Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-06
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Rutland is to have new industry.
Charles P. Harris & Go. have organized
a stock company and will establish a
chair factory there.
The proprietor of the Ebbit House,
at Washington. D. c., Vermonter,
contributes Sl00 towards the Benning-
ton battle monument.
Tuesday was the opening day of six
fairs in this state, Wis: at Essex juno
ton, South Hero, Woodstock, North
field. Barton and Yergennes.
Giles Kenyon, the oldest man in Hin
esburgh. died Tuesday night, aged SO
years. His wife died Oh Thursday
morning aged SO. They had been mar
ried over seventy years.
The Franklin County Agricultural
and Mechanical society has invited
Ex-Governor Smith to deliver the grafton
on the second day of its fair next We'd
nesday. and he has accepted.
A case in which only $50 was between
the parties has been decided. It cost
the state over $1,000 and the parties
twice as much more, yet the verdict was
only $3.50 for the plaintiff.
At Battery street bagnio in Rurling-
ton on Saturday evening, row began,
and as the visitors were taking their
leave they were shot at by the keeper.
the ball passing though the back of one
and the neck of another.
At Bellows Falls four new cases of
small pox were recently developed in
the family where the first ease occurred.
The effect of the disease has deem quite
serious on the business interests of the
town.
An oil portrait of the late Judge DAN
iel Kellogg has been presented to the
county bar by his widow, and will hang
in the court house at Newfane along
with those of other distinguished local
lawyers.
The adjourned Lamoille county Fair
will be held on the 18th inst. only one
day. at which time they will be the
usual exhibition, with a hose race by
the Barnes Hose of Burlington. the st.
Johnsbury boys and the Swanton COM
pany.
A grinder in the pulp mill at Pass
umpsic. weighing about 1000 pounds.
exploded Friday night. scattering in all
directions. One piece of about 250
pounds was thrown through the roof into
the river. Only three men were work
ing at the time All escaped uninjured.
Damaged $500.
The dredging machine of the Bellows
Falls cannal company is now at work on
the cannal. 1t is intended to have il
so the entire Connecticut river can be
drawn through if necessary. and a water
power that will rival Holyoke. 1t is
expected two years time will be ncces
sary to lower and widen the cannal.
One thousand boxes Of cheese and
800 tubs of butter were shipped-Mo
day from Richmond together with two
cars of cattle, two of swine and one O
sheep. U. S. Whitcomb. Esq, furnish
ed thirty eff these hogs from his farm
which raveraged little over three hun
dred and fifty pounds.
! Albert Shumway of Brattleboro wa
found lying on the ground in his yare
last week Monday suffering from a fata
attack of paralysis. He was taken t.
the house and cared for. but survived
only few minutes. He has been
cripple for about four years in conse
quence of stroke of paralysis Will
running to fire.
twenty-five Congregational minister
visited J. H. Woodlands home in Mil
ton. Wednesday. to dine. Mr.. Woodart
is pastor of the congregational church
and has been in service for more thai
fifty years. He was chaplain of th
Fifth Vermont regiment during tn
rebellion. He captured rebel captain
on his horse, and was called the flight
ing parson.
On the 23d ult., young men from
Burlington went in steam yacht +
Highgate Springs, moored their boat
and went in skiffs to different parts o
the marshes for duck shooting. 4
squall came up and swamped the boa
of Mr.. Chittenden Ia nephew of Hon. [
E. Chittenden of New York;, and b
remained in the water something like a
hour and a half, when his cries wer
heard by Mr.. Sargent. who lives at th
Springs. and he was rescued. having ha
more ducking than he enjoyed.