Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-18

Two Of the old jackson cotton mills at
Nashua are to be replaced by now ones worth
sl50,O0O.
Mrs Mary Levy Of Manchester, 90 years
old, was killed. Saturday, by falling down
stairs.
Olive lie Blanc died at Manchester the
Other day, at the age of 4S, aud the weight
Of 300. ... -,.-..-.. $780,.
Two large blocks. one small building and
church we're burned at Pitts6sld, Monday
mig /. Loss $4,000; we'll insured.
The trustees of Dartmouth college have
increased the price OF tuition from $40 to
500 a year.
A Portsmouth girl writes to the school
authorities Of kensingtoH that she "has bin
out of employment for year, an wud tech
for SO month aud her board hove in"
The requests recently made to Dartmouth
college amount to 500, 600, very little Of
which, however. will be immediately avail.
able.
Rev Mr. Greedy, Congregationalist, and
Rev Mr. Demorest, Universalist, jointly con-
Quoted the services at the dedication of a
church at South Ware, the other day, and
the earth didu't open aud swallow them up
The dwelling house Of Frank Morse ia
North Littletou was totally destroyed by fire
on Sunday, the 18th. The family was alb
sent at the time attending meeting. A small
portion of the contents were saved. TIE
FIRE is supposed to have originated from a
defective chimney. Partially insured.
II. L. Thayer has sold one Of his copper
mines IN Lyman, $50 acres of land, to Mr.
Hsviland, well.kuown Waterville Me
man, for $4,000, and a company is to be
formed at Portland to work it.
The blood on an ax.handle with which
the negro Haskell committed murder at Con.
cord, 20 years ago, has been so developed
by Boston chemist that the corpuscles are
now almost in their natural condition, and
recognizable as from human being.
A rascaIly young Frsnchman recently con.
structed tree pass in the shape of a wooden
leg that carried him from Sherbrooke, p O.,
to Concord. He simply made leg Of white
ash with a cushioned socket for his knee to
rest IN, crooked his leg at right angle auc
started. Wherever he went the conductor
passed HIM, while the pass sngers dropped
money and tears into his hat. When h,
reached Concord, after leaving the trair
with q caution from the conductor not to slI
down, he pulled off his funny wooden leg
waved it in the air and vamosed.
The Sturtevant Manufacturing establish
ment at Lebanon, N H., which suspeude,
a short time ago, and about which there ar,
charges Of fraud, is one Of the largest cabine
factories in New England. For numbe
of years past it has employed some 6v
J hundred hands, many Of them skilled an,
experienced workmen. The furniture pro
ducej by the firm has been Of great variety
J and has had high reputation in all III
principle markets OF the country. Beside
, furniture the company manufactured. on
large scale, sash. blinds, doors and othe
} articles used in house finishing. The con
, Germ was at FIRST small firm with limite
number Of employees, but soon its business 10
creased with wonderful rapidly. Its fscil
, tiles were speedily enlarged new shops wer
put up, and its force Of workmen largely in
creased. The town Of Lebanon quick
reaped h. neits from the success Of the com
pany. Her population augmented with
rspldity scarcely equaled by any othe
place in the state, while many new house
were built, and her taxable wealth yer
! largely increased. The neighboring town
rsaped no little benefit for Lebanon 500
became q quick market for the farm product
of that section. The company perfecte
arrangements for the purchase OF lumber i
, immense quantities in the Ottawa countr
Q in Canada, while its enIsrged shops wer
supplied with the most improved machinery
and branch railroad was laid to connec
, it with the main line of the Northern Rail
4 road