The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-10
Xermnnt News
Il. y. Slayton, of Stowe, has colt Il
months old that weighs 0i5 pounds.

Enos ENcrbrook of Ludlow was 30 bad.
ly hurt by fall recently that his recovery
is doubtful
Rev. Moses patten of Carlisle, Mass,
has accepted a call to the Congregational
church at Greensboro.
B. r. Wallace of Barnet says he gath
cred seventeen pumpkins, weighing 22Jl
pounds, from single vine
Norman Taylor of Woodstock, recently
ran five miles in twenty-eight minutes. THIS
time has rarely been beaten
Brandon has Reformed Mems club
numbering 200 members - the result Of the
labors Of Moasra. c. c. Frost and il. w.
Bryant.
From one gourd seed the past season,
Andrew Abbott of Calais, raised 400 gourds
which grew on vine measuring $50 feet
in length.
Judge James Barrett conducted the scr
vices and read Q sermon in the Congrega-
tional church, Woodstock, Sunday morn
ing week.
Augustus Torrey, jr., of Burlington. q
graduate of 1874, has been appointed pio.
fessor Of civil engineering at the Burling-
ton university.
Rev VIM. Sowall, formerly Of Norwich,
is engaged to supply the church IN Barre
for the present. In the i llcsg of MIR, Ten
ney, the pastor.
The bear season has Sc, IA with UNUSUAL
severity. The latest nimrod heard from
is Jamaica man who recently baggsd a
400 pound black bea~.
Chasing bears is now a favorita pselime
in the mountain towns of the stare. Thus
far the animals have been too smart Tor the
pursuers in the ajo-ity Of cases.
Seymour Du,kee Of Royalon was robbed
of about $3.50 between Albany AMI Sp1ag-
field. lie was asleep in the cars 1t tho tine
the robbery was committed.
St. John.bury, also, is nll' ctel will
some uncommonly "sm1r.' boys,who we're
around the other night carrying off ga,ca,
and doing other like noble aud manly acta.
The Central Vermont uino IF WAite
River Junction are the base tall champions
of the state. They baye played forty
games this srason ard won every enc Of
tECm.
Oscar G.. Maria OF Ejche.ter Vt, las 4
flock Of seyenty-dve ewes which shcared
last spring IN average OF Mae pounds and
two ounces of good washed VOL per head,
and raised fifty lambs
MI uas Wood, venerable and high-
ly esteemed citizen of Montpelier, died last
Sunday at the residence OF his son-in-law,
L. d. BIodget, cq, in st. Johnsbury,
where he has resided since the late fire.
The Montpelier Jouaal says; We sug-
gest that somebody of musical talent might
appropriately wife song lcplete with
touching cadcncts, dedicate il t. the lccis-
lature, and eatitle it "Wh.n the meml e;s
homewa;d fly"
Thieves en'ercd The house Of Joseph Cor
liss, in Richford, lat Friday night, while
the family were asleep, md removed a tub
of butter, a quantity of -four, a valuable
silver wa CHI and several other articles. No
clue hts yet been obtained OF them.
Dptheria is quite prevalent in many
parta Of the state, notably at Brattleboro,
where there have been over hundre cases
this falt. At Springfield there are twenty
FIVE cases, and at many other places numer-
GUS cases are reported.
The ladies of Stowe met one afternoon
last week TO assist family in making new
garments to replace those lost by fie.
Thrce fewing machines end over thirty
pairs of willing hands made short and
easy work Of ii, and garments came into
shape in hurry.
The bill INTRODUCED in the legislature pro-
hibiting minors from playing billiards or any
like game unless on written permit from
parents, and flning any keeper of such
place of amusement for allowing minors to
either play or become spectators of gamee,
will probably fail of passage.
Amasl Wells, of Stowe, thinks he has
the champion heifcr of that county. The
animal is a three years old Durham heifeT,
and he says he set the milk seven inches
in depth in glass made for testing milk,
and after it had stood two or three Gays,
found the cream to be p inches thick.
Mrs. Richard Dodge, formerly of Mont
pelier, but more lately of Brookied, was
re-arrested the son. on private suit for
damages brought by her brother-in-law,
Joel Dodge of Montpelier, Ccc6sioned by
the shooting Of joel by Mis-. Richard
| Dodge in the fall Of 1875. She was COM
mitted to jail.
| One Alfred RedWay, who Row lives in
East Montpelier, ard recently did team
work in that village, tried to commit sui
eide by hanging in barn on Friday, about
noon, but the rope broke. lie vas so iu-
| iufcd, however, that II is expected he will
die. He is about twenty-onc years Of age.
No cause assigned for the act.
A young man by the name of Sutton,
who had been on a spree for several daya,
attempted suicide ut Rock Island, Monday,
by cutting his throat with q jack-knife. lie
succeeded in making quite a cash in his
neck, but was frustrated in lhe attempt by
having the knife taken from him. lie says
he will yet make way with himself.
The Montpelier JoUrHal says: The l,c-
ture by Mr.. @. NJ. Bliss Of Bennington,
was exceedingly well attended, and he pre-
scented his views in quiet, scholarly way.
which quite won the attention of all. GOV.
Halls condition OF health was such as 10
preclude Tim from speaking, which was q
great disappointment to many.
st. Johnsbury has tried on a small scale
the plan Of farming out" prisoners, with
disastrous results. The other day two were
sent out to work out their fines, but after
earning dollar and a half each they "dug
out" went to camp meeting, raised a lis
turbance, were imprisoned therefor and