Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-04

Vermont State News.

BETHEL has lost its button factory, it having
been removed to BistoD
DEER are plenty down Mendon way, five hay
ing been seen Mt one time.
THE diphtheria is spreading at Fast Mddlebury
and Ripton, and several deaths have occurred
during the past week.
PurNEy with eleven hundred inhabitants, has
thirty-eight widows and eight widowers. Eighty
six persons are over seventy years Of age.
COLONEL JOSEPH BArrELL, proprietor of the
" Bread Loaf Inn" at Ripton, will build tele-
phone line to Middlebury, twelve miles distant
ABOUT sixty boys and girls are employed at
the Newport veneer M lis, making strawberry
baskets About /, 900 will be turned out the
present spring.
THE remarkably open weather has been taken
advantage of by T.. Z. Wright of New Haven to
SOW and harrow in a half-acre OF winter rye, n
feat rare in this latitude during January.
THE drive wheel on a saving machine that
Frank Buffum OF McIndoes Falls was driving re-
Gently, burst, and piece hit him on the leg, njur
ing him seriously, but not fracturing the limb.
Ma. AND MRS SHELDON LoGGiNs of Wiliston,
aged respectively eighty-three and seventy-nne
years, have been married ffty.five years, and
have four daughters and six sons, four OF whom
served in the late war.
FUNDS have been raised for the purpose OF open
ing the coal mines at East Alburgh, and work will
be commenced at once. R, Caanon, geologist,
of Plattsburgh, New York, claims that coal can
be found in large quantities
CYRUS JENNINGS of Hubbardton has purchased
Colonel L S Stowells entire flock of sheep, one
hundred and twenty-four in all, and the Stowell
ewes Of II, +. Dean This is the largest sheep
transaction made in Vermont for years.
WHILE j. b. Morse and his hired man were
chopping and drawing wood at Westminster,
tree two feet in diameter fell across a pair Of
valuable horses and crushed them to death. Mr..
Morse was on the sled and barely escaped.
AT a Catholic wedding in Ludlow the other day,
a ripple was created by the father of the bride,
who put in "A demurrer on account OF a dislike fol
his prospective son-in-law. The priest paid no
attention to him, and the marriage was completed
MOSES BRowS, the Oldest inhabitant of Straf-
ford, died recently aged ninety-fve years Mr.
Brown moved to STAFFORD with his father ninety
two years ago, and has always lived on the same
farm. Although living within six miles OF the
Central Vermont railroad, he never rode in
the cars.
+. L. MERRITT OF Wolcott was severely hurt
the other day, by his horse biting him on the
right side and jammng him to the ground and
then lifting him up and shaking him. 1t was a
very narrow escape, and would have been worse
had not man at work for him beaten the horse
off with shovel.
JAMES A. SHEDD, Esq, OF Burlington is feeding
on his farm at Angola, Iowa, this winter, one
hundred and fiity-fve head OF steers, one hun
dred and eighty-fve hogs, besides ninety other
head of steers and cows, and six horses the last
used for farm work. 1t requires eighty bushels OF
corn per day to feed this stock.
JOSEPH CURRIER, employed in the Central Yer.
mont car shops, had a narrow escape from seriou,
injury last week In some way his clothing was
wound upon revolving shaft and he was carried
around several times. Fortunately the clothing
gave way and precipitated him to the floor, He
was bruised considerably, but was able to get
home without assistance.
A ST. JoHNsBuRy man has adopted new way
Of collecting bills. He recently told his dein.
quents he should advertise them through the
streets unless they paid; and few days after his
sled appeared with a list Of dead beats painted on
the side in large letters. 1t had the desired eff
feet, and after dinner when the team appeared,
two OF the names were marked paid"
JoHS CoLMAS. while intoxicated In St Adams
Tuesday night of last week, smashed the windows
Of II. g. Mortons and Charles COINS clothing
stores ON Lake street, and made general dis
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Roy MCGEE OF Logan county ohio' nave
]ust pnrehased III Aauison county se'en'S-se'e''
bucks and shipped them to Ohio Tue trade IN
| Merno sheep is very encouraging for breeders
and closer attention is paid To the care OF theil
aocks than for seyeral vears Over thirty car.
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