Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-09

venient TO be in two places At one and the
same time.
The ladies' of Barnet Village, held their
annual ice cream, and strawberry festival,
on Wednesday evening. There were a good
ly number present, and the receipts, tho not
SO large as usual, we're quite satisfactory.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Capt. N. l.. Dunlap had a leg broken, on
tho 25th ult. by a log rolling upon him.
The strawberry Festival at Town Hall at
West Concord, Saturday evening, was well
attended, net receipts $50.
Some items received from West Concord,
sent perhaps with good intentions, are omit
ted because they tell no important news aud
contain a little malice. We always want
the news but do not want personal attacks. Z
Fred Wetherby, Of Concord, a boy twelve
years old, was thrown from a carriage last
Monday. His foot caught in the wheel
which turned him over several times before
it let go. II only famed him a little.
James Savage, Of Augusta Maine, the con.
tractor on the p. Il 0. railroad has a good
force at work on the road, and expects soon
to have 200 men at work which will ensure
the speedy completion Of the grading.
FRANKLIN N
The st. Adams weekly Advertiser has
been discontinued and a semi-weekly, printed
Fridays and Tuesdays, takes its place.
The tornado Of june "a, did great damage
in Enosburgh. 1t demolished two large
barns for Mr.. Perkins, killing one COW and
seriously injuring Thomas Rookie. Sixty
rows had just been MIXED and turned out Of
the barns. His damage was about $4,000.
The wind then destroyed a barn Of Mrs.
Rushford and an old house on the Upper
farm, and tore up 20 apple trees for Mr..
Myette, moved two of his barns from their
foundations, and then moved down a strip
of John Heads woods 10 to 10 rods wide
and so rods long.
Complaint has been entered that in print
ing the item in the last FARMER about MIR.
& Mrs. Norton's crystal wedding, we did not
give sufficient prominence to the presents,
which were very nice glassware aud some
thirty-six pieces in number. The trouble
arose from condensing the article so as to
get it into the space we had for it. In
regard to the mistake in the date, which
should have been the 18th, we only say that
the greatest paips are taken TO ensure cor
r~ectness and such mistakes Can seldom hap
pen if the copy sent is correct and tolerably
plain.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Prof. Perrigo, Of the johnson normal
school, is going to New Haven, in Addison
county, where he is to take charge of an
academy and preparatory school.
At the examination, FIVE persons gradua-
ted from the Johnson normal school, o. s.
Cleveland, Newport, Bertron A. Hunt,
johnson, Iia Durham, Milton, and Nellie
j, Works, Lowell.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Fred, a seven year old son Of Mr.. Robert
McAllister, OF West Ncwbury, was drowned
a few rods below the upper dan in Waits
River about 5 o'clock "wednesday afternoon.
At the last session of the Orange County
court, a divorce was granted to the wife Of
DR.. W. II. II. Howard, of West F~airlee, on
the plea o fiutolerable severity, and the Gus.
tody of their child was given her together
with Sc, 600 Alimouy.
The Orange County fair is to be held at
Bradford, the first week in Octoper. At the
annual meeting of the society; in January,
it was voted to admit TO comptition for the
paizes' exhibitors from all parts Of the
United States and Canadas, and stock is ex-
pected from some of the best breeders in
Canada.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Some old gold miners claim to have found
gold and silver in Craftsburv.
Mrs. Edison King, ofLowell, gave a party
last Friday and had sugar on snow.
David Simpson, of Greensboro, is moving
for a new hearing in his liquor case.
Craftsbury has laid out about three hun.
bred dollars this year to fix up tho common
j. w. Phillips has built a house on Jay
Peak for the accommodation Of pleasure seek
ers.
George M. Robinson has purchased tn,
Wilson Stoddard farm in Westmore fol
S2200.
Adelbert Powers, of Lowell, was almost
killed by being thrown from q horse las
Saturday.
Mrs. T, j. Rartwell, of North Troy, hal
had her eyesight restored by the removal o
a cataract, by an oeulist 10 Boston.
The next annual fair of the Orleans Fai
Ground Company will be held at Barton
Sept. Ii, Is and 10.
DR.. l.. G. Moore, of North Troy, lost hi
medicine trunk the other day and be fore h
found it his patients had all recovered.
Two hundred seventy -four tubs Of buttel
were sold at North Troy, on Friday at % tC
25c per h.. From $4,000 to $4,000 wer
paid out by the buyers.
Harvey Bennett has returned to Crafts
bury aud is building a house and barn on tn
site of the old one, which was struck b.
lightning last year.
At Troy on the 9th ult., a son of G. W
Abells got caught by the neck in a windov
aud was nearly dead when discovered. Nils
Emma Smith discovered him and let hir
down.
The corner stone of the new Catholi
church at Newport will be blessed on III
18th inst, at 2 o'clock p. m, by Bishop l
) d. Goesbriand, of Burlington. There vii
be sermons in French and English.
The sugar house of Timothy Batcheldel
t of Greensboro, with $50 buckets and othe
. sugar tool 5, were burned last week. Los
$500 insured for 5000. Origin of fir
| unknown.
The house of Guy Rowell, of BartoI
came near burning last Saturday. A fello'
undertook to arouse another by throwing
I fire cracker at him, but it only set the be
t on fire and was all ready to go when discoN
; cred.
: Excellent weather for weeds So though
J Mr.. William Weed, of Lowell, last Thur
day, when he was presented with two littI
Weeds, increasing the humber to hve-a
less than five years old.
: In Lowell the religious interest is sti
kept up. Meetings almost every evening