Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
North Troy has to have IS 900 poor
farm.
Lamoille county has had striped SPUR
rel5 all winter.
The latest Temperance campaign at Poult-
ney gathered in five hundred topers.
Brattleboro felicitates herself over the
erection OF three or four business blocks,
this season.
ln 1874 there were but two families in
white River junction. and now there are
1913.
Middlebury rejOices over Good Templars'
lodge which is daily growing in strength
and influence.
Geo. r, Hoyt, of Waitsfeld, while out
hunting, the other day, shot rabbit and
bis dog at one shot.
Fairhayen reioices in prospective lively
demand for slate. and her quarrymen are
preparing for vigorous campaign
j: L. Hall. of Tunbridge, has served as
moderator at town meeting for over fifty
years In succession.
Horace Britton, OF Springfield, effected
his quietus, the other day, by hanging. He
had recently returned from the insane asy-
lum.
Randolph has model for imitation in
the shape of a farmers club, which holds
dairy shows and is what such things ought
to be generally.
>. s. Pike has been town clerk of John
son for thirty-fiye years, but on account of
illness he has been dropped this year in
favor OF Ii. A. Waterman
Mrs. Joseph lngalls. of Shefisld, 59years
old, has during the past Winter cut and
pieced up two quilts with l $40 pieces in
each, besides doing the work for small
family.
The selsctmen Of Barre were ordered at
the last town meeting TO prepare a lookup
for tramps, and to furnish all who applied
with liberal allowance of crackers, Goldfish
and cold water.
man in Orleans county fed his $50
hens on unslaeked lime, with disastrous
results, speedy separation arising between
their gallinaceous soul, and their bodies.
James WEIGH the aged Hibernian who was
found nearly frozen to death at GuilfJrd,
In January, has lost both hands and a part
Of both feet, but is still alive, with fair
prospect OF recovering his health.
At Waterbury Centre, tho other day,
some one found nest of young ground
birds, about half grown. In the same
vicinity lot of live grasshoppers were
found.
Mrs Lucy Hinckley, of Vershire, ninety
six years old, does all the household work
for family of three persons, and has taken
the entire care of a great-gIandson. now
three years old. since his mothers death,
two and hall years ago.
The "milk man" of Stove has made his
lo.t L.
sion with only FIVE exceptions while attend
ing county court as juror. and has travelled
distance equalling half the circumference
Of the globe.
Some As years ago, Col. Samuel Mutt ran
steamboat one season from Hartland,
Conn, up the Connecticut river, to White
River Junction. At the present time. and
in low water, one cannot get along with a
skif without picking his way, the water is
so shallow.
Newport Centre has malodor0us rumpus.
A rustic poetaster named Carrick wrote and
printed some unquOtsble poetry, dedicated
to John Stowell, and was arrested therefor
and bound over in $500, and day or two
later Stowell was arrested for SANDER and
bound over in $500. IL is a very pretty
quarrel as it stands.
North Concord is thriving littls settle.
ment which has grown up within few
years, and now has a postofice, railroad
station, and two steam saw mills which
turn out Is 900 feet Of lumber each day.
During the month of February ir shipped
70 carloads Of lumber, the freight on which
amounted to 81 500.
The Brattleboro Record plaintively re-
marks that sit is useless to disguise the fact
that violent assaults have been too frequent
among the higher circles of the village of
late" The latest Brattleboro outrage oc-
CURED the other day, when Capt. Devens
punched one Schuster's head in the latter's
own houss-which lamentably failed to be
a castle, this time. Schuster has sued
Devens in trespass for $500.
Newark, Caledonia county, had an ab-
struse question to discuss at its town meet
ing. j. Ii. Cheney had puppy born after
the time of procuring licenses had been
passed, and ne supposed a license unneces-
sary until another year. Others thought
differently and he was fined SIS and costs.
The matter was laid before the town and it
was voted to remit his fine.
Andrew Brock. of Barnet, claims the
proud title Of champion wood saver of Yer
mont. The other dsy, he sawed two and
half cords of four foot maple wood, three
cuts, in four hours. which is about equal
to cord and quarter an hour, twice In
two. He makes no bones of saving a cord
an hour twice in two, and Offers to oct any
reasonable sum that he can saw ten cords
a day, twice in two, from sun to SUI.
The unspeakably antique voter was out
in force, at the recent town elections. Cas-
tleton had one Of these venerable freemep,
Jacob Wheeler, who had lived in the town
81 years and attended 81 of its annual meet
ings. lie served in the war of 1912 and
bears a memorial OF his service in the shape
of scar on his hand. He is the father of
nine children, grandfather t. Twenty-Five
grandchildren, has five great grandchil-
dren. and draws from a grateful country
pension Of 500 year.
The twenty -four towns Of Windsor county
have an aggregate Indebtedness of SiSS ,S49.
with population of 36,063 and grand
list tls77l OF Sl36 lib, The average of debt
to each town Is Sls,265, and the average
tax this year, is so cents. Stockbridge
has the smallest debt. 1858, and Woodstock
the largest, SlI3,6S5. The lowest tax is in
Hartford and Royalton, so cents, and the
highest in Bridgewater, Sharon and Wood
stock, $50 cents.