Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-18
State Ne,rs.

ing the past year.
Samuel rubbs Of Guilford. died the
9th of January, from the effects of fall
on the ice the week before.
Thomas Hoose of Burlington. dropped
dead in the street recently, ut the corner
Of King ard Battery streets.
\ four year old daughter of Mrs VIM.
Clark of Underhill was fatally burned
by the explosion Of kerosene lamp. the
other day
The Grand Trunk train from Montre-
al ran over four years old child. named
Sweet. at Island Pond. fuestlay of week
before last. and cut off both its legs
The legality of the Central Vermonts
rule requiring fifteen cents extra from
passengers who do not pay before enter
ing the cars, will soon be tested in the
Courts.
Douglass Bruce of st. Adams. Il col
ored man, was arrested Tuesday of week
before last. on charge of abusing his
wife who Is white woman. In default
of $500 bail. he was reman!cd TO Jail.
Two weeks ago last Saturday night
Willie Paradee of .Jericho. died sudden
~ of heart disease He retired as usual.
and an hour afterward sprang up in bed.
uttered groun and expired.
!. W. Rcisden of Hyde Park, had a
valuable horse stolen from him in Hol-
land. while stopping for the night at
farm house Aonzo Scribner has been
arrested on charge of being the thief.
John Langley of Morrisvlle, a boy
about 2 years old. has strange appe-
tite few days ago he swallowed 10
nickel cents, and day or two later he
swallowed Il jackknifc 2 inches in
length Citizen.
solomon Stowe of Morrisville. caught
in trap. one day last week, monster
| hen hawk, measuring three feet and sew
en- inches aud Il half from tip to tip of
its wings We did not know that these
fowls stopped here in the winter Cit
i1eH.
Ten gentlemen and eighteen ladies
received State certificates for FIVE years.
and four gentlemen and two ladies re-
/ ceived certificates for fifteen years. at
the recent examination of the State Nor
NAL School at Randolph.
1t is said that during the recent prev
alence Of the small pox at Burlington
ab"ut which the papers have been very
quiet-nine persons out of twelve who
were vaccinated have died. though the
virus seemed to work we'll in every case.
Within the last two years, the whoop-
ing cough. humps, measles. scarlet fe
Yer, chicken pox, canker rash, Dutch
measles and itch have prevailed in La
moille county. The last named disease
was introduced by A. A. Earle of the
Citizen.
Ezra Gates Of East St. .Johnshury,
was Iun over in the street, two or three
weeks ago, by horse driven in care
less manner. and received injuries which
soon resulted i'll death Mr. Gates was
the old miller at East It. Johnsburv,
having lived there thirty four years.
There is larger water area in the
State IN proportion to its size than any
other state in the Union. There are Il.
3i5 acres covered by lakes and ponds
OF 90 acres or more each. and an effort
Is to be made to stock them with black
bass. salmon. halibut and white fish.
The St, Adams butter market. last
tuesday. was dull, and prices about the
same as last week. We quote winter
made at twenty to twenty five cents. for
common to fair. and tweuty-eight to
thirty cents for medium to good. Fall
made. thirty to thirty five, aud selections
thlrty-seven cents.
A few days since. Bella Hastings fam
lily OF st. Johnsbury, was increased by
the addition of an : pound girl. and a
short time afterward Bella ordered us to
stop his Union. But after convincing
hun that We were not to blame about 1t.
he smiled peacefully and concluded to
let his Union run Union.
The surveying party of the Burlinc-
ton and Lamuille Railroad met with
some difficulty in finding suitable TO-
cation for the road between Jericho and
Onderhlll. but finally after laying out
three lines, an entirely practicable route
was found. which will make the distance
greater but much easier.
Mr.. Frank Fogg recently cut a large
maple tree III eathersfield. which meas
ured II feet IN circumference where cut
oft and about 50 feet in length. 1t re
CURED half days labor of himself and
two others to cut it down ard saw off
the first log, and it measured fully six
cords when worked into the form of cord
wood.
The twenty-6tth annual meeting of
the Vermont State Teachers Association
Will lie held at Academy Hall, st. Johns
bury. on Thursday and Friday, Jan. II
and -. Return checks will be furnish.
ell over the Connecticut and Passumpsic
railroad. Montpelier and Wells River
railroad, Portland and Ogdens burg rail
road, and South Eastern railroad. The
Central Vermont railroad reduces r;to.
twenty five per cent.
Asa Low, prominent paper manu-.
facturer and business man of Bradford
died Oh the 9th aged eighty. Mr. Low
has been resident of Bradford for more
than lfty Years. and was widely known
as paper manufacturer. which business
he carried ON for nearly that length Of
time At one time great part of the
village was under his control, he having
had a large store and Touring mill il,
connection with his paper mill The
lrotter House. and much other valuable
real estate, was also owned by him. The
locati"n aud building Of the Connection
and Passumpsic Rivers railroad, on the
Vermont side Of the Connecticut river
was largely due to his efforts and inau.
ence. and for nLauu 49,. L