Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-04-30
Vermont News.
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esburgh last week.
= Twelve persons were baptised at
the Baptist church in Burlington ON
Sunday.
- Congregational singing is now a
portion of the worship at Christ church,
Montpelier.
= The employees of the Central Yer
montshops are to commence work on the
ten hour system after May
= The paper mills of Geo Benton &
Sons of Bennington, was burned Thurss
day of last week. Loss $4,000; insu-
rance $4,000.
- Lucius Robinson is president of the
Newport National bank, at Newport,
just organized, with capital of $780,
900.
- Seven tons of maple sugar were
shipped from Jacksonville last week,
and one hundred and twenty tubs of
butter
- The Rutland Herald office took fire
early Sunday morning and considerable
damage was done, but it was extinguished
and the Herald was out promptly Mon
day morning.
- There is a marvel up in Mortified
of the generosity of man in that place,
who recently gave r. A. Milley So for
finding 5000 that he had lost and walked
ten miles to give it to him.
A Brandon boy named Grover, re-
Gently tried to initiate William Tell in
his famous apple-bow-and-arrow scene,
but failed of success and sent the arrow
into Whitmore boys eye.
= One day recently John w. Spauld-
ing of St. Johnsbury. lost a goose so
years old. 1t was given to Spaulding
by Jonathan Farr fifteen years ago, and
at that time Mr.. Farr had owned it forty
five years.
- The saw and planning mill owned
by Wilbur Ring, at Hinesburgh, was
destroyed by fire about twelve o'clock,
Tuesday night. Nothing was saved of
the mill or machinery Loss $4,000 /;
insured for 1900
Rev. L. G. Partridge has resigned
his pastoral labor in the Congregational
church in Salisbury, which he has been
supplying the last two years, and has re-
ceived call from North Bennington,
with salary of $1,000 year.
While two little sons of Willard
Sheldon of Westford were chopping the
same stick, the elder put his foot on it,
man like, to prevent it rolling, and the
younger chopped two toes, the little one
and that next it, nearly severing them
from the foot. Willie begged Johnny
should not be blamed, as it was only a
bad accident" and grieved more lest
it should prevent him from attending
school at its commencement than for the
pain the wound gave him.
- Charles Pierce, a blacksmith, in
Sutton, Caledonia county, got fish bone
stuck in the left side of his throat about
two years ago, the removal of which
has baffied the skill of physicians. He
has had cough most of the time since
and people feared it was fatal. For a
few days past his throat has been very
sore, something like quinsy sore, until
last Sunday he discovered the bone stick
ing out under and at the roots of his
tongue on removal it was found to be
an inch in length. Pierce's cough is
now improving.
According to the St. Adams Mes
senger, the dignity of the State was seri-
ously compromised at Cabot recently,
in the person of Constable. The mar
rative is as follows: John Damon, the
Constable of Cabot. visited the house of
Joseph Ainsworth, for the purpose of
putting an attachment on some potatoes
in his cellar. After Mr.. Damon had
descended the ladder, through the trap
door to the cellar, Mrs. Ainsworth soli-
loquized to herself that now was the time,
so down went the trap door and down
went Mrs. Ainsworth on it. She told
Mr.. Damon he could not come up till
he would promise solemnly not to put an
attachment on their potatoes. Mr.. Da-
mon promised, he said, "the most solemn
vow he ever promised to a woman
then she let him up the trap, striking
him severely with the fre-shovel as he
came up, over his back-sides. Mr.. Da-
mon made tracks for out of doors and
declared she was too smart for him, and
he should never dare to visit their man.
sion again.
There was sugar party at the SUI
gar camp of Mrs. Harvey Elkins, in
North Troy recently, and general invi-
tation brought out large crowd After
eating sugar enough, some of the more
jovial ones began to plasterone another's
faces and happened to put little on the
lace of Young man who took it as an
insult, and remarked that emo lady
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