Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

and n half years has Amounted to over thirty-five
thousand dollars. with their present bright pros
poets, we bespeak for them II prosperous future.
Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY
WHILE the Middlebury rifle club were practic-
ing, Wednesday of last week, George Brassor. a
boy thirteen years old tending their target, was
accidentally shot. He died Thursday after great
suffering. Luman Munson, one of the early
settlers of Bristol, and quite prominent citizen.
died Saturday night, the 18th, and was buried
under Masonic rites, Monday. The Vergennes
Velrnonter says the Reform School is in healthy
and prosperous condition There are one hun
dred and twenty-three boys and sixteen girls.
The near presence Of diphtheria--it has been rag
ing fatally within a mile Of the grounds-has led
to the observance Of the most stringent sanitary
rules, and the result has been very gratifying:
thus far not a case has occurred. There is one
case of fever, but the general health Of the in
mates is excellent. ..,A two-years-old daughter
of Mr.. Doty, Of Starksboro, was fatally scalded a
few days ago.. Hon. L. L. Smith. of Monkton.
raised eleven thousand bushels of grain on his
large farm this season. So says the Brandon
Ne'cs....A Cornwall man picked thirty quarts of
second-crop raspberrics the other day: and their
flavor was pronounced superior to the first fruit
...An immense crowd gathered at the depot at
Mddlebury ON the arrival of the train carving
thther Deacon Smith and Mrs. Champlin They
are now in Middlebury jail. Professor Collier
goes to New Haven and it is understood will COM
plete there the analysis Of the stomach Of Mrs
Smith. The examination of the prisoners will
take place as soon the analysis is completed
....A dead body found in the woods near Bing-
hamton, n Y, is identified as that of Henry O.
Smith of New Haven, who escaped from the
asylum in June, and is believed to have killed
himself
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
InE religious interest in Bennington H. reported
as increasing and spreading to the remote dis
tricts of the town, and some of the cases of
awakening are from families several miles from
the village.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
WATERFORD man Is feeding one thousand
turkeys for the Thanksgiving market . Sylves-
ter Underwood has been arrested in st Iohnsbury
as an insane and dangerous person lie threat
ened to burn the Jail and kill the jailer, and it
was found necessary to put him in irons for a
time. The CdiedoRidn says the concrete walks
laid in st. Johnsbury three years ago are fail
ure. They do not stand the test of time.
cHIrrENDEN COUNTY.
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'' ''''"' '"o"'S -'''ioo years vi age
without a family was run over by the cars and
instantly killed at Shelburn last Thursday morn.
ing. The body was shoclSingly mangled Saul
Bishop of Bolton, has hog weighing seven hun
dred pounds. IIog-fat it will weigh one thousand
noun1g pa.,
r'""''''' - "'a '.''o '"'c"en, III oouth Dur
"ngupn' ce'eoriten her one-hnndredth birthday,
on the 18th instant OF her descendants there are
now living three cbildron ron ,rondohi,dr1,
u.,~... ,,, ~" s'""''"''''on'
'""'y sle"-srahuclureh ana one great-great-
gr'hdehld' large number OF guests were pres
ent on the occasion. The Free Press says a
tramp attempted to commit snicde at tho stati,
bonse i'm p,rl;,,,o, H.. ,,,.i,,.. ~. -
"'"'' ~ ""' ''"s'o" ny o"''inE MS throat with
triangular piece OF glass. As the blood flowed he
wrote in blood with his finger, upon the wall: 81
have sinned for,ive " which ,h,s,l, ins,.i,,,,..,
,,;,,, = ,,.oI a,tS, A., M. s""''S '"ae''p'o',
WIN " pooi oi pioou' sui attest the attempted
tragedy. The wound, though serious will not
prove fatal. 1t is said that rum did it,"
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"'"Nh'N 'ooNrf'
GooD-silED washing of clothes was stolen
from the line of Mrs G. w Bradlev Mt Fast
Uiphoate some NIGHTS ayo Tho for,il', h,a H..
~ 7" vs. Inv '"uliIS hhu Just
....Mr. f. ID. lngersoll, railroad secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association nf tha rnited
States and British prnvinces hold a roii',;'.t'
meeting in the nassenger station N, :, AiEhan
last week Sunday Afternoon for tbe honnG, 70,
railroad men and their families in nartic,lor and
the public in general ~
ORLEANS COUNTY.
GEORGE T. NELSON of Derby inc tool, g., doso
of choral by mistake ON the i7th. and died within
twenty minutes . Troy is again excited the
discovery of gold In her borders and Tho reiahie
and ubGuitons Australian and Californian vold
IiiieIs, VIM never iail 70 De on mana "hen wanted,
aging my o"'""i-
urrrr AKIN corSrv
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a., ~ IiA1 iplSu, Wy llItsnelu hotel keeper
uiuu suuuehiy Oh apopeAy last week hudson
uoouhow, VINO hVes on iarm IN the south part
al al, nrlnuoh' was waylAyed ana knocked down,
/" ' uuhesuaS eNehiusi ana severely injured by
u,lo" ,'e" nun Ilv i''u u'svi'lgeu rom ms EN-.
KY M ua9 PREVIOUS ''OharIes fhlnhers, OF
INuyN liie, Is ~ llll, ana cohlesses 10 burning
Nniiies ot"oS n'Th ana the local motel barn
anu sheus'
"iNphAM COUNTY
The largest boulder in Vermont is called the
Green Mountain Giant, lying on the hill in Whit
lngndu ana contains forty Thousand cubic feet
r pnu aises' onc eNer seen III MASSACHUSETTS, ~
cubic feet and has been converted into under
plhnlng' belthai niece OF stiman Gallup, aged
SIX years oi nnlliord, while at play with n little
Vuush "r9uhu IL nie IN the yaId, caught her dress
n ~. a., t n uoS h"ue great eNeruohs 10 eAth-
su .i 'le ilNIlesi out was NOT aoe nnt she Was
her recovery. new weekly paper is talked of
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