Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-01-23
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

OF the 70 deaths in Montpelier last year
2S were from diphtheria.
Rutland claims to have seen some fif-
teen deer among its mountains
The democratic candidate for speaker
of the New York assembly was raised in
Vermont
Luther Holden of South Wallingford
celebrated his one hundredth birthday
January9.
Capt. Bradford L. Rand and wife of
Morrisville enjoyed their golden wedding
few days ago.
The paper mill at Bradford hopes to be
able to make 5000 lbs. Of paper per day
when in good running order,
The new catalogue of Dartmouth col
lege shows that there are SO Vermont
boys there, besides in the medical col
| lege.
| Ex-Gov. Fletcher is confined to his
house in Proctorsville by the infrmities
of age and the uncertainties of the win
ter weather.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET, Jan, IL
/ The market was firm and good butter in
demand. Winter made butter sold at 20
| to 25 cents per pound; selections, %
cents.
Middlebury shipped 6777 head Of regis
tered merino sheep last year, against
1865 head in 1880, and 1000 head in 1879.
OF the shipments this year, over 5000
went to Ohio, Michigan and Texas.
Hon. Clark King of Montpelier says
he has personal knowledge Of over $780,
600 that has at different times been taken
out of the farmers of this part of the state
by such swindling commission houses as
]. N. Austin & Co.
Jacob Mills, custom house officer at Is
land Pond, has resigned to go into the
ministry. His predecessor did the same.
| Collector Wells had better be looking out
for Island Pond. There is an apparently
strange state of things there.
A fire at Springfield started in the grist
mill on the morning of Jan. 20, which was
burned, with three dwelling houses, one
store and the hosiery mill. Loss $780,.
600; all insured but one dwelling, in the
Springfield, Commercial Union Fire Asso
citation, Star Lancashire, Royal NORTH
America and others.
Samuel Cobb of Westminster, GA years
old and highly esteemed citizen, dice
on Sunday from heart disease caused by
fright. His son-in.la law, Fred Streeter
had come home that morning crazy DRUM
and driven the whole family out of doors
Mr. Cobb went to neighbours for help
and expired just after reaching the house
Oscar Kinsman OF Poultney, three week.
ago, received a slight cut on the thumb
} Regarding it of little Importance he con
tinued his work of drawing slate. Hav
, ing bruised and scratched the wound h
caught cold in it and the thumb began t.
swell. Wednesday morning physician
was called, and the sick man said: 81 an
+ glad you have come; am feeling tired.
| The doctor felt Kinsman's pulse and
: was still, and in few minutes he wa
e dead. The young man had been marrie'
only short time.-Free Press.
Ex-Gov. Paul Dillingham; of WATERBURY
: is remarkable example of the robus
constitution and mental vitality of Vel
l mont's Green Mountain boys. He wa
= born in 1899, but is still as active as man
n young men. He is at his law office daily
where he advises clients on importar
: matters, though he has yielded the MOI
laborious part of his practice to his sol
VIM. P. Dillingham;. Paul Dillingham;
: also president of the Waterbury banl
J. and personally attends to the discountin
f of the bank paper, much of which is lie
entirely to his judgment. He is over 81
feet tall, erect and of fine personal appea
ance.
A curious case is reported from Ru
l. land county Horace Hotchkiss died r
is Gently at the age of 20 years. Whe
) about 81 years old he had an attack
e brain fever, from the effects of which
Il NAMED until within about fifteen hours
- his death. He then became sudden
sane, after 40 years of arrangement, al
asked his wife to sing. She was unab
L to sing, but repeated hymn with whit
lp she was familiar, and to her surprise
h. repeated it after her as coherently and
! diligently and with as much feeling as
his mind had never wandered. He 1
- peated one or two other hymns, and tn
c. became unconscious, and remained SO u
We til he died.
to The Montpelier Journal says: 81
or Jan. I'd, ten-years-old daughter of i
III mon Latouche, in Duxbury, died of dip
iberia. The mother attended the funel
: at Moretown, herself then smitten wi
u the scourge, and on the 4th inst. she die
s, On the It'll inst, a five-years-old daught
ID fell victim to the plague. Five childr
n are still sick and faint hope is felt ii
hv they will survive. Seven children WI
=. sick at one time in this house-four stri,
:. en- on one narrow pallet, and three on
ly second. Two lay beside their dying S
ny ter and even remained on the pallet af
,lp her death. While the mother lay 81
he and dying, two of her children were
the bed with her. The family live in
small log house in a locality remote fir
- neighbors.
ed ,--.,--T.,.s' -. Ara, ~ .
patton; no>mildest manner all tendency to col
properties. it rcs,us great tonic and invigora
be weakened parts. Weha, health the debtated
where all else had failcd UseiEeds Of certified Gu
--EzchaaGs. suffer no lon