Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.


a Baptist church has peen organized at Middle
burg, with twenty-four members.
The annual N Getting of the state womln's Chris
tian temperance unions opens at Middlebury To-
day.
The Vernon, Baptist sunday schools, will hold
their 10Th annual cOnventioc at Vergennes June
and5
Fifteen deaths have already occurred in Shore
ham since January LIST. This is the average num-
Der for a whole year.
The II. NJ. Bryant lodge of Good Tempars at
vergennes, named after former noted temperance
lecturer who has since sadly fallen, Is TO change
its name.
Women having been elected to the position OF
school su perintendent at Addison and Ferrisburgh
the question of their eligibility is being debated by
those who think that if they hold the office they
may also perform the duties of selectmen listers oil
even state representatives.
At least one place in Vermont is going to cele-
brate the Fourth OF July in big STYLE and that Is
Larrabee's Point. The festivities will include an
Grafton by Gen. fitzpatrick, balloon ascension,
military parade by the Burleigh corps of Whitehall
and the sherman guards of Port Henry; foot and |
horse races, and regatta.
In accordance with vote of the town superin
tendents at their annual meeting April LIST, there
will be a convention of textbook committees oil
the several towns of Addison county on the 29th
al the court house in Middlebury. The convention
Is called for the purpose of mutual consultation on
the merits of the various textbooks proposed for
introduction with a view OF securing as great a
uniformity as is possible throughout the county.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
| fourteen year old daughter of Alb ram Tenney,
of Searsburg was lost in the woods recently, and
wandered all day before being found.
| Mr.. a. G. Clark, prominent citizen of Manches-
ter formerly president of the Western Vermont
Railroad company, died on the llth.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
sheep arc dying in large nu nbers near Lyndon.
st. Johnsbury proudly claims fJnrteen churches
in population of five thousand.
Seventy five excursionsts from st. Johnsbury
and parts thereto adjacent started on TUESDAY. en-
| route for Kansas.
Ed Shanty, of Blrnet, was committed to st.
Johnsbury jail recently, in default of 81 900 bonds
| for grand larceny.
On recent Sunday, while Mrs. Mary Fulforl of
Pcacham was playing the organ in church, she was
taken with partial paralytic shock and was I'M
able to take her hands from the key board, keeping
one chord going until the choir were obliged to
stop. 1t was not known until some time afterwards
what occasiohed the break in the singing. In an
hour after church Mrs. Fulford seemed to be as
well as ever.
On Monday last, at st. Johnsbury, some kind OF
an insect crawlel into Mason Halps ear and COM
menced an active foragi1g campaign. His opera
tons were terribly painful to Mr.. Hall, who ran
hastily to DR.. Browns house, arriving with his
hand over his ear and the blood trickling down
through his fingers. DR.. Brown having no tools at
hand took gold toothpick and a lead penc il,
crowded the ear open and saw the tail OF some
animal, speared it and drew out bug three quar-
tiers of an inch long, very slim and of a peculiar
kind which the doctor had never seen before
Union.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The health Off ,er's report shows that there were
in Burlington during the month of April 7marrag-
es, % births and % deaths.
AtLinsey's mill. Burlington, Thursday after
noon, the ny-wheel of the engine burst, almost
totally wreckng the machine tearing out both ends
of the brick building and doing much damage
generally. The engineer, Michael Dallchan, was
in the a the time, but for tunately escaped
injury.
Some two weeks ago q Richmond farmer had
occasion to leave a two-quart basin full of large
board nails at the end Of hollow tree some fou
feet from the ground. a day or two ago the nails
were wanted and on going after them every one
was found on the ground, and a robins nest in the
| basin with three eggs in it.
A gra de Durham COW belonging to James Mi.
q ham, of Shelburn, brought FORTH last week Friday,
three heifer calves. All three bright and lively
and all marked exactly alike. The three weigh l5G
pounds. Cases OF this kind are extremely rare
and the calves and mother are objects of much in
G terest and attention among the farmers.
= ESSEX COUNTY.
The lumber interests at Burlington Groton POND
and Mcndoes Falls are reported to be revving.
Miss Persie Williams of Essex, drove her 3s-year
old pony to Cambridge last week. She is proud o
it on account of its venerable age and it's being
> present from friend
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
: Col. G. d. Gates of Cambridge has won the check.
er championship of the state in a tournament at 81
Adams.
a maple tree in fall leaf, standing in the midst o
huge snow bank, was one of the sights at Mont
e gomery the other day.
- a gigantic mud turtle was recently captured in
!. the river near Enosburgh, whose back were GU
the initials 90. q. NJ, 1855"
s Captain Warren Corbin is steadily pushing for
war at Keelcrs Bay the construction of the new
steamboat which Is to run between Maquam Ba
and Plattsburgh. The new boat is to be 40 fee
e long over ALL and forty-two feet wide.
IT LAMOlLLE COUNTY.
a large number of farmers in the paradis aicu
town Of Eden are raising Tobacco, this season.
Sth, in the City of Chester" of the nman lne 70
Y Liverpool, instead of Rotterdam as was his inten
Il ton when he left home. In his letter announcin
the change, he says: went to the Rottei
dam steamer this morning but dill not like 1t at al
ID | could have gone on this boat for s45, secon
m cabin, aud gone like hog among hogs; but no.
IN | pay Il lrlne more and go in the first cabiI
aud go like gentleman among gentlemen, tb,
= if we so to the bottom fhe ocean shall be foun
among class of people that shall not be asham
If ed of at the judgment day. Worthwhile Citizen
n. ORLEANS COUNTY.
90 A man in Albany is losing his hens by SON
~ sort of q disease that seems to paralyz, thei
legs.
Col. Childs of Derby, hale old gen tleman of
years, was complaining of a sore mouth not Ion
ago; the cause was mystery for while, but II
IL mystery was cleared up when he found two @
d three new teeth pricking through the gums.
Ell RUTLAND COUNTY.
J., The extensive wood-pile of the Central Vernon
Nv Railroad between the Summit and Mount Hol
y caught fire the 18TH
an DR.. Middleton Goldsmith has given his medic
M and scientific library to the Rutland County Me-
cal and Surgical Society.
ITS The fact is recalled that fortyrour years ago Tn
nd time fell in Mt. Holly 10 the depth of Gig
a inches. The next morning farmer while scare
, ing for his sheep which he had previously turn'
10 out to pasture, had his badly frozen.
- Whitehall, at the same time, fell 10 the dep
c of two feet
Rev. L. S. French OF Castleton, SO years of az
and his 80. year old wife are the parents of eev
children, eight sons and three daughters, all
whom are now living. Six Of the sons in Il
late war and did service-from the drummer bo
cavalry, TO the naval dcpartment-and all escap