Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-17
Vermont State News.

Fort Cassin, is recovering Mr.. L. l.. Warner
of Weybridge has n chicken that has four legs,
four wings, one body and one head. The wings
are perfect, as are the legs also, starting from the
body just natural, making the body to appear
like two put together fronting each other ending
In one perfect head. II was Matched from small
egg containing to all appearances but one yolk.
II Is Of common size and was undoubtedly alive
at the proper time Of hatching but was unable to
free itself from the shell. The Milwaukee
Weekly Telegraph of the 23d ult., devotes over a
column Of its space to description Of the new
mining town Of Florence, Wis, which although
only two years old, now contains population Of
1000 inhabitants The cause of this rapid growth
was the discovery there of rich iron mine by
Mr.. II. ID. Fisher formerly Of New Haven, who
has already become rich man. 1t is related
that two years ago Oscar Parker Of Granville,
while drinking from spring after dark, was dis
agreeably conscious of having imbibed something
little livelier than hemlock twig and less pug
nacious than beetle bug Since then he has
never enjoyed an entirely peaceful gastronomic
conscience. A short time ago he gave himself
into a physicians charge, and after enduring
medicinal torture for ten days presented Escu-
lapius with striped snake twenty inches in
length. Sunday morning between four and six
| o'clock Nelson Fuller, farmer sixty years old
living In the northeast part of Middlebury, left
| his house and went to a swamp about forty rods
away and cut his throat with a small pocket
knife. He was partially deranged.. The pres
ident has nominated Hiram G. Johnson to be
| postmaster at Vergennes. The railroad line
| from New Haven depot to Bristol has been sur
veyed. 1t is five and seven-eighths miles in length
| ...A small dwelling-house in Paper Mill VIII
| lage," Middlebury, belonging to the estate of
| Thomas Ross was totally destroyed by fire Mon
| day noon Loss about 5000
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
| 1t is said that Bennington county farmers are
adulteratng their butter with soapstone E. The
village of Bennington supports fifty stores.
| CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A carload of lumber on mixed train reaching
| St. Johnsbury the other noon was found to be
afre but after some trouble the fire was put out
with little damage. The Danville post-o office has
| been in the same place for eighteen years and
| during that time the office has had but two in
| cnmbents, brothers. The catalogue Of the ST.
| Johnsbury academy Rev II. T. Fuller, principal,
is issued 1t shows 1888 students in the institution
including six past graduates, three in the senior
advanced and fifty-one in the senior class.
cHIrTENDEN COUNTY.
| Ira Russell has been appointed liquor agent for
Burlington. Mary Fletcher training school for
| nurses has now twenty pupils. The work Of re-
| modelling the university buildings at Burlington
| will begin at once. Charles Hicks has been sem
fenced by the Burlington city court to five months
in the house of correction for assauting his wife
THE Champlain Valley agricultural associa-
| ton has been organized with LIE Grand b. Cannon
| as president, +. L. Brownell as secretary and G.
| NJ. Spaulding as treasurer A Burlington young
| man has a stamp album the cash value of which
| is set at $500. Every portion of the globe and
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| the collection and embraced in it are many rare
and valuable specimens The lake steamers are
| doing a large business. Howard Park is to be
| the name of the new fair grounds at Burlington.
THE Central Vermont has increased its facil-
tiles for receiving and handling coal at Burlington
-. Eugene Lalime was drowned in Lake Cham
plain last Sunday by the capsizing of a sail boat
| Three young men seeing the accident ran down to
the wharf, broke the chain which held a boat be-
| longing to the government and attempted to
rescue him, but it was too late, A man living
near Burlington recently got divorce from his
wife, whom he now employs as hired girl. lie is
| already engaged 10 marry another woman.
The spritualists of the state to have park
| the Forest City-n Burlington. The location has
not yet been decided upon.
| ESSEN COUNTY.
