Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-31

'' "a '''' - 4l'tH Aii- VI III, week NDlt ME-. l.,
Kenyon. OF West Ferri~hurS, was crossing the
lake with HI team near Baton Bay Island. the ice
broke. drowning one of hi horses. and we hear If
ai}hai not arrived ju-t rs II al Mr. Kenyon
would have lost I- own life.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
\ farm house IN Arlington. owned bv Harmon
Webb. Va totally destroyed 10y fire Friday morn
ny. Hal oi lie furniture Wa savcl. Insured in
he Farmers Mutual for nearly its ull worth.
\ twenty years oil Iri~hman named Thomas
Mann. of All n-ton, Wa, struck on the head by a
falling limb Of Il'ltel tree, on the liih inst, anu
his injuries were severe If not fatal.
several parties IN Penning.o on have recently been
At tackled with the California fever. and are al-ca,lv
packing UP for the Golden state. The seventy of
Vermont winters seems 10 be the imrellns motive.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,.
Harry Baker, ct sutton, is living in a house
huI-t ly Joseph Putnam lhly years ago. The shin
Glr> and cltpboard- reinaincl fifty wears without a
patch. They ae made Of pine flom 4 tree that
Andrew Brown bought for one dollar. Il also
covered thchnu>e WITH shin giles where Mr.. Forbes
now lives. OF where Andrew Brown first stattei.
Peach IN ha- just had a case of faithful court-hp
lasting thirteen Years. Finally he mustered up
courage enough an married her.
>tJoln~hury j, to have a Second National Bank,
with a capital OF h,twecn 50 90, and 500, 900.
E.E lI"vcy, Of Waterford, refused 5 cents a
pound Tor Zoo pounds of butter last January, and
ma Just >ollI for21. There are m my other SIM
liar ca Is.
The pole" have recently seized SI50 worth of
liquor from a t. Johnshury druggist. What In
the model village" where IIepworth Dixon
coull not get a drop? Tut the Caledoul1u says it
was only alrotol To be used in making essence and
siIl.
some LyHlnnvlrc chaps the other day tested n
bottle OF extract OF luhclA winch had by mistake
b en- labeled : bitier>." Neither OF item VIII need
a loiher cmrtir fora wear.
Acnw belonging L Henry Watson, of LYNDON
VILE, ~rrcrntly gave birth to three calves, two OF
them being alive all DONG well at present.
ON hIS return from the west last week, Hon
Geo sc lie, of Lyndon, parted with slGG 80 on a
sleeping car between Columbus and Pittsburgh
He went to bed with his pants under his head an,
the moacv in his pocket. lie got up in the mornin.
the po--c>srr of about four dollars in scrip Which
was lrr1 in ms vest pocket. The money in his PAM.
hat cvaroratc'l. lie had a gold watch in hi, YES
also, which was left in It's place.
: CII!TTENDEN COUNTY.
Richmond Market, March 18th -;utter RANGED
from Il to zoe for ordinary, ;. to - for ch,lc,
81 t"f 49, ~ FN'- t''t ~ NV b'N9 u IA
factory cheese sold at II &c; skinned, TO ID | ;,
The Commissioners for the town Of Essex hav
lecj led to issue tleir bpnl, for the bml linz q
the Burlington an | LIn lille K iIroll.o o. the frs
proxim".
Nj John Bcnhln, of I~trhmrni, who died o.
! the l7th, at the advance | age ofSS, wa, u soldier i
+ the war OF l>I3. AMI serve | il the b ,ttle of Plat.
burgh.
III. -.-.. .
h thousand person, were vIcclnatel IN Burllnyt to
, during the present winter, at the expense of III
! city.
: As David ) pa-Uc, {. IIuntington. was dliyin
o nto Richmond village, Tuesday, ms horse becam
frightened at Il tram of ears AMI baked THROWN
Mr.. >pragne out of lie sleigh The horse ran owe
/ a mile. Tn n ,rsc WAS not much injured, but tn
sleigh iva smashed into kIndling.
e The giving way Of an elevator in the wooden mi
at WInooski, on Monday, gave Daniel Collins II
o feet fall. oae wrist WIS broken, both knees an
u one arm injured an his heal cut. HIS escal,
from death was almost miraculous.
!, Two Milton men drove sleigh around a cirrl
on the mill pond for an hour anlahllf the uthe
@ day, under the lea that they were crossing III
river.
Ii Judge Royce has refused 10 dissolve the injun,
Il ton granted ~ Judge Powers, RESTRAINING the cit
4 authorities of burlington ON converting III
# Nlckery place into a small pox hospital. on IL
ground that it was an unsuitable place and on OH
: of the M st Travelled street, OF the city.
e ESSEN COUNTY.
Horace Stowe, OF Iuncnbu:gh on going To h
t. barn the other day, found seven head orcattlc sicI
and, on examining the hay, FUN | -t,N- OF POS
Il among ii, winch had been cut with the hay.
g FRANKLIN COUNTY.
k The Oil blick church in %I:rcliorl, built in Isl
ha, been purchased 10y the town, f / S5D and VI
be conv,rtd ntp a town hou-e. The share of ii
Il purchase money to be divided among the pew hol
ers were fixed by Il committee at 80.
"GItel-rI' butter oIl for - cents prI poun
/ at It. Adams on Tuesday. Other "a il ties at fo
=. l. to u cents.
q The stove and tin Shop Of +. q. Greene. at :
Adams, was partially destroyed by ii e on Tncsla,
lie estimat : his loss at .I5oo. Damage to builJin
$1,000. Losses covered by insurance.