Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-15
Vermont State News.
AnnIsnN CALMLY

OK the top of Prospect mountain, near Addi-
son, is remarkable pond, about three-quarters
of an acre in extent. Except small space in the
centre, it is covered with a thick moss, strong
enough for people to walk upon. Poles are
pushed through the moss at any point, but none
have ever touched bottom, yet there are large
trees growing and people walk in safety. The
moss forms thick mat or carpet and is described
as being exqusitely beautiful The long-idle
Middlebnry quarry Of the Addison County Mar
BILE Company is to be worked again, and the
statuary layer is to be uncovered at once.
Young Hayden, whose father at Middlebury killed
himself after trying to murder his wife, has been
heard from in York state and it is found that his
is due to his collecting one hun
dred dollars from debtor OF his fathers pocket
ing one hundred more on pretext Of paying the
workmeu, and also stealing his fathers two hun
dred dollar watch
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
THE young black bass that have been caught in
Joe's Pond, in Danville, this summer, are yet
quite small-not three or four inches in
length-and we learn that the parties catching the
fish have thrown them back into the pond This
is as it should he. In year or two more, If left
in their native element, they will greatly null
tiply, and become full-grown, weighing from two
to four and six pounds each--then, they will be
worth catching, and eating, too and the pond will
probably be fully stocked with them. E. George
Gates, of st. Iohnsbury, is the champion wood
chuck hunter. lie shot ffty-four in three days
hunting. -. There is a lady living in st. Johns
bury who is one of a family Of five sisters who
have raised six children of their own and have
brought up and are bringing up thirteen orphan
children.
CHIrTESDES COUNTY.
MILTON has new iron bridge across the La
noble. 1t was built by the King Manufacturing
Company of Cleveland, Ohio; is single span Of
one hundred and twelve feet, with capacity of
over hundred tons, and the driveway is some
eighteen feet wide with walks on each side 1t is
nearly thirty feet above the water and the arches
are some fourteen feet The cost of the structure
Including the abutments Of Isle La Mott marble)
was about five thousand dollars. ..A train on
the Burlington and lamoille railroad killed five
cows on the track at Underhill the other day. -.
William 4. Bssette and Benjamin Kittredge have
been sent to the state prison. from Burlington, for
one year and one and "a half years respectively
for breaking Jail and demonstrating. .E. d.
Mason, Of Richmond, had two valuable cows
killed by lightning last Friday
ESSEN COUNTY
Miss MARY WARE, of Lunenburgh, has a clock
which can be traced back among her family
for nearly two hundred years With the excep-
ton Of new case it has never been repaired since
manufactured though oiled and cleaned occa-
sonally.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
THE steamer Vermont will not stop at Maquam
harbor the overtnres to that end ON the part Of
the Portland Ogdensburg railroad having been
declined by the management of the Champlain
transportation Company, The result of the
examination of Mullen and wife, at Swanton, for
incendarism, Wednesday of last week. was that
they were bound up for trial, and bail fixed
at two thousand five hundred dollars each Messrs
Harrington and Tenney, their attorneys, entered
bail for them.
ORANGE COUNTY.
b. NJ. WELD, A. b., has been engaged as prin-
cipal of Bradford Academy. e. Henry Harris, of
South Newbury, dropped dead when returning
from the bayfield, the 9TH His death is supposed
to have resulted from heart disease, lie was
about fifty years old....A young daughter of
Mrs Laura Quimby, of Tunbridge, one day last
week, killed large striped snake which CON
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ORLEANS COUNTY
Mh' T. ~ hoWhLie droNer ana prominent
citi@eh vi nartoh' mas pecohle violently insane
ME- "owel' hau an attack OF TINS hihu aoont elsht
years ago whleh lasted about SIX months Since
tneh he mas peeh very actNe business man
Inc cause Oh the present arrangement Is assigned
u oVer-uiNati"h Oh pody ana MIND Hallnps
steam mn ana poarding-honse IN brownlngton
were burned the I'd, The watchman was asleep,
ahu "heh u's''Nere" 'he hie WAS uhuer iuli mead
way hosS eisnt 'hous'"u uo''ars ABOVE Insurance
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i"N "''V' says Low n''"ui ''"'NS'"''h sup
and Woodworking SHOP IN Rutland, was burned
Wednesday of last week Insured for five hum
drod doil,rs Hre nj HrnJo, E,ida,. morn
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ing destroyed blsh AUSTIN pant works, III
Guiding four thousand dollar engine, machinery
and one hundred barrels of paint. Twenty men
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are lnroM" ""' vi e""P'"Snleh'' me hre Is sup
posed to nave been caused by an exploding kero-
sene lamp Though no official information can
ha ol,ained nnon tho snliac, n 4. nr,halIo ,l,a,
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the BRANDON s'ale ""rks are coming 10 Rutland
before long They havea long lease of the Strong
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