Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-07

Notes About Town.
That California excursion has bust

Mrs. DIR. Fairbrothor and daughter and
George Hopkins started for California, We'd
nesday morning.
John Scott was subpenaed in the prose-
CutiOu Of Poland for selling liquor but thought
best not TO attend court. 1t cost him $40
TO stay at home.
We have had occasion once or twice re-
Gently to get work done at Lonergan's, and
found his prices as reasonable as anywhere
else in the village, if not more so.
Read W. l.. Swett's ad of eggs for hatch
ing. Mr.. SWEET has had excellent success in
the chicken business and can be relied upon
every time for what he promises.
Two cases of Stones smallpox already,
one at the Universaist church and one at
the Summervillo school house. The CGledo.
3ian Office don't seem to have been affected
by it.
E. L. Hovey has sold the house he lives
in, in Summerville, to j. Dana, of Lyndon.
Hovey has also got house up and covered
which he is building for Joseph Hill on the
lot Hill recently bought Of him.
The Free Baptist church is to stand on
the west part of the lot, facing Main Steet,
the parsonage being moved back to the cast
side of the lot and facing Prospect Street.
The church will be 42x70, of wood, with
brick basement.
DR.. Browne says there is no truth in the
rumor that he proposed to remove to Cow
ansville, p. Q. He received a letter signed
by large number of the best men of Cow
Rnsvile requesting him to 60 there, but pre-
fers to remain in st. Johnsbury.
1t seems that young Seott's claiming the
umbrella that was found where the thieves
entered Poland's saloon last week was mere
ly Jest. The umbrella was stolen from Mr..
Kirk nearly year ago, probably by the
same parties who broke into Poland's.
Who is the man that is going to make a
fortune and benefit the village by putting in
= bath room with hot and cold water where
the tired and dusty worker can luxuriate in
refreshing bath when the labor and sweat
ing OF the day are over, BY the payment Of
a small sum u
We understand the county judges have
decided to enclose the court house yard with
q neat fence; also to make some repairs up
on the building. We believe the town voted
year or two ago to have a suitable fence
about the monument, and we presume all the
fencing will be done up this spring.-Cale-
DOMAIN.
George Moore, of Monroe Plain, was up
here Saturday evening and, in company with
Edison p. Moore, of this village, succeeded
in hiding quantity Of tangefoot within his
vest. The two then rambled happily about
the streets for awhile, amusing themselves
by placing distractions on the sidewalk
overturning barrels removing signs, &C.,
until about half-past eleven policemen Ward
and Porter had an interview with them
After lively skirmish George Moore was
braceleted and led to the stone house on
Cherry Street. Edison p. made no resist
ance. Monday George paid IS and costs
for disturbing the peace. George swore he
got drunk on Plantation Bitters.
For village of about 1000 inhabitants St.
Johnsbury doesn't make very poor show
ing as to number of church members The
following are about the figures Roman
Catholic church, 756 members, (about 100
ofthem noD-residents) South Congregation.
al church, 301, {72 of them united last Sun
day.; North Congregational church, 260
resident members; Methodist church, 225 ;
Universaist church, As; Free Baptist
church, 107, having more than doubled since
January Advent church, AZ; Calvinist
Baptist church, 81. Besides these there are
a number Of other denominations including
Episcopalians in such numbers that they
talk quite seriously of building church be-
fore long. There are also the greater part
Of the 500 or so who have recently made
profession but have not as yet united with
any church.
What gripes the sanctimonious Caledonian
crowd over at st. Johnsbury must have these
days Jerry Drew has bought the up town
hotel, the local house of "high st Johnsbury,"
and George B. Walker, Of Lyndon, one of
the especial bete aoirS of the Pharisees, is
To keep it. Some time since the CaLedonian
smiled when it was thought that Mr.. Walk
er was going into the Avenue House, and
how much greater must be its agony now
that he is to have the hostelrie on "the
Plain" But Mr.. Walker has a way of
keeping good hotel, if he is not in favor
with the IL am holier than thou" sort Of
people, and will doubtless continue to stand
well with those who stop with him.-ArguS.
Wrong Mr.. Atkins. Walker has become a
fixed fact, and "Plain man" to boot, and
the organ thinks him better man than it
did.
The Universalist "spellin' bee'' and sugar
party last Friday evening was quite sue
cess. Fifty persons stood up. II. g,
Bates flung the words at them, and the spell.
ing book in use in the common schools was
used, with Websters Unabridged in reserve
In case Of dispute. The prizes were box
of alphabet blocks to the one missing the
first word, silver cup to the best speller,
which Mrs. John A. Marshall won, and a
copy of the "Life of Livingston" to the sec.
ond best, which was won by Mrs. N. NJ
johnson The following we're the words
misspelled Chagrin, champagne, inAiction,
discretion, fictitious, suspicious, declension
profession, camphor, discern, whimsical, sI.
emplify, exhilarate, existence, falchion, HON.
eopathy laudanum, odious, miscellany ,sched.
ule, transferable, ascension, chieftain, LADY.
rinth, avordupois, leisurely, untirable, and
laboratory.
The spelling match at Summervile was a
most decided success. The three prizes cost
Sl2.4O, and there was some three or four
dollars left to divide between the homeliest
man and the handsomest lady. The FIRST
match and prize, silver cup, was won by
Miss Emily IIuso; the second match and
prize, gold pen, by Judge N. p. Bowman
the third match and prize, ady's portemon.
naie, by Mrs. Doine. The handsomest lady
and the homeliest man among the spoilers
were decided on vote to be David Morrison
and Miss Belle Owen. -Four hundred word
were given out and ilty-two of them were
spelled wrong. The latter were the follow
ing soliloquy, synagogue, cuirass, Cincin
natl, Connecticut valiant, elliptic, labyrinth
inaugurate, vagaries, hearken, polygamous