Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
Addison county farmers have this year gone
heavily into potato raising, some of them having
planted as many as 20 or 30 acres
Middlebury village boasts OF business block or
the outside of which there are twenty-eight differ
Cnt kinds of paint, by actual count.
The work shop of Mr.. Joseph Brulett of Middle
bury, was burned about four o'clock Thursday
morning. The cause Of the fire is unknown, but il
is supposed to be the work Of an incendiary. Loss
estimated about $500; insured for $500. The build
ing was located near the county Jail on Cour
street.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Mfr. Alexander Borbet of Peru, 50 years old, hal
just read his bible through for The sOth time.
Mr. James L. Haynes and wife of Peru, Benning
ton county celebrated their golden wedding last
week.
Alonzo Hathaway of Woodtord accidentally cu
himself with an AK the other day, and is now in
critical condition, with symptoms of lockjaw.
six year old boy named Delano, was drowned
at Larrabce's Point on Thursday, having fallen
from plank extending from boat to the shore.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
David Boynton, treasurer of Caledonia county
and of the Passumpsic savings bank trustee of the
Episcopal church, and one of the oldest and most
esteemed citizens of st. Johnsbury, died on Wed.
nesday.
Recently while William Jameson of East Hard,
wick was removing the boards from IN old barn. a
hay knife which lay on the high beams, fe H. strk.
Ing him first on the shin laying the bone bare, and
then cutting a deep cash in his chest. Both
wounds bled prOlusely, but the surgeon succeeded
in stopping the bleeding.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Mr.. Lee Tracy, of shelburn, is buying and ship
ping large quantities of wool from Rutland county
RICHMOND MARKET, May 2S-Market to-day for
butter dull. Sales are made at loo t. lSc. Cheese
sold at Sc to l2c.
Messrs. Drew and Perry of Burlington have sole
their troter, "Charley Mack" to Boston parties fol
the sum of $4,000.
The annual meeting of the Chittendcn Conference
OF Congregational churches will be held at Rich
mond, June IL and l3.
Prof. H. A. p. Torrey of the Vermont University
sails for England in two or three weeks, and will
spend the summer in Europe.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The people of st. Adams are now turning thei
attention towards liquor-sellers. Several salOo
keepers have lately been prosecuted, and mum
Der ofsuits are pending.
The body of Dick Graham, who was drowned
the fore part of last April, was found in Swantou
Thursday forenoon, on Carleys Island, distance
of about two miles down the riAer.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
At Hydcpark, Cyrus F, Kenyon of Stowe wa
Saturday cor victed of assault with intent to XII
Frank Kale with an AK, and was sentenced to fiv
years hard labor at Windsor.
The Lamoille News says: can itinerant fraud
claiming to be local Methodist preacher, is wan
dering aboutthe county gathering bread to cat, an
scrip to buy tobacco with"
II. II Frary's spool factory at Joncsyillc wa
burned Friday; loss $4,000, insurance $4,000. Al
the machinery was destroyed The fire is sup
posed to have caught from an oyer-hcated bearing
Mr.. Frary has large orders TO fill, aud he Will pu
in new machinery as soon as possible, in mi
near by.
The Morrisville CHisen tells OF young man VIII
recently died in that town who had but one kidney
| hut in place of the other was sort of sac lie
inches in length filed with water, having sort {
Gbrous or ileshy partitions. No trouble or pal
was ever experienced by deceased in the region
the abnormal organ and the doctors are disagree
as to whether it was there AT the time of his brit
or whether it was the result of disease; but a
agreed that it had nothing to do with his sicEne;
or death. -. ,o,,>,or,,
| hauh hon
in Rutland.
1t is stated that most of the liquor sold in Ru
la nd is brought in by teams in the night ltmu
be n large demand that ii takes several team
nightly, TO supply.
John McDermott, Il laborer in one Of the qua
ries in Rutland, was Instantly killed Saturday by
derrick chain which struck him on the back OF Il
head, breaking his neck
Solomon Lassor, Jr., had three fingers cut oil |
a circular saw in the scale shop at Brandon on Fl
day, in the same building in which brother OF Il
lost an arm few years ago.
The dwelling house of Henry Tower, of Nor
Clarendon, was destroyed by fire on Friday mig
and two of his children, boys, aged nine and elev'
rcspectiyely, were burned with the building, ii
fire caught aboat midnight and was not discoVer'
Till the house was completely envcloped in flame
Mr.. Tower, his wife and two younger children
capped with difficulty. The two boys VINO we
burned slept in chamber in the l. part oil u
house. The fire caught in this part, and sulocal
them before they could be rescued, The nelghho
who came to the rescue, opened one OF the chamD
windows and pulled the bed on which the chllurt
slept up 10 it, but they had already left the be
: and in their efforts to get down the stairway we
burned. The contents Of the house, intending u
wearing apparel and parsonal effects of all the
mates, were almost wholly burcnd, only a lew ar
, clcs from one of the front rooms being saved. r
house was insured.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
MT. Hatch of North Troy, editor of the Pdll0
iu,n, in his last issue published, an article derog
tory to one Miss Hadlock. Friday afternoon,
Hatch was passing George Braley's store in Nol