Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-23

pane OF lass the burglars got the contents
Of two registered letters, and SIS worth Of
scrip and postage stamps.
A new national bank is soon to be organ
lied in Burlington.
The assets of the Winooski savings bank
are now s107 ,575.39, an increase for the
last six months Of over thirty per cent
ELL Barnum's creditors receive nine per
cent and Henry Barnum's two per cent on
their claims. Both Of Milton.
Burlington saw the unusual phenomenon
Of water-spout 10 Lake Champlain during
thunder storm, few days ago, which was
estimated to be thirty feet in diameter and
reached to tho clouds, and was moving slowly
toward the north.
The boating fever has broken out among
the students Of the University OF Vermont,
who have organized a rowing club, and will
procure boats and a suitable boat-house.
They might be in better business, pursuing
their studies for instance.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. William Brigham, an old resident Of
st. Adams, died Friday OF Bright's disease
of the kidneys, at the age Of 20 years.
Geo. Gregory Smith, son of ex-Gov. Smith,
of st. Adams, having been suspected by some
as being implicated in the murder Of Miss
Marietta Ball about year ago, demanded
an examination which was commenced by the
selectmen in public, on Tuesday.
LAMonLE COUNTY.
The telegraph wire along the Burlington
4 Lamoille road, has been connected with
the office at Burlington, and will soon be ex-
tended to Cambridge.
The length of the Burlington 4 Lamoillc
railroad, as surveyed, is 33 miles aud 300
rods.
@. M. Peck, of Morrisville sent ten thou
sand pounds Of wool to market last Friday.
Charles Il. Stone, who moved from Nor
risvile to Iowa year ago last spring, is
back again, aud Newton w. Wheelock, who
went to Ohio, is coming back.
The American Hone x Box Co., Of VOL
colt, shipped two car loads Of boxes last
week.
II. G. Stoughton, of Morrisville, has sold
his place to DIR. Bernard, Of Montreal,
and has gone away.
b. b. Hawse is building shop at Nor
risvile for the manufacture Of the Sanborn
pillow.
The first twenty-five years after the set
Element Of Cambridge there was not a sui
eide during the last twenty-five years, there
have been six.
The Hydepark bank has declared a semi.
annual dividend Of FIVE per cent-and also
gone back on the burglars by obtaining a
double chronomcter lock-
ORANGE COUNTY.
AT Bradford there dwells man and wife
who are of the same age to day, and both
bore the same surname.
T. G. Reyes has been appointed postmas-
ter at Newbury, vice II. b. Morse, resigned.
Job Hobson, of Newbury, has sold his
celebrated fast horse, Lady Spur, to man
from Providence, for 81 900.
Henry Clark, of Vershire, claims to have
sheared, this year, from one sheep Il lbs. of
washed wool.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Memphremagog House had 600 arri-
walls last week and the Bellevue about 400.
The house, shed and its contents, Of John
Randall, at West Newport, were burned,
last Thursday. Origin Of fire unknown.
Insured for $500.
John Mcclellan of Troy has had cancer
cut from his lip.
Twenty persons Joined with the Oougrega-
tional church at Bloomington last Sunday.
The residence OF the late Gary Cummings,
at West Derby, is to be sold at auction, Au-
gust 81.
Choice butter sold for % cents at Troy
last Friday.
Moses Dufer, Of Westdeld, has rented his
farm to one blanchard for eight years, for
the sum of 81, 400, paid in advance.
A little son, of Lyman d. Hopkins, fell
into the mill pond at South Barton, and was
drowned, last week.
A. o. JosIyn, of Browington, found one
Of his cows dead in the pasture, last Saturday.
There has not been, for many years, such
a yield Of wild strawberries as there is this
year. Many fields are literally red with
them.
John Felker, Of Barton Landing, had two
horses killed by Saturday nights express
train, and another has been poisoned by some
rasca's cutting hole in his shoulder and
putting in vitriol.
1t is estimated that 600 tons Of hay will
be cut, this year, within the incorporated
limits of Barton village district. Quite q
good hay crop for village.
The directors of the Barton national
bank have voted to call in $50 on each share
of the capital stock of said bank on the 10th
day of August, 1875 and also $25 on each
share on the 10th day Of September. 1870
making, with the assessment Of $50 alread
collected, the total sum of Sll5 on each
share-the sl5 being for the premium to be
paid for the bonds so far as it may 60.
On the first day of July, George Squires
who until lately, for five or six years ha
lived with Ira Garfield and wife in that par
of Glover known as Mud Island" came b
their house and claimed to own one Of tn
COWS, which was news to Mr.. and Mrs. e., a
they supposed that they had settled oft to hi
satisfaction before. But Squres drove Of
the COW in spite of protest Mrs. Gatiel
was a fleshy woman and has had sligh
difficulty of the heart. She went into tn
house very much excited, sat down on tn
edge Of the bed and called to her husbau
saying 81 believe am dying" and sau
down upon the floor and died within twent.
minutes. Her death was caused by rus
of blood to the heart, Occasioned by excite
ment.
Levi Field won a foot race aud 81 agains
one Cutler from Craitsbury, at Irasburgl
: July 10th. The race course was around II
common, about quarter Of mile. On th
18th, w. d. Tyler, a shOrt-legged lawye
ran with farmer William b. Taplin, and g
so badly used up that he wont be put on tn
r track again for sometime.
t Last week, as A. J. Dodge, of Lowe
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