Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-02-12

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across the forehead. Some Of his pupils
however, were inclined to disagree with him.
The discussion was a little too much for the
gravity Of the occasion and the subject.
Stephen Richardson Of Columbia, N. H.,
lecturer Of the New Hampshire state grange,
will deliver a lecture at the vestry at Lower
Waterford, next Tuesday ct one O'Clock, p.
NJ
The sugar house belonging to Mrs. Tilden,
together with 300 sap buckets, sap holders,
two sugar pans and heaters, double sleigh,
&C., were consumed by FIRE last week. Fire
originated from ashes deposited in wooden
vessel.
The house and horse barn of George w.
Cars farm in Waterford were burned Thurs
day morning, the fire originating from a
stove pipe passing through the ceiling. Loss
about $4,000 insurance Sl400.
Henry Stanton has sold his store at North
Danvile to Calvin Woodland, NJ. d., Of
Danvile. Price $1,000. The doctors son
is putting in large stock Of new goods.
Charlie means business.
Henry f. Estabrooks, recently in trade at
North Danville, on the 9th inst. suddenly
packed up aud removed his entire stock Of
goods to where2 RumOr says st. Johusbury.
Con.
The Argus says, in its Hardwick items,
"a Mr.. Ira A. Shattuck, the enterprising jew
elsr has rented rooms over his store, aud is
furnishing them in good shape. What does
it mean, lra2" Just as if everybody hadn't
known for months.
We hear that one Paquin, blacksmith
from Cabot froze TO death Saturday night in
his sleigh while going from Danville to West
Danville. Another report says he did not
freeze but died at home the next day, and it
rs thought his exposure had something to do
with it.
A St. Johusbury physician got stuck in a
snow drift, the other day, and wended his
way to the nearest house, half mile distant,
for assistance. The charitable occupant
would not leave his cheerful Preside because
" it was out of his district" We don't say
that is the meanest man on record, but he is
one Of them.
John q. Dolloff, of Burke, was endowed
with more than ordinary musical talent Ac-
cordiugly, the stone that marks his final
resting place was quite appropriately in-
scrlbed:
| lie sings no more on earth,
But sings in Heaven.
But some wicked wag has added the follow
ing:
| You can't most always tell,
| Perhaps this Dollof sings in hell.
The meeting Of Rising Sun Grange on the
evening of the 4th, at +. Vance's, North
Dauville, was a success the officers were du-
y installed, aud good supper was enjoyed.
Notwithstanding the severity of the weather
good number were present, Bro. Ingalls,
and wife, of Harmony Grange, Lyndon,
making their way through the storm. Some
came on snow shoes, and others with teams
through the drifts, showing that the grange
has some live members The spirit Of reform
has started in the grange, and let us put our
shoulder to the wheel and help it on. Let
US stick to the cash principle, and to that
soclability, integrity, and true manlness
which are among the planks Of our platform
The next regular meeting OF this grange will
DO at the same place Wednesday evening,
Feb. II, at 6P. NJ. All members OF the
grange are requested to be present Bro.
Lawrence is expected to be at the meeting,
and Grand Master Cotton has been invited
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Winooski claims to be the banner manu-
featuring town in the state. Its wooden
mill alone employs over FIVE hundred aud
twenty operatives. In all nearly nine hun
dred people find employment throughout the
year. ...
ESSEX COUNTY.
Hiram Whipple, of Tnkersville, has sent
us an egg measuring st by inches 10 cir
conference, and weighing four ounces. We
suppose the hen that laid it weighs but two
ounces and half, though deponent saith not.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
George II. Saxby has purchased the Allen
House, johnson, of Mr.. Sherwood.
Earle has got another 6t of calling names
No wonder it's sickly in Lamoille County,
with Earle's filthy slime Oozing out from the
Morrisville sanctum once u week.
Truman Tillotson. a member of the lodge
of Good Tcmplars at Belvidere, has been i'll
and on the LIST Of February the Templars
and neighbors made bee, and hauled, cut
and split eight cords of good body wood for
him. The wood was given standing by
james McCuin.
A funny story is told Of two Lamoille
County farmers who are not grangers They
induced their wives to join aud report, be.
fore they would commit themselves. Now,
while they will, they cannot two blackb Ills
greet every application. Meanwhile, the
wives go regularly and triumphantly to ev-
cry grange meeting, and the men stay at
home, tend babies, and wonder what they do
at the grange, anyhow.
The following is the programme for the
meeting of the board of agriculture at JEFF
fersonvie, Feb. l6 and II. Tuesday af-
ternoon. Address of Welcome, by Dr. r. l..
Flagg, Jacksonville; What Our Farmers
Want, by Henry Smile, Cambridge Does
Farming Pay ? by VIM. Melendy, Jefferson.
vile Intelligent Enterprise necessary to
success in farming, by Miss Carrie =. Car.
roll, Jacksonville. Evening, Pleasure and
Profit of Bookkeeping, by j. g. Morse
Cambridge Manufacture Of Maple Sugar
j. NJ. Wilcox, Jacksonville; Fruit Grow.
ing in Northern Vermont, by Harmon Morse
Cambridge; Wednesday morning Swamp
Land and Muck. by Truman G. Powell, JEFF
fersonvle Grasses of Vermont, by G. G
Pringle, Of Charlotte; an address by l.. G
Sherwin, Hydepark. Afternoon, Woman
Work, by Mrs. q. NJ. Powell, Jacksonville
English Farming VIM. s. Thorp, Morris
town. Evening, Selection Of Cows for th'
Dairy, by G. s. Fassett, EnOsburgh But
ter Making, by Ira Hawley, Cambridge
Butter Dairying, by Geo. W. Powell Cam
bridge. Let there be full hail, and live
ly interest manifested in tho discussion
which are to follow every paper. Show TIL
board that there is an intelligent and wide
awake lot of farmers in old Lamoille Coun