Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-20
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

AbDIooN OOcNl1
dairy of nine cows was sold in Orwell at $40
per head.
Manufacturing in Vergennes is looking prosper
Gus. The Saranac horse nail company are both
making additions to their factories.
A correspondent says of the town of Waltham
near Vcrgennes go The town contains only nine
square miles; population, two hundred and forty
nine. The farmers are well-to.do," and some
rich In this town are no churches, no town
houses, no doctors, lawyers, ministers town
paupers, and for several years we have had no
town tax, except road tax. The town has no black
smith, shoemaker, merchant or post-ofice, all the
mail beng taken at Vergenues or other places. No
bridges to maintain, and the people mostly church
going. In most of the houses you will find piano
or organ, and for intelligence the people are prob
ably not surpassed by any people in the state"
They have haunted house down in Leicester,
The ghost presents itself in the shape of an old,
white headed man, hanging out of Il window and
in his hand an old, rusty bayonet which he swings
in IN energetic and unghost-like way. lie don't
" hurrah" but evidently wants to, as those who
saw him say he kept his mouth working"
The Middlebury Register says a young Ameri-
can" in Addison, hardly old enough to talk plain,
me most c'azy 'cos' that man talk so much about
hell"
Addison Wlei, an old farmer of Granvill, re.
Gently had thirty-eight sheep killed outright and
lour bitten beyond recovery by vagranl dogs.
1t is stated that some of the meadows belonging
to Marshal Smith of Bridport, one of the richest
men in Addison county and the owner of 800 acres
have never been broken up, and others have not
been " down to grass" for over 40 years, but pro-
duce abundantly.
The ice has gone out of Otter Greek, and the
river is open for navigation 10 the lake.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
Andrew Brock, of Barnet, claims the proud title
OF champion wood-sawer of Vermont. The other
day he sawed two and a half cords of tour foot
maple wood, three cuts, in four hours which
is about equal TO a cord and a quarter an hour,
twice in two. He makes no bones OF saving a cord
an hour twice in two and offers to bet any reasona.
BILE sum that he can saw ten cords day twice in
two from TO sun.
st. Adams has the phenomenal tramp, in the
person of one John W. Wilson: intellectual and
cultured and seen betteI-days in appearance, son
OF a dissenting clergyman in England, ex-plincipal
ola training school Tor British officers, and ex
pretty much ever thing that is good. He stranded
at the " bar" came to this country, and, after
sundrp experiences, turned up at st. Adams as Il
tin peddler, and through alcoholism and klcpto.
monia got into jail. After a prolonged stay there
he was "Wednesday, sent to the Braleboro asylum,
as insane.
Newark Caledonia county, had an alb Srusc ques-
ton to discuss at its town meeting. j. II. Cheney
had puppy bonn after the time of procuring
licenses had Dppn u.i Spl an hn al
unnecessary until another yerar. Others thought
differently aad he was Glcd SIS and costs. The
matter was land before the town and it was voted to
remit his fine
CuIrrENDEN COUNTY
Milton claims TO have " Il mu steal prodigy in the
person of Miss Alma Sandcrson, who could play
any piece oimusic on the pian) alter hearing 1t
once when she was only four years old aud when
she was only five years old she played before
large audience at musical convention at Essex, to
the admiration and surprise of all. She is now
eleven years Old, aul can play the most difficult
piece of music at sight, but has not been allowed to
practice the past year, because of III health"
The full vote of ChiItenden County for county.
commissioner, gives Town (temperanc) PSI maj-
ority.
Several thousand dollar, of iurlinsto city bonds
NSlO Soli at boston, saturday, 1T lOttR
to l0iX.
The town OF WllistOn is excited over the eIoae
mcnt of lj-years-oll daughter of Il Mr. Isham
win FrehchInan. The Indignant father lJllowe1
them to BRANDON and after a hot and anxious
pursuit about that place discovered their where
abouts. Report does not say whether he succeed
cd in rcclaimins The erring girl.
Mrs. Fanny +. Denin5 died in Burlington, re-
Gently, aged - years. She was The daughter of the
late Timothy Fullett, aud widow of Eleazer H.
Dcmng, one of the ea,ly and most successful
merchants Of Burlington, who died in 1928.
Two mad dogs Of the SPITE bree were shot at
Charlotte, Friday.
Several nocks of Will geese have arrived in the
waters OF Lake Champlain on their norIhwnrd
flight.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The town of Troy is to have poor farm costing
$4,000.
at Newport Center, a rustic poctaslcr named
Carrick wrote and printed some unquotable poetry,
dedicated to John Stowcll, aud was arrested there
fore and bound over in $780, and day or two lat
er Stowell was arrested Tor SANDER and bound ov-
er in $500.
The report that Josie Atwell ofWestGcld is dead
as the sixth victim of the Rictford maady, is not
true; she is getting we'll
An Orleans county man, while hunting the other
day, shot a rabbit and his dog at the same shot
1t is reported of man in Orleans county, who
kept about $50 hens that thinking the biddies need
ed some lime, he procured it for them but neglect.
ed to slack it. The lime, true TO its nature how
ever, did slack, but the process proved too great
strain upon their crops and his flock is not near as
numerous now.
ESSEX COUNTY.
North Concord is a thriving little settlement
which has grown up within few years, and now
mas post Off &c, railroad station and two steam
saw mills which turn out Is 900 feet of lumber each
day. During the month of February it shipped rs |
carloads of lumber, the freight on which amounted
10 81 800.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Texan dwarf named rhurston, who Is said to
pc feet inches high, weighs 2l0 pounds aud can
lit | 500 pounds, dead weight, wants to make II
match with James Owens, the Fairfield wrestler.
Farmers in Bakersfield are securing their sum-
ner help, at prices ranging from 40 to sl7 per
month.