Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-28


the price Of gas so cents per thousand feet.
Atrrcssnt three.fourths Of tho bust ness places
are lighted with kerosene.
Since the change of management Of the
Brandon Manufacturing Go. il is not improb.
able that the business will be transferred to
Rutland, in which case some 500 workmen
will he added to It's population. tt.I,
The Rutland Globe says that the towns
poor expenses for last year we're over &c..
600, and that, while the estimate for the
current year was but $4,000, the orders
thus far on the treasurer are over $4,000,
or $4,000 a month for paupers.
At the annual meeting of the Brandon
manufacturing company held on Friday,
N. I. Sprague, jr., was reelected president,
but declined the position, when John B.
Page was elected president. Col. George
A. Merrill was elected a director to gil
vacancy in the board Of directors also gen.
eral manager in the place Of Mr.. Sprague
The board Of directors are John B. Page,
George A. Merrill, Rutland, John s. Shulzs,
New York, W. w. Reynolds, N. T. Sprague,
jr., Brandon.
John II Huntoon, the son of one of Rut.
lands first families, and husband Of an &C.
complished and high-spirited daughter Of
Leeds Billings, proves himself most out
rageous scamp. His wife received q telegram
recently that Mr. Huntoon was living with
another woman at the Rossmore house 10
New York aud thither she Immediately
went with policeman, and found No. living
10 grand style. She expressed surprise aud
regret at the news, and at once took of
several thousand dollars worth Of diamonds
that she said Huntoon had given her. No.
] Indignantly spurned them, but took down
the pictures Of her four children which hung
on the walls At this juncture the numer.
Gus husband appeared, blessed" and gave
his wife 5000 to get back to Rutland. Be-
fore going, the policeman showed her Mr..
Huntoon's picture in the rogue's gallery. 1t
is stated that he has settled several scrapes in
passing counterfeit money, and that No. 2 is
his confederate. His father, James Huntoon
Of Shrewsbury, is a man Of excellent charac-
ter, and has spent much money in vain at
tempts to establish his son 10 business. A
divorce is now in order, aud the matter is
the talk of Rutland's higher circles.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A woodshed, containing 200 cords Of wood,
supposed to belong to the Central Vermont
railroad, was burned at Montpelier last
week.
The largest man in Montpelier is Il. M.
Irish, who weighs 375 pounds. Miss Aid
rich, Of Barre, weighs 80, and it is said she
is not the largest Of her family.
Jared Kimmis of Moretown had dwell.
ing house and barn burned Sunday night.
Loss 81 900; insurance 81 900, in the Far.
wers' Mutual. The contents of the house
were saved.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
A 6ne Estey organ was sent from Brattle-
boro, last week. to Wagner, the musical
composer Of Baireuth, Prussia.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
About 40 Indians are engaged in log.
rolling in the woods at White River juno
ton.
Woodstock has not paid up all of its old
war debt yet, and has a railroad debt Of
100000. The rate of taxation is SIS on
$1,000.
The stockholders of the Vermont move lty
works company in session at Springfield
Wednesday, declared dividend of 5 per
cent, and elected officers, with William A.
Heyer president of the board Of directors.
1t is estimated that 1000 pouuds of pick
erel have been purloined from Silver Lake,
in Barnard, and only one offender has been
caught in the act and punished. The fish 10
this lake are protected by statute for term
of years.
A movement is started for a new Post
office in the town of Woodstock at Englist
Mills and a change of the stage route from
Woodstock to Bristol via English Mills anC
Barnard. The stage now goes via South
Pomtret aud Barnard.
Miss Alice Chase of White River juno
ton was fatally injured on Wednesday, last
week, while returning from an excursion into
the country in company with friend in I
carriage. The horse became frightened anc
ran away, throwing Miss Chase Violent!
to the road and fracturing her skull. Sh
died on Saturday night.
Hubbard Hathaway of English Mills il
Woodstock committed suicide Saturday
morning by hanging himself in the horse
shed, where no was found by his wife. Ill
was about 66 years old, and Of a melanchol,
disposition, though of good habits, and hat
some property. He leaves wife and on
daughter.
A ten.mile walking match occurred a
Springfield Friday, between Q. M. Mitchell
of Concord, N. H., and A. ii. Libby o
Springfield Mitchell, after walking eigh
miles, was carried from the track in an in
sensible condition. Libby completed tho tel
miles 10 l hour, 3S minutes and "a seconds
A 100 yard race for silver cup aud tn
championship was wen by Jervis Whitmor
In lbs. over A. A. Rice aud Chas. Slade.
Some two weeks ago Rev. 2. b. Fisk, Q
Springfield, formerly of Lyndonville, too
ether TO have teeth removed. Last week
he was taken with bleeding of the left lung
accompanied with violent pain, aud h
friends apprehended what is termed quic
consumption. Since the first symptoms ap
peared, Mr.. Fisk had been unable to lie 0
his left side, his turning on that side bein
; Immediately followed by paroxysms Of cough
ing. The attending physician administers
morphine 10 deadon the pain aud while Ut
der the influence Of >morphine, Mr. Fis
7 turned on his left side which operation wi
1 followed by violent coughing spell, durin
, which he raised from his left lung tootl
: which no had swallowed while under the il
: fluence of the ether administered by the del
tist
|, CANADIAN NEWS.
. The Meat aud Produce Company of She
+. brooke is reported failed.
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