Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-19

their plans for the coming season until
O'Clock in the morning, George Hammond
OF Middlebury, was chosen superintend-
ent and premium list, $500 larger than
last year, was made up. A joint fair will
be held in Burlington for five days, be-
ginning September 10th.
A st. Adams man has cat which has
been taught to jump, at considerable
height through his arms. On a recent
evening, while he was taking tea the cat
sat beside his chair, intently watching
every movement. As the gentleman es-
sayed to pour his tea from the cup to the
saucer, the cat decided that his arm was
i'll the right position, ard quickly made a
jump, landing on the arm and making
bad work of tea. s'Bring up cat, and
away he'll CO."
There is young man now in the en-
ploy of the Cutter marble company at
Middlebury who is considered by the
knowing ones as capable of being trained
! into match for John L. Sullivan. His
name is Peter Trudo; he is six feet, two
inches and half tall, and weighs about
2lO pounds. He is undoubtedly the
strongest man in Addison county, and
the somewhat apocryphal story is told of
him that he once bought barrel of flour
in Middlebury, put it on his shoulder and
carried it to his home, distance of a
mile and half from the village
The famous 'jug train" into Rutland
from Whitehall, n. Y, has been put far
into the shade by the ''bottle trains out
OF Montreal The people returning from
the Dominion carnival to the Estates
took the occasion to bring several quart
bottles each, of his or her favorite bever
age. On the car the writer of this rode
one man had seven bottles all uncorket
''for USE" and because there were nc
two bottles of a kind the custom house
officials were powerless. A couple o.
lads aged about 16. with girls acconpa
nying were possessed of l6 bottles o
"the ardent" in fuse" because uncorked
Estimate were made of the amount o
liquor on that particular car, and it wa
thought there was more than a barre
aboard. Nearly or quite one-half CAM
to Rutland.
''Perley." in writing to the Boston
Journal, speaking of the tariff bill in tn,
senate says: Senator Morrill,, of Yer
mont, who has engineered the senate bill
has managed it with great tact, persist
ency and good nature. Thoroughly &C
quainted with every point under discus
sion, he has been ready, assured and de
cisive, yet always courteous, and show
ing great Difference to those who hav
fought the bill section by section. A
times, his patience must have been sorel
tried, for the debates have protracted be
yond all reasonable limits. Long after
topic has been completely thrashed out
senators have successfully risen o.
both sides of the chamber, reproduc
with wearisome prolixity what had bee
: said again and again.
, The meetings by the State Board c
Agriculture, for Caledonia, Lamoille an
Orleans counties. viii be holden at Bal
net, Passumpsic village, Tuesday an
Wednesday, March Is and IA, Wolcot
Wednesday and Thursday, March IA an
Is, and at Glover, Thursday and Friday
March 10 and 16. The following gentle
men, members of the board are expecte
to be present: His Excellency John ]
Barstow, Shelburne; DR.. II. a. Cutting
secretary, Lunenburg; Pres. NJ. H. Bucl
man, of the Agricultural college Burlins
: ton, and others have been invited to Civ
5 addresses. After each lecture the top
: will be open for discussion, and it
hoped that the farmers will be ready
join in such, expressing their opinion
freely. The railroad companies will
{ sue free return checks for those WI
. pass over their lines to attend the
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