Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-13

and Is gradually eating its way towards her
body. The flesh on the foot is nearly gone
and the ulcer is at work both on the flesh
and the bone. The suffering occasioned by
the sore " terrible aud the worst OF il is,
that there is no remedy. Physicians do not
dare to resort 10 nmputation, aud are unable
to alleviate the distress or stay the prog ress
Of the ulcer. .al4lI w lE
Dea William Spencer, Of Bloomington,
lost $3.50 horse on Thursday, from getting
piece Of bone in its foot few days before.
II, Q. Bruce, Of Bloomington, has taken
a crop ofripe potatoes from piece of ground
aud has sowed the same to turnips. Two
crops from the same piece Of ground in this
climate IS rare thing.
The Orleans association Of Congregational
minister's will meet at lrasburgh August II,
at II, NJ.
The dedication of the Methodist church
at Irasburgh will be the 18th instead Of the
18th inst.
Henry Jerome, wife and four children,
started from Iowa with three horses, driving
two and leading one, aud arrived at North
Troy last week Tuesday, having been 81
days on the road.
A number Of the ladies of Newport, last
week organized society to be called the
Newport Benevolent Society" Its funds
will be expended in aid Of the Baptist
church and such objects as may be deemed
most necessary.
Ashbe Grow, Of Charleston, found several
bushels of clean snow under a pile of muck
and had party with sugar on snow, the 9Th
inst
The Derby Line bank has put a chronom.
eter lock on its vault.
The end Of a scantliug sticking up from
the roadside near Beebe Plain, overturned a
carriage containing two ladies' causing the
breakagc Of an arm, .-..l
CIV Morse has sold his farm of lO7
acres at Newport Center, together with eight
cows, farming tools &c, for $3.50.
George King, 25 years old, at Holland,
in carelessly taking up a loaded double bar
relied gun, got heavy charge Of shot in the
back part Of his neck, and physicians think
there is little chance for him.
The farm buildings of l.. w. Warner
near East Hardwick we're destroyed by FIRE
July 81. Nothing of much value was saved.
The barn was large and well filed with hay
and partly owned by q, w. Staples. War.
ner had 81 500 insurance, and Staples $500 /;
origin of fire unknown.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The trial of Rev G. w. S. Porter of the
Weybridge Methodist Episcopal church for
adultery with Miss Hattie Allen, one Of his
household, occurred on Tuesday, Miss Allen
making clean breast Of the whole affair,
and so convincing the church of its pastors
guilt that warrant was issued for his arrest =,
aud he was held in 81 900 for trial at Dandy,
August H.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The chair stock mandatory belonging to
j. Farnum, at So Londonderry, was totally
consumed by FIRE on the 2nd inst The FIRE
is supposed TO have been incendiary.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Ziba Plumley, formerly Of Shrewsbury,
died in state prison August 3. He was
sentenced for life in 1869 on a charge Of
mansaughter, the murdered man being
George Gilman. Two Of his sons we're sen.
fenced at the same time one for manslaughter
and the other for murder. The first was
par1oned out and the latter is still in prison,
his sentence to be hung being committed to
state prison for life.
John Vaughan, of Pomiret, an old man
of respectable family, has been arrested and
held in $4,000 bonds for trial, for setting
FIRE to the barns of Il. J. Skinner Of Wind
sor.
Peter ,Iohnson's barn at Norwich was
struck by lightning, Wednesday night, and
consumed with its contents, and, soon after,
fire broke out 10 the town, supposed to be
incendiary, which destroyed ODDS store,
Rurnham''s photograph gallery, browns gun
store, Hatch's shOe-store and the post Office,
part Of ODDS goods being about all that was
saved loss $4,000.