The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-07
State at Large.
CENTRAL VERMONT.

CENTRAL VERMONT.
The patrons Of husbandry in Chittenden
county hold centennial basket picnic at
Willston on the last Tuesday In June.
Addresses by Hon. Russell s. Taft, Of
Burlington, and d. Z. Boyden, of Waits
field. Music by the Westford band.
The jolly club of Burlington have cleo
ted Gen. VIM. W. Henry president, W.
II. Waters, vice.president Warren
Gibbs, secretary; A. X. Cole, T. ID.
G hapman, G.. s. Hart, executive commit
tee. A lake steamer will make regular
trips from Burlington to the campln
grounds in Charlotte during the season.
EASTERN VERMONT.
Ten men are taking ore from the Hart
land silver mines, and they say it is rich.
Excursion tickets are selling from St.
Johnsbury to Portland and return for So
the round trip.
The freshman nine of Dartmouth college
will play the st. Johnsbury academy nine
on the fair ground, the 10th inst.
The students of st. Johnsbury academy,
numbering between 200 or 300, took an ex-
cursion to Burke mountain last week.
The house and shed belonging to Francis
Harrington, in Walden, were destroyed by
| uTt vi tlt GUN VI may. llDoby EoIOy ILL.,
| surance, $780,
| The anniversary exercises at Barre acad-
envy opened Sunday, ex-senator Patterson,
OF Hanover, N, H., addressed the social
fraternity, Wednesday evening, and on
Thursday the alumni meet.
Pomfret folks are gong to hold a memo
rial meeting in honor of the late DR.. Kim
ball Russ, who practiced his profession in
that town for nearly fifty years, the exer-
cises to take place on the 21st, the ami
versary of the doctors birth.
Bethel farmers are less disposed to plant
potatoes on account Of the low price paid
for them during the past year. Wages of
farm hands open much lower than for sew
eral years. From sig to SIS per month
and board Is about the market price for
good hands.
Gambling IL very lively at Hartford just
now, they say. The old heads are making
q specify of roping in boys, and good
many, some not over fifteen years Old, be-
longing to respectable families frequent
the dens. 1t is said that one boy, only II
years old, has been fleeced out of 81 900 in
the past two years.
The Brattleboro firemen made fine
, street parade on Saturday week, and when
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an manu- nincnines III 'ne s'a.e, anu Iron
aoly sinliiai iecolu Eanno. oe iouhu Al
tne county d. laIee' rouf niacn'nes pay
eu WIN an average vi ~ lleh oI lhs
, tain No. 4, 226 feet; Phpnix No. 6, 22l. 6
: Hydropath No. 3, 215 o. Western No.
We,t Brattleborc, 217.1i Estey steamer
22311.
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| It's expected that hon. L. w. Park ant
r family Will return to their home at NorIi
Bennington this week.
Col. Sprague will give his famous lectur,
, on Milton and civil and Religious Lioer
ty," at Library hall, Bennington, mex
Tuesday eve., June 9th.
3 Hon. L. r. Graves of Bennington, who
has been confined to his house for severe
-, weeks because of broken limb, is, we arr
D pleased to see, out again.
The Woodford correspondent writes tn,
j Manchester Journal: There hasn't beef
e rain enough since Deacon Estey was talked
e of for governor to dampen the ardor of thu
l local politician, but no man ever saw hin
t when he was not dry.
Tho Messr, uarbor, NJ woodford ar
building a tram.wav from their woodnile
liz i'on' 'uoi