Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1878-08-24
State News Items,

~eJ 80 piotcCtIOu HHalnS
Vt tramps. David Body of West Ad
l. Olson had fine horse killed recent
/. " by pulverized glass given it by ,
n tramp, while horse belonging tt
d. Sullivan of West PantOn was
J. shockingly stabbed and cut the 9th
J. or night, and b. +. Gaines of til,
0 same town has lost two animals
revengeful tramps being probably
. q the guilty parties.
a The grasshopperS are swarmine
over the fields of Williamstown in
such myriads. that dairymen are
Obliged in some instances to feed
l their cows at the barn twice a day,
/, and great many arc feeding meal
8 once a day.
Richard Il. Peabody has been re.
leased from the st. JOhnsbury Jail,
. his bail Of $4,000 having been So
; cured. Messrs. q. ID. Blodgett, s.
3. Thompson, Langdon Cummings,
and some others became his surety.
The pulp mill at Passumpsic
seems to be an establish fact and
work is being done as fast as posi-.
bic. They talk of getting to run
ming in about month, if they get
along well.
, FarmeD in Barnet and vicinity
4 do not talk of potato bugs now bpt
OF the rust, and in some cases of the
J rot. There were more potatoes
planted than usual, but the pros.
poets are very poor for crop.
Nearly every island in Lake
Champlain, large and small, is dot.
ted with the white tents of camp
ers.
The Saranac horse.nail works at
Vergennes, are to remove in Oct.
to Pittsburgh, N. Y, where large
share of the company's stock is held,
and their buildings will probably
be occupied by J. ID. Kingland's
new horse-nail company.
A shrewd old chap in Plainfeld
has been of the opinion of late that
a mineral spring vein had opened
into his we'll, but he changed his
mind the other day on fishing up a
huge skunk from it.
At North Pownal, the other day,
Thomas King, railroad employe,
killed himself with an overdose of
laudanum. He was suffering from
dysentery and recklessly swallow.
ed the whole prescription.
The Rev. G. w. Dealtry, of Brain
tree, for the last nine months act
ing pastor of the Firt COngrega-
tional church, Braintree Hill, offer
ed his resignation from his charge
a week ago last Sunday which has
been accepted.
Amasa Scott of Craftsbury, has
a COW 5 years old which weighs
1860 pounds, and heifer a year
and half old that weighs 1000
pounds.
The Vermont Novelty Works Co.
of Springfield, have erected build
ing 40 by 60 and one story high,
which they will fill with machinery
very soon. This with the saw mill,
which has been running nearly two
weeks, makes business look up con.
slider ably in the old hollow.
A Montpelier horse followed it's
master the other day as he enterelI
a store andiwenkinto a back.rd n
to take a drink, the wreck of the
buggy being left on the store steps.
George Curtis of Londonderry,
has splendid collection of curious
and rare coins, embracing over 700
pieces one taken from the ruins of
POmpeii was coined A. d. 361,
Miss Nettie r. Wall of Benning-
ton, while ON the street in Rutland,
Saturday, was approached by a.
man named Justns @. Clark, alias
Jesse" Clark who grabbed her wal
let and satche) which she had in
her right hand, and attempted to
run away with them. The lady i'm
mediateIy gave the alarm, and Clark
was soon caught. He was held be.
fore a justice and bound over in
$1,000.
Quite remarkable instance of
the uncertain nature of investments
in mineral springs hotels is that of
the large and magnificent Middle
town Springs House, erected a few
years ago at a cost of over $50, 1000.
The new resort was crowded with
guests for season or two, but since
then the patronage has steadily de-
clined, and this summer the hotel
has not been opened to the public.
The whole property can now be pur-
it is said, for $4,000.
During recent storm. the store
occupied by Horatio G. Hawking,
of Il elchville was struck by light
ming, setting it on fire. The build.
ing, with most of the good, was
completely consumed. When the
bolt descended,s Mr.. Hawkins was
n an upper room with a kerosene
amp, sorting paper stock. He was I
for a moment, the lamp ..
lad exploded when he came to and
he rags were on fire, and it was
With difficulty that he saved himself. q
It was only by the most strenuous !
'Xertions that the large hotel and
'ther contiguous buildings were +
'aved from the devouring elements. I
The Seventh Day Adventists of l
Vermont will hold their camp meet
ng for 1878 at Morrisville, in i.
'haw's grove, Sept. 11-17. il
The Orleans county Agricultural T
society has been revived, meet
ng having been held last week il
Wednesday, at which the following Ia
Ulcers were elected: President, Il
Vm: Merriam of Glover; vice-pres- t,
dents, j. L. Dodge, j. B. Cook 4; E
G. II. Blake, Barton
reasurer, Z. + Dutton, Barton. ir
hey are to hold fair at Barton, q
te1 al.