Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-08-11

riycn 5000 10 aid In building the vermont mp
list academy, at saxton's River.
In. FRANKLN BOND, Of Cornwall, has taken
,ne hundred and twenty-five pounds Of strained
honey FROM one hive this summer
Tnr post-o6cc at vergennes was robbed on the |
glt Of the 9TH, Of $40 in currency aud other
property, the whole amounting to s1 No clue |
10 the burglars.
Mn. WILLIAM c. LANowoRTuy well-known
furniture dealer Of Middlebury, was recently CON
yeycd to the Vermont asylum, at Bmitlehoro' Ills
insanity was induced by protacted and serious
illness
O. p. MEAp, Of Middlebury, has q new pump in
his well that will throw water fifty feet in height
without the aid OF hose. It's operation Is easy and
its construction is simple. It is the invention OF
Oryis Grover, Of Salisbury
A PATTY Of ruflians few evenings since made
an attack ON the residence Of Mrs. Fanny CAS-
well oi Ripton destroying nearly all the glass In
the windows, because Of her opposition to having
a liquor agent appointed in town.
TuE city Of vergcnnos is to be seaport
worthy the name when the government dredging
on lower otter Creek is completed. The spilcs
are being driven for new dock, which Is being
built by the vergennes Water Power Company
wA1ruAM is the smallest town in Addison
county, and claims that her farms are among the
best and her farmers the wealthiest. She has no
lawyer, clergyman, other profess
siona men, no post-ofllce, liquor agency, orgmnge
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
THE Vermont Galette office, Bennington is ad-
yerised for sale
DEuwoop CEMETERY, Manchester, is said to
be the most beautiful in the state.
ruERE was slight frost at Remington Center
ON Tuesday morning Of last week
onrrrESDES COUNTY
THf large lumber house Of L. u. Eddy, Of Bur
nngton, ia now engaged in filling single order
for one million feet Of dressed lumber.
WILLIAM NICHOLS Of Richmond, aged eighty
seven years, went to his barn to tie bull up, ON
the 81 inst, and was found soon after, having aT-
pareutly been killed on The spot
As unknown large white bird appeared at Col
chester. July I'D. Spectators thought It's hight
al. It stood ou the s,nd Was four feet and that It,
breadth, FROM tip to tip, was ten feet It walked
slowly mp the beach with q stately tread looking
down right aud left, now and then thrnstng IT,
long neck down, ~ il to gobble up some frog
clam or fish for its breakfast ls tracks were a
foot apart
FRASKLiS coUSTY.
THrRg Is a French Canadian named Burno liv-
ing near St Albans, who is claimed to be one hun
drcd and eight years old, and is still active, and
spends most Of his time in fishing
A. SEW Methodist Episcopal church 9. in process
OF erection at St Adams Bay 1t is TO be sub
stantial brick building fifty by thirty-siH, with a
basement The foundation is laid, and the brick
woil, well begun 1t is hoped by fall to have the
basement ready for occupancy.
JoHN MURRAY, a lad Of eleven years, who re-
sides in st. Adams, while bathing in Steven +
brook, at the iron works, some days since, took a
dive from the bank and as he entered tie water
struck against sharp-rointed stone, which cat a
deep cash four inches in length, In his abdomen
A YouNG man OF st. Allans, named Harry NJ.
Hilton, head cutter In Sopers tailoring establish
ment while ON pleasure excursion To South
Island. ON the Sth inst, ,entured out upon the
lake alone in small slda, which earsired, and
he was drowned The body has not been recoy
cred.
GRASD ISLE COUNTY.
Anou1 one thousand pounds Of wool have beer
sold In Grand Isle for forty cents per pound.
LAMorILE COUNTY
MoiiHlsymLE camp-meetns begins Monday
August Ii.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Wild animals have destroyed most Of the poul
try on the road north Of Randolph.
Ar Bradford live man and wife who wsr,
born on the same day and bore the same surname
before marriage.
TnE managers Of the Orange County Agricul
the best handsomest and smartest babies oi
exhibition.
HAYDEN T. SHAPES tannery, near West Ran
dolph, was nearly consumed By fso, on the Oh
instant. loss, $4,000, insured Mf sharpe
dwelling was saved by the prompt arrival Of IN
fire department from the village
TuE Orange county fair is to be held at Brad
ford, the first week in October The society hav
voted to admit exhibitors from all parts Of Tn
United States and Canadas to competition 10
prizes; stock is expected from some Of the bes
breeders in Canada
MEssrs AMAzIH WHEuIocK, Of Cambridge
T. II. Shattuck, OF watersille, and samuel Beld
Ing OF Johnsoa, have been appointed By the cour
as commissioners to appHdso and settle the Lane
damages on the Burlington and Iamoille railroad
in Iamoille county.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
IHE new Methodist church at Irasburgh will b
dedicated August H.
SOME Harvard students went to Jay Peak, III
4. -.
forty trout
ARTHUR GILMORE Of Glover, fell upon hi
scythe last week, nearly seyerng his leg at II
knee Joint.
iaMAN MAGooN eighteen years old, was visit
lug his uncle, James Magoon, Of Troy last week
when he commenced bleeding at the nose Tn
bleeding continued without cessation for severn
days, finally resulting in death
RUTLAND COUNTY
NINE miles and sixty-six rods OF railroad trac
in Castleton.
HARMON CLARK, Of Rutland eghty-iour year
old, moved half an acre OF grass In Just tw
hours, recently, and wants 70 see anybody in tn
county beat 1t.
MIis, joins McDoNoUGH, OF Rutland, recent
J beat her step-dauehter so brutay that the polio
had to interfere. She burned portion Of III
child's clothing, and six dollars in money whie
she had saved
ONE Of the curiosties Of WallingfOrd il an ic
cave at the foot Of the mountain, where the mel
ing SHOWS in the latter part of winter run beneat
a huge mass Of rocks, and freezing again from
thick mass Of ice, which never mets entirely ava
An West Rutland recently, nearly three hui
dred men gathered to witness a dog-fght, but ii
dogs only played with each other and could n,
be induced to hght showing that there was moi
good sense in two dogs than in three hundred tvs,
J legged brutes.
AT Rutland, where a contract for grayeston,
for the government cemeteries Is being filed, Il
inscriptions are cut with sand blast Gastric
letters, like stencil plates are attached to Il
smooth slabs and the blast does the work so IA
that three hundred stones day are inscribed
, wISDHAM COUNTY.
MYLoS WooLEY attempted to shoot Ieyere
Phelps, at Grafton, recently, for which he wa
fined $40
| The chair stock mandatory belonging to job
, farnum, OF South Londonderry was totally col
sumed by fire on the night OF the ID instant.
REV EnESEzER DAVIS died in Whltnghan
July 2Sth, aged sxty-one years. Through life |
resided on the same farm where he was borl