Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-21
Vermont State News.

ADDISON COUNTY.
Mr. Z. R. WoLcorT, of Shoreham, caught
deer on the ice of Lake Champlain, the other day
.. The body of John Madgan, of Middlebury,
who was drowned in Brandon river on the 9th
instant, has been found. IA North Ferrisburgh
youth, with companion, ran away from home,
the other day, and went to Massachusetts, They
were brought back to the paternal roof in short
metre.....A large number of persons in North
Ferrisburgh are going into the business of breed
ing choice poultry. There was a juvenile we'd
ding at Monkton, recently, the bride being six
teen and the groom seventeen years of age.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
ANDREW PRATT, a brakeman, was recently
struck by bridge at Pownal, and badly hurt.
Winhall has concluded to aid tine Brattleboro and
Whitehall railroad to the amount of ten thousand
dollars. &C.. The old soldiers of Vermont during
the rebellion, living in Bennington county, are to
be Immediately organized into companies, to take
part in Vermonts approaching centennial cee-
bration,. The first nstalment of powder mill
machinery ordered for Russia from this country
was shipped from Bennington the other day.
William Burns had his hip dislocated, the other
day, at East Dorset, while Stacking cars.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Two-YEAR-oLD child of Robert Ranney, of
Wheelock, recently drank quantity of cedar OIL
and was only saved from death by immediate
medical aid. ... Several boys IN Wheelock recently
stole large quantity of sugar-coated purgative
pills ON which they toasted The result was all
that could have been desired.
cHIrrENpEN COUNTY.
The new class in the Burlington Medical Col
lege is unusually large, there being already sew
enty students, with prospect of reaching hun
dred, The late rains raised the water in Lake
Champlain fully three feet, Joe Bassette, lad
of fifteen years, skated on Lake George from
Caldwell to Ticonderoga, thirty-six miles, in one
hour and half. G, Pringle, of Charlotte,
the state botanist has now n "herbarum COM
prising about two thousand choice varieties of
plants and flowers.
LAMouLE COUNTY.
A PARTY Of men in Waterville lately presented
two widows with twenty cords of wood each, and
then prepared the same for use. Such a pro-
ceeding is worthy of repetition. 80. Thomas Belts
was severely injured at johnson on the 10th inst,
by load of logs tipping over on to him,
ORLEANS COUNTY.
H. d. CHAMBERLIN's store in Jay was broken
into and robbed the other evening". Charleston
boasts the Oldest person in the state-Nlrs Eliza
beth Allen, aged one hundred and five years
She is said to be enjoying good health yet,
RUTLAND COUNTY.
OVER forty thousand dollars worth of Howe
scales have been ordered at Brandon by San
Francisco man for his Pacific Coast business.
S. II. Kellogg has received his tifty-frst election
AS town clerk OF Pittsford The work house
commissioners have had meeting at Rutland to
consider the matter of building such an institu-
ton. Mrs. Rebecca Remington, Of South Wal
lingford over eighty years old, fell ON the ice on
the 18th instant breaking her thigh, and receiy-
ing other injuries which are likely to prove fatal
Three young ladies to take the veil at
St. Peters church, Rutland, last Sunday ...
James Titus, the young man who broke both legs
recently by an accident in Batcheler & Sons
MILL at Wallingford, has been presented by his
employers and the citizens of the town with a
purse OF over one hundred dollars and other valu-
able presents. From block Of Rutland marble
weighing two tons an eagle measuring six feet
between the tips of its outspread wings is to be
cut for the Grand Army monument which stands
at Reading, Penn, g.. Frank Shedd fell from a
box car near Ripleys crossing, at Centre Rutland,
Monday of last week. and was severely injured,
his shoulder being crushed by the wheels
wINpHAM COUNTY.
CERTAIN parties in Westminster have been
doing good deeds in the way of wood-sawing.
The other day afterpaying their respects to about
seven cords at the Congregational church, they
called at the house OF Mr. G. IL, Albee who is
sick and soon converted his cord wood into stove