Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-01-25


The fifteenth annual meeting Of the Yer.
mont Dairymens' association began at st.
Johnsbury Wednesday morning The hall
was well filed when President John b. Mead
delivered the opening address. Mr.. M. W.
Davis of Westminster spoke on the aims of
the association. Secretary o. NJ. Tinkham
introduced tho subject OF silos and ensilage.
He stated as the result of an extensive in
quiry among the leading produce dealers Of
Boston that majority of them objec ted TO
ensiage butter, on account Of the flavor inn
parted A leading dairyman, who fed ensil-
age, believed as satisfactory results might be
obtained in butter making by investing the
same amount of money in fertilizers In the
afternoon an audience of five hundred listen
ed to a paper by Edward Bonnet of South
boro' Mass, on Breeding" aud DR.. II. A.
Cutting read paper on milk" In the eve
ming A. w. Cheever of the New England
Farmer spoke on Farmers Mistakes" before
a large audience. The response to Secretary
Tinkham's circular for butter exhibit has
been Unexpectedly large. There are so diff
ferent exhibits of butter, which is by far the
largest display ever made in Vermont
Harley Clapper, young man of Frank
lin was found in the road on Thursday froz.
en-. He was returning home from a dance
in Canada. He went with a companion, bad
Major Keith of Sheldon WAS found dead
in the depot office there last Friday after.
noon. Cause, heart disease. He was former.
ly president of the old Missquoi bank and
was wellknown hotel proprietor.
In the supreme court for Franklin coun-
ty last Friday Judge Yeazey rendered a de-
cision declaring valid the indictments against
Lawrence Brainard. The decision holds that
the absence of one Juror does not vitate an
indictment, that the claim that five Jurors
we're disqualified because they were deposit
ors and another because his wife was a de-
positor in her own right and that these we're
particularly interested on account of Brain
erd's liability to them personally, is too spec
ulative and remote. The Judge held that
twelve men are sufficient to fnd true bill
and the judgment of the county court is AZ,
frmed
The night freight over the Central Yer
mont railroad struck a horse and sleigh at
New Haven station Thursday completely
wrecking the sleigh and killing the horse.
White River Junction has a new paper
called the Valley Sun.
Lieut.. M. G.. Glider of the Barlow Grays,
died of consumption at his home at st. Al
bans last week. He served four years in the
rebellion, being an officer of the Fifth Yer
mont Volunteers. His age was Al.
1t is announced that Albert Clarke, for.
merly of st. Albans has sold out his Satur-
day Times and Yankee Blade and will go
into daily journalism.
Last Saturday Rush Plumley OF Shrews-
bury shot a black bear weighing about 200
pounds.
The Methodist church and Caledonia Ma.
tional bank at Danvile Green were burned
early Tuesday morning. The fire originated
in the church, which was wholly destroyed.
1t had Just been repaired and provided with
a new organ, and was not insured The fire
is supposed to have taken from the chin
ney. The banks vault, with its contents,
were saved. Over the bank lived j. b. Mat
tocks, the cashier, who lost large portion of
his furniture.
William Jones, l9-year-old son Of j. J.
Jones, proprietor of slate quarry north OF
Castleton, was severely hurt Monday after
noon by the premature discharge of pow
der blast in the quarry. 1t is feared he will
lose his sight, and that his face will be badly
disfgured, if he survives.
The widow Of the late Chief Justice Pier.
pont of Vergennes died suddenly at Chicago
Sunday Of brain fever.