Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-04
VERMONT NEWS.

Shccp cur.0sities from WaIt,fsid 20 lis
Walacs bss a sheep that had two lambs re-
gently, AMI ate one OF them George U.
BOyca has two Whit sheep that have had
two black lambs each.
Mrs. Sarah Pond. widow Of a revolution
airy soldier, died at Windsor on Monday of
last week, aged min ty-tiFe years.
Th TO was young woman Of Chelsea,
iclep. Colburn, t.. Sweet Sixteen who, the
other night dropped GU: Of her chamber win
dow ten last to the ground and footed 1t
sixteen miles u her grandf.ther's residence
ia R0yalton. No cause is assigned Tor the
rash act.
A few days since. W. B. Gilpin. OF West
field, noticing quite a dJck OF crows holding
festival back of his barn, provided himself
and boy of Il with shot guns, made two
apertures in the side Of the barn through
which they fred simultaneously and laid out
IL crows.
Miss Emma Mluie Perkins. daughter Of
Rev. o. Perkins,. OF West Concord, has been
chosen valciictcrian of the class OF '7e 10
| Vassar College, POughkeep-ie, \. Y Her
sister, Miss Florence Z Perkins, had the
SANG honor IN the class of 1873. Ii Is the
only instance in which two sisters have
received this appointment
| One night last week the engraving room
of the BenningtO Marble Works was en-
tered and an expensive monument nearly
| completed, was nut lated and ruined with
| sledge hammer. John CInedy. a rowing
| stOne-masIn, was caught in the act, and
now awaits examination, After the arrest
| Cansdy claimed that two others were coz
cerned- No cause can be assigned. Dam
/ age $500.
| The Lyndon Laiog SAYS that Warren
! Aver cwres a teu-iOlllr naIl-hammer. Two
weeks ago he was going by Il. ). Bowkers
| when, there being something out OF place In
| his team, he borrowed a common hammer OF
| BOwktr to drive something into place.
| After the % was dJne it occurred to him
that several years ago R1vkcr borrowed his
Jack knife. neger retained it, though often
pressed 50 to do, and the hammer would te
good security Tor the loss OF the kuiie. IA
| BOwker called to him II return the ham
mer, he said Jack knife" and passed out
of sight, Inc difference between them
was heard on Monday before Justice j. W.
Lewis OF st. JOhnbury, at Stevens hotel,
each MN pleading his own case. Alter the
evidence, arguments and swearings were all
in, the Justice fixed the value of the hammer
at 81, the fine part being 81 and the cost
part IS, II which may be added days
work Of Aye. ard team in attending suit,
Aver now talks of finding out how much
the j.ck-knife was worth by the same &C.
curaie method Of determining values.
MIS- Sarah Pond. widow Of revolution
airy soldier. died at Windsor, the other day,
aged % years.
Mr. and Mrs 3 j Swift IT North Spring
field. celebrated their golden wedding,
March Iu.h.
Mr.. Mitchell Campbell. Of St Adams. has
Just had the sad mi.iOrtnne to lose his
fourth and last child by diphtheyia-sl
within two weeks
b. A b. Bailey. formerly a locomotive
ngileer on the Portland and O!densburg
road, has been appointed superintendent Of
| the Potsian water works
! i lev days SINCE. a. Urrin Luce, switch
man at White E!ver Junction, was engaged
in making up a train, he slipped and the
corner OF ear hit his back, seriously II
not fatally iuiuring him.
The ram General bred by l. P. Clark,
dei at Mr. Townseni'S, Pavilion Centre,
n. Y, a few days since. This Is the ram
that Mr.. TowIseri purchased a half inter-
est in of Mr.. Clark, in January, lo1s, for
81 200.
The richest nan in CAye1disn, now "a
years old and who began life As a mer-
| chants clerk more than a half century
since without dollar, and has amasset
i fortune, Still carries the same well-preseryed
umbrella purchased by him 80 years Ego.
| We would like to know how such man
could help accommodating fortune.
la the Washington county court, Thurs
day. Judge R-dield sentenced Charles E
Dodge, one Of the gang OF burglars who
! was convicted last September His accom-