Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-06
VERMONT ITEMS.

About sixty boys and girls are employed
at the Newport veneer mills, making straw
berry baskets. About ], 800, 600 will be turn
ed out the present SPRING.
-Fairhaven is to be supplied with water
from pond some three miles distant with
fall of nearly two hundred feet. Thirty
thousand dollars has been appropriated, the
money to be obtained by issuing five per
cent. bonds, running 80 years.
The Central Vermont railroad company
have just completed, at their shops in St. Al
bans, new engine-the Joseph Clark
which is heavier and more powerful than any
engine they have ever had in use on their
road Its weight, with tender attached, is
about G5 tons
Mr.. Asa Robbins of Chelsea East hill,
went to his barn the other evening, and as
cended to the high beams for some hay to
feed his horse, and fell from there to the
barn floor, where he remained in an uncon-
scious state about two hours. His injuries
were so severe that he died in q few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Loggins Of Willis
ton, aged respectively 80 and ~ years, have
been married - years and have four daugh-
tiers, six sons -four of whom served in the
late war;, thirty three grandchildren and six
at-grandchildren.
There are three old ladies in Chelsea,
| aged respectively 81, % and 90 years, one of
whom has been heard to remark recently that
''she hoped when she became old there
would be somebody to take care of her"
and the eldest when 90 was heard to say that
''she hoped when old she should never be SO
fussy" MS another whom she mentioned.
Last Fridays gale at st. Adams was the
seyerost within the remembrance Of the old
| est inhabitant. A freight car was started by
| the wind and run over the switch on to anoth-
er track the spire of the Congregational
church swayed from three to four feet, and
there were other notable manifestations of
the power of the wind.
N. f. LaFrancis, of Ripton, lost valua-
BILE COW recently, and since some of her
symptoms were n little peculiar, post NOR
| TEN examination was had, which revealed the
presence of n large darnng needle in the
heart having remained long enough in that
| situation to become rusty.
A st. Johnsbury man has adopted new
way of collecting bills. lie recently told his
delinquents he should advertise them through
the streets unless they paid and a few days
after his sled appeared with list of dead
| beats painted on the side in large letters. It
had the desired effect, and after dinner when
the team appeared, two Of the names were
marked paid"
The Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
| Company is investigating the recent susW-
cious burning of C. il. Mosely's dry goods
store at West Bridport The goods are be-
| lieved to have been stolen or carried off and
the building fired about midnight. The build
| ing is on the shore of Lake Champlain, so
that boats could receive goods at the cellar
| doors, which, although usually barred with a
| stout oak plank, were discovered wide open
when the fire appeared. Kerosene had evil
IDENTIFY been spread upon the floor, and ev-
erything was instantly in a blaze when the
! fire started
The Medical College at Burlington has
lately been enlarged and renovated, the
money, some -, 500. being contributed by
| citizens of Burlington. The lower lecture
room has been enlarged to a seating capacity
of some 200, the walls have all been nicely
tinted and gas has been introduced The
ampitheatre has also been enlarged and
the seats newly upholstered The museum
has been thoroughly fitted up, and two
story addition in the rear built Is by 81 feet.
| The regular term commences the first Thurs
| day in March, and it is expected the class
| will be the largest ever matrculated.
Edward Young of Georgia was found
dead Monday night about ten miles south
| east OF st. Adams, aud three miles from the
| lake. He was out fishing on the ice Sunday,
| and, being oyertakeu by a severe gale and
storm, persisted from exposure before he
could reach home.
A fire at Burlington on Tuesday damaged
the Pioneer shops $1,000 worth; j. Il. Booth,
| door manufacturer $500; X. NJ. Clapp,
curtain rollers, $1,000. $. C.. Kimball, $3.50 ;
| Wing Smith, $3.50, total insurance $500.
The FIRE was caused by workman falling
from lad Ter and breaking his lantern.