Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-16

A counterfeit Eve cent piece is 10 circua-
ton. There is Just enough German silver
in il to give it metallic ring, and II IS 80
admirably executed that it will be hard 10
detect It.
The second biennial report Of the board Of
agriculture will be sent to the various town
representatives for distribution some time
this month Those desiring copies should
apply to their representatives. Other Yer
mont papers are requested 10 call attention
TO the above.
Mrs. Orren Shipman, wife Of the Dawn
Valcour community founder, has issued q
feariully and wonderfully spelled and pune
tuated circular, in which she lays tho blame
of failure to the community, which run Mr..
Shpman into debt and perverted the object
Of the society, but says that ait is now pro-
posed to rebuild tho community upon the
true principles of social life"
A meeting Of the directors Of the Bur-
lington and Lamoile Railroad Company was
held at the Van Ness House in Burlington,
on Wednesday, April 7th, all being present
except the Messrs Fairbanks, of St. Johns.
bury, and Mr.. Brigham, of Hydepark. The
contract for the construction Of the road by
Mr.. Linsley was read and discussed in de-
tail. A committee was appointed, consist
ing of President Hatch, Vice President
Parker aud Hon. George W. Hendee, who
we're to make such suggestions in regard to
the contract as might seem best and to re-
port to the president, who was authorized,
on the revision Of the contract, to execute it
in behalf of the corporation--the contract
being conditioned upon the towns Of Essex
and Cambridge rendering the aid voted by
them. The contract has been signed by the
president Of the road aud Mr.. Linsley.
Ground is to be broken the FIRST of May.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Tho town Of Lincoln has grange mum.
bering nearly ninety members, aud now an
anti-granger society Farmers club has been
organized in town. Still there is room.
Hon. James NJ. Slade, of Middlebury,
died last Saturday evening. He had been
in several public positions, was lieutenant
governor from 1856 to 1858, and was a
prominent business man.
A man BY the name Of Sterling was killed
Thursday afternoon, at Hawkins mill, in
Lincoln, by logs rolling on him. He was
pryiug some largo clapboard logs out Of the
pile, when his foot became entangled by
some of the lower logs starting aud before
he could extricate himself several large logs
rolled over and on him. He was taken out
as quickly as possible, but lived only about
30 minutes, his chest being very severely
injured.
| CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Emery Buel, of Burke, has sold his farm
to Olney Smith, for Sl4OO. He keeps his
mill.
Charles Goodrich has bought the Good
win place, Hardwick, Of his father for
$4,000.
John f. Moore, of st. Johnsbury, has
bought the Cushman place below Passumpsic,
Of VIM. f. Peck.-Cdled0nidn.
Martin l.. Billiards. sugar house, strip
for 200 pounds of sugar, aud all his boiling
apparatus, in Hardwick, were burned last
Saturday night.
About the smallest specimens of hen fruit
we ever saw we're laid by hen belonging to
John Moore, of Wells River. One of the
specimens we saw was the usual shape, and
the other was about an inch and seven
eighths long and quarter of an inch in d.
ameter.
There is talk of grand workingmen's
rally at Lyndonvile grove, the 4th Of July
We hope the Patrons apd Sovereigns will
unite with all others of the laboring classes,
and make the old camp ground ring.
At about eleven o'clock last Saturday
night Mr.. Sylvester Hollis sugar house ia
Sheffield was discovered to be on fire and i.
completely burned down, together with all
his sugar utensils except buckets, including
a set Of new pans and new arch.
Edward Randall, son of WIN. Randall, Of
Lyndon Center, STOPPING to pick up some
wood where younger brother was chopping,
Saturday, slipped aud fell under the ak, re-
ceiying a cash in the back of the heaC
which went through the skull to the brain
There are hopes Of his recovery.
Among the most important items of tn
revival may be noted the conversion Of tn,
" Passumpsic boys" who have made them
selves conspicuous in time past by going t.
st. Johnsbury and other places and getting
drunk. 1t seems strange to see them taking
part IN religious meetings, but they appea
sincere, and we believe them so. HI
maketh the wrath of man 10 praise him.
The strong man is become weak"
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
John Lynch was killed in Hollis spoo
factory at Burlington, Friday, by beinI
caught in the machinery.
The library of the University of Vermont
|
umes, and the Fletcher Free Library, in thu
same city about 5000 volumes.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
4" Mrs. b. II. NJ" Bakersfield, has sen
us very good article which we should Ink
E to print if we knew the authors real name
1t is one of our rules never to print an artl
Gle without knowing the authors name.
a A Richford druggist got badly sold Apr
LIST. A boy was sent to his store with
prescription which called for chlorate O
)" potash and pulverized loaf sugar, to be mois
:. eued with two drops Of sulphuric acid, an
i made into pills. The prescription was sigr
J. ed by A. Pril, NJ. D., and the druggi'
" proceeded to put it up. When he came
Y moistening the chlorate Of potash and loI
g sugar, the instant the acid struck it, it wei
s off like charge of powder. Thinking ther
: possibly might be some mistake, he made
|. second trial, with like result, and now
!, thinks DR.. April is fraAd.
Q LAMOILLE COUNTY.
johnson did more railroad business
March than any other station on the road.
There is a teacher in Stowe engaged
4 teach the ensuing year for 800 and pa
Of rubber boots
4 Andrew Kicker was killed by a fallir
n tree in Morristown, last Friday, and lie
v Adams just escaped Kicker leaves wi
IN and two children.
= Jacob Dodge, of johnson, broke his Il