Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-22
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sou NJ - 10 - cents per pound selections
30 to 81 cents, with n shade higher price for
extra fine
j L. Hall, of Tunbridge. has served as
moderator at town meeting for more than fifty
years in succession.
Rev. S. A. Parker, pastor Of the Bethel
Universalis church for the past sixteen wears.
closes his labors May l.
johnson has a clean record as q town. II
is not only out Of debt, but has surplus of
$500.
Among the voters at Castleton's last town
meeting was jacob Wheeler, one of Gen.
SCOTS veterans in 1872, who has lived in the
town 81 years. and attended 81 town meet
ings
Mr.. and Mrs Worcester Sprague of
Montpelier celebrated their golden wedding
on Monday evening.
Rev =. H. Pitkin has been ordained over
the Marshfcld Congregational church
Colonel John b. Mead is experimenting
tho building of a large boarding house for the
Normal School students at Randolph
The difficulties between the passumpsic
and Southeastern railroad companies have
broken out afresh
The inalady caused by drinking water
from the poisoned well at Richford has nearly
subsidized. There have been a. cases of sick
ness and deaths.
The assignee OF Deacon Ezra p. Smith
who is in Jail at Alddlebury for poisoning his
wife has advertised his Addison farm and his
house and lot in Ncrgennes whore Mrs Smith
died, for sale at auction His assets are
about ~G33G, TO meet liabilities Of over $500
w i. Wall, the well.lnown Central Yer
mont conductor. now retired hu, purchased a
place at West Randolph and intends TO make
his home there.
L ?. Holmes, Of Boyahou. long confined
IN jail on account of inability To- pay fine of
$500, imposed for firing a. revolver upon par
ties who were trespassiug on hisIremises. ha,
been pardoned by the governor
-Orrin Rice. of Springfield has six cosset
sheep that have brought the present season.
- lambs, ] of them alive and well There
were five pairs of twins and one set OF trip
let's.
The Brandon Farmers Club will erect
this season. building for their use. to cost.
complotodand furnished. about 81. 900. half of
which Is presented the club 10y Hon. n r.
Sprague. In the basement there will be
rooms to let in the first story Il store. and in
the upper story the Farmers and Mechanics
club hall, and library room.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Sticliney, of Shore
ham, celebrated their golden wedding the 9th
-, ''', - 'ii' Se,eH WIN 'heir
ri 49, ','''' '''''''' a. '"'"'s nv III
'.H' a. ~ I"u -h'9' ''ichney
"'i' .''i" Hp' mn I'M, rom "hert they
NV. W '-,' ''iI 'l'I 'n'iuIe"' ele'eh OF
''lH'' ~ ~" up 10 "y men ana women elght
sons and three daughters and only one death
Ans occurred.
j. W. MurElHud. Boston iyon-fouudcr. il
getting ont a new thing for sugar makers in
the shape of q cast iron arch into which san
pm "h" he"'eI can DE ser IKE Kettles IN
s'"N' "tu ilen ~ intended TO q" away with
. .,ie o',' '',N.I''." '5.'A 'eii''' ne "hoie
NM j. ."'.. al 's'u "i'" '''h ne Se' mp
any ~" minutes
~ Il. orleans county listers met at lras-
burg The other day and agreed 80 he governed
~ III. luli""ins Ns.T'- III ihHhihN then April
H-''i'"iI lHl"' !.'''' "il COTS 900 TWO
~ 80 'i' -, , 'i'-'E9 l'' Oxen iee'
r''' w. t'I'' F''' ''''' ~. COWS ana thfet
l'"i' ViN' -, wv" '"r1 "-u' 81 yearAngs
sue r. ?" A"IN' ~ Genus per pound
"g's per swarm nay - per ton wool
''''al'' d. 30 Genus per pound
-Dr. II. y Oalderwood, State commission
t' oI ''t lH5'H.' is /" remove from Greens
""i" 10 OF 'oi'''S''il apr" ISL
he raising OF hay for market is increas
ing throughout the Stat. and especially in the
famous grass region OF the Champlain valley,
where farmers claim that good crops can be
raised yearly II stock are kept from the mead
o"s, many oil which. especially the clay
farms have not been seeded for twenty
Sc"rh' @uH !e' S-vlu a iAIr amount OF hay:
i. Vi t',, peIoii3lns 10 NiHrsh
'7lii-''i va i'G'' III A'ui,oh county "h"
w ~ Ia. 'i'' poeh DroAuh up
I,s. fr,,. -, i,,, -, - 4''
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t-n - tii,1,;'' i.".i ""o AtPS ABOUT
~ t2o nelis .iiiiiHiiB 'i;'' 'L'iy needed some
sloch i tn lima ,~,, w. ~. -. H., ~
oycr did sia,l- L,t t,. - -, TO-"
frreot strain TI7,o,, l,,,r cr,,,,. .,. H. ar
is not nearas numerous nov, ~ Z, f[,.,,,.rl,
was
am. .-....,
Alma SanJsrgon Wbe,, orl,. fr, -, IN
sha could rIa, any. ,,io,1 81 ,,,si, d.
;,,,, Il onc ond y;bd+, ~,
old She rlavcd hsfnro n I,rg,. ,,,l,.,,oat
musical convcntion NJ - To- tho -" a. "
-, IA -.,,r;- - IN Ct
wears old. and can perform the most d;ficult
piece Of music at sight.
-Wbile tbe administrator of " ii, Gaia
well ot NontneIier wns cya,r;nina a. In, of nIJ
nancrs tbo other dnv La fn11d n r-rit1d
SEE. 1o,,1 ecri,, 81 g., ~, Ii.
rsyoI,tio1,o,.,, ,y,r md assi,,,,al -" C.ij,-,T
for so acres of land or 500. and another for
50, both of which were 80 years old. He al
SO found $3.50 in state bank bills 5000 of
which were redeemed by a MoutpeHer banl.
The Iotsst haunted house j. j., I.;,...,,
where the Ghost of an old ybitol b.aJad 49,
banos ont 0f window SWIM, 80. Low,
onet and moving his Inns AS if in conversation
n 7 Dvoo Of x Au,o,,. To-. 400
a,yos In Lra,Ii7'e, ,-.l,,,l ~, 90 .,nn IT,.
tbe recent erreof snoTy.stor,n at Cha,,o,,r.5a
Wvorinr-
,r.-,,
ia 1n Lpt iiilcAlgy 81 ,t5sLirr' ", years
oi r uoea an 'Lie nuuSeLol %orA 10Y Ialnuy
" 'ni uiiu mas '"H5n 'iie entlre care
s;,ce FL 1n6ibor's J.otii t,o ard b"if ,, oao
or,o anu 81 nan cars
IN, w.. ,..,
Ill M eI!iloh' DnI men A77oclatio on
WI t'ol" q iiI''Iis ~ H"'tCH uuIlHs tile Ira'
NttA III AllIl4 III WHICH time the president