The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
STATE NEWS.

addrsss at tine coming fair at Bethel.
Hen. f. ID. Mason, Of Richmond
had two valuable COWS killed ny nsu'-
ming, last Friday.
The state Universalists hold their |
nth annual session at Ludlow nom
the 2lst TO the 23d.
The Congregational church IN Low
ell. Vt, received nine new members
on a recent Sunday.
William Caldwell found, the other
dav. an Indian pestle fourteen inches
long near the bank Of the river at Yer
non.
4 Young son of DIR. c. NJ. Ferrin of
Essex Junction has been scalded to
death by overturning teapot full OF
boiling water
Rutland is beginning to talk again
about the removal there from Brandon
of the Howe scale works, and thinks
they will come in the fall.
The locomotive burlington" on the
burlington and Lamoille railroad IS
proving one of the fastest and most
easily managed in the state.
The drug and variety store ELL. IL.
Davis at Bellows Falls was robbed of
about 500 worth of goods Friday
night, and there is no clue to the bur-
glar.
A acknowledgements long carriage
road is being built to the top of Mt.
Kilburn, opposite Bellows Falls, from
whose summit a fine view may be OBJ
tanned.
The Springfield Cong. church after
Il two hours meeting voted not to ac-
cept the resignation of their pastor,
Rev. p. b. Fisk, who had received q
call from Lake City, Mimi.
Rev. John NJ. Kinks, a graduate OF
Yale College and Theological school,
has oiliciated in Bethany church, Mont
pelier, for several Sundays, and it is
understood he is to be called to The
pastorate made vacant by the death o
Rev. DR.. Lord.
The other day Miss Winnie Ship
man, of Bethel, a member Of tht
State Normal School, at Randolph
accomplished the very unusual fea
(for a young LADY, of swimming tron
the shore to the island opposite Whites
Landing, in Lake Dunmore.
| A workman at the Sutherland FALL
marble quarry had a wonderful escape
last week The derrick boom Knocked
Off three pieces of stone from the top
two of which fell ON either side of hin
so close as to Craze his legs and Gu
his boots, but not hurting him.
Diphtheria is making sad havoc Il
Ferrisburg, Mrs. Orange Gage ant
two children are to be buried in or
grave, and the husbands only suryiy
mo child IS not expected to live, Will
other families have lost or have nea
death one and two children each.
Secretary Evarts came to Vernon
last week. He intends to spend near
ly the entire month Of August on hi
5 farm at Windsor. The President vii
visit him about the 18th, after TIN
celebration Of the Bennington centen
NAL and will be absent possibly tw'
weeks.
AS two residents of town in Yer
mont were riding home the other nigh
from the village they encounters
', what they thought to be a woodchucli
and as they looked out over the wagol
side to see him get run over, tn
, wheel struck him. When the tast
, and smell were mighty skunly,
9 Mr.. G. d. Rowell, q drover an
prominent citizen of Barton, has be
come Violently insane. Mr.. Rowe
lad an attack Of this kind about eigl
, years ago, which lasted about 81
= months. Since then he has been
Il very active business man. The caus
II of the present arrangement is assigne
: to over-taxation of body and mind.
a A school district in Plymouth ha
d had considerable difficulty. The mai
trouble seems to be about allowing tt
i use of the school house in which t
70 hold religious meetings. One part
recently appointed meeting, whe
/ the other side took possession and he
r it Saturday night and the followir
If Sabbath while the meeting was held
a private house.
The Clipper in speaking of Gem
10 tary in Burlington says: "There coul
10 have been seen recently stretched fro
- one Of the monuments to tree ne
II by, bed cord, on which was suspen
=" ed an old carpet, while the owner al
~ his employees developed their physic
Il powers in whipping out the cockroach
lS and other reptiles that infest too MAJ
is houses. Possibly such things Dug
n not so to be.
On the top of Prospect mountai
near Addison, is a remarkable pom
s+ about three quarters of an acre in e
! tent. Except a small space in t
At centre, it is coveredwith thick mos
in strong enough forpeople to walk upo
Of Holes are pushed through the moss
a. any point, but none have ever touch
10 bottom, yet there are large trees gro
nj ing and people walk in safety. I
q moss forms thick mat or carpet a
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