Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-08-28
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
The house OF Ethan Burroughs, Of Bridport, was
stuck by lightning, last saturday, and set on Ore.
me house, two barns, four stacks OF hay AMI
quantity of grain were all burnei, only a few
household articles being saved. It is said the prop
erty was tot insured.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Bennington democrats have nominated
Milo C. HulIng for town representative.
Mrs. Hannah Madison, aged 80, of Bennington,
died on Friday, aiter being confined to her bed for
nfty years.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
The house and outbuildings belonging to Charles
Adams In South oanville were burned on the 18th.
Loss : 0l0. insured for $1,000.
Capt. Martin L. Poland, sou OF Hon. L. p. Pc.
land oil St. J"hn'bury, died at Fort Yuma the Goth.
CHIrrENDEN COUNTY.
Inc burlington republican caucus Monday
evening, failed 10 make no ninatlon for city
representative, anI adjourned until Saturday
evening.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
At RlchfIrd, the 2lst. customs officer Henry
Rounds seized four horses, three wagons, harnes
lap robes. etc, for infringement of the revenue
law.
within few days Montgomery has had shooting
ad'ir, and two attempts at suicide, one by drown
Ing and thu last attempt by hang ny, hich was by
woman who had become tired of lile."
GRANDIsLE COUNTY.
The Grant Isle county republic c1nve nton
voted to holl delegate instead of mass conven.
ton hereafter, with d legales apportioned as fol.
lows Alburgh s.; Grand Isle 8: Isle La Motto,
North Hero and South Hero each.
LiMOlLLE COUNTY.
An aOsent.miuded HYDE Park farmer drove
down to the village the other evening with his wife,
| and, after leaving her at neighbours, discussed
politics IN one ofthe stores TIL 10 o'clock Then
ne drove home, put up his horse and went to bed
including, AS mis- wife was not in her usual place.
that she might have been CT 10 out to watch with
| SICK nelEhbor. Just as he was dropping of to
| sleep, however. he recolectei where he had left
her and rising hastily, he hsrnessed the horse and
started after her. She mad 1t tired of waiting for
| Nun, however, and started to walk home, so that
| he did dot have 10 drive far.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Rlndolph's musical convention has been post.
poDed TIL October |.
OhbC AN> v IUNI1.
| Dc Forest Leach of Lowell, had his foot injured
| by stepping upon mai recently and is now u
MOVING skeleton, lavny lost IN my pounds OF Il es
and suffered terrible pains.
| Two unsucces ful attempts on successive nights
have been made to burn the large barn of the
| Pas 'umpsic railroad company IN Newport.
The Orleans COUNTY republicans assc nblel a,
| fra sbur n trtlpv in m,
tons were passed in orsng tbs platform of tue
national republican convention of 1876 Spec her
were made and resolutions passed conde,nning
| soft mone,. The nomination of Gen. Circuit fuI
congress from the third district was heartily in.
dursed and the t,ickery resurt,i to by his oppon.
ents was denounced u. f. Paine of jay, and Il on
j. n. Cushtnau of Irasburgh, were nominated Io,
senators; q. E. Braley OF Troy, j. v. RowelI o.
albany, for Assistant judges; l. II. Thompson Of
| lrasburgh, Judge OF Probate; Orin Taylor of Nor
gan sheriff; rheophilus Grout OF Newport, otne's
Attorney.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
| The Rutland dem 'cratlc CAUCUS to nominate
a eau idttc flr town representative, male choice
OF l.. ". n, lin st,n. rue vJts stj9oI: ellington,
| 49,; J. A. san ford, ISL.
| Ri, resi- lence OF zen. II. Baxter in Rutltnd
|
gold watches and $40 in money were stolen.
, The state equaizng board reduced the valuation
OF kutan CO lnty SO that II stands II per Cen
lower than tho last appraisal.
One of The Rutland sunday school teachers tells
THIS good try: She recently asks her scholars
to each bring penny weekly for some charity
one little ii l. TO wnon the funl fpr the support OF
the pastor had just been explained AM who con-
triOutei five cents weekly thereto ran home and
demanded another cent each week, explaining thai
her teacher wanted It, On being asked what it Is
Tor she repIiei: "Wny, to support Mrs. ---th,
teacher) OF course. She's got to live somehow
hasn't she ~ She got the cent.
| Three hundred tons OF hay are deposited in one
barn in Casteton this summer. II Is located on 1
farm of 1900 acres, with some 800 acres of meadow
| land.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
| a little boy in Grafton was met one morning
viii edrdwi1g his little wagon by the assessor o
| internal revenue. The assessor, who knew hin
| we'll and was pleasant man said: "George,
| guess must tax your little wagon" Georgs loo k
oil up in a Degilierec state of mind, but soor
thinking that so netting bad was gong to happen
began to cry. The assessor touched wi tb sympa
thy gave him few pennies to console him. al
this, George smile and saIi: 81 have got little
sled ut home. woull like to have thIt taxed too"
The hay crop in the northern part of Win dbam
county is mnch larger than usual this year.
| grand iremen's muster Will be nell at BrattIe.
blro Septemb II, when pr Is OF 3 J0 Sl75, BOO
and $50 Will be oG1re for hanl.enJ ine COMPANIES,
| and slOO and $50 Tor hose companies.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
James Leach was killed by bang drawn into
the water wheel at D.J. Boyntons mill in NORTH
springfield the other day.
Zebina Spaulding Of Bethel wintered 43 sheep
and, though he has sold sl9j worth of wool, sheen
and lambs since then, he has A on htnl now. lie
thinks that sheep pay better than cows.
The average depreciation OF real estate values in
| Windsor county during the last for years was II
per cent, the greatest decrease 81 IL per cent
being in Barnard, and the least-lS per cent-in
| indovor, where the land is 50 poor that it hasn't
| any chance to depreciate.
News and Gossip.
| Robert, son Of abraham Line Din, refuses to run
| f,rn in