Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-02

ment OF the paper this week. j M. Tyler,
who has conducted il for The past ten months,
says its subscription list has been steadily in
creasing.
Gov. Peck has appointed Friday, the six
teentb of April, as day of fasting, humii-
alton and prayer lie isn't going TO be die
ia ted 10 by the Argus. We trust those leg
isators who are sick of the reform school
business will take advantage Of it, as well as
other people.
Some Lyndonvile chaps the other day
tested bottle of extract Of lobelia which
had by mistake been labeled "bitters."
Neither Of them will need another emetic
for year. Sometimes "things are not what
they SEEM" and this remark applies to "bit-
tiers" as well as anything else.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Bro. Chapman thinks we need not feel
sorry for publishing his articles, so We shant
feel bad about that any more. He thinks
we should be sorry "for publishing what he
did not say" but we are afraid if we did not
publish anything but what he says our read
eIs would have slim fare. But it is rather
hard on the other editors Of the Register for
him to talk about political editors as he
does. What liars and scoundrels they must
be if he judges from his acquaintance with
them
NoTEs FROM ADDISON CoUNTY.-Now
that spring appears, the farmers are begin
ming to enter upon the more active prepare
tions for the coming seasons Of springtime
and harvest held in prospect by the assur-
ance of the bountiful Provider Of every good
and perfect gift, that so long as time shall
remain springtime and harvest shall not fail
-Reports indicate that stock throughout
the county has wintered we'll, considering the
unusual severity of the winter. A scarcity
Of water has been sadly felt in almost every
location. The hay and grain has been am-
pie, and in most cases if the season opens at
once there will be some to spare. The grea t
depth Of snow, perhaps, has been favorable
to the grass, so that we may reasonably ex-
pect good crop of hay next season. An
almost unprecedented length of sleighing has
given excellent facilities for getting wood and
lumber from the swamps, aud in most cases
it has been well improved. Still Of course
there are a number of instances, as there al
ways will be, in which no vestige of sup
ply of wood is seen in their sheds-we don't
say yards, Tor no enterprising farmer will
allow the wood pile to remain long in the
yard. A few horse rakes and moving inn
plements may be seen ready for the next
hay harvest and looking much as if they had
been abandoned in q hurry when the last
"haying" was completed. -Sugaring has
already been begun by many. Yet, perhaps,
the season is not fairly opened. The COM
ing week will witness much greater activ-
ity among the sugar-makers if the weather
is propitous, as it seems likely to be, as the
present Monday, March 29l is the perlec-
ton of pleasant day. The sleighng has
disappeared in all except regions where the
fall of snow was greatest.
l. HERBERT NORTON.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A farm house about two miles south Of
the village of Arlington, owned by Harmon
Webb and occupied by Andrew Webb, was
destroyed by fire on Friday evening. About
one.half of the furniture was saved although
in damaged condition. The house and
furniture were insured for nearly their full
value.
| CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Rev. w. P. Houghtaling leaves North
Danvile for Amesbury, Mass, this week.
James F. Gray, ofStaustead, 2. O., has
sold his farm iu Sheffield to Har ley Green
price 81, 100.
John G. Barber, Of Sheffield, has sheep
which few days since dropped lamb
weighing II pounds.
L. f. Root, Of Sheffield, while in Boston
purchased full blood Jersey bull for the
improvement of his stock for dairy pur.
poses.
Mr.. Ira A. Shattuck, of Hardwick, we
understand, gives three receptions to his
friends, in honor Of his marriage. Ira goes
it trong.-MonitOr.
A couple of good Stannard locals came in
a letter dated at Walden and postmarked at
Greensboro Bend. They will be published
if the writer will give us his name.
Mrs Henry McMillen, of Newark, was
tapped for abdominal dropsy by Drs. Car
penter and Smith, and pailful of water
drawn away. The fluid weighed % pounds.
After the school meeting in Norrisville
district, Tuesday evening, SO was raised
among those present for the grasshopper suf-
ferers OF Kansas. We hope more may dc
likewise.
Thomas M. Hunter, formerly of South
Walden, is said to be in California, and for
the good of Walden we hope he will stay
there, though some of his creditors would
like an interview.
A horse belonging to Samuel Congo, who
lives near the slide south of Burke Noun.
tain, had his leg broken by log The horse
has been put in a swing and it is thought
the bones will again grow together.
"E. w., of West Burke, writes to say
that the hose he uses for emptying the hauler
is one and half inches, instead Of half az
inch in diameter. The tunnel in the top o
the hauler is IL inches across the top and
at the bottom.
j. o. Ingalls,, of Sheffield has an old nativ'
farrow COW from which since the first Of Jan
uary last he has sold seventy-five pounds oil
: butter besides what has been necessarily
used in a family of four persons. Feed, moth
ing but good hay aud few turniPs.
Some fifteen members of Cold Waite
Temple, l. o. of q. T., St. Johnsbury Cen
ter, went over to North Danvile, Monda
evening, and instituted a lodge there, beside
having a good time. Over forty Of tn
North Danville people signed the aPPlica
tion for the charter, among them some O
the best men in town, and the lodge start
of with good prospects Mr.. Asa Randall
is Chief Tempar and Lodge Deputy, an
Mrs. Mary +. Leonard secretary.
CHTTTENDEN COUNTY.
Five thousand persons have been vaccin
ated at Burlington this winter, at the ex
: pense ofthe city.
A double house on Pearl Street, at tn
g head Of St. Paul Street, Burlington, owne,
, by g. l.. Nelson, was damaged $500 wort
Q by fire Saturday night. Fully insured.
There will be free lecture in the tow