Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
CALEDONIA COUNTY

CALEDONIA COUNTY
At Newark, the other day. George Carpenter
eloped with the wife of Charles Coles. They had
a partnership fund of 5 cents to begin with. Hn"E
ing 1t 10 Island Pond, the woman took the train aut
role out the 50 cents when she got OF and tok the
mixed train, a Ia tramp. AMI IN TINS way succeeded
in reaching Coaticook, p. O., where she waited till
the gIy LoIhario brought up the rear in his boots.
The contract for building The new North church,
at st. Johnsbury. has been let to Z and T. Fair.
banks Co. The church is u be built of stone
from Isle La Motto AL w,rk is to be commenced
this season.
| The Lyndon Union observcs:- Among the hes
turnouts IN st. JohnsbIry AMI other places these
days is by men who have gone up The spout"
A. H. strikes, a St Johusbury physician has been
arrested and imprisoned on a charge of producing
abortions, and it is said there is plenty of evidence
to convict him.
St. Johnsbury reports heavy frost Friday NOR
ming. vegetation in som, localities, entirely
destroyed including potato bugs"
Miss Lois Meade, of the staid old blue light Pres.
byterian town of Ryegate has brought suit in o..
900 against John Gibson resident OF the same town
for breach ofpromise in not fulfilling his mar.
riagc cont rae.
The hail stones in Blrnet stripped the fruit trees
Ofleaves and blossoms and cut up the fields OF
grain badly.
In Sutton, h wing populltion OF 92O. there was
made last spring 10000 ponds of maple sugar of
first quality.
Augustus German, repairer of sewing ma
chimes at St. Johusbury. has been arrested for
indecent assaults several little girls and let of
with the light punishment of $40 fine and chsts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Iuri learns that the State Superintendent
of Education has deculed to hold the Frank lin
county Institute at Swanton June goth, 2lst, 22d.
1t will commence Thursday evening, and close
Saturday noon.
Wednesday afternoon Harrison Thomas, car.
penter at Enosburgh Falls fell from a saw.horse
about four feet hi4h. striking upon his side just be-
low the short ribs Medical al was at once sum-
moncd, but the unfortunate man lived but a few
hours
The Swanton Courier has been shown an apple
blossom that hal the appearance of monthly
rose, and measured two inches across its face.
A"Greenblck Club" has been orgll IL ID at East
IIishgate.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
A son of p. Barrett of Cambridge has Just died
from injuries received while wrestling nine months
ago.
severa! cattle in Eden have died from the effect of
poison from fox bait something else. perh rps
they found the forbidden fruit.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Duffy Bush, by about thirteen years old, fell
Il ut.i.c fhn or, f,t,
expected to recover.
During thunder storm in Glover a bolt of
electricity fell in AreI Cmrk's do lr yard, knock
ing down a son of Mr.. Clark and doing slight dam
age to the house. The little boy seemed to be
an there was rel streak one
limb us though the lud had actually passed along
the leg.
The steam engine in the saw mill of II Pinney at
Holland, VT, burst the 9th, driving the ehpineei
through the side of the building and scalding u
boy and man badly. Part of the boiler was
thrown entirely through the roof.
A Mrs. Kinney of Troy had DR.. Hamilton extractl
her teeth some four years ago and make her II new
set now nature is dlng her mouth with the genu-
inc Article
A j. Twombly, of Westnore, owns a sheep from
winch seven poun Is ofmlk was recently taken at
a milking. from which three fourlhs of pound of
butter was made. Trot out your Jersey cows.
Arthur Moulton, aged Is yews, son of Lewis
MoullUn, of troy, while bathing alone, Monday |
was drowned. The pond was dragged aud the
body recovered.
Fletcher Blodgett, of Glover, died recently from
The effects OF locSj Nv. lie mi ted his foot few
lays before rusty spike and from this hurt |
ocbjtw was produced Mr. Bodgctt was lately |
married.
ORANGE COUNTY.
nine years old boy threw a stone Into a Con.
nectlcut and Passumpsc railway car at South
Bradford the other day, and put out eye for Mrs
Ahbie Wright of fellows Falls.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Inquirer says that Henry Webb of Clarendon
ost several hundred dollars worth Of strawberries
by the frost last week.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
J. &. Taylor and his pai tner, Edwards, of Brat.
cboro have been arrested charged by Boston and
New YORK parties with obtaining goods under false
)retenscs while in business.
At Grafton, the other day, George NJ. Barrett
age - mlrrela woman named Townsend, of
sweet2i.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The hired man of n IIartllnd farmer went hunt
ing one day recently. On his Ieturn, as he was
passing through a room filed with young ladies,
le managed in some ineXpIicable way to catch the
hammer of the gun against something, thereby
,ousng it to go of tearing the plistcring, lath and
WOO w ,rk in II faithful manner. The young ladies'
after resaining their wits spent the remainder of