Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-27
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IN. JoHNspURY. AUGUST 81, 1875.
STATE NEWS.

Vermont began their five days encampment
at Brattleboro, Tuesday, Gov Peck com.
manding. About $50 tents were pitched on
the old camp-ground, the rendezvous of the
soldiers during the war. Ten companies of
infantry, with Fuller's battery, including four
6eld.pieces were mustered here, two com.
panies from st Adams, and one each from
Burlington. Brattleboro, Springfield, Brad
ford, Mortified, Rutland, Middlebury and
Brandon. On Wednesday the troops we're
reviewed by Gov Peck at p. IN, aud the
Estey guard gave dinner to its honorary
members. The Brattleboro band % pieces,
acted us regimental band during the encamp-
ment.
AT Boston Saturday. Connecticut &
Passumpsic railroad stock preferred, sold
at so; Portland Il Ogdensburg 6s, 1891,
Vermont Division. 46 Vermont Central s.,
1891, guaranteed, 60; Rutland railroad
scrip, No. I, a.
The pay roll on the Central Vermont
railroad at Rutland is now about $4,000
per month.
The Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
company has made an assessment of 81 per
cent on all notes, in force, for the year end.
ing August 1, to be paid the treasurer on or
before the 10Th Of October next.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Shipments from the Middlebury station
for the week ending August %, include the
following: butter, 1920 pounds; cotton
yarn 1000 pounds slaves one car load ;
clapboards, four car loads; paper, 1000
pounds; live stock, FIVE car loads.
A mess of stolen apples saved boys life,
in New Haven. He had the apples secreted
under his shirt, aud horse planted his hoof
into the apples instead of the boys stomach
The teachers institute in Addison county
for 1875, will be holden at Shoreham, Sep
tembor and 8, beginning at nine o'clock a.
m, and with an evening session each day.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
William S. Southworth late Of Benning-
ton, is lying very low from cancerous
tumor at Cohoes, N Y.
The teachers institute for Bennington
county will be holden at Peru, September
10th aud l1th, beginning at nine O'Clock a.
M, and with an evening session each day.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Mrs Jane French, widow of Horace French,
Of Walden, is II years of age, and to finish
job, recently spun 80 knots of yarn in one
day. Thirty knots are called days work.
Her usual number is 60.
The house of Harrison Chase, of Wheelock
was destroyed by fire on Monday, about noon
Mrs Chase bad been washing and had good
fire. The fire is supposed to have taken
from defective chimney. By the great
exertions of few men the barns were saved
Mrs Chase was greatly overcome by the ex-
element.
Last Saturday, young son of Alfred
Davis, section hand at Norrisville, received
severe cut in the head, by being run ovel
with hand car that he and other boys
were playing with.
A Norrisville correspondent says that OF
Monday three or four young men old enough t
have families were indulgng in the innocen
diversion ofhying kite, result of hard times
1t is hoped that Bill Allen aud Sam Cary
with the help of Judge Kelley will succeed
In their imitation schemes and relieve all such
innocents.
j. NJ. Pillsbury was thrown down a steer
embankment at Lyndon last week while driv
ing colt, and was taken up in an insensibl,
condition, though a fractured arm proved to
be the most serious injury. The escape
from fatal consequences was very narrow.
p. A. Vinton, OF Kirby has a crab-ap.
pie tree on which there are apples on one
part and blossoms on another, and has both
even, on the same limb.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
committed suicide by taking opium, Thurs
day no cause is known.
An Essex Junction man startled the con
gregation at church, one Sunday, recently
by shouting out IN a nap: Potatoes, tive
dollars per bushel, boys"
Some Burlington scamp having in mind
good joke upon the publishers of the Ere,
Press and Sentinel, remarked that boys whC
wanted tickets of admission to the great circu
could get them by presenting live cat, 0
small dog, at either Of the daily newspape
offices in the city, as the keepers Of the mon
ster boa constructors connected with the car
AVIAN fed them entirely upon these animal
The "sell" worked according to Hoyle," an
on the morning of the show, both the Sen
tinel and the Free Press offices were thronge
with small urchins, some with a cat undo
each arm, demanding their tickets, much
the disgust Of the digufied managers Of II
sheets.
The heaviest taxpayers OF Burlington
besides the railroads, are Lawrence Barne
who pays S2,57024; Shepard, Hall
Davis, S1,2O609; John p. Howar'
S892.62 Geo f. Elmunds, S69S.93; G
ABurton, S5O774; b. S. Nichols, S994.l4
VIM l. Strong, S67068; Kilburn Il Gate
S63472; G. Blodgett & Son, SG6409; ]
W. Allen, s577.S5 Henry p. Hickol
S643.4l.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On the uight fthe 18th barn in Grant
belonging to David Rockingham was entrl
burned with all its contents of hay and
two-horse wagon.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Victoria Q. Woodruff lectures at st
bans this friday evening. She lectures
Rutland Monday evening and in Burlingtc
Wednesday evening
A three year old son of VIM Tevaw W
drowned at EnOsburgh Falls by falling fro
plank into the river
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
The storm Of Friday was very sevo
through the Lamoille valley, crops bei
FRUSTRATED aud considerable damage done.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
o. d. Owen, of Barton, has bought Al
sent to market. this season, over four tons
fresh and dried raspberTies,
A valuable borSe belonging to w.
Hawkins, of Barton, ran upon a scythe Il
had been left in the grass and was so bad
cut that it had to be killed.
Lewis r. Wood, jr, the sign painter,
Barton, died on Wednesday last, of c,
sumption, at the age of "a.