Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-21

A man named Henry Congdon was fatally
overcome with heat while harvesting oats in
Coventry, last Friday.
John Kelley Of Jay was seriously injured
by an infatuated bull last Friday.
Fourteen persons we're baptised by Rev.
L. Blake at Willoughby Lake, last Sunday.
A valuable horse while being driven by
Gen. Grout the other day, became unman-
ageable and ran furiously through the village,
the general holding a wheel and the roius
with all his might. The horse soon Stacked
up and fell dead, with no other damage.
had a few bugs on my potatoes. l first
sprinkled them with water and Paris green.
l Immediately after put on ashes and Paris
green and have not seen q sign Of bug
since. have little patch Of corn in my
garden that was planted near the last Of May
that think will average TO stand seven feet
high, and still it is growing. Wilson's phos-
plate is what did it, a good handful in a
hill II. s. CHAPLIN.
Glover, JuIy II, 1876.
Two barns belonging to one Snyder of
Coventry Gore, were burned by lightning,
last week, together with some hay and farm
ing tools. Insurance $500.
Fire at Barton Landing.
Just as the ten o'clock night express train
reached Barton Landing Tuesday evening,
the engineer discovered FIRE bursting through
the roof Of Flint Brothers store, and blew
his whistle with violence to alarm the inhab-
tants, while the conductor held the train
two hours, and the passengers, Of whom there
was a large number, went to work. As
there we're few facilities for quenching the
Ere IL was evident that several buildings
must 20, and the nearest were therefore
mostly emptied Of their contents. The fire
consumed Flint Brothers store, Austin 4
Joslyn's store, and the dwelling houses of
Mr.. Stafford, Mr.. Bgelow and Geo. Church
ill. Austins Il Joslyn's building contained
Austins Il Josyn's dry goods store, Wilson's
drug store Q. ii. Green's furniture store,
millinery store aud several offices. Flint
Brothers occupied their whole building and
had it well packed with goods Flint Broth
ers were insured for Sl1 900 on store and
goods; Aurtin & Joslyn for "a 900 on goods
and $1,000 on store. The total loss cannot
be less than $4,000. The depot caught
FIRE several times. The steam saw mill Of
Grandey & Skinner was saved, mostly by a
pump connected with their machinery carry
ing one stream Of water. The buildings
burned stood on the west side Of the track
and near the railroad station. The origin
of the fire is unknown, as there had been no
FIRE in the building where IT originated for
some time.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Another Rutland jury has decided that
larger beer is not intoxicating.
The inmates Of the Rutland county Jail
amuse themselves in playing baseball.
A rich vein of silver ore has been struck
at Pitts6eld, and is being worked by New
York parties.
Willie Little, aged eleven years, son Of
noon, by falling into the bulkhead of thu
mill Of the Fairhaven marble and marbleiEed
slate companies.
Gilman and Thompson, who attempted to
break jail at Rutland few daysago were taken
from the dungeon July III and allowed to
plead guilty to the crimes charged against
them, the former for horse stealing and the
latter for larceny. The former received o
sentence OF 10 years at state prison, aud the
latter Is months 10 the same place.
The wood-shed Of the Central Vermont
railroad at East Wallingford caught fire,
Monday afternoon, and $50 cords of sawed
wood belonging to the company were con.
sumed, and over 800 cords belonging TO pri-
vate individuals. The sleepers were burned
for quite distance, and the rails twisted 50
that the trains, that evening, were obliged to
transfer their passengers.
A shocking outrage and attempted murder
has recently come to light. One Edward
Tucker, accompanying family by the name
OF Stebbins from Mendon to Castleton Pond
on a fishing tour, succeeded in inveigling q
young daughter away from the rest Of the
party 10 boat, just at dark. The girls
screams were heard and she was rescued
The villain had attempted to drown her. lie
was arrested Monday night in Rutland, and
it may be taken for granted the severest pen
atty OF his crime will be administered Il
him.
There is a natural ice.house at Chittenden,
where the ice remains the year round. The
| paw - "a nolluW kOIRb WIN IOOhJ oiuOof CA
tending down about 20 feet and arched over
head with trees. Here az abundant quaint
ty Of solid ice can be found during the hot
test seasons Of the year. At the upper end
OF the gorge is clear spring of water, from
which the ice is formed in winter. The poo
pie in the vicinity here obtain their supply
The atmosphere in the vicinity Of the
gorge is cooled by its frozen treasures, aud
when the wind is in the direction, a chang,
in temperature is apparent half mile dis
tant.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
l.. l.. Durant the Montpelier Temperance
lecturer, is drawing crowded houses in Wind
SCR county, and doing effective work.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
George Babson committed suicide at Bel
lows Falls, Monday afternoon, by shooting
himself; cause, dependency.
Geo. Budson, a shoemaker, employed b
q. 4. HolbroOk of Bellows Falls, shot him
self in shed connected with the shop Mon
day afternoon, living only a few moment
after committing the deed. He was so year
old, and has no relatives in this part Of tn
country. Dependency caused by the habi
: Of opium-eating caused him to take his life
which he had attempted a number of time
before.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
) Mr.. William Thurston of Woodstock fe
5 dead the 18th. His age was 50, aud
was one of the Oldest MasOns in the state.
. The democrats of Windsor county hay
5 nominated for senator's II. l.. Rodman
t BridgeWater, Otis Chamberlin Of PomfrC
q and j. W. Pierce Of Springfield,
John p, Phair, the murderer of Mr.
L Anna Freeze, is kept in solitary oon6nemer
7 at Windsor, for attempting suicide la
spring. lie is in good spirits and says he
= in excellent health.
The farm buildings of Francis d. Foste
at Cavendish, we're burned last Thursda
The FIRE caught on the roof from the chin