Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-31

The husband and .stner was forward in the
smoking-car at the time Of the accident, and
emerged from it as soon as possible. to see
the car containing his wife and children
lying in ruins at the bottom of the embank-
ment and his joy at finding them alive can
better be imagined than described.
THE INJURED
The following Is d list VI d. persons
who received the more severe inJur'es 4.
Dion, Holyoke, Mass. injured slightly IA
head n LATTER. some place. severe cut III
head and across forehead ; Mrs. Bowdoin,
West Brookfeld. Mass, hurt internally
but not seriously John Allen. Three
Rivers, Mass. injured in head and system
shocked Mrs Hickey. Springfield. Mass.
wounded in head and face, and internally.
injuries are very serious Miss Mary Hickey,
daughter of above party, cut across face but
not seriously hurt John Hickey, the
father, slightly bruised K. b. kennlson,
Boston. injured slightly in the leg F. H.
Marshall, Boston, slightly hurt in leg.
HINEsBURGH-The Getting of the Board
Of Agriculture. Msnuf. ctures and Mining.
on the 22nd and 23rd instsnts, was held at
the town hall, and was well attended,
many farmers coming from the surrounding
towns, especially from Charlotte The
meeting was conducted under the manage
ment Of the secretary. Prof. Seeley, assisted
by Msssrs. Pringle, Hubbard, Fasset and
Smith, members Of the Board. DIR. j. +.
Miles acted as chairman with n. L. Partch,
assistant. Carefully prepared and interest
ing papers were read by Mr.. Pringie on the
potato disease" and on the ''hybrIdizing
OF wheat; by Secretary Seeley, on the re
la ton of science to agriculture; by Rev.
life; by Mr.. Fasset on the selection of
dairy cows" and by Mr.. Albert Chapman,
on "horses of Vermont" Hr. Hubbard
talked well on mixed farming" Mr..
NJ H. Hosford. of Charlotte, gave an
interesting statement of his experience in
raising cranberries. in which he stated that
he could get as much profit frOm twenty
acres of suitable land in crsnberries, as
from the best farm in Vermont. On being
questioned as to this statement. Mr.. Hos
ford added. if the conditions are favorable.
Mr.. Pringle read a paper on ''shell
mari a. a fertilizer" prepared by Henry
Miles, Of Monkt0n. in which it was stated
that there were 300. 600 cords of this mari
under Monkton pond. a specimen of which
was shown. Each of these papers and ad
dresses was followed by general question
ing and discussion of the subject treated.
so as to most completely and pToftsbly oe-
cupy all the time.
Hon. A p. Smith. OF the board, gave an
extemporaneous address on general dairy
interest, marked by its witticisms, ear
nestness. patriotism and flashes OF good
sense. lie drew picture of an oldtime,
extensive, uuscientitc. successful farmer,
with his cold stables, dilapidated buildings,
tools wintered in the fields or turned up
against the broken yard fences, and stock
bred without thought or care. He set
forth aptly and well the early rising, long
days of toll that there was not hair of
laEiness on the top of his (bald) head his
happiness, pride and Independence as he
sat at the hearth-stone with his family OF
stood at his door and looked over his large
farm and numerous herds, and could say,
all this is mine AMI also the harsssment
that attended him TO the end of his history
(as giyen) from debts unpaid, accumulat-
ing interest, and bank paper for the pay
day of which he was unprepared. Alto
gether 1t was an exceedingly enjoyable ad-
dress and gave variety to the instructive |
and profitable exei cises OF the meeting.
WmLIsTos The Rev. j. Edward Wright, |
Of Montpelier, delivered the third lecture oil
the Williston Lecture Course before an au
dience much larger than the moonless night /
and muddy roads gave promise OF, Wednes-
day evening His subject, THE bundle Of |
Habits, - presented wide field in which to |
discuss the effects OF habits physically. intel /
lectually, and morally. as also as lnheritablo |
and the refOre transmssible. Carefully dis |
as to the respOns bIlity that at |
taehes on account of habits inherited or per
soma " acquired, admitting, indeed urging. |
the consideration OF the accumulatiyo .
power the exercise of any habit, either good |
or bad, acquires his earnest appeal was /
directed u the Inherent, regal power OF the |
will to second every desire having the cor
rection OF bad or the acquisition Of good |
habits as it, aim. The lecture was inter
spersed with striking Illustrations, was clio
9uenily delivered. sad. at its close, the
lecturer was greeted with hearty APP /
plsuse which manifested the approval VI |
his audience.
The next lecture will be January 5th,
1876 BY President NJ. Il. Buekham. Subject.
The Future of Invention.
The oyster supper and social dance !
at the Cheese Factory of l. Ii. Ia
colt, Friday evening, was well atten ded IN
spite Of the inciemency OF the weather there
being about seventy five couples present
The bounteOus tables, the excellent music /
(dIscoursed by Messrs. Thomson, French and
Chase, together with the good order that
preva lied throughout the evening, render
ed the occasion highly enjoyable by all |
present
SouTH HuNrNoToS.-At the donation