Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-15
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER is, 1870.
LOCAL NEWS.

| 70 Portland TUESDAY morning.
Geo. ID. Pnney Of Ludlow has bee ono partner with
+. N. Harris in the granite business
O. A. Prince has bought Of DR.. Perkins, a lot on the
Avenue on which he intends to build store.
An engine on the p. 4 o. killed three cattle for JON
ATTAIN Adams Of Concord last Friday through the care
| essness Of section men.
Clothesino thieves have commenced their fall cam
palgn in Derby. Mrs. oron Newcomb and Mrs. Nourse
were their first victims.
The Catholic School for tho coming year commenced
last week and has 2O5 students. One gentleman and
three lady teachers employed.
Charles p Bartlett of Newbury has accepted tho pO
ston Of section boss In the Passumpsic railroad yard
in this place. and moves here with his family this week.
Bishop Rhapp Of St. Adams commenced q mission
at Lyndonville Tuesday which is TO last until Sun
day. The bishop held mass at st. Johnsbury Tuesday
morning.
Charles L. Brainsrd Geo. Branord and Geo. E
Eaton of Danville started for tho Centennial Tuesday
morning RUFUS Avorill, q. J. Cross and o. L. JOS
| lyn Of Bloomington started Monday morning.
Tho Aqueduct Company is laying pipe on Portland
street The pipe is n six inch sheet iron pipe, with
hnlEinch cement lining, which slaid in cement Work
men from Springfield, Mass, arc cementing the Pipe
at IIovey's mill
streoter proposes to do better than the best, a
| good quality Of boots and shoes. lie has received
now supply, on which no made great bargain, and
says that he eau show prices that will astonsh people
who como to tho fair.
proposition Is made 10 extend branch Of the viii
| lage water works 10 Summerville provld cd there
shall be a sufficient number Of takers on that side
Only twenty such required aud the rates to DO
the in the village prOper-an offer that is fair
| indeed
Quite delega ton has started or will start, from St.
JOhnsbury this week for the Centennial Among them
are; H. e. Woodruff, Rev. b. NJ Tillotson, L. Under
wood, Richard W. Peabody, Orsn II. Hale, John N.
Gale, Chas. Magoon, Irving Frost, P. D. Laird Henry
E. Randall, David Morrison, all with their wives. A
large number are intending to go on the 25th.
At the village meeting Monday evening the follow.
ing scale of water rents was adopted For first family,
per year, $500. Each additional hmlly, $500. Bath
rooms 500. Water closets 200. Fountains 50 10 S.
One horse and privilege of washing carriage, $3.50
Livery stables, per horse 800, The village is to lay
service pipes TO street lines and to procure and keep
on hand quantity Of pipes and fixtures
The Caledonian makes an attack upon Judge Bow
man which Is entirely uncalOd for and is denounced
by republicans as well democrats, ungentlemanly
and unk ind. We shall not defend the Judge, for he
needs no deiendenee in a community where he Is sc
well known. Had the attack been made before the
election the editor might have excused himself on po
litical grounds but 1t what excuse can he ofe
for thus abusing neighbor and brother church mem
Der
Mrs. Sally Page, mother Of our townsman, Henry
Page ESQ., died last Friday at the age Of 20 years ant
msnths. Mrs. Page was the oldest person in town
Sh had lived in the state 60 years and in tho town
years She born at the close Of the Revolutionary
War at Exeter n. H. January, 1881. Thus her life
parallel with that Of the nation and during her life thu
best part Of the worlds progress made. She wa
born before the power LOOM the railroad, the steam
boat, or the telegraph.
The gmngerS had poor day, Saturday, for the eS
cursion to the White Mountains, as it rained abOu
half the L ne, yet they turned out to the number
bout 1900 and went. On account Of the rain and tn
large number Al passengers the train was slow TO NOV
and got behind time, returning to St. Johnsbury at
O'Clock at night. Many who had purchased ticket
. could not be accommodated with room and there
fore stayed at home. But hsr COED time is coming
the company will run another train Saturday, tn
week when tn ere viii probably be enough for al
The trial Of the waterworks last Wednesday
In every respect. The hydrants were tried
parts Of the village. With 100 lbs pressure at Ii
pumps streams were thrown from adjacent hydrsn
to height feet This the test 10 satisfy Ii
contract with the Vergennes company, but II is pr
posed to have public test a sort of Publication
the completion and of the enterprise at
di slant day The response will DO hearty. The pre-
suretest made onTuesday. The pressure guarantee
wa l75 pounds, but 1855 pounds wero given and he'll
and no breakRRe followed.
