Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-22

lockct at Centre Bennington four years ago.
1t was found recently in field that has
been plowod twice since the locket was lost.
What made recent Bennington wedding
more interesting was me presentation Of a
81 900 greenback by the groom to his bride
"a daug htor of H. y. White, late superin.
tendcnt OF the Harlem Extension railroad.
The largest catamount ever captured in
the vicinity of Bennington has been stuffed,
and is on exhibition there. IL was killed.
at Wardsboro' last November, and is being
used as a model by Bartlett, the artist for
his bronze oatamount which is to surmount
the Catamount Tavern Monument at Ben
niugton Centre.
Senator Jones and wife Of Nevada arc
spending short time as guests of T. W.
Park st North Bennington.
A man in Arlington was denied the priv.
lego Of voting, on the ground that he did
not live with his wife who has a residence
in Troy.
At the commencement of the autumn term
of the Bennington graded schoo-one Of the
best appointed schools in the New England
states-the Catholic pupils were all removed
TO the Catholic school. No complaint has
ever been made that the public schools were
sectarian.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Chandler Mccall Of Colchester started for
the Centennial lately, but while stopping to
see the sights in New York a confidence"
man borrowed fifty dollars of him aud for
got to return it.
Burlington college has admitted the FIVE
students from Barre academy that were re-
jected by the faculty of Middlebury,
At the Whitehall fremen's muster, last
week, the Burlington boys, the Garryowens,
won the first prlze-one hundred dollars
in the remarkable time Of one minute and
tweuty.three seconds.
The sheds aud about $4,000 worth OF
wood, belonging to the Vermont Central
railroad, we're burned at Milton, last week
Thursday, necessitating the transfer of pas
sengers.
The Baptist church in Jericho are spend.
ing $4,000 in repairs.
ESSEX COUNTY.
f. A. Grant of East Concord has a Jer.
sey COW five years old from which in June
he made little over 10 pounds of butter in
one week, and one day from sc pounds Of
milk he made two pounds and twelve and
one-half ounces Of butter. She now makes
one pound and fourteen ounces per day.
Mr.. Grant had package of butter at the
fair which was equal if not superior to any
exhibited. Like good sensible farmer, he
has purchased Prof Arnold's work on dairy
ing.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Emile Gaillaurmier of Collinsvile,
c., while passenger on the Central Yer.
mont Montreal last week Thursday, had her
pocket picked of Sl30. On arriving at St.
Adams the thief was arrested aud nearly
half the money recovered. The thief was
lodged in Jail to await trial.
Richiord formerly was noted for its
drunkenness. Now it is said there is not q
drunkard in the town and no place where
liquor is sold, not even Mt the hotels. This
result is the work Of lodge Of Good Tenn
plars.
Albert Eldred Of Montgomery was ar
rested last week Saturday for setting fire to
a house, the property of Mr.. j. T. Hoadley
of that place. In hearing before Justice
III. II. Rawson, he was bound over in the
sum OF $500. in default of which he was
brought to st. Adams and placed in Jail.
The Weldon House at St. Adams furn.
ished meals for 1000 persons during the
last day of the state fair.
ORANGE COUNTY.
One hundred pounds of honey were taken
from wild bees nest in Randolph, lately.
At meeting of the old people in Brad.
ford, lately, there were fourteen persons
present whose united ages were eleven hun
dred and Lightweight years, being an aver
age of eighty-tour years.
The temperance wave, now spreading
over New England, has at last reached
Bradford. John W. Drew Of Concord, n.
H., held his third meeting here last week
Sunday evening and addressed one Of the
audiences ever seen at any temperance gath
ering in this town or vicinity. Many OF the
hardest drinkers have already signed the
ironclad pledge and the liveliest interest is
manifested, Some four or five hundred per-
sons have already signed the total absti-
pence pledge.
Last Friday night, the grist mill of Hor-
ace Farr, the kit factory and saw mill Of
Aldrich Il Barrett in Bradford, were together
with the stock, machinery and contents, fred
in different places, and completely consumed.
Loss about $4,000 no insurance.
John Fisk of Brantree has raised small
crop of sweet potatoes Of good quality, and
Reuben Cole Of Randolph has raised crop
Of peanuts.
Saturday night of week before last the
depot at South Newbury was broken into
and about $4,000 worth of tickets stolen.
The next week a stranger began selling Cen
tennial tickets at greatly reduced rates at
North Thetford. Suspicion was detected to
him and he was arrested, when he confessed
to the crime. He gave his name as II. B..
Porter of New Hampshire. He has good
education and has held several important
local offices 10 his state. He claimed to
have been driven to the crime by necessity.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Chandler Austin Of Barton Landing is the
next sufferer by the dcpredatons Of the
clothes line thieves.
Mrs Duffer of Greensboro recently at.
tempted suicide by taking poison, but too
large dose frustrated her design.
A party sounded Caspian lake last week,
finding III feet to be the greatest depth,
contrary to the mythical stories Of no bot
tom to be found in some localities.
Parties in Glover owning mills on tn G
river are trying to raise a stock company Ia
build dam at Stone Pond. They think
that $1,000 will buy the privilege aud
build dam where the old one was con,
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