Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-02-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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The Eddy Brothers, formerly of Chit
tenden. have been arrested at Albany,
N. Y, as imposters.
1t is said that the work of building
the State workhouse will be resumed on
or about the first of next month.
The other day. while Mrs. Charles NJ.
Hazen of West Hartford, was breaking
kindling wood, stick flew up, putting
out one of her eyes.
A lyceum in Newbury has just settled
a great question. 1t has decided. 'by
large majority" that lawyers are a
curse to the community in which they
reside.
The dwelling and barns of J. Lefords
of Barre, were burned last Friday night,
with the entire contents, including two
cows. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Loss, $1,000.
It is said that more cousins have in
tennarried in the town Of Dandy than
any other in the State. All the families
in that town are now related in one de-
gree or another.
Mrs. John Hull of Ludlow, celebrated
Ter ninety ninth birthday, on Thursday
Of week before last, by an old ladies'
party, the average age of those present
being seventy three years.
/ Times are picking up in Proctorsville.
The large wooden mandatory, under
the management of Haywood, Taft & Co,
is running to its full capacity, finishing
one thousand yards of cloth daily.
Washington County Good Templars'
Union, will be held at Marshfeld, on
the 2Sth inst. Forenoon session private.
Afternoon and evening sessions public.
Free carriages to and from the depot.
The failure of J. w. & E. G. Petit
grew Of Ludlow, is heavier than at first
reported. The liabilities are about $685.
600, with assets of about $4,000. They
will probably pay about 8 cents on the
dollar.
| o. nj. Tinkham of Pomfret, has a Jer-
sey cow that gave four thousand six
hundred and twenty -four pounds of milk
last year, or an average of fifteen and
one-half pounds per day for three humid
red and eight days.
Putney has temperance society Of
three years standing, with member
ship Of 600 in population of 100
During the entire year literary and mu
steal entertainments are given under its
auspices every fortnight.
: Samuel Hewes of Fairlee, died the 8tt
inst. aged ninety years. He served il
, the war of 1912, and was one of tn,
, four survivors of the twelve volunteers
who tore up the bridge across the Sara
nae river at Pittsburgh, and thus de
feated the main British attack.
Secretary-of-St State Evarts is famou
for raising large cattle. He has just sol
e from his Windsor farm yokes of oxe
n that weighed five thousand one hundre
!, and fifty and four thousand eight hund
red and fifty-one pounds, and two COW
: that weighed fourteen hundred pound
: each.
e At North Thetford. last Wednesday
J. a one story house, occupied by the Wall
e er brothers, and two barns, located abor
one mile from this village, and owne
by Henry Latham of this town, were Ell
l. tirely consumed by fire at an early hou
or Furniture saved. Cause unknown. PRO-
es ably we'll insured.
i Windsor county has had two senate
a in congress. viz. Dudley Chase. apdp u
:. sentatives in congress: Lewis R. Morri
W John W. Hubbard, Charles Marsh, WI
n Hunter, Elias Reyes, George E. Vale
E. Horace Everett, Jacob Collamer, Andre
II Tracy, Dudley G. Denison.
S. The closing meeting for the preset
le season of the Vermont Board of A gricu
ture will be held at Montpelier. We,
nesday, Thursday and Friday, Februal
IL ~ and %, and March 1st. Represel
4 tative men from different parts of tt
le State. as we'll as from adjoining State
1t will be present and speak upon topics
o much interest. Return checks and r
duced rates of entertainment are offere
Is those in attendance at the meeting.
- A son of Harrison Stowell of LuneI
IS burg, was badly cut on the head, fe
a days since, by an axe in the hands
If his brother. He stopped to pick up
a stick of wood while his brother wa
:. splitting, and received full blow fro
20 the axe. 1t is thought that he will r
rs cover. A son of Nathaniel Gray was a
y SO badly cut with an axe two weeks as
L. last Friday. He was trying to knoc
= the balls out of the horses shoes vii
an axe, when the horse kicked. drivir
- the axe against the boys leg with SUE
a force as to make large flesh wound.
8 Edward German. for the past four
a five years employed by the Central We
In mont railroad, in this city, as car Loo
st er, met with narrow escape, last We,
- nesday evening. while assisting in tt
unloading of horse from the nigl
L. freight. The track being covered wit
r snow, he stumbled upon the rails, al
i'd in falling, his light being put out,
es would have been instantly killed had
90 not been for the promptness of the Ell
y gineer, Mr.. James Martin, who immed
us ately reversed his engine Mr.. Gorma
ng with the exception of a few slight brui
es, is getting along finely, and hopes
be out in few days.-Burtingtom Fir
Press.
or Last Tuesday evening, Rowland Hun
:. who is temporarily stopping with b
~ brother John in Landgrove, attempte
n to commit suicide by cutting his throa
D. Selling bread knife, he cut a gas
ed about two and one-half inches in lengt
- penetrating the wind-pipe but not seve
- ing any artery. Seeing that this W