Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
STATE NEWS.

spoken OF as inc uemocrntlc nominee Tor gov
ernor.
They are talking up branch railroad
from North Concord to Victory, Tn ice to
Island Pond
Vermont is to have the juror on horses and
the juror on sheep, at the centennial exhibit
ton. The names Of the appointees are moi
yet announced.
Regular Sunday trains will be run over
the Portland and Ogdensburgh railroad this
summer, for the accommodation Of tourists
10 the mountains.
The rates for towing through the lake are
lower than they have been known for a long
time. The lines charge only Eve dollars for
towing from Whitehall to st. Johns.
State Fish Commissioner Eimuuds will
make his headquarters at Wells River, this
season, for the distribution Of blaek-bass in
the waters of the northern part Of the state.
N. A. Fillmore, formerly an agent for the
Wilcox Il Gibbs Sewing Machine Co., aud
well.known in several parts Of the state, was
complained Of in the municipal court, at
Bostoo, the 18th inst, on a charge of en-
bezzling. The court held him in $500.
At the meeting of the Vermont republican
association recently, at Washington, Senator
Morrill, referred with pride to the fact that
in all the charges Of corruption made against
those in official position no Vermonter's name
had yet been stained even by ssspiciou, aud
he believed none would be.
1t is under consideration to run lightning
express trains between the Crawford House
White Mountains, and Lake George, this
summer, leaving the Crawford House about
ten o'clock a. m, reaching lake George ear.
ly in the afternoon via Montpelier, Essex
junction, Burlington and Fort Tconderoga.
The White Mountains and Lake George
lightning express trains will be luxuriously
equipped. A......
Hon. Paul Dillingham; of Waterbury, and
Col. Red6eld Proctor Of Rutland will deliver
the decoration day addresses at Burlington
Col. f. V. Randall Of Montpelier at Swan.
ton; Hon. @. w. Willard, at Barre Gen.
w. w. Grout, at Montpelier; Hon. George
II. Bigelow, at Waits6eld; Col. W. q. Yea.
zey, at Rutland; Col. Aldace +. Walker, at
Arlington Hon. d. Il. Nicholson, al
Grafton.
A mixed train Of passenger aud freight
cars on the Montpelier and Wells River
railroad was run into at Montpelier Tuesday
afternoon, by two loaded gravel cars which
had broken loose and run down grade for
five miles. A saloon car was smashed and
thrown from the track, and one passenger
car partly overturned. Four men we're on
the gravel cars, but, beyond bruises, no one
was injured.
The delegates from the east side Of the
Green mountains to the general conference
Of the Methodist church at Baltimore are
making a strong effort TO have that portion
of Vermont west Of the Green mountain:
now in the Troy conference set of to the
Vermont conference, but the churches Of
western Vermont are working as earnestly
to defeat the movement, and petitions have
been sent from a number Of individual
churches.
At the annual stockholders meeting oil
the Central Vermont railroad company, held
at St. Adams, the 18th inst, the following
directors were elected j. Gregory Smith
w. G.. Smith and Bradley Barlow Of st.
Adams, b. b. Smalley OF Burlington. Jed
p. Clarke Of Milton, Luke p. Poland Of ST.
JOhnsbury, j. Il. Langdon Of Montpelier, B
j. Cheney, Jacob Edwards and James w
Emery of Boston, George NJ. Rice Of Wor
cester, Mass, j. II. Kimball of Bath, Me.
and j. G.. Hoyt of New York, each re.
ceiving 1904 votes, the whole number
cast. The only change from the old board
is the election of James w. Emery in place
Of j. b. Page Of Rutland.
An old patriarch alighted from the up
bound train at Ballston Spa, N. Y, las
Saturday morning. lie stated that his name
was Beniah Gallup of Gui.dford, Windhan
county, and that he had Just returned from
Minnesota trip. He was born on June l
1856, was accordingly 80 years Of age, anC
could read the finest print Of newspape
without the aid Of spectacles. lie has mad
the trip alone, and was free to state hi
ability to travef without assistance. Tht
veteran claims that he has ''never been sicE
unto death, and don't mean to be if he cal
help it," lie referred to the death of Geors
Washington as if but of recent occurrence
saying: "The news came when was gu
with the boys on general training day; auC
we reversed arms aud went back to our quar-
tiers eryingW lie is remarkably preserved
for one who has passed the allotted three
score.and.ten period of man, and may h'
survive to celebrate his own centennial
Sarat0gian.
Vermont Exhibitors at the Centennial.
The following is partial list Of Vernon
exhibitors aud their exhibits at the centen
NAL exposition:
MAIN BUILDING AND AsNRx.
Albert =. Knapp, Poultney Pictorial Family Bib
Estoy Co. Brattleboro organs.
r. G. Gilman, Montpelier, track sulky aud ope
Montpelier Manufacturing Co., chlldrOn's carriage
ANNEX.
! burlington Manufacturing Co., tile marble.
Columbian Marble Co., Rutland, marble Wain'co
| ting, tile, vases, shafts, ETC.
Rutland Marble Co., West Rutland, wrought ar
unwrOught marble.
ST. Jo6nsbuTy GrAnito Co., st. Johnsbury, grant
sheldon 4 slason West Rutland, pedestal of stat
| AIRY and blue notified marble.
Burlington A wSoioR Co.. RiSoosH, .ob pS east
rines Moscows korseys, broadcloths doeskins elast
| dOeskins, eysians.
HALL
| Brandon Manufacturing Co, HoWes scales.
Jones, Lamson Co., Windsor, engine laths, sore
! machines, gang drills, etc.
Thomas Ross, Rutland stone cutting machine al
steam derrick
steam Stone Cutter Co., Rutland, steam stone cha
neling or quarryng machine, and block OF machine O.
| marble
George J. Wardwell, Rutland, stationary and POI
| able valVeess steam engine.
II. =. Nichols Co., Burlington, steam Ore eugin'
Lane Manufacturing Co., Montpelier saw mills, az
bod planning machines matching and joining machine
EAT. Fairbanks Co., St. JOhnsbuTy, scales.
WONES's PAVILION.
Mrs. Israel Dayey, Brandon, slate stand tops a
panels, jewelTy and paper weights.
Lucia ~ Gilbert, Plttsiord, oil painting on slate.
ART GALLERY.
II. o, White, North bennington, phi Geographic q
| paTatus.
Warren Harris Danvllls, Photographic apparatus
ADDISON COUNTY.
Three Ripton persons were fined last we
for profaning the sabbath.
Vergennes is TO have an od-iashion
Fourth of July celebration, worthy of
oldest city in New England, aud over So
! has already been subscribed for the purpO
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