Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-16

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At the meeting Of the National Butter aud
Cheese Association in Chicago, last week,
q. 5. Bliss, secretary Of the Vermont Dai.
rymen's Association, read an article on the
dairy, showing that the ideal COW would
make net profit to the owner of 1922 per
year.
The papers are probably mistaken in think.
ing that the decree Of Judge johnson in the
Valley railroad, settles long litigation.
The case will undoubtedly be appealed to
the supreme court by the Central manage
ment, which will keep the road where 1t is
for about two years. Ii is too valuable O
link in Governor Smiths line TO be allowed
to go out of his hands suddenly.
Miss Mary Burnham, formerly precep-
tress in the Montpelier and Rutland acade-
mics, and more recently of the WELLESLEY
Female college, has been applied to, to take
charge Of young ladies seminary, to be es-
tablished at Northampton, Mass, with a
view especially to preparing girls for adms-
sion to the new Smith Female college, and
has consented to take the position.
AT the late meeting Of the Vermont leath-
er manufacturers association in Burlington,
the following report was adopted THAT
we do not deem it expedient to pay over five
and half cents for prime butchers hides
five cents for farmers hides Of prime quality,
and four cents and under for bulls, stays and
damaged. That it is not expedient to pay
over eleven cents for trimmed veal skins
weighing under IL pounds each untrimmed
under IA pounds each, nine cents; those
weighing from IA to 20 pounds each, seven
cents, and those weighing over 20 pounds
each the same price of hides; grubby and
die alone kips, rs to so cents each. We
also suggest buying dairy skins on selection
at the following rates: For number one, free
from cuts, 90 cts. each number two's 35
cts. each, and number three grades 10 cts.
each subject to market changes"
ADDISON COUNTY.
AT the town meeting in Monkton resolu.
tons were adopted commencing Senator Ed.
munds' course 10 the electoral commission
affair.
G. Il. Marsh Of Hancock has 40 Merino
sheep, which averaged little over 121 lbs
per head Of washed WOOL Rather strong
statement that.
Canker rash is raging most fearfully 10
some parts Of Leicester. In one family
three deaths have already occurred, and two
more are not expected to live.
On Friday the 9th inst, the ice in Lewis
Creek in Ferrsburg very generally broke up.
yet doing no considerable damage. 1t did,
however, carry off some wood aud logs that
we're upon it.
Howden, Bosworth Il Co. of Bristol
thought we were all dead over here and sent
man around to sell collins and Baskets, and |
the fellow sold ga pile" They were so fine
people would buy them.
The junior class of Middlebury college
have made preparations for grand time on |
Tuesday evening March Goth, on which occa.
sion, W, IL. Fessenden, the celebrated solo.
list, will take part, and Hatch's orchestra
will also be present.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Josiah Whitney, formerly Of Chicopee, is
dangerously ill.
Hiram Barton got his SD election as
town clerk of SALISBURY, last week.
Josiah Whitney, an old and prominent
business man of Bennington died Sunday, |
aged 81.
Mrs Jennie Robinson is appointed post
mistress at Brownsville, and Warren w j
Wiley postmaster at Landgrove.
The first instalment Of powder mill ma
chinery ordered for Russia from this country |
was shipped from Bennington Tuesday.
The late rains have raised the waters of |
Lake Champlain full three feet at Whitehall |
and disturbed the ice as far down as Tcon- |
deroga.
Albert Keyes's frame dweIIiDg-house at
Bennington, with a portion of its contents,
was burned, Saturday morning; loss 81 500
insured
The Bennington county democrats elected |
A. j. Gray, Of Manchester, county commits
sioner, over Judge Norman Milington, of
SALISBURY, who was up for reelection.
The reports of the Bennington town ofic.
ers, at the annual meeting Tuesday, show
the amount paid for the relief Of the poor to
be 81 ,572.7l; amount paid for town ex-
penses, s3l,s7491; floating debt OF the
town, s72,76496.
A concert was given by the pupils Of the
music class of Burr and Burton seminary in |
the chapel Of the seminary on Monday eve-
ming last. An attentive and appreciative
audience was present, and by the hearty ap.
plause it must be inferred that all were well |
pleased Burr and Burton is one Of the
best schools in the state.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The largest spruce tree ever cut In this |
vicinity was drawn on to Groton pond by
ID. p. Hall, few days since. II had fifteen |
hundred feet Of lumber in it. How is that
for high That was the "boss" tree.
10 Sutton, with population of 92O, there
are l0S persons over sixty years of age, 81
over seventy, - over eighty, ninety three
and l ninety-four years Of age; the last
two are as lively and hale as their great
grandchildren.
Sutton folks begin to think that Durkee
is really q medium. A "circle" was held |
at his house on the Goth inst, aud ma
terialzed form, representing cherub, was
seen in broad daylight. 1t was of the
feminine gender and weighs nine pounds |
CHuTTEDEN COUNTY.
Rev. A. S. Barton has definitely accepted |
call to become pastor of the Congrega.
tional church in Colchester
A special train from Rutland conveyed q
large number of its leading citizens to Bur-
lington to attend Judge Smalley's funeral
The Hinesburg reform club gave dra-
matte entertainment in the hall at East
Charlotte, Tuesday evening to crowded
house.
Burlington had but four actual fires in
1876, occasioning a loss of s2,2l0, and not
a building, with the exception of a small
stone house, was burned down or seriously