Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-16
Vermont State News.

HARVEY CHAPMAN dong keeper Of the restaur-
ant at the depot ut Middebury) died very sud-
denly Saturday morning, after an illness of few
days. lie rose from his bed quite as comfortable
as usual, but very soon dropped dead. lie was
ffty-elght years old, and had never been married.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
THE Sutton authorities recently interviewed
two maiden ladies, who are on the town, and
found many kinds Of dry goods to the value Of
about 800, which they had boarded up at one time
and another. The last Cdiedonidn says; mot
witlstanding the general backwardness of the
season we had some fresh ripe strawberries laid
upon our table the 9th inst.-the first of the sea-
son in this locality, so far as we know. And to-
day, we cut green grass in the Cdiedonidn office
yard nine inches long. 80. Peter Brown, of East
st. Johnsbury, was lately arrested for assault
upon Chas. Barton, Of St Johnsbury, and fined $50
and costs. Miss Ida Anger was elected superin-
tendent OF schools OF Sutton, beating a college
graduate Of the sterner sex by seventy-one ma
jority E. Moses Haviland, of North Danve,
died suddenly a few days ago while splitting wood.
....St Johnsbury is to have butter market
cHIrrENDEN COUNTY.
AN elm tree in front Of the house of Sidney
Barlow, Burlington, sprouted in 1900, now meas
ures fifteen feet in circumference at its base...
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Shaw, of Essex, eighty
two and eighty years old, respectively, have re-
Gently celebrated the sixteth anniversary of their
marriage. A meeting Of the polcy-holders OF
the Champlain Mutual Fire Insurance Company
was held at Burlington on the 10th, the object
being to obtain information and take concerted
action, in view of the heavy assessments called
for in closing up the affairs of the company.
There was a large attendance and an excited
time. After much talk committee OF three was
appointed to fully investigate the affairs of the
company and report at the next meeting, which
will be held in thirty days. III. The Burlington
police have been notified that the body of pau
per buried in the cemetery connected with the
poor house, the other morning, was taken by
resurrectionists the same night. There is thus
far no clue to the body-snatchers
ESSEX COUNTY.
GuILDHALL has been unduly excited over the
appearance of wolf in its unusually quiet pre-
clncts lately. IAN East Concord man recently
complained of some young men for intoxication,
and now they have retaliated by having him ar
rested for breach of the peace and Sabbath-break
ing, the offense occurring while he was taking a
pig home in sleigh, the porker breaking loose
and causing considerable noise and confusion in
its capture.
LAMoILLE COUNTY
Mis-. AUSTIN, an aged and respected lady re.
siding with her son in Cambridge, was fatally
burned on the 18th inst, by her clothes taking fire
from match used to light her pipe. She fingered
in ag my till the next day, when death came to
1..f los. al.
and Lowell has been increased to six times a
week, the department having lately reconsdered
its refusal of last year.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A. T. DAILY, of Derby, is trying the expert
ment this Spring of running spout from each
tree of the sugar place to holders thus saving til G
trouble of tarrying the sap by hand -. The
Southeastern railway bridge which spans the
Missisquoi in North Troy is being repaired and
strengthened. Two large cribs each fifteen by
twenty feet are being constructed which will
form the foundation for trestles. D. W, Porter
Of North Troy has thirty-eight ewes that have
given birth to seventy-two lambs this Spring
RUTLAND COUNTY.
AT the establishment OF jackson Brothers, ii
Castleton, one hundred and twenty-five sap buck
cts were made in six hours by three persons.
Matthew Dooley, Of West Castleton, twenty-on
years old, was fatally crushed recently while run
ming saw in a slate mandatory. -. John Nc
| Gowan, Of Rutland has been held in the sum o
| $500 for numerically beating young lad WIFI
| had offended him.
wISDHAM COUNTY.
The will of Charles L. Jones, OF Cambridge
% IIsr, IL all fam,
| six scholarships. The Vermont Academy, a
saxton's River, which Mr.. Jones founded and ell
lowed, gets $4,000. John Geer, a gardene
and early fruit producer, living about two mile
from Bellows Falls. after preparing for church
week ago last Sunday in his usual health, fe
| dead in his cellar, where he had gone on an errand
The deceased was about thirty years Of age an
unmarried. He leaves a mother and one brother
The cause OF his death was heart disease. TIL
Fall Mountain paper mill at Bellows Falls is lighte
| by electricity. One room, one hundred fec
square, is made so brilliant by one light of twer
ty-four hundred candle power that the finest prir
can be read in any corner 1t was put in by tn
New York Fuller Electric Company. Georg
| NJ Chase, of Westminster, has been feeding fiy
hogs this Winter on clover hay twice day an
slops from the house oncea day, and reports theI
as thriving finely lie says that they will wal
up and eat clover hay like an OK.
WINDSOR COUNTY,
THE White River Junction Hotel is nearin
completion. .. Chester Scales, of Ludlow, wa
tossed across the yard by vicious bull. The Al
ima followed up the assault, but Scales seize
and held him by the nostrils until his wife an
daughter came with ptchforks and drove IL
animal of e. The proprietors of the White Riv'
Iron Works. just west of Bethel, have organize
into stock company They say business wi
soon be commenced. William Billings,
Woodstock, has driven stage fifty years, con
mencng when he was seventeen. His son 70
lows the business of his father, having drive
stage twenty years, commencing when he was fl
teen. ...L H. Edison, of Bethel, recently fell dow
stairs and broke his lower jaw.
WATERBuRy.-IIaying in some previous cor
muncations Nentured few comments on Il
popular feeling relating to the financial aspect
| our school affairs, and what seemed to grow o.
I OF their discussion, namely the relation OF Il
clergy to educational interests and other publ
affairs, allow me this week TO note that our ia
1 Day services this year seem to have taken a d
; parture from long established usage relating
& subjects proper for Fast Day discourses. Heret
fore national affairs or some topic OF the times
+ some OF their religious or moral aspects ha'
f.r., al.l A. sl.a