Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-07

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BURLINGTON, June 4. The 6Sth an
nual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, Diocese of YER
mont, opened here to-day. The ex-
ercises were introduced by meeting
Of the lady delegates for the forma-
ton OF diocesan branch to the
Womar's Auxiliary Board of Mis-
sious of the church. There was Il
large attendance Of lady delegates.
The branch was organized with Mrs.
+. j. Phelps of Burlington as Presi-
dent, with Il long list Of Vice Presi-
dents. After the organization julia
f. Emery, Corresponding Secretary
Of the Woman's Auxiliary DOmcstic
Board of Missions, addressed the con-
vention. In the eyeain5 addresses
were made by Rev. d. G. Roberts Of
Concord, y. H. and Rev. A. I. Twig,
d. D., Of New York on the subject Of
domestic missions.
The work on the Brattloboro' and
Londonderry narrow guage railroad is
soon to communicating work of sur
veying the route having already com
menced. The requisite 100000 has
been secured.
Sylvanus B, Carpenter, prominent
Randolph farmer, had the point Of
some shears run into au eye, wlile he
was trying to shear struggling sheep
the other day and will probably be-
come blind.
A Rutland farmer found 4 potato
bug Oh his dinner table the other day,
and thus to the bug ne CALCULATED:
Good heavens have you got to have
your potatoes cooked this Year,"
Considerable amusement is cause
by the bill recently introduced by
Congressman Hendee to erect light
house on Lake Memphremagog, as
the merchant marine of the lake con-
Sists of pleasure steamer, several
small private yachts AMI an anci2nt
scow.
Ex-Congressman willard declines
his recent appointment as Colnnis-
Sioncr of the Stale Library, and Tim
othy P. Redield Of Montpelier takes
his place.
Mr.. r. NJ. Haincs of Albany, who
had been sufferer from dyspepsia
for twenty years, died last week, and
some peculiar circumstances III his
case led to Il post mortcm eXamina-
ton. This revealed in the lower end
Of the stomach, near the outlet into
the lntestines, thirteen we'll preserved
black cherry stones, 50 imhedded in
the lining of the stomach ae not TO be
discoverable to the eye, and causing
q thickenin9 of the stomach case some
three fou:ihs of an inch. These stones
had worG no. e-clther by liberation
or otherwise-through the stomach 50
that its contents leaked through, an Il
death was by dropsy, Or drowning.
1t was the opinion Of those who made
the examination that these stones had
been there for many years.
Farmers report that the recent rains
and frosts killed the early crop ofpo
tato bugs. Many fields of hops in
the northern part of the state were
partly or wholly ruined by the cold
weather.
Rev. William Il. Warner was in
stalled pastor OF the Ira Baptist church
on Tuesday, Rev. Justin X. Richard
son OF Rutland preaching the sermon
Rev. Chas. +. Gordon of Connect
; lieut. has accepted call to the Con-
gregational Church at East Har,lwick
Prices Tor butter tend downward Il,
St. Adams. On Tuesday the ra.es
were from 10 to 20 cents,
1t is calculated that the haying ami
| harvesting will be at least three weeks
,: in advance of last year.
A young nun named Lewis Lacross
Of EnoSburg Falls died on Saturday
from the effects of taking al overdose
Of opium.
james Atwood Of Bennington shot
an Irishman named lIanlon last FRI
I day, the shot taking effect IN his arm
Atwood in a painter by trade, ana
owns comfortable dwelling. Hi:
=. family was broken up some year:
since, and he has lately kept bachel
q or's hall with company none too select
| Last night Atwood INDUCED in /.
drunk, assisted by some others, among
them Haalon's wife. Hanlon, who /,
a laboring man, went to Atwooa's af
: ter her and was shot. He will los,
+ his arm. Atwood fed, but was ar
! rested near Pownal.
On the 9Th inst. between two anC
5 three o'clock p. M. tramp entered
/, the house Of Rev. NJ. Carpente
| Townshend. All had been from home
c but member of the family returning
first, passed to her chamber for few
5 moments on returning through til,
lower hall she saw man Of middle
size, dressed in Il suit of seedy blacl
clothes, with brown hair and beard, q
the China closet in the dining room
handling over the silver, evidently t.
ascertain which was solid and which
was plated. On hearing, or seeing
, her approach he dropped the pieces il
his hands and fled through the kitch.
, en-, woolshcd and garden, towart
Twitchels mountain.
Jonathan Dyer, Of Gilmore, who vii
De 80 years old the 18th day of mex