St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-10-08
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
The Vermont shade roller company
at Vergennes have shipped over 200, 900
handles for torches the past week.
Supt. r. d. Curtis of the United
States coast survey, with two assistants,
is making observations from signal sta
tions near Vergennes.
G. C. Sheldon has produced l45 bush
els of fine onions, or 725 bushels per
acre. on oDe-fifth of the land at East
Middlebury, which at the selling price
of IS cents, amounts to the profitable
sum of S543.
The hay market in Addison county is
agitated and prices are rising. Dealers
are contracting for all they can obtain
at Sl3 to $l4 per ton, and several have
been to Canada, where they purchased
at IS to 81 per ton, but the "red tape"
of the customs duties involves too
much risk and trouble, and the MAORI
ty have returned to finish their pur-
chases in Vermont.
Several postmasters in Addison coun-
ty are said to have been elected as rep
ed to be void on the ground that no
pClSOH pOSIJlOu
is eligible to the Legislature. One
candidate for the Legislature in town
near Vergennes resigned his Office as
postmaster and failed to obtain the
electiousas representative and now he
wants the post office again.
Since the remarkable drouth in Addi-
son county, during the summer and
fall, a new sort of thieving has devel
oped, the scarcity of water among the
residents of Middlebury making it nee
essary to guard their nearly exhausted
wells and cisterns the thieves
annoying the owners by stealing water
at midnight.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
A Burlington manufacturer recently
received an order for $50, 1000 handles
for campaign torches.
Joshua Fowler, of Colchester, aged
81, was found dead in his stable Friday
with his throat cut. The cause was
mental depression owing to cancer on
his face which he thought disagreeable
to his friends.
A two-years-old child of Henry j.
Campbell had narrow escape from
death at Burlington the other day. 1t
drank tumbler full of preparation of
morphine-enough in quantity to kill a
dozen men. Fortunately a physician
was close at hand, and after several
hours hard work the poison was re-
moved from the child's system.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Some two or more weeks ago Miss
Sophorina Wood of Waterville, fell
from wagon by being entangled in
the reins, and the horse drew her sew
eral feet before stopping. She was
quite badly injured and is now confined
to the bed.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Mr.. Daniel p. Kimball of Newbury
has raised twenty-five acres of corn on
his farm the present season.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Butter was one or two cents "Offn at
Barton on Saturday. Diaries are SELL
ing hard in market just at present.
Potatoes are 35 cents, and farmers are
holding the most of them for higher
rates.
The school-house in the Lang district,
Coventry was burned on the night of
the 22nd. The house was poor, and
the chief loss is in school bOOks-per-
haps $50.
H. Wilson of Glover has recently re-
ceived from the government pension,
and back pay amounting to 81 500.
DIR. Erwin of Newport Centre was
recently thrown to the ground by an
accident to his wagon, and his horse
was badly injured by running with the
wagon.
A little son of Charles Davenport OF
Irasburg was very badly burned on
Saturday night by the burning of his
clothes. The mother left two children
fastened in the room, and in some way
the clothes of the smaller one were set
on fire. That mother will have some
thing to reflect upon the rest of heI
days.
: RUTLAND COUNTY.
One of the most important cases fol
many years tried in Vermont court is
that brought by the present board OF
directors of the Brandon national bank
against John A. Conant and the old
board, who are charged with squander-
ing over 100000 belonging to it
Both sides have eminent counsel, but
it is thought the trial will be reached
within year.
The Howe Scale Company are so fan
behind their orders that they are COM
PEELED to run the shops five nights pei
week.
A Wallingford cheese factory is re.
ceiving six thousand lbs. of milk daily
A shipment of one hundred was con.
signed to parties in Boston, last week
and sold for Ia cents per pound.
i WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The new passenger depot of the Gen.
trail Vermont railroad at Montpelier has
been finished up in truly metropolitan
j style, the ceilings being Handsomely