Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-23
VERMONT ITEMS.


The Orange county agricultural society's
fair will be held at Bradford sept 2i-2G.
The Vermont State fair will be held ut
St. Adams Sept 10TH 18th and 18th
The Vermont Advent Christian camp
meeting b gins Sept. 9Th, and holds over the
10Th, on their grounds in Bethel.
Ethan Burroughs's dwelling and two
barns filed with hay and grain were burned
at Bridport on Saturday; loss $1,000, partial
ly insured
The Morrisville congregation Of Rev Il.
W. West accuse him Of libel porvertng the
Scriptures and little grievances of that sort.
BY accidentally falling from train at
Bennington Friday, John Archer, Troy and
Boston road swtchman had both legs cut of
and was killed.
West Rutland's new Episcopal chapel
had its corner stone laid last week Wodnes-
day by Bishop Bisscll
A Rutland woman, who had appointed
secret meeting with a man not her husband,
was baked by her husband intercspting her
letter and pocketng her false teeth.
The Seventh Day Adventists of Vermont
will hold their camp meeting for 1875, at
Worthwhile, in shaw's grove, Sept 1l-l7.
The owners and editor of the Bradford
Opinion are quarrelmg over its possession,
and now both parties issue separate editions
Of the paper.
The $4,000 debt of the Barton Congrcga-
tional church has been lifted by the help of
the Fairbankses of Sc. Johnsbury and few
other outsiders.
Supposed tramps burned the barn and
outbuildings of Thomas Jewett, wcll-to-do
farmer living two miles south of Bennington
the other night The loss will reach 5000 :;
insurance small.
A large barn, sixty tons Of hay, one
horse and many farming tools, belonging to
Asa Burton, Of South Royaton, were burned
Aug. 10. Loss $1,000, no insurance. The
fire was set by little boy.
N. W. Sewalrs barn at South Royalton
was struck by lightning few days since, and
entirely consumed, together with about forty
tons of hay. five calves and some farming
tools. Loss $500; insurance $3.50 in Vermont
Mutual
The Vermont Novelty company OF Spring
field have erected building iOxGO and one
story high, which they will fill with machn-
cry very soon. This, with the new saw mill,
which has been running nearly two weeks,
makes business lool, mp considerably.
1t is reported that the Central Vermont
railroad officials contemplate erecting at
White River Junction n mammoth hotel on
the site now occupied by the depot, in which
the restaurant and telegraph Office are located.
1t has been discovered that the bigamist
| W. Frank Turner of Swanton and Middletown
has still another wife in Genesee. n. Y.
While enjamin Fisher Of Vcrgenncs was
shaving before a mirror the other day, he
1 discovered large spider on his shoulder, and
in trying to brush it of lac was mislcd by the
reflection in the glass and cut an artery in his
| hand, from which lie bled SO profusey that
death was narrowly escaped.
"A pair of horses belonging to Moses HUI
| let of SALISBURY were attacked by two
swarIns of bees, last Sunday. and so badly
stung that one of them died in a few hour,
and the other is in procarious condition
| The horses were sweating and were hitched
so that the wind blow from tie horses toward
the bees, which is supposed to be the cause
of the attack
They are beginning 10 talk about vigi
! lance committees in Addison county as n pro
lection against tramps. David Body, OF
| West Addison. had fine horse killed recent
| ly by pulvorized glass given it by tramp
whilr n horse belonging to NJ. Sullivan o
West Panton, was shockngly stabbed ard en-
the other night, and b. F. Gaines, OF tn,
same town, has lost two animals rcvengefu
trarnps being probably the guilty parties.
Tho seer, tary of the State Gmuge re
ports that the oranges in Vermont game,
more members by initiation during the quar-
ter ending June 30th than during any CORES
ponding quarter since the grange movement
started in Vermont. lie predicts n genera
revival of interest in the work Of the orde
| throughout the State the coming winter.
Governor Fairbanks has appointed Gen
W. w. Grout of Barton, Col Albert Clark
of St. Adams. aud Hon. n. =. Sinous of Eut
land, n board of directors Of the now Stat
work house at Rutland. These are the sam
gentlemen as composed the commission tia
built this institution. and it is fitting tina
they should organize the work at its maugur
alton. The next legislature will elect boar,
of directors.
Last Sunday, Oscar Burnham residing a
Putuam's Mills, MiddlcseN, attempted to shoe
Henry Wiley OF Montpelier. his wifs's broth
er-in-law, discharging Il shot gun ut him Tn
shot struck Wiley in the land and lip, draw
ing blood. Wiley He'd. Durham loaded
rifle and attempted to shoot again, but wa
stopped by his wife s1iaing the rifle. Burn
ham gnd Wiley married sisters. Tho former
Jealous Of the latter being too intimate wit
Mrs Bumham, attacked him while stardn
in Burnhams door talking with her. Vile
received no serious injuries
In the town Of Norwich, ON the bank G
brook which empties into tributary Of III
Connecticut, is an elm tree, the spread c
whose top is 10 feet, and the circUmfer6nc
ct the trunk, three feet from the ground. I
feet inches. The age of the tree is abou
100 years, and it is supposed that this is III
largest tree Of the kind in New England. Tn
man who owns the land on which the tire
grows is 90 years old, was born on the farm
is still vigorous in body and mind, and T,
members when this tree was SO small that Il
could span it with his fingers.
The building at the State Reform scho'
occupied by the girls department is being eI
largcd and remodeled inside and II mansar
roof placed on it, The discipline and habi
of industry acquired 10y these pupils is wol
dtrful, and it would wen repay the citizens
the State to visit this reformatory school an
observe how much is being done to make goo
citizens Of n class who if left to themselves
such ages from . TO Ii years. might grow u
with evil associations and become outcasts c
society. Many Of the boys in private col
versation assure us that they would not leay
if they could, that they fare better and al
more kindly treated than when at home.
Car. Free Press.