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


While Dartmouth college has increased its
tuition fees to $50, our Vermont colleges
charge only S45.
The contest between Burlington and 81
Adams for the next state fair, has resulted
in favor Of the latter.
The fish commissioners have $4,000 land
locked salmon Matching at Frank Haley s
pond at Rutland, and will distribute them
gratuitously.
Boston, Saturday, $4,000 of St Adams
town bonds, SIS Of 90, we're sold at par.
Rutland railroad bonds have advanced some
IL per cent, since the new bargain with the
Central. "
The Rutland Globe has discovered that
the cost Of the Judiciary and Of prosecuting
crime in Vermont has increased nearly eight
hundred per cent in twentY.seveu years,
while at the same time our increase 10 wealth
has been only about City per cent. The iu.
crease in convicted criminals was about
tweDty-fonr per cent, while the increase in
population was only thirteen per cent.
The supreme court has sustained the action
Of Judge Wheeler in the celebrated BrattIe-
bOro school case. 1t will be remembered
that many children OF Catholic parentage,
In violation of rule of the school, absented
themselves on Corpus Christi day; that on
previous "day Of obligation" of the church,
they had similarly abseuted themselves that
on the second occasion they had requested
TO be excused from attendance, but were
denied; and that, in consequence Of their
non.attendance, they were expelled from
school. A bill in chancery was brought to
restrain the school board from carrying
the order for expulsion into effect, but the
court dismissed it, on Substantially the same
grounds upon which Judge Wheeler refused
to grant preliminary injunction. viz: That
the rule was within the legal power of the
school board to make; that requiring the
children to attend on that day, aud refusing
TO excuse them, was not ouch an interference
with the freedom Of conscience as to make
the rule in conflict with the constitution
that the holding of session of the school
on that day was not any more illegal than it
would be to bold town meeting on that
day that the school laws, as well as this
rule, are made for all persons, and, as it did
not conflict with the constitution, the rule
was legal and of binding force.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Cankerrash and diphthera have caused
the closing of the graded school at Danviile,
and the district school at North DauviIle.
WIN D. Bronson of East Hardwick has a
COW that brought calf last week having TWO
heads, two back bones, two tails, four legs
and one body, or rather double body united
Rt the shoulders.
4 snail boy of Mr Heman Frost of Shelf.
field, while sliding few days ago, ran against
= stump. which caused him to bite his tongue
fully half of, ahd bruised him considerably,
leaving him inseusible for eight or ten hours.
Prof E Conant, state superintendent OF
common schools, lectured at Newark, Tues
day eve Sutton, Wednesday eve Sheffield,
Thursday evej Wheelock, Friday eve
Theme, pSuggestions Of Improvement of
Common Schools in Vermont"
Theodore Trip, aged 81, formerly OF
Charleston, w., died in Sutton last Monday
n1orniug Of what physicians consider cancer
in the stomach. He lived about sixty days
without taking nourlshment, excepting oc-
casionally little weak coffee, and no action
OF the bowels for fifty days.
Doctor William Cbilds of Bath, N. H.,
will deliver his lecture upon :" Sanitary Re-
form in the Rural Districts, at the village
hall. PSssumpsic, under the auspices of the
Y. M. Q. A., on Friday, February 25. at 7
O'Clock p. m. to which all are respectfully
invited. Having for years made the subject
q study the doctor will, no doubt, inpart
important information to all who attend.
On Wednesday, February 23. Drs G. B.
Billiard, James Folsom, aud w. W. Carpen.
ter opened the head of son of Nathaniel
Bruce of Newark, aged 10, who had been
suffering from kick Of q horse, which oc.
CURED about ten or eleven years ago, to re-
move pressure on the brain. The boy has
been subject to fits for seven or eight years,
which seemed to increase. The operation was
successful and by appearances will relieve
the patient They removed large piece oil
the skull bone which was pressing on the
brain.
After setting of the freight train at West
Burke, Tuesday morning, the freight boys
seeing white rabbit about seventy rods
above the depot, aud having leisure time
waiting for passenger train rallied about
eight men and formed half circle convex to
the north. The natives thought they had
surrounded grizzly bear, but ID. TruIl's dog
joined in the hunt, and Charlie H. McCon.
nell beat tho dog aud captured the rabbit
alive. He was put iHto box stall, but lib
Grated himself Wednesday morning by jump.
ing up four feet aud getting out, when Curley
after hard chase made a dead rabbit Of
him. ....... .....a
Tuesday, the 22d, Miss Ina Bridgmar
gave temperance lecture at the Methodist
church at West Burke, which seemed to b.
patronizOd by the Uuiversalists more thar
the Methodsts. Miss Ina delivers a fine
lecture with good style and with excellent
power, aud is 6ue speaker aud gives 6n,
lecture. Wednesday, the 23d, Miss Ina NJ
and Miss Ida L. Brdgman gave a reading
which was very acceptable to West Burk
people. Each showed fine talent aud gooC
dramatic powers. Miss Ida seems to be a
home as humorist aud Miss Ina M. as
tragedinan shows foe talent, and by goo
health aud study can make star Of the frs
mangnitude. She has 6ne vocal powers, an'
can BIZ FIRST class soprano singer tI..
oHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Hattie II. Ames, whose gift Is tho cata
lOguing Of public libraries, Is now arranging
that at Burlington. She has already cAta
logusd the Athen@um Library at Boston &C,
the city libraries OF Cincinnati and Chicago
Mrs Peter Goodwin of Charlotte, an oil
lady Of 80 years, was found dead in he
chair, on the 18th.