Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21

II. A. Bailey, Of Gilmore, has gone 10
Palmer, Mass, as night watchman in the
orphan asylum.
j. p. Davis, OF Gilmore, has sold pair Of
thrteeu-months- steers that weighed S25
aud 775 pounds respectively.
Miss Ida Burnham. a student at the Nor.
NAL Institute, won Websters Unabridged
Dictionary in spelling match at johnson
last Friday.
Joseph Earle, the father Of A. A. Earle,
died at Hartford, Mich, May 4, at the age
Of 80. Earle says he was raised" in Nor
risville.
The directors Of the Morrisyille fair
ground company have voted to have horse
trot on the Both Of june aud first OF July,
at which 81 800 in purses will be offered.
There is always money enough for gambling
purposes.
DIR. Morgan, for many years one Of the
best physicians in johnson, became raving
crazy and was carried TO the. insane asylum
at Brattlsboro last Friday. He had been
addicted to drinking and opium-eating but
had tried TO leave off. Last winter he sent
for an opium antiJote which was advertised
in the papers, and which he has been taking
ever since his arrangement This has been
analysed and found to be composed mostly Of
opium. 1t is found that he took an overdose
of it which was the immediate cause Of his
insanity.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Horace Bean sells a lot Of livery and
stage property at auction at Newport, June 2.
Henry Coolbeth, of Lowell, has been COM
mitted to Jail, charged with having stolen
several tons OF hay.
TIE Palladium says that Maj. Josiah
Grout leaves this month for Chicago, ILL.,,
where he intends to establish himself in
business.
Mrs. Gen. Hidden, of Craftsbury, last
! Thursday fell down stairs and injured her
hip so badly that il is thought she will not
recover.
b. +. ID. Carpenter, Of Charleston, has
been seriously sick for four or five weeks
with the typhoid bilious fever, but is now
getting better.
Freddie Phelps, of Lowell, 10 years old,
on the 18th inst worked a percussion cap
so far up his nostrils that it required DR..
Duttou aud two assistants to get it out.
A 12.years-old son of Moses Lathe Of
South Barton, during the four weeks sick
ness Of his mother, has done all the house,
work, including washing, ironing aud cook
ing.
Mr.. Ezra Bingham, of Charleston, about
eighty years old, who has been considered
dangerously injured by being kicked by
colt is slowly mending. He was one OF the
first settlers, aud is an esteemed citizen.
Alexander Mooney, of West Derby, put
a foot of powder 10 a gun, held the gun
above his head and fired. When he came
to he found the stock kicked off, and that he
had a severe wound in his head. He was
senseless for some time, and bled profusely,
The next meeting of Orleans Grange will
be next week, Saturday, May 30, at 8
o'clock in the morning, to confer degrees be-
fore the meeting Of the council at 10 O'Clock
a. m. Members are particularly requested
to be present on time. H. s. c., Sec'y.
Last Friday morning, Mrs. Frank X.
Powell, of Albany, was engaged in the pan
try, washing dishes her husband was en-
gagged near by, cleaning a six-shooter Colts
|
posed were empty, but unfortunately this
did not prove to be the case, aud as he was
turning down a screw, standing but a few
PAGES from his wife, the weapon was mystic
riously discharged, the ball passing through
Mrs. Powell's body, coming out near the
back bone, inaicting wound from which she
died Saturday morning, about Q O'Clock.
Mrs. Powell was one Of the finest women in
Craitsbury, as is also Mr.. Powell one of the
finest men; he having been for some years,
as he is at present, popular dry goods mer-
chant. One Of the good womaD's last re-
marks was, Don't blame any one; it was
an accident" She also requested that the
weapon be buried, so that it could harm no
one else The sad affair has cast q gloom
over all the community, and profound SYM
patty is felt for Mr.. Powell and family.
Newport had an interesting spell on the
18th. A silver cup won by Mrs. Rogers, a
teacher at Derby Academy, was presented
by her to Zettie Smith, the next best speller,
a school girl at Newport. A jumping jack
was awarded to Oscar Miller, who rested
the first time round on nuisance" Several
|, went down 10 "dispair." Judge Stewart
, took dose Of 'mignonnette," and Mr.. Stone,
the teacher, expired with rhumatisn,. "
DR.. Blanchard's "melodian" was out Of tune.
Miss Canuie Chamberlin was hardly /" sta
tionary," while Miss Nellie Prouty was bad
ly frightened by a guerrilla" Mr.. Col
burn was unable to sound the "reviele,
, Camp was too anxious for the" post orri6ce,
and j. Y, the druggist lacked an Of being
! " manageable" Mrs. JENNIE Of Derby took
too much "quassia." Mrs. Norcross failed on
skyline, Mrs. Il. p. Wild did not finish
the mortiSe, while Miss Bowles blushed at
"vermillion." 1t is proposed TO have anoth.
match soon, when Webstcr's Unabridged
= will be offered.
: RUTLAND COUNTY.
Building is lively in Rutland.
f Rutland folks are in doubt as 10 whether
Il they have municipal judge, Edgerton, whc
was recently elected to the position, being
4 already Judge of the county court aud j
= being a question whether he can sit on boil
benches at the same time.
4 Mr.. Christian X. Ross, father of Charley
Ross, the lost boy, and Charles A. Beales, q
3 Philadelphia detective, stopped at the Bate
: + House, Rutland, on Saturday. They were
. on their way to Brush s mills near Malone
a N. Y, where they expected to find the boy
but they didn't find him.
Disastrous Fire I'm Rutland.
d Another sad calamity has fallen to thu
lot of Rutland in the destruction of its mos
- famous building, the Ripley Opera House
= the pride and ornament Of the town. TIL
~ Eve was discovered at about four O'Clock A
NJ, the Ere department called, but only j
"a season to save other buildings. A part Q
'e the high wall of the Opera House fell o
D. the roof of Dunn 4 Oramton's building an
went through to the bottom. The lOsse