Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-19

season. LNE. 80.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
There are several cases Of small pox at
North Troy ~ se-r-
( Next Tuesday is teachers animation
day in Orleans county.
l.. M. Shedd of Coventry broke his leg
in aighting from a carriage last week.
NJ. d. Scott Of Westmore has raised
about 5000 bushels Of potatoes the past
season. .lI. -.t,.isfu-rts--
At Newport Center, cows sold at auction
last Thursday at s25 to S35 and hay at $40
per tor. W. II hhs
Lorenzo II. MeNeal, a St Johnsbury
has manufactured 10000 bushels
of potatoes into starch 10 Westmore mill
DIR Reach of North Troy, the man impli-
Gated with Brill in firing the buildings Of
DR. Langley of Mansonville, has been re-
leased from jail on $4,000 bail. " %. %
Samuel Parker Of Lowell shot small
bear aud her cub November 5. Henry
Roberts of Wesfield shot a bear aud cub
last Saturday, and pursued another old bear
which escaped.
Mrs Chester Carpenter Of Derby died
suddenly last Thursday morning She had
been ailiug for some weeks but had not been
considered dangerously i'll. Her husband
slept in an adjoining room and as he arose
in the morning he thought she was sleeping
quietly and went to the barn 10 do his
chores. On returning and finding her in
the same position he went to her and found
that life had departed.
Amos z. Bean died at his residence in
Glover, Monday evening, November 18th,
after an illness of one, week. Tuesday the
10th was the 41st anniversary OF his marri-
age He was born, lived and died on the
farm his father FIRST purchased on moving
into town. He was one of the prominent
business men Of Glover, a man of good NOR
ais and sterling integrity, man whose loss
will be felt in the community, and very
keenly in his own family. We think his
age was about 60. gE.fFF P.
A shameful case of elopement occurred at
North Troy last Thursday. Byron Cheney
formerly of Eden, married man about 81
years of age, absconded with Mary Morse
a girl Is years old Cheney carried suit
of boys clothes to her and cut her hair
short, then left After Mr. Porter's family
with whom she lived, had gone to bed, she
put on the boys suit and took the night
train for Holyoke, Mass, where she met
Cheney. At that place Cheney bought
tickets for himself and the "boy" to Ceve
land, Ohio. They had not been caught al
last accounts.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The slate mill owned by N. r. Reed anC
occupied by j. X T. F. Fox at FairhaveT
was burned Sunday morning, with another
slate mill Of Reeds occupied BY w. Il. Dollar
4 Co., and the grist mill of the Northern
railroad was also partially destroyed; full!
insured
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Parties are at Mortified selecting monarch
naples for the keels of vessels. The frs
one sent was estimated to weight 1900
pounds.
The county agricultural society is able Il
pay its awards of premiums in full. Tn
orders have been issued and the treasurer
ready to pay them.
Montpelier voted last week to sell il
Montpelier a. Wells River railroad stock
The town owns 1000 shares which COS
100000.
The woman who calls herself the wife {
Miles, the Barre bank robber, says she ha
arranged for the $4,000 bail, and is goin
to get him out this week. .T3FfNfg
Twenty.six years ago last Octobe
George Edmund, son Of George Clark G
MorGtown, left home without his father
consent, and nothing was heard about hil
from that day until last September, when NJ
Clark had letter from him, and expec
soon to welcome him home.
On the llth inst near Montpelier junction
james Stevenson, young man from Nortf
field, freight conductor fell from the ira
and was killed, the entire train and the engiI
of an extra close behind going over him b
fore he was discovered His mother was I
her window watching for his usual sign
the waving Of a pocket handkerchief, lit
dreaming his Inangled remains lay in q
/ saloon.
! Last Friday afternoon the dwelling hou
of Frank Quits 10 Barre, five miles from Il
village and near Cutters Corner, was burn,
with nearly all Of his household furnitu
aud 300 bushels of oats. Loss over $500
Inspraneo upon house s1O0; goods $50
The fire is supposed to have caught fro
the chimney. The house aud barn we
connected together by shed, the wind biz
from the direction Of the barn and his neg
bOrs, who arrived seasonably, by great exc
ton tore down the shed aud saved the ba
when the FIRE was within twelve feet Of t
hay NOW.
IT. wINDHAM COUNTY.
A West Brattleboro boy met with
queer accident, the other day, and narrow
escaped death. A COW, in trying to no
another, missed Der object aud stuck one
her horns in the boys mouth, fracturing
jaw and badly iDjuring the roof Of bis mOu
WINDSOR COUNTY.
, Widow Hayden of Sharon has a peO
that has blossomed on the same ground s.
enty-dye years and looks good for seven
I five years longer. N+ AAaAA J
q That story that Robert Tilton, WOO
manufacturer at Cavendish, had Sl4,O
/. stolen from him at Montreal, recently, pro
E to be hoax. just as it looked on the 4
e Of it
! The December term OF the Windsor cou
court commences at Woodstock, Tuesd
December 7th Ga the docket are 26l
u cases, nine petitions for divorce, five st
Q cases aud 40 cases on the chancery dOcI
making total Of S24. 90 bn6
IT Last week an attempt was made 70 expl
!. the boiler in Deming Il Meads tannery
n Chester. A timely discovery Of the su
0 quantity Of water in ihe boiler prevented