Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-15
VERMONT ITEMS.


Since the revival in Vcrgennes, short
time since, IL persons have joined the yari-
Gus churchesiS the Congregational 2G the
Baptist, and 10 the Methodist.
The Connecticut and Pnssumpsie Railroad
has brought suit in Montreal against the
Southeastern road for $780, coo damages, for
tearing up the track of the latter in October
last, when under lease TO the plaintiffs.
-Thelossosbyfrc in the State in 1877 areput
down ut 81 1850, 900 The largest loss in any
one month was in February $3.50 600; the
next largest was in April and June, Slil,0O0
each, and the smallest was in August, S33,-
600. The insurance covered about one-half
the losses.
A record of temperature kept nt Hard
wick shows that during the past winter there
were twenty-three days when the thcrmomc-
ter indicated zero or lower. The coolest day
was Jan. <, SO degrees.
Three Montpelier brothers named Stone,
IS, - and 10 years old respectively, weigh
exactly alike, and their birthdays all occur on
the same day in the year.
Work ut the Poultney slate quarries is be
ing gradually renewed and it is expected to
soon reach its former activity, as advanced
prices for the product are anticipated.
-Four Glover school boys, who attacked
and expelled their teacher the other day when
he was furnishing one of their number, were
taken before a justice, and their fines and
costs for assault and disturbance amount to-
about $50 apiece.
The health of cx-Congressmau Willard Of
Montpelier is improving during his visit TO the
kansas Got Springs, and he will main
TIA p, some time longer
The selectmen of Barre were ordered at
the last town meeting to prepare n lookup
for tramps and TO furnish all who applied
with an allowance Of crackcra Goldfish and
cold water ard nothing else.
Montpelier has bonded debt of $685.
500 and n floating debt Of SIS 900, and has
voted tax for this year of POO cents on the
dollar
H c. Hastings & Co.. of St. Johnsbury
have failed for $50, 600, of which sum 500
600 is secured. The assets consist mainly Of
three thousand acres of timber lands in Con-
cord, saw mills, houses, etc, and farm in
Lunenburg.
Montpelier and Walden voted tax Of 200
cents on the dollar for the current year
while Waltham in Addison county and St.
George in Chttenden stand at the other ex-
IRENE with n vote of no town tax ut ALL
S. W. Porter of Springfield, 81 years old,
was elected town clerk for the thirty first
time, and is still able to perform most Of the
duties of the office.
Two barns a COW shed, six tons Of hay
and eight cows belonging to Angelina Hill Of
Poultney, We're burned last saturday A
ninth COW barely escaped The loss is about
5000; and 1928 insurance. The IRE is sup
posed to have been set 10y tramp.
A stranger calling himself Paul Dondero
was arrested at St. Adams Saturday for pass
ing counterfeit money. and it is thought that
he is one Of the men who have been lately
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the borders Of Lake Champlain, with counter
| felt money.
A chance hybrid grape vine, "A sort of a
cross between the Salem and Concord. raised
| by William +. Green OF Nergennes aud nam
! ed The Nergennos,' has proved such an ac-
| QUESTION to fruit culture, from the quality Of
| its fruit and hardness Of its growth that
| Messrs. Lindell * Co., of Bridgeport Ct.
have purchased it for 500, with the intention
of placing it upon the market in a few years.
The broad lake, at Burlington, has not
been closed this winter SO as to admit of any
crossing and the rain and wind of last week
have left comparatively little ice to be SEEN
| even around the shores The sloop Essex has
begun running the ferry between Burlington
| and Port Kent.
-Forty-two years ago union colony Of
Vermonters was founded in Michigan, strin-
gent rules for the government of the settle
| ment IN supporting the gospel and against the
use or sale of liquor, except for medicinal
purposes, being drawn up and signed Mt Cas-
| Teton March -. 1886. Last week Vermont
vile, as the colony is called celebrated the
10th anniversary of the Congregational church
there with appropriate exercises.
Hon. Hermon II. Beardsley, Of st. Al
bans, who was stricken with paralysis few
weeks ago, died Saturday morning in the sew.
. 10 l, L..
| prominent lawyer of Franklin comfy for over
fifty years and had held various offices of
trust, connected with the Legislative and judi
cial branches of the State government.
The barn of Erastus Chase at Calais is in
Tested with savage rats, which attack his cat
tie and eat holes in their hides. The other
night young heifer was seen TO plunge mad
| ly about, and exammation revealed an enor-
nous rat on its back contentedly sucking
from q hole which it had made in the animals
hide.
We hope no one will feel under compul.
sion to believe this story which comes from
Craftsbury A young son Of John Anderson
recently got about half an inch of a sewing
needle into his side, near the short ribs which
a doctor failed to remove. woman said
that the tongue of fox would extract it. and
one was procured and applied, and the bit OF
steel was drawn ont in about twenty-fouI
hours.
The Vermont Tanners and Leather
Manufacturers Association held their semi
annual meeting at Burlington last week
They resolved to hereafter buy bark by weight
at the rate of 22IO pounds per cord wei
dried, and recommended the following scale
of prices for stock Beef hides. prime, cent,
per pound; veal skins under - pounds
trimmed, IL cents untrimmed 10 cents |.
to II pounds, to 10 cents II to 20 pounds
I to 5 cents dairy skins, extra, 80 cents
No. l, 40 cents; No. >, % cents.
From time to timo during the past win
ter note has been made OF nests of younl
birds which have been discovered in different
parts of the state, and now one of the bird,
captured in Morgan is described AS being
about as large as a ground sparrow, with tn,
side and back feathers of slate color anC
yellow, the wings darker and the neck anC
breast tipped with white. Furthermore it il
not crossbil The nest, about the size of
robins, was made of twigs and strips of bircl
bark, and nicely lined with fine moss.
At meeting of James II. Batchelder'
creditors in Middlebury last week about $3.50,
600 of claims were proved, and A. w. Goss o
Brandon was chosen assignee. The nomina
assets were stated to be $50, 900 in wood
lands, mills lumber, etc. On Monday of thi
week another meeting Of creditors was held (,
act upon r. proposition of composition, whei
it was shown that Batchelder's available asset
amount to a little over S2O,OOO. A PROPOSE
ton to pay - cents on the dollar, per cen
in 80 days and the remaining 10 per cent in
months, was accepted.
1t is said that there is at the State Re
form School Mt Vergennes, one of the hes
conducted Sunday -schools in Vermont Mr.
Fairbanks is superintendent and Mrs. Fair
banks is teacher, with eight or ten assistants
volunteers from the different churches in tn
city. After the lesson of the morning is over
comments are made on it by the difTeren
; teachers and the lesson for the next Sunday
, read by the superintendent and the pupil
ask a number of questions explanatory of it
general character; these questions are pu