Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-25

| 1865
1t is reported that a cancer which made
iis appearance In the eye Of Mr. Edmund
Nevins Of Fletcher so affected his head and
brain, as TO cause his attempt At suicide
which resulted in his death. The flow Of
blood RELIEF ed the pressure on the brain and
restored his senses.
We are having old fashioned spelling
schools in Binehamville, District No 8, ia
Fletcher. attended one Of these Thursday
evening, the 18th inst. A few came from
outside the district. Among them [. r.
Armstrong, our town superintendent, and
his sister, both champion spoilers. And the
teacher, Miss Aususta Boomhower iuined the
speleers aud q. b. Parsons, was enunciator.
The little folks did themselves great credit,
and ielt much pleased to 6nd so many
good spoilers among them. They seemed TO
enjoy having the parents Of the district pres
ent to assist them. But fooishy stumbled
on "phthi'cis." Our superintendent spelled
1t, and then, as the object was to hear the
school spell We took q recess leaving Miss
b. and her sister as aids in being master of
the situation. After recess the teacher, vet
in her teens, succumbed at "cetaceous. !"
The superintendent carried it through all
right, but after time tripped on "setaceous."
Being his alternate failed to get through
il, as did the two who followed me-Misses
Porter and Armstrong. 1t was then given
to the school, aud Siegel Squires-l3, spelled
it right And thus endei the first spelling
school huvs attended for years. But /
hope IL may not be the last. For some years,
until quite lately, too little attention has been
paid to this branch Of study. Hence among
many otherwise educated persons We have
many poor spoilers. remember young
man who, not a decade since, received q d.
ploma from a medical university and oc.
cupying an honorable position in a certain
city wrote to his friends about "Maue"
street. Also town superintendent who
made the remark that the teachers were put
to the same test on spelling as on the stu dies
required by law, that many of our best
teachers would utterly fail This same
uperinteudent--who was graduate 10 the
preparatory course for college, aud an excel.
lieut. teacher atterward wrote letter which
came to my notice, and was surprised 10
mud "Yours truely." Spelling is usually &C.
quired by the time a child reaches the age
Ut II or Ia. After that, other studies crowd
out spelling or the child leaves school, as q
rule though happily there are exceptions.
r. j. H.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
+. W. Manchester of Waterville has
sarted for California via the Black Hills.
Geo n Enslow of New York was arrested
at Hyde Park last week-forging bank note.
The house of w. COddiug of waterville,
took fire one day last week, by Goals falling
on the carpet, but was fortunately saved.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The Randolph normal school has COM
menced its spring term with an attendance
of130.
A meeting of farmers and ell interested
will be held at town hall, Bradford, Wed.
nesday. March 1st, at ten a. m. Topics to
be discussed-"The comparative profits of
cheep raising, wool growing aud dairy farm
ing" Speakers from Bradford, New bury,
Corinth and Fairlse have promised to be
present. Let every farmer come with sta
tistics from his own farm, and relate his own
experience
G. II. Green from Lyndo nvilIe has bought
out the furniture business Of Austin, JosIyn
Il Co, at Barton Landing
Rumor has it that Luclus Robinson has
leased the Memphremsgog House for FIVE
years, and that w. F. Bowman will retain
charge.
From the cream OF seven days milk from
one COW, which calved 10 January, Amasa
Scott Of Craitsbury has made q lbs butter
on two separate occasions.
Carlos Thompson OF Oraftsbury has been
lying dangerously i'll for several days. On
the evening of February %, he was playing
with his son when he was accidentally pricked
in the leg with sharp stick IA match which
had been burned aud whitfield to point)
He thought but little of it at the time, but
the next day it commenced to pain him, aud
before night be was hardly able to step.
he continued to grow worse till it was
thought that death would ensue, but some
hopes of his recovery are entertained at the
present writing-Express.
The thief who robbed the depot at Barton
Landing last week, was Henry Poronto a
Frenchmau from Coventry. Sheriff TruIl Of
West Burke took his track. followed him
across lots, by highways aud by.ways, aud
6nally caught him iD Bloomington. The
S54 stolen money was found in mustard
box. He was tried before Justice Howard
and bound up IN the sum Of $500 for steal.
ing and $500 for breaking and entering, aud
placed 10 Irasburgh jail.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Bates House at Rutland was burned
by an iucendiRry FIRE Wednesday night of
last week. Fire was set 10 three different
upper rooms at the same time. Amount of
insurance SS5, 900; loss considerably more.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
j. w. Wheelock, Of the Freeman, died at
8 o'clock Wednesday morning
The new Pavilion hotel at Montpe lier was
opened by a grand ball Tuesday evening
The house was filed With guests from al
parts of New England This house is said to
have few superior ones in New England.
Anthony Burke of Montpelier was held
to bail 10 the SUN of 5000 last week Thurs
day by Justice Lease of Waterbury. to an.
swer to the charge Of stealing S74 from
Michael Neeman, Jr, Of Waterbury. Burke
went to Jail.
1.-The Causes of Crime" was the subject of
Rev MIR Greenes lecture, at the Universalist
church, last Sunday evening, Surely this
should give a man of ability tho ground
work for good discourse. Mr. Greene did
justice to his subject, giving his large audi
ence lecture rePlete with solid sense. He
named as potent and prominent among the
cause Of crime hereditary tendencies to crime
intemperance, ignorance, licentiOus litera-
ture, fast living, aud also gave some good
hits at our defective criminal code or habit
of not calling things by their right names
If, said Mr. Greene. in substance, n man
takes a loaf Of bread belonging to another to
keep himself or his loved ones from starva.
ton, it is stealing. II he breaks into the