The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-12
Vermont N ews.

Tbs Vermont dairymen's association has
about 800 members.
The cost to the state ola jury trial is es-
timated a, 500 day.
Fiye-eighths of the pupils in the Burling-
ton high school study Latin.
There are 116 boys and six girls in the
Reform school at Vergenncs.
There are over 100 Good Templars in
Washington county, and over 400 in North
field alone.
Fifteen or twenty sheep belonging to
Joseph Jones of Charlotte, were killed on
Monday by dogs.
There was q lirht foil of erov- - C.
Adams Sunday night, and water froze to
about the thickness of common window
glass.
The store of H. II. Pratt and the house
of Samuel Barkus, at East Concord, Gale.
donna county, were burglarized, recently,
and a small amount of money taken from
each.
Wallace Towne of Morrisvlle, boy OF
fifteen or sixteen, got hit on the head while
playing ball, week ago last Thursday.
He was taken blind and speeches., and
died Friday of last week.
The joint debate between Messrs. Ell
ward Potvin and Charles Lafountan, an
nounced for Tuesday evening at Winooski,
did not come off. Mr.. Potvin holds him.
self in readiness to discuss the political is.
sues of the day with any French-speakine
citizen Of either Winooski or Burlington.
Recently "a quantity of cotton waste.
saturated with turpentine and kerosene
oil, was found stuffed between brick
oven and wood work in the ell of Gil.
christ's hotel at McIndoes Falls, and SET
it on fire. The fire was fortunately dis
covered and promptly exinguished.
Socrates Kinney, of Grand Isle, me,
with quite an accident while driving span
of colts, the other day. While shutting
the gate, the horses started, and in his hur
ry to stop them, he seized one of them by
the bit and was carried along some dis
lance. Seeing he could not stop them ht
let go, and was thrown on pile of stones
and quite severely cut.
Last Saturday evening about dozen
members of Post Ainsworth of WaitsAeld
visited Post Elton of Rochester, and as
sisted in mastering in some recruits-Com
rades McMullen, Savage and Strong acting
as commander, senior vice commander and
officer of the day, respectively. After the
meeting an oyster supper, prepared by
Post Eaton, was paltaken of with evident
relish by all present.
The view from Burke Mountain in Gale.
donia county affords fine scenery. The
view includes Owls Head in Canada, the
White Mountains of New Hampshire, tie
Adirondacks in New York, Mt. Mansfield,
Jay Peak, and the Willoughby mountains
and lake, and numerous villages, ponds
and rivers in Vermont. Lovers of fine
scenery can spend day there with as
much pleasure a1d profit as at any other
place in Vermont.
In Windham county crops in the aggre-
gate will average good deal better than
last year. The only noticeable falling off
as in potatoes, and they are only scarce and
poor in certain localities. The fruit crop
is enormous. Many farmers will be I'm.
able to gather their apples for want of time
and help. Some have offered anybody the
privilege of going into their orchards and
gathering the best cider apples for five
cents bushel The market is flooded with
good cider at 81 a barrel. The best late
cider will not bring more than 50, il that.
Any one with little capital might make a
snug fortune, buying up cider for vinegar,
to say nothing of cider brandy and other
palaiabe connections of apple Juice.