen days-from the 9TH to the 23d
of August the wind blew steadily from the SOUTH
when it blew at all, and the daily means ranged
fIom 7Oa to 1S, the mercury being up to 800 almost
every day, and from that up to So by the Their
mometers of The signal station. We think this has
had no recent precedent, at this point.-Burlington
Free Press, of the oath.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. Johnsbury is soon to have Directory.
Tie ST. j ohntLury House is offered for sale
The Congregational society of Lyndon has called
Rev Mr.. Bennett of Andoyer.
The commission of Charles p Carpenter rs
postmaster St. Johnsbury was signed at Wash
ington, Saturday.
Da vid Davis of ST. Johnsbury, instead of having
been murdered in the woods at Danville by TRAMP
Monday, is alive and well.
The Merchants National Bank of St. Johnsbury.
was on Thursday, authorized to commence busin-
ess, it'll a capital of $4,000.
p. A. vinton, of Kirby. has a crab-apple tree on
which there apples on one part and blossoms
on another and has both even on the same limb.
The state convention of the Universalists Of st.
Johnsbury has resolved against a division of
schoolfunds among various religious denomina-
tiOns.
LAMOlLLE COUNTY.
W. A. Tennev, Of Morlisvillc, has been secured
to take charge of the high school at Stowe.
OTIS Stearns is building factory johnson for
the purpose of making the famous MoIlton tub
ing.
Rev. Curtius Strong of Kalamazoo, Mich, after
an absence of forty years has returned to visit his
friends at Cambridge.
A Mrs. Donahuc, of Jacksonville. and five child
were recently poisoned from eating the mix OF
u sick COW. Prompt medical aid saved the lives of
all except the youngcs, child, year and a half old
which died after thirty hours sickness.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Vermont Central examination at st. Adams
has been adjourned 10 September >. The bond
holders Lave been putting IN their side this week
aui are not through yet.
young seal Is kept in GOV. Smiths fountain
basin at st. Adams. He furnishes the folks with
no end of entertainment by dealing with the fish
given to him for ooi US cat does with a mouse,
but he makes lots of trouble by escaping and al
taxi in tap I'm n fhp q the
nearest salt water whenever he can.
Mr.. Jed Hyde 4 farmer residing in East Gecr
gia in attempting the laihoad track at
Milton Falls Thursday morning, was struck by
freight train, and seriously if not fatally injured
His horse was 90 badly injured that it WAS shot to
end It's misery and his wagon made a com
plete wreck. Mr.. Hyde was thrown number of
feet. striking upon his head and shoulder, cutting
them on the rail in A frisht!ul manner.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Nathan Miner, n young man employed IN the
Wells River station, missing with 500 belong
ing to the railroad and 80 to the express com
pany.
Erastus Baldwin, Of Wells River. picked his
seed corn for the coming year. Aug. 2lst. Mr.. l..
II. Jones, of Paddock village, picked his the 10Th
of August, just ninety days from planting.
Recently the dead body of a man was found in
the of Newbury, In the water just below
Dodge's Falls. The body evidently that of
a man well advanced IN years, had been il the wa
ter several days, and was badly dccomposed.
There was nothing found on it by which il could be
Unidentified.
The house and barn of r W. Hadlock. situated
the line of the Montpelier and Wells River Ra H.
road in Wells River, caught fire by sparks from the
L..
morning and were entirely destroyed with most of
the contents; insured in the Vermont Mutual for
eight hundred dollars.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
They having sugar parties in Morgan and
plenty OF clean snow for the purpose.
VIM. Horn, Craf1sbury pauper. wants to die
and refuses food, drink and medical aid.
Some of the Orleans county towns have had
quite heavy fros,s, during the past few days.
On Friday evening, 9Th, of the Haywood
Chair Co s dry houses. Barton burned.
Loss $500.
Rev. W ii. Reid, of Greensboro, has been le-
lieved from further minis terla duty for unminste-
rial conduct
David Colburn of Craitsbury recently hit his eye
with the end Of tug and the entire inside imme-
tllatey ran out
young m an named Nultng in Westmore
fooling with pistol last week, when one of the
balls got loose and lodged in his leg.
Mrs. Maria Horan's barn at East Albany
struck by lightning the 10th, and consumed,
with all of this years crop of hay and lot OF
turkeys and geese.
Last week d. E. Newton, Of Lowell went cutting
brush, his AK glanced, cutting a deep cash in the
Eno hnp nyt yhil Ia 1pp1
in the same business:the AK glanced the other way.
splitting the knee pan of the other leg.
title son of L. Grow, of Bloomington, went in
to n pasture last week to catch horse when he
was kicked in the face smashing the skull over the
right eye and breaking off five teeth. the boy is
doing we'll and will probably recover.
Lake Memphremagog has started Il sea serpent not
to be behind the times 1t chased fisherman ashore
and chewed up his boat, in wrath, at not being able
to chew up the owner. The story is gravely told!
and we are assured that the fisherman is temperate
and strictly reliable.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Mrs. Louis Oliver, the Rutland vocalist, has &C
ccpted Encouragement with :hc Camilla Urso
concert company for the fall and winter season.
The Advent society ofCastleton have called Rev
s. e. Matthews son of Worcester, Mass.
Diphtheria and typhoid fever are alarmr gly Ii
the increase in Rutland County.
There are twelve inmates of the Rutland county
iail four of whom are women
In Rutland, Saturday evening the police arrested
one Michael Daley, but the friends of the latter
rescued the prisoner, and for time riotous pro
ceedings were lively
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Alarge derrick usel in LAYING the foundations
of the new pulp MILL which is being built
in Bellows Falls by the Fall Mountain Paper
Company, fell with great force Friday afternoon.
A large number of workmen were employed near
it at the time, and three four were injured by
the fall. Two, named John Savage and Michael
OIstrien, were very seriously hurt. thou gh it is
hoped not fatally, the extent of their injuries not
being ascertained yet. Had it not been for the
derrick striking rock in its fall large number
must have been killed.
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