Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-26
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

CALEDONIA NOON1
The Catholic schools of St. Johnsbury were
opened last week, with an attendance oil about lis
children The Sisters ofCharity of st. Hyacintb,
Quebec are the teachers this year. They are to
have their home in the school buildings.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Since Messrs. A. B. Nelson of Derby and A. G.
Bradish Of West Randolph, bought halfnterest
in Mr.. Campbells business at Montgomery, mum.
erOus improvements have been made in and about
their mill, and additional machinery is now being
put n SO they will he enabled to turn out 600 tubs
per day. They have lately bought and placed on
their mill bell for fire alarm, besides other pre-
cautions against fire.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Thursday night last, the barns and sheds Of
Charles II. Miner of Highgate were burned. The
buildings contained farming tools, 700 or 800 bush
| els of unthreshed oats and about 40 tons, of hay
all of which were burned. Nelson johnson was
suspected of setting the fire. In default of bail he
was taken to st. Albans Saturday and locked up.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Rutland Herald says some of the excursion
lists returning from Montreal last week attempted
to smuggle articles of clothing and other Valuables
across the line, but were almost invariably detect
| ed by tho Iynx.eyed officers. The Herald hears
several ladies of wealth and position, residents o
a town not far from Rutland, who were so caught
and only escaped by paying heavy duties on thu
struggled goods. Another lady was not so fortu
nate and had a $50 dress con1scated.
Recently as Hiram Bromley OF Dandy was eating
in his house, shower of stones came through thu
window, demoshing the dishes, damaging thu
stove etc. but not CHANGING 10 hit him. It is sait
to have been part of a systematic effort to worr!
the family, which seem to have enemies, 80 tina
they will remove from town.
Andy Farrel'5 house in Ira was burned Wh
its contents on the morning Of the 18th instant, tn
fire having caught from defectye chimney. Tn
property was insured for $3.50.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
A section of black ash tree has been take
from muck bed in Hartiaud, which was used i
: the construction of beaver dam, the teeth mark
being as plainly visible as when first cut, which
according to reasoning generally accepted b.
scientists at the present day, must have bee
built some three thousand years ago. Underlying
twenty feet Deep from which shells of variOU
species have been takenlwhich the reporter of tn
Windsor Journal thinks must have been forme
' before vege tation had appeared on the earth, a
no trace of vegetable matter can be found in th
stratum. We would modesty suggest that possib
> vegetation may have been growing somewhere els
l in the wide world while this little corner Ia Har
land was developing
J., bridge in Chester broke down recently viii
a herd of cattle, belonging to MessIs. johnson
Hines were passing over ii, precpitatlng 80 of the
E twenty feet into the stream below and serious
injulns several. AS the owners OF the cattle wei
two of the selectmen, the question OF damages is
delicate one. A new bridge of eighty feet span
@ to replace the old one.
A traveller lost his watch at White River Jun
ton the other day, and it was found at Wei
River hanging TO the fringe of q lHdy's shawl.