Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The duties on wool shipped through
Island Pond, week before last, amounted
to $1,000.
A young man named Lewis Lacross
of Enosburgh Falls. died, recently, from
the effects of taking an overdose of OPT
UNI.
At the st. Adams butter market, last
Tuesday, the receipts were large and
prices a strong two cents lower. Selec-
tions sold at seven teen cents per pound.
OF one hundred and forty families in
South Burlington, visited by an agent
of Bible Society, twenty-six were found
without Bible, and twenty-one refused
to accept copy.
Charles Newcomb, fireman, was
knocked down an embankment at White
River Junction, the other day. by an en-
CINE. Although badly bruised, he was
not seriously injured.
The Courier says that, recently, sew
en- spotted adders were killed near Swan
ton Junction. measuring from two feet
ten inches to three feet and one-quarter
long, and large accordingly.
Edward Cox of Fairfield, has appear
ed in two or three wrestling matches in
Massachusetts. with Henry NJ. Dufur of
Marlboro, but the latter mas won them
all. and talks of challenging Mcmahon.
Sylvanus B. Carpenter of Randolph,
had the point of some shears run into
an eye. while he was trying to shear a
struggling sheep, the other day, and
will probably become blind.
Hon. G. w. Willard has declined the
appointment as commissioner on the
State Library, rendered him by the Gov.
ernor, and Governor Fairbanks has ap.
pointed in his stead Hon. Timothy P
Red6eld.
John M. Hulett, a wealthy and eccen.
trio citizen of West Salisbury. has dis
appeared suddenly, and Charles and AL.
bert Piper, two brothers of bad reputa
ton. who live in the vicinity. have been
arrested, as foul play is feared.
F. X. Havens, Esq.,, of Vergennes, has
a cow seven-eighths Attorney, which ii
probably, for butter producing qualities
without superior in the State. By
actual trial in three days time he made
from her milk ten pounds of nice butter
which, as will be seen, would be abou
twenty-three pounds per week. He ha
two other Attorney COWS which produc
fifteen and sixteen pounds of butter, re
spectively, per week.
An agent of the Messrs. Fairbanks
who has travelled in Indiana for the pas
twenty-five years. under date of Ma,
| 80, writes as follows: ''Some large far
mers in the southwestern part of tn
State, have commenced harvesting whea
and with good weather for securing tn
crop, it will be much the largest eve
produced in this State and it looks fine
ly in all parts of the State. have new
er known wheat harvested in the mont
of May before this year.
James Atwood of Bennington, shot a
Irishman named Hanlon, on the 3ls
ult., the shot taking effect in his arm
Atwood is painter by trade, and own
a comfortable dwelling. Instantly wa
broken up. some years since, and he ha
lately kept bachelors hall with compan
none too select. The night previous Al
wood INDUCED in drunk, assisted
some others, among them Hanlon's wifi,
Hanlon, who is laboring man, went I
Atwood's after her and was shot. H
will lose his arm. Atwood fed, but wa
arrested near Pownal.
Swanton loses prominent man in til
f death of Hon. VIM. l.. Sowles of tn;
town, which occurred on Tuesday morr
ing of week before last. Mr.. Sowlt
was seventy-eight years of age. He W:
for many years resident of Alburgl
8 and was one of the leading citizens
northwestern Vermont. He representa-
, Alburgh in the legislatures of 1872
!, 1929, 1880 and 1881, was State Sen;
tor in 1841-42, assistant Judge of Il
t county court for several years, commen
D ing in 1850, and in the same year W.
{ member of the State Constitution
Convention. He was one of the ear
leaders of the Republican party, and W;
: delegate to the National Conyentie
T at Philadelphia when the party was Q
q ganized