St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-21
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

The grand list of the town of Middle
bury contains 1874 names, and only four
persons have a list exceeding one hun
dred dollars each.
Mrs. Henry Dewey of Middlebury,
has an oleander which recently had
about 500 buds and blossoms.
Joseph Preston, of Ferrisburgh, was
tipped from load of hay and had his
thigh-bOne broken one day last week.
Many farmers in the town of Lancing
are setting ont maple trees along the
highway adjoining their lands, at once
identifying their homes and reducing
their taxes under the new state law.
H. H. Wright of South Starksboro
recently found hedgehog in the hog
pen of John Wright, and after killing
it found that large snake had coiled
itself around the hedee-hog's tail and
had been wounded with 279 quilts.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
j. G. Mccullough of Bennington
would like to succeed Col. joyce ef
Vermont in congress, it is said. Ben
ningtOn county has not had a congress
man for 30 years.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Frank Mckenna, fifteen years of age,
was drowned in the lake at Burlington
on Friday evening. He was rescued as
seon as possible, but all efforts at re-
snscitation were vain.
! Professor Atwater's papers on agTi-
culture have been published in PAM
/ phlet form, which any one can get by
sending postal card, asking for it, to
! President n. H. Buckham. burlington.
In a game of foot ball at the uni
versity of Burlington, Tuesday, George
D. Griswold of Cambridge, a member
OF the Freshman class, had leg frac-
tured in two places.
/ Gideon Sprague of Huntington, who
4 has been blind for many wears, recent
/ " started across the fields TO attend
the funeral of a neighbor, and walked
of a precipice falling upon the rocks
below. His injuries are thought to be
fatal.
The new cotton mill at Winooski.
and the extensive additions to the old
one, are being pushed forward rapidly,
and they will soon be ready for the
machinery.
At East Shelburn, Amasa Isham's
barn was struck by lightning Sunday
night and splintered pretty badly,
though not setting it on fire. One COW
was killed and another was singed.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Parties from Providence, R. l., are
said 10 be prospecting for meerschaum
in the vicinity of Swanton- A few
years ago 1t was claimed that meer-
sehaum could be found there in paving
quantities. but the work was never
prosecuted to any extent.
4 Fred Houghton, of Swanton, caught
! Il muscalonge near Mack's Bend in the
MissisquOi river. recently, while trel-
/ ling, which measured three and one
/ half feet IN length by twenty-five inch
es in circumference; it weighed twenty
two pounds.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Moses Godfrey of Vershire is in his
Goth year and still lives IN the place
where he was born. Until within a
few years he knew not what it was to
have even a headache.
II. D. Davis of Bradford, met with
an accident in Farr & Co.'s factory on
Friday last in running a circular saw,
cutting two of the fingers of the left
hand badly.
| George Tyler has sued the town of
! Newbury for damages sustained on the
highway laying his damage at six thou
sand dollars.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
C. H. Stratton of Barton, got very
severe wound on the wrist Monday,
while grinding plaDer knives. A long
cash was cut and several arteries were
severed.
Mrs. Elijah Cleveland, living one
mile and half below Bartsn Landing,
died on Thursday last very suddenly
while sitting in her chair.
The late tornado unrOOfed barns for
! Gilman Seaver, Mr.. Murdoch and POr-
ter Hodgen of Craftsbury: the corner
of Augustus Paddock's house On the
! Common was somewhat injured by the
! falling of large shade tree.
Nelson Lyman of West Glover made
1900 pounds of sugar from 400 trees
the past season. He sold 3l00 pounds
for $2IS.75.
j. Owen Robinson of Derby was
quite severely hurt while at work in
Robinson & DaTley's mill few DAYS
since. He was struck by a cant hook
lever in the stomach and rendered in
sensible for some time.
The heavy gale of last Monday did
considerable damage in Albany. A
large barn belonging to George Cool
edge was blown down Just as he was
tying mp his cattle, there being two
cows and two calves in it at the time.
! The cattle were not seriously hurt, and
George narrowly escaped the falling
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