Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-02
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FRIDAY, MARCH ., 1s,,.


Town meeting day will be q good time to
send the old wrnger TO Mr.. Rhodes at Fetch.
er's store and get IL repaired.
Ii is expected that Rev. l.. II. Tabor OF
Norway, Me-, will return and settle with
the Univcrsalist church ut West Burke.
Luke Buzzell returned to st. Johnsbury
on Wednesday, now IL won't DO possible 10
find n man who didn't believe he was com.
ing back.
Z. p. Lonergan's property has all been ut.
tached by parties holding Buzzell's paper
with bonorgan's endorsement. We hope he
will bo released.
Sensible farmers live In Newark. Il.
Woodruff has purchased thoroughbred
Jersey bull and heifer of the Fairbankses.
A wise man is Mr.. Woodruff
Henry Chase Of Lyndon killed one Of his
chickens the other day. and in its neck was
found the neck of bottle. so lodged as to
admit breath and food through the orifice.
How long 1t had been there could not be de-
tormined.
Seventeen miles of iron now remain to be
laid TO complete the Vermont division of the
Portland and Ogdensburg railroad. The
grading can be completed in three weeks,
the iron is all delivered, and the work OF
laying 1t is being vigorously prosecuted.
The Black Hills have population of 1900
at present, bnt it is confidently expected that
fools enough will rush there from all parts
of the country with the opening of spring to
increase the number to %, 900 by the end of
the year. Mclndoes proposes to furnish its
quota.
The farmers are to have meeting at grange
hall, Lower Waterford, on Saturday of next
week, commencing ut one o'clock p. m. l.,
b. Hubbard of the Vermont Farmer will
give an address upon the Farmers Opportun-
lty, and others are expected to speak. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Cornthian monuments are attracting con-
siderable attention, an advertisement of
which may be found in these columns. They
are made of pure zinc, cast in the most beau
tiful designs, and are very handsome and
durabe,-in fact we see no reason why they
VIII not last las long as wood grows and
water runs" against everything except heat
enough to melt them down, without rusting
or. coloring. In addition to these qualities.
they are cheaper than marble or granite.
The specimen in front of Hoyt's block will
give an idea of them.
Rowell has printed the town officers re-
port, a pamphlet of SO pages. From it we
find the account for tho poor to be 81, 96l IS ;
personal property at the poor farm, Sl.i34. SO.
Nine persons have been kept at the farm
through the year and 2l2 tramps hdve been
kept over night; ~ families have been
helped by the town. The seectmen's orders
amount to $22 1851 The amount of funds
in collectors hands and cash on hand is
Sl4, 4S9. 81, and the liabilities are Sl3, $50 g.
The school fund to be divided is 50, 72S.9l.
The amount of ministerial land rents is
S76.49, divided equally between eleven soci-
cites.
Another frighttul murder occurred last Sat
urday. This time two little children, boy
five and Uirl tho ryiatip,u aud ha
murderer was their mother. The instiu-
ment used was an AK. as in the Wilder case.
Hiram Young was ut work mt the Spring
hotel at East Newark. having left his wife
about six months ago ut Dixville, Canada, a
place on the Grand Trunk just across the
line. Mr.. Young had the boy with him
while the little girl lived with her mother.
Mr.. Young came TO East Newark on Satur-
day to effect reconciliation and have the
family again united. 1t seems she had got
an idea that Mr.. Young was going to marry
another woman, as she declared that her
children should call no woman "mother"
but herself. Not receiving u favorable an
swer, she murdered the children. She first
took up u chunk of wood in the hall but con-
Guiding that would not be effectual she called
them into the shed and set them to picking
up chips. She then caught an AK and struck
each one five or six blows on the head
badly cutting and bruising them. The boy
was killed instantly but the little girl lived
until Sunday evening. Coming to reason a
little too late she exclaimed II have killed
my babies and what have / done it forp"
The woman was arrested ahd lodged in the
Jail here on Monday, to await her examina-
ton on Friday. Mrs. Young is 81 years old.
Her maiden name was Emma Ladd. and she
is daughter of Uriah Ladd, an Advent min
lister at Dixville, p. q. She must be par
italy insane. She seems to be sorry enough
now for her wicked deed and says that no
punishment Is more severe than she deserves.
She keeps her eyes closed continually while
people are in the Jail, and refuses to eat or
TO be warmed by sufficient clothing. saying
her children don't eat and she isn't going to
that they are cold and she will be. She 10
small and looks young. She sits grooming
at eYerY breath and sleeps but little.