Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27
STATE NEWS.

| Pawlct5 l-Utu anniversary occurs Au-
gust Goth, and there is talk Of a celebration.
d. W. Carpenter, postmaster at Richford
since 1872, has resigned.
The bridge about to he luilt between Al
burgh and Isle La Motto, will be mainly
formed of the refuse stone from the various
Island quarries.
Bakersfield has increased its personal list
from $40, G35 in 1850 TO Sl39. zoo. The real
estate is S29S, 4S2 against ~232 3.S last year.
Polls 237, a decrease of Is.
Hon. John Porter and wife Of Quechec,
will celebrate their golden wedding May
Both
A stock company has been formed at
White River junction + engage in the pub
fishing business.
A water spout broke on Mount Mansfield,
recently, flooding all the streams below.
Several bridges were carried away, and one
road was so completely ruined that it cannot
be repaired.
The rear of the great dive of logs on the
Connecticut has rcachcd Bellows Falls.
There are 100 men in the gang, and so far
not man has been drowned. Two mJre
drives will 90 down this summer, the
largest in July.
Judge Ebenezcr H. Weeks Of Brandon ded
last week. lie WAS the son Of llolhnd
Weeks, and one OF a family Of twelve dill
dren, of whom only one, John Weeks of san
Francisco, Cal, is surviving From vGy
early age he was honorcd almost continuous
ly with some public Office. serving for many
years as Town Clerk, representing his town
al two different times in the Legislature,
holding the office Of Judge in the Addison
County Court, besides filing other positions
of public trust. He leaves widow, Dur
children, and three Grandchildren by a le-
ceased daughter.
Thirty-one years AGO Curtis Barrett Of
STAFFORD, used Il balm uf Gilead sprout I,
drive home some cattle; when he got home
he was told that it would grow if he set
out he did so and it rooted and grew, ant
now measures eighiy,wo feet in height, ant
line drawn around it two feet from tn,
ground measures eight feet, and from one o
its roots grew srroui that is more than six
| ty feet high
Ludlow has Il tree curiosity a maple ;ha
has clean trunk growth of fifteen feet O.
SO, and then branches into four ncary
equal parts. Into the tho fork thus made
the dccomposing leaves Of passing years
have formed quite a dcpo-It Of soil, in
which a locust seed has lodged, taken root
and attained a height OF two or three
feet. This same maple tree has yielded suf
ticient sap TO make ten pounds OF sugar this
| season.
The rropric;"rs Of la Champaign Granite
| Works, located near Barn Rock Bay on Lake
| Champlain, claim to have discovered Il petr,
| fed sea serpent Of mammoth proportions
| being about eight inches in diameter AMI
nearly fifty feet LONG. The surface OF THIS
stone bears evidence Of the outer skin of
large serpent, while the inner surface shows
the entrails. The rropnciors are intending
soon to begin excavations along the place
where it lies embedded in the dirt and
| granite, TO ascertain its siIr.
Captain Ely-Goddarl, o; Capital Guard,
presented Captain lplcaG's company b, of
G. NJ. g. so, and the boys reciprocaicd
the compliment by naming the company the
Goddard Guards.
The total valuation Of Montpelier by The
list of 1850 was as follows Personal prop
erty, S32l ,3G1 II rc..l estate, SIS, lll0..
BY the list of 1881: Personal property,
81, 707 ,lGl; real estate, Il Sc, 206. The
increase in the valuation ui tie personal
property is Sl,394 40 ~ i'll real estate.
81, lei ,ugl.93. The number of polls in 1880,
was 700; in 1851. $50. The total grand
list for 1850 was Sll is 81 for 1881 ,S37,
Oll13-au increase OF 45,5.2.3a,
About O'Clock Saturday night son of
Milo Bowen, who resides in Whipplc lIol-
low, north of West Rutland. Lafayette Oar
| by and Dclcrt lleycr met at the residence of
Edward Briggs, a short distance above the
village, and became involved in 4 quarrel.
During the progress of the row Bowen shot
twice at llcycr, as hc claims, in self-defeLcc
One shot passed through lleycr's clothing