Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-14

full rendering of her selection last fall and on the
present occasion she did herself credit.
Miss Davis, from Springfield, entered this class
the present term, but her article was excellent
Her subject "Literati of Queen Elizabeth Time 4"
was finely treated and her delivery was better
than that of any other lady who appeared on the
stage.
Taking for his subject, In the Beginning"
Mr., Ainsworth, class of II, presented graphic
and interesting account of the creation as de-
scribed in Genesis, and explained by geology in
the theory of the Nebuar Hypothesis. These
original articles interpersed by several seec-
tons, all well rendered.
LArAGE.-The trial of Lapage, the alleged muir
derer of Josie Iangmad, is to come off about the
26th instant.
LEG BRoKEN.-Herbert Eaton, boy fifteen
years of age, of Barton Landing, had leg broken
last Tuesday.
FIRE.-The Westinghouse of Alfred Hayes in
Sheffield, was burned the other day, in conse-
quence of defective chimney.
HAYDEN.-The trial of Hayden, the Derby Line
wife murderer, has been postponed until next
September, and he is said to be very i'll at present
DDN'T WORK WELL.-Dr. Eddy, of Walling-
ford, recently tried the experiment of drying gun
cotton on the top of warm stove. His face
needed particular attention soon after.
SERVED HIM RlGuT.-The keeper of the Ludlow
House, in Ludlow, was convicted of sixteen second
offences under the prohbitory law, the other day,
and fined three hundred and twenty dollars and
costs.
VERMoNT's SCHOLARS Vermont sent seven
teen thousand and ninety-four childen to her COM
mon schools last year, and the knowledge each
one got cost her on an average n few cents over
eight dollars.
GooD-NATUREp (?) Thomas Butler, of YER
gennes recently assaulted and threatened to shoot
two persons who were endeavoring to open win
ter road across his farm. He was arrested and
bound up in the sum of five hundred dollars.
TAXEs PAID.-The Central Vermont by an ar
rangement with Hon. T. W. Park, has paid the
taxes the Harlem Extension railroad. Mr..
Park ordered the managers to pay the taxes and
deduct the amount from the rent of the road
PHAIR.-Phair the murderer, who is to he hung
on the 9th of April is represented as laboring I'M
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BUTTER MARKET. The St Adams butter mar
ket, Tuesday, was dull, with but few sales, buyers
not wanting to purchase. Winter made sold at
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| SAFE ENoUGH.-Since the Ashtabula disaster
reports have been in circulation concerning the
unsafe condition OF the iron bridge at Waterbury
1t has been thoroughly examined and pronounced
abont if
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SUDDEN Decentralization Anderson. of Eas
Craftsbury, in driving into his barn with a loa,
of hay on Monday afternoon of last week, strucl
ms "'"u WI Oe"'n o'ei 'he uoor' oieaNins III
ne'N, ne ioil 10 '"e moor anu uieu almost III
SAMMY. io ""s '"'''o' "seu S'N'S -e'e"' year
anu i"''o "o"l'"s
GRANGE MrrrISG.-The animal meeting for tn
election of officers of the Central Vermont Connci
Patrons of Husbandry, will be at Berlin Corners
ON Tuesday February 9th. at ten o'clock. A. n
The meeting in the afternoon will be publit
0' ga quo p"'''A' 'N' ""' no''''' anu s'N'i
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BE CAREFuL-A bennington man. the otbe
day, while doing a little writing at the bank t
try his pen wrote his name in full ON the hael, ,
a bank note. By way of Joke, the note wa
properlv filled and nresented for navment q,
| plantations following in due time. That man wi
hereafter be careful how he leaves his signatul
| ii,,, orou,d iooso
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THRIVING INSTITUTION. The Rochester |.
brary Association has received about one hundre
new volumes of books The selection compris,
history, science biography and general liter
ture. This gives about three hundred volum,
in the library, forming a valuable addition to Il
literary resources of the town and exerting a bei
eiicial influence upon the public mind
eleven miles from Brattleboro, it is said, Al
; living man and wife aged respectively sixty-f,
and one hundred and three years They wei
married when the man was youth of nnetet
and the woman a maiden of filty-seven. II
woman had, when Il girl, been courted by Il
father of the man who finally became. and is mo-,
h,. h,.ha,,a
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