Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-05-05
STATE NEWS.

"A stock company is forming 10 work
the silver and lead mines of Uartland.
james Shipman of Dunvllle has a SOW
which had glitter" of % pigs the present
spring.
j. S. Adams killed himself by taking
poison at Chester Saturday, because his
girl had tilted him on account of his intern
perate habits.
Hon. Frederick Billings of Woodstock
has imported heifer that was picked out
as the most pro missing one on tho island of
Jersey.
There will be a meeting of the Convo-
cation of Bellows Falls on Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 9th and 10Th, at Christ
church, Bethel, and St. Paul's church, Roy
alton.
The Vermont police are trying to find
man in that State who hasn't been men
toned for Governor. No arrests yet.-BoS-
ton Post.
Mr.. William NJ. Fvarts has gone up to
his country place at Windsor, where he
purposes to spend the next fortnight in dill
igent work on his Centennial grafton.
"A house, three barns, corn house, etc.,
together with horse, two calves, large
quantity of hay and grain and most of the
household goods belonging TO Mrs. Philo
Weeks, in the southern limits of st. AL
bans village, were burned at o'clock,
Monday morning. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000. Atamp, who is suspected of setting
the fire, is in custody.
The people of Caledonia county are
InOyipu aaiiynly N iha Of I,y
Fourth of July celebration. A meeting
of the selectmen of the several towns was
held at st. Johnsbury on the Goth ult, and
an executive committee appointed TO ar
range as TO the location, programme Of ex-
ercises, sc.
"A movement is on foot for the building
of a railroad from Newport TO Island Pond
and the people living along the line of the
proposed road are asked TO raise 500, 900 to
secure its construction.
st. Adams is talking OF local fish and
game protective association for the vigor-
Gus execution of the laws on the subject
against any who may, in the selfish pur-
suit OF pleasure, retard the efforts now be-
ing made for restocking tho waters of Ver-
mont and making the State what it used 10
be-one of the best sporting fields in Amer
lea.
"A Groton man ru. in his coat pocket.
the other day, some powder and shot that
he had just bought at the village, but ON
his way home he carelessly put pipe he
had been smoking in with it. He was
made unconscious by the explosion, his
coat was torn to shreds, and his other gar
ments were set on fire. Probably he
would have been burned to death, If a
neighbor hadn't come along and cared for
him.
David r. Campbell, who has just Civ
en- five towns of the state $4,000 each for the
poor, was poor young man himself once,
and in 1922 he employed Mary Sturtevant,
a tailoress, TO mend his coat, his bill,
amounting TO ''three and nine pence; when
he went 10 pay up, she was not in, and as
they both soon left town. he failed TO hand
her the money. She was aflerward mar.
red, had a son, and became widow, and
he went through long business expert
ence, becoming wealthy. One day in 1869,
she received a letter from him in which he
stated that he had just learned where she
was, and enclosed the money with interest.
The woman gave the money TO the con-
sumptivcs' home at Boston.