Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-17
STATE NEWS.


The Green Mountain railroad gains ground
ApAoe. SD .....f
The grand lodge Of Good TemplarS meets
at Brandon. Tuesday, January IL.
The state council Of the Sever eigns of
Industry will be held at st Johnsbury,
Wednesday January 26. H,
Senator Morrill, has introduced a bill To
pay the First National Bank of st Adams
the value Of certain treasury noteB taken
from the bank iu the St Adams raid.
Gov Peck, seeing an old woman in Jeri-
cho saving wood, the other day. stopped his
horse, took of his coat aud sawed and split
enough to last her and her aged husband
for some time.
Lawyer Poland, who as judge created the
Vermont Central receivership, now assures
the courts that it is "a perpetual receiver
ship, such as is not talked about 10 the
books" 1t begins to look SO, after fourteen
years, but the Vermont papers regard the
idea as ian altogether new one 10 us."-
Springfield Republican. s s.,
The Central Vermont Railroad Co pro-
pose to build branch road from Rochester
TO Bethel, the towns responding literally
to the proposition by way of bonding Roch-
ester voted $50. 800 by vote of ZIG to 33,
aud wants to raise SIT 200 by voluntary
subscription. which seems TO be coming read
lily. II Hancock, Stockbrijge. Pitts6eld
aud Bethel do as vol accordingly, they hope
to have the road running in eighteen months.
.In BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Aurick Oressey of Woodford is said to be
q natural curiosity in that he can reckon in
his head almost any problem in mathemat-
ics though he can neither read nor write
and does not know one figure from another.
"If any person will tell him their age in
years he will almost instantly tell them how
old they are 10 minutes and seconds" says
the Free Press.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
At the auction of ID. p Kendall, 10 Shef.
6eled last Saturday, COWS sold at from S35
to s87. II, p. King bought the farm at
$3.50.
Hay is likely to be scarce in the spring.
Mrs Sarah w. French of HardWiek. re-
Gently deceased, Willsd $3.50 each to the
OOugToghtlOual OuuIou nv iAatuNlVAt Nuu tue
Methodist church at East HardWick. &
Joseph Dow has sold bis farm in Barnet
near Norrisville, to his sons b. s, and w. A.
Dow, for Sll 900, and part Of his stock
aud tools for $4,000. Mr. Dow goes West
to look around the country.
Court business has not been very exciting
the past week. In the SANDER case Of
Welch VS.. Currier, the plaintiff recovered
one cent damages and her costs. In tho
case OF Austin Corbin vs.. Groton Pond Lum-
Der Co action on $500 note, the jury
awarded the plaintiff deduction Of $780, 90
for the poor quality Of the lumber for which
the note was given. Iu Luke Buzzell VS.. +,
Q. Harrington, action on note, verdict for
defendant. Erastus Howard Of Hardwick
got a verdict against the LamOiIle Valley
railroad company Of S23S. In Morris c.
Vance vs. M, V. b. Vance of Groton, the
court ordered verdict for defendant on the
ground that plaintiffs own evidence showed
that his claim had outlawed. The case now
on trial is j. b. Darling vs.. Warren II
Smith Of Groton, action on account Th'
jury is likely to DO discharged this week.
CHITrENDEN COUNTY.
While I. Q. Naramors's teams were draw
! ing hay last week, one Of the loads caugh