Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

The skating rink at st. Adams has been
n successful operation for several days. Now
hat the young people of that railroad centre
ind it too cool to play croquet on the lawn,
hey have taken to the ice for pleasure and
health. st. Mary's band go down betimes
md begulle the hours with appropriate mu-
tic. #.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Mr.. Whites starch factory in Eden has
worked up nearly four and one half thousand
bushels of potat oes during the season just
,losed.
Hon. Edward Conant, state superintend-
INT will give an address on education, at
Town hall, Worthwhile, Monday evening,
Dec. IL, at half-past seven.
Rev. Mr.. Walbridge is to continue to
preach in the new church, at Morrisville, an
other year.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Geo. II. Hackett Of Tunbridge has taken
10000 bushels Of apples at his mill this sea-
son, and made 1862 barrels of cider.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
II. NJ. Bryant, the wel.knowu temperance
speaker from Maine, will lecture at Crafts
bury, South village. Saturday evening, Dec.
IL, and we advise all to bear him who can,
as he is like Aaron of old in one respect, 'he
can speak WELL"
Charles Armstrong of Morgan raised 90
bushels Of potatoes, Brooks seeding, red on
one-half acre this season.
Guess they don't read the FARMER up in
Jay. A young man from that place went
out to Troy the other day, aud on being told
that TIlden was elected said, "Tilton was no
kind Of man if he had been he would not
lied 50 about so good a minister as Beecher
was"
What next Now that poor Orleans coun-
ty court have a new court house those Gov
entryitcs had baby show the other day at
the house ofG. b. Hancock, Esq. Fourteen
germs of humanity gathered, the sound of
which went far and near. They struck an
average Of age with four months as the re-
suit; of weight, and it was seventeen and
one-half pounds! "Heity" babies up in
Coventry-that will do for the centennial
year.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Washington county Sunday school as
ISOLATION held its annual meeting in the
Methodist church, Plain6ed, Tuesday last
and had most interesting and profitable
session, especially that on the relation of the
church to the Sunday-school.
Following the example and enterprise OF
st. JOhnsbury, Montpelier is to have a course
Of lectures aud concert or two. For lectures
they have already secured Rev. w. II. Lord,
ID. d., Rev. Andrew Hull, d. D., Rev.
NJ. G. Fulton, Rev. j. Il. Wright and Rev.
N. N. Glazier, Of Montpelier Rev. u. Dru'
on of St. Adams and formerly of Montpelier
Hon. Il. j. Phelps of Burlington and DR.. II
A. Cutting Of Lunenburgh. A good array
of talent, and for the pecuniary aid of the
village reading room. The people at tn,
capital ought to patronize these, now that the
eloquence and wisdom of the legislature have
departed.
Winter has come upon US here in centra
Vermont with the springs and reservoirs 81
very poorly replenished as to give serious ap
preheDsions Of great scarcity of water be
fore spring Another "lndian summer,
closing with rain, may dispel fears.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Ben. X. Chase of Rutland, dealer /
watches, jewelry, etc., has filed a yoluntar
petition in bankruptcy.
A. w. Gray & Sons Of Middletown, hav
just shipped a lot Of their threshing machine
to Chill, TO parties who carefully examine
the exhibit at Philadelphia before selecting
Good for Yermont's industries.
The Woodstock Standards very sonsib
suggestion that tat no distant day Rutlan
will be the capital Of the state" has throw
the Montpelier people, in a fever of excitmen
The inevitable will come, though Montpelit
has the "Pavilion" and the Argus" Bl
friend Greene you must not be 80 though
less when people are nervous.
Castleton used to have medical scho
but it is gone now In it's stead is an 4
telligent dog. The Rutland Herald is throw
from the car every morning as the train pa
ses by. The track is SOME DISTANCE fro
the house and the dog, after the train b
gone by will 60 to the track, pick up u
paper-soarching for it till he Gnds it, if
happens to get lost-and carry it to h
house with the utmost care. The perforI
ance is frequently watched by strangers wi
much interest.
All the precedents in the world cam
justify the Rutland young man who recent
drove his mother-in.law out of the hou
with carving.kniie.
1t is reported that Frank Aubertin
/ Rutland, who beat his wife brutally a {,
( days ago and then fed to Canada, has col
mitted suicide at La Prairie, p. Q,