Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-17


county commissioner without opposition.
Truman Beach has been elected town
treasurer Of Westford for the thirty .iirs
consecutive time.
Taft q Morgan Of Burlington since Feb
LIST have shipped ten carloads Of doors 600
doors to a caroad). They manufacture on
an average 600 doors a week.
A subscriber at Charlotte writes. March
8, that hay aud grain are very plenty there.
Hay in barn is worth So to $40; oats 40 ia
45 cents; corn IS; rye 6b; barley 65
butter, fresh made, % cents.
Louis Henry of Burlington was born in
Sharbore, in the department Of Lamoush, on
the l1th Of March, 1866. Ho has IA chill.
dren, 81 grandchildren aud SO great. grand
children, making total Of l4S all Of whom
are living. He reads without the aid Of
glasses, has smoked OIL years, and last Tues.
day went to the polls without assistance aud
voted.
Dan b. Griffin Of Essex has a collection
Of about 800 old coins, many of which are
great curiosities. Among them are a bronze
coin Of the time of Amyntas H., King of
Macedonia, who reigued 399 years b. c.,
which is 2,260 years old; a silver didram
of the time of Philip H., son of Amyntas,
1920 years old; Greek mite 1000 years
old number OF Roman coins OF the time
of Constantine's reign, 1850 years ago an
Austrian coin dated 1910 aud many other
rare and curious coins of great value us
relics OF ages past.
ESSEX COUNTY.
David W. Hbbari has bought the lower
saw mill and factory site for $500. Hib-
bard has probably bought on speculation, but
will put it to same use.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
John w. Dewey of St. Adams, a man
about Al years Of age, got up last Friday
morning and went down stairs after drink
of water, when he was taken with an apo.
pleetic fit, and died in few minutes.
The Union agricultural society, embrace
ing Franklin and Grand Isle counties, was
permanently organized at st. Adams on
Tuesday. Hon. WIN. H. Blake of Swanton
is president; 4. G. Greene of St. Adams,
secretary, and NJ. B. 0lmstead of st. A lbans
treasurer. The fairs Of this society are to be
held at St. Adams.
Franklin county agricultural and mechan.
ical society will hold their fair this year,
September 6, 7 and 8, on their grounds in
Sheldon. The officers Of this society are as
follows, viz: N. g, Martin, president !;
Isaac 7. Paris, james NJ Dean, vice presi-
dents; j. II. Stufflebean, secretary NJ. L..
Chandler, treasurer, with three directors from
each town in the county.
AtSwantou Henry Cassemer died recently.
He and all his connections were Catholics,
but being engaged in the foundry he did not
stop for all the feast and fast days that hap
pened, and Father Camm refused to attend
his burial in the consecrated ground. Where
upon the Protestants Of the village took
charge of the funeral, which was attended
by large concourse Of people.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
NIorrisvlle academy has lao students !;
thought to be the largest number it ever had
Moulton and ClaAin, sub.contractors of
the p. & o. road, at Jacksonville, have
come up missing. Bills left unpaid.
A fire broke out at Cambridge Center,
Thursday evening. in one of the hotel barns
owned by Elias Chadwick, burning the hotel
and three barns 1t was thought at one
time that it would take the whole street, but
the wind changed aud it was got under con-
troll. Loss $4,000; insured for $4,000.
1t is not known how the FIRE originated,
but it is supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
The state has sued Col. Il. b. Sawyer,
late clerk Of the Lamoile county court, for
$1,000, alleged to have been embezzled by
him, and has attached the furniture and fix.
lures Of his hotel at Hydepark He resigned
some time ago, and when his bondsmsn pro-
ceeded against HIM he wasn't to be found.
1t is said that the funds he has taken con.
sisted of money paid IN on DEGREES, and 5000
that the auditor had advanced them.
The voters of Cambridge were somewhat
surprised at town meeting by the statement
of the treasurer, Mr. f. Wetherby, that the
town had received gift of nearly 5000. 1t
seems that the donors were lady aud gen.
tleman Of the town whose relatives had for.
merly received help from the town. This
lady and gentleman are now in affiueut cir
cumstances and choose to iquidale all ap-
pearauces OF obligation that they may be
under to the town.
ORANGE COUNTY.
A $500 United States bond that s. b.
Carpenter of Randolph lost FIVE years ago.
has just turned up. he having recently re-
ceived letter making inquiries about it. to
which he replied that he would give $50 for
its return.
The two-story farm house owned aud occu-
pied by Charles Chamberlin of South Now
bury, together with nearly all its contents,
was totally consumed by fire about twelve
O'Clock Monday night. Loss about $4,000 /;
insured for 81 $50.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Barton is talking of having an iron fouu-
dry.
The listers meet at Irasburgh, March lS,
to equalize appraisals.
DIR. j. F. Skinner of Barton is reelected
county commissioner.
Three convicts in Irasburgh Jail have been
pardOned out by the governor
Westmore appointed an investigating com.
mittee, as its last town meeting, to hunt out
the frauds by town officials during the past
four years.
The town Of Troy has a monstrous iron
safe for its records, and delights IN choosing
its clerk at the north and south villages each
alternate year, and moving that old box back
and forth with a six-horse team. The North
has it this year.
There are two cases of small pox at Der
by Center Miss Julia Emery has the geo.
ulnO, never having been vaccinated. Mrs.
Hiram Davis is having the varioloid in mild
form. These ladies were at Derby Line,
some two weeks ago, but do not know when,
or where they could have been exposed to
the disease. They were taken sick few
days ago at the same time, but with no idea
OF the presence of any such disease. Some