NOrthheId.-Quitea large deleg alton started 4
the Centennial Monday morning.
Ryegate.-Martln ChamberlIn has sold his farm
IS to r. l. Nelson, and bought a farm Of 50 Acr
= in Bath N. IL.
I'd Thomas Bartlett, ono Of the Oldest and in b
day Of the smartOst lawyers in Caledo mia count
: died at Lyndon, Sept -.
COncOrd.-E. G. Tilton has sold his house at We
Concord to William Byers for s2,5OO. I'D. W. Ill
bard has sold his house at North Concord to GLIDE
Noyes for sal2 and about 60 Of land to Charl
Hall for s675.
ct FIetcher.-T his section was blest with re:rcsh
y, showers last week and fields which before cri
nc and brown, starting out with fresh verduro.
or r. w. Bailey has recently returned from visit to
Centennial II. g. Parsons and his brother Albert, VI
Of lately elected town representative about pa
ing visit to tho same.
- Knowing HOg.-Charles VIM of Danville
an educated hog II the stories told Of him half tn
lie tells the time Of day, plays cards and does ma
other wonderful things, and yet was only comm
pig which his master bought Of Henry Brad ey Of /
IN town year ago. Mr.. VIM is exhibiting him at Pa
by and it is said no draws vol. Humbugs always do
ter Buffers PuIverizing and Smoothing Ha
lor row will be exhibition at the Fair, and farm
who believe In improved farm implements should z
1t an examination. The few that have been sold /
season to farmers In different sessions for testing
capacity, have given abundant satisfaction. An adv
tisement IN another column will explain more fully
a Slight DIfference.-It was mt Mrs. Brigh
who died at Derby Line, Sept 6. That was the blum
of a compostor who Is noted for provoking blund
a. often changing the meaning TO exactly the opposite
what was intended. II was he who put approved"
Opposed" two or three weeks ago, in speaking
Judge Morrll's resolution at the temperance"
me venton 80 great is this youngsters hab Of bunt
tod ng that his mother has to send an escort with
has 10 keep him from laundering into certain yol
adys parlor instead Of her own when he undorta
n TO go home Of an evening. The other blunderer
~ last week made IL Ide deputy sheriff and lcft
~ Preston out in the cold, shall attend to next tim
,tos Death OF Geo. w. EIy.-As was ann unced
week, Mr.. Ely died at Philadelphia at O'Clock, p.
Sept. S. lie had gone there to visit the exhibit
was taken with cholera mOrbus at about 2 o'clOc
-, the morning, from which he kept growing u
"1' his dissolution. George Warner Ely was born
Charlestown, N. H., in lsOs When small his par
nifty moved to Ltteton, from whence no came to st Jo
ears bury in 1871. In lSiS he commenced the hoe and
do business which has grown 10 DO an Important indu
asst I'm St Jobpsbury At one time Mr. Ely was assooi
lden with William Boardman, at another with viii
Wilder. The present firm OF Ely, Bach Co. was Q
- menced In 1850, and It's members were Goo. W.
John W. Balch, and Goo. b Ely, son Of tho d ecOI
Tho business OF the firm is TO be continued wthOu
~ corruption. Tho wife Of tho deceased MARY g.
= ihgton) died In August, 1874. Five and ono da
ter survive Mr.. Ely and arc located as follows CHI
r., in the foundry at Mortified, Caroline w., wi
DIR. +. ID. Eastman of Worcester, Mass. Geo; b.
= Henry g.. at st. Johnsbury WIN. H., merchau
/. IIoosac Falls, N. " and Frederic L. cashier Of III
y tional band at Mortified. Though Mr.. Ely was at
- strangers no found friends who did everything
% could DO done during the last hours Of his life.
gentleman who happened TO bo his roommate
WIN. 4. OrbetOn Of Boston, an exhibitor at the Cor