Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-05
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CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Green Mountain Lodge No. /, l. q. D.
f., Of Burlington, has given to Fletcher free
library thOir library, consisting Of ll5 vol
umcs.
Governor Peck recently pardoned four
prisoners at Burlington. They were sent up
for intoxication and had been in the "cooler"
nearly all winter.
The senior and junior classes of the Uni.
versity have engaged the fine band Of the
LIST regiment Of New York, Felix Eben
leader, to furnish the music for Commence
meut.
AS James Wakefield was driving out near
Hinesburgh BRIDGE he heard splash in the
water, got out and found a muscalonge with
his snout on the sand unable to get off He
killed it with the butt end of his whip. The
fish was four feet long and weighed twenty
pounds.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A base ball club was organized at Bing-
hamville, Fletcher, April %.
Marquis Prindle aud his son, who live on
the line between St. Adams and Fairfield,
were chopping in the woods last Friday,
when, in chopping up large pine tree, they
found six ful-grown coons inside.
A house and other buildings belonging to
Mrs Philo Weeks Of st. Adams, with a
horse and two calves, were burned Monday
morning the fire being probably the work of
a tramp loss $4,000, insured for $4,000.
The brooks emptying into Fairfield pond
have been stocked with five thousand young
land.locked salmon. St. Adams is talking
Of local fish and game protective associa-
ton for the vigorous execution Of our laws
on the subject against any who may, in the
selfish pursuit Of pleasure, retard the efforts
now being made for restocking the waters Of
Vermont, and making the state what it used
to be--one Of the best sporting fields in
America.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Mr.. W. S. Thorp has shown US some
flowers, violets and buttercups, grown in
England this spring, and received by him
in letter on the 18th inst What differ
ence in climate yet England is farther
north than Vermont But its our gulf
stream that warns her.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The mineral springs at Tuubrdgs are to
be fitted up for the benefit Of the public
The dwelling house of G. A. Leavitt of
Bradford was burned last Friday night.
Loss $1,000.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
LakeMemphremagog has been coveredwith
ice over six months.
DR.. Paget of Stanstead died very suddenly
at Studdert's hotel, May 2.
LATE Buck is running the Memphremagog
House, or, rather, preparing to.
Bartlett Bryant, the nurseryman, died at
Derby April 30, at the age Of 81.
Mumps, canker rash and lung fever are
prevailing to a serious extent in Browning.
ton.
The Congregational church at Newport is
to be enlarged and repaired, at the expense
of $1,000.
The steam mill at Newport started up
Monday at a reduction of ten per cent. on
wages of employees.
d. p. Walworth has sold his goods in
store at Coventry to b. +. Tower and re-
igned the pastmastership in Towers favor.
The residence, shop and buildings of Mr.
Kenney Of Lowell were entirely consumed
with contents on Tuesday. The family
barely escaped with their lives.
Gilbert j. Gross of Bloomington lost his
sugar house, with bis pans and holders and
400 pounds sugar last week, and the neigh.
bors built him frame for new house.
Last Friday road was shoveled through
a snow drift in Coventry, but not down to
the ground by over foot Next morning a
lot Of frogs and lizards were found in the
trench
Farmers who have so long wanted to get
the Charter Oak pillow will now find them at
the house of Coroden Cummings at Newport.
Many people who have used them are enthu.
siastic in their praise. A picture Of one may
be seen elsewhere in this paper.
The hotel at Bury, p. O., occupied by A.
. S. Clough, formerly of Newport, was de-
, stroyed by FIRE Monday morning. The fam.
, lily barely had time to escape in their night.
: clothes. One man, unknown, persisted in
the flames. The fire fend seems to have
quite taking for the Cloughs.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Hon. Ezra June of Brandon died suddenly
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Col w. G. Veazey has been selected as
Decoration Day orator, at Rutland, and the
Sherman band Of Winooski, will furnish the
, music.
W. j. Stearn's mill at West Rutland, fol
, the manufacture of cotton batten aud COM
lorterS and dwelling house, were burned
Saturday afternoon loss SS,OOO partially
insured.
@ The house Of Chancey o. Benson, in the
northern part Of Fairhaven village, in the
Z quarter known as Bensonvile, was entirely
, consumed by fire last Friday night. 1t wa
a neat frame house worth about 5000, RnC
was insured for $3.50. a part of the furni
ture was also consumed. The fire caugh
5 from the chimney.
: WASHINGTON COUNTY.
J. Montpelier will celebrate the 18th.
AFRO Nelson of Calais was severely injured
% last week, by colt running away with him
II There has been a fair amount of suga
made in Calais this spring. and Of superio
quality,
! Miss Ina Robinson of Calais is the owne
d of sheep that has brought her four mic
lambs this spring,
Mortified lodge of Good Templars bega
70 three yearsago with seventy members and now
\ has 249 in good standing.
y. About fifty of the most respected citizen
of Waits6eld have certified their belief tina
9 Horace d. Bruce, who was recently arreste'
r, for passing counterfeit money, is the victim
N of counterieiters, and they endorse him a
Vi being an honest man.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Nc Drew and Osgood the well.known temper
ID ance lecturers, are doing rousing work O
~ Brattleboro. Already some 800 have signe
IN the pledge, including some of the harde
al, ho A ,tn,,.o .