Hubbard Hastings, station agent at Miles Pond
in Concord, whose leg was broken some time ago
while shifting cars, has died from the effects OF
amputaton. "A Canadian recently rendered a
confederate So bill at the railway station in
Island Pond. -. The Village Hotel at Island Pond
caught fire last week. The alarm was timely and
the building was saved.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Bakersfield is gathering the first fruits OF the
| " Ben the Harlifter " literature :. The Frank
lin county medical society held its annual meet
ing at st. Adams last week Tuesday. Several
cases of catholicism were reported. DR.. Hamilton
| Of Richford delivered the annual address. Drs
Densmore, Fassett and Clark discussed the sub.
ject OF dyspepsia. -. Two hundred cords of wood
|
station. st. Adams Bay is now connected with
St Adams by telephone. Joseph Greene, a
French citizen of Swanton, is 10l years of age and
his wife is 80 years old. They have lived together
as man and wife rs years, have had II children
all OF whom are now living, the oldest being Il
J years old they have had 81 grandchildren Tn,
old gentleman is crippled but his memory is MOI
impaired. The building at Missisquoi parl
known as the Pavilion was totally destroyed by
fire on Sunday night Loss about 81 800; insured
....Thirty-seven taxpayers of st. Adams refused
to file inventories and their lists have beer
doubled in compliance with the law.
LAMolLLE COUNTY.
A singular accident occurred in Wolc,tt las
week A team belonging to John Peck ran ava,
while blowing. The pow flew up and strucl
? one of the horses on the neck, making fearful
cash and nearly severing the jugular vein. Thu
animal will recover The united age of fou
= persons in one family in Stowe is $40 years,
ORLEANS COUNTY.
curious wind passed over Evansville recently
4 There was a roaring sound high in the air, Will
near the suface of the earth everything was quiet
At one place, near the river, the eddy descended
picked some planks of a long bridge and carries
v them several rods away. The next day near Bar
, ton mountain there was a continuous shower o
dry leaves, which fell out OF a clear sky from
great height. 1t is supposed that they had bee
. | caught up by the whirlwind. -. dispute arisin
d between two citizens OF Newport with referenc
= to the boundary line between their respectiv
wood lots, one OF them remembered that thirty
| three years ago, when boy, he had left case
!, knife lying on log in the old sugar camp tina
a marked the edge OF his neighbours lot He sal
that he thought he could find the exact locait
and the knife besides Sure enough though a
d signs of shanty or boiling place had disappeared
B. he found where the old log used TO lie and afte
q little poking, picked up the antiquated utens
of which he was in search The fact of hi
J. mothers having scolded him so roundy when
"A boy, for leaving the knife there caused the ttl
~ circumstance to stick in his memory. . DR.. Ba
retts house. barn and contents have been burne
e. at Craftsbury insured. They still maxim
n maple sugar up in lrasburgh.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The marble interests OF Rutland are looking NJ
Old and abandoned quarres are making read
fe for work, and the American company, after sel
70 eral years suspension has resumed business
| Judge Everts of Rutland Is stocking his Glitter
IN den preserve with California mountain trout.
Vail Hastings Of Pawlet was thrown from h
-, wagon by the slipping forward OF hayrack, an
VI received injuries about the back and head whic
Or caused his death. John McMorrOw of Mddl
in town had barn burned by dissatisfied tenan
Fifteen cows persisted in the flames. The incei
diary was arrested and bound up In the sum
III $500, for trial at the county court Some
IN the Rutland schools have suspended on accour
OF dlphthera. Brandon has secured from ii
"a government four pieces of condemned cannon
~ be placed in the public square beside Il
D., soldiers monument soon TO be erected there.
" Elwin Bosworth OF Benson has lost an arm in
lis planning machine. &c. The railroad woodshed
I'D Cuttingsville destroyed by fire last week.
Four hundred dogs have been registered in Ru
land this year.
Of wISDHAM COUNTY.
10 Wilmington has raised the amount allotted I,
Id the survey Of the proposed railway from Bra
tleboro 10 Wilmington. A barn owned by Mr.
"a a H. uruu htars. Cd In mil NrtNh ls