The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-15
Weekly News Summary.
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SOME handsome reu marble is DelIG BOb
out from Farrars ledge at Swanton.
ISLAND POND will spend S1175 fixing up
its high school building this summer.
ABEAR at johnson, the other day amused
itself by chasing the young stock in the
pastures in that vicinity.
A MEETING looking to the organization of
poultry and pet stock association was held
at Bellows Falls recently.
THE residence of Hubbard Chittenden at
South Burlington was burned July 9th. The
loss is covered by insurance.
THERE are thirty-two sluice-ways and one
bridge on a piece of road at South Glover
less than two miles in length.
FRED BAKER of Burlington cut off one of
his thumbs on acircular saw in j. II. Booths
lumber mill last week Monday.
PERSONS in Burlington and Winoosh are
talking of utilizing the water of Colchester
pond for supplying those places.
A RATTLEsNAKE three and half feet in
length was killed on the farm of Jonathan
Butterfeld in Springfield last week.
CHrTTENDEN county is to have a new his
tory of itself, published by a Syracuse IN. W
firm, from the earliest records down to date.
A SHARON lad ten years old celebrated
the Fourth by swimming twice across Stand
ing pond, distance of about two hundred
fifty rods.
THE Passumpsic savings bank at St.
,Johnsbury has declared semi-annual divi-
dend of two and one-fourth per cent, amount
ing to S2S,266
ANDREW APPLETREE has been commits
stoned postmaster at Morgan Center, in
place of ID. A. Currier, and Kiles A. Paul at
East Berkshire.
A VERGENNEs farmer has one hundred
fifty swarms of bees, and more TO come lie
sold two tons of honey last year, and ex-
poets to sell more this season.
A. C. AUSTIN, a Newport hotel proprietor,
pestered ly roughs about the depot, threw
red pepper in the eyes of one and Knocked
another senseless the other day.
CYRENUs HouGHToN, an old and promi-
nent farmer of Woodstock, was kicked TO
DEATH last week Tuesday, by horse which
he was attempting to catch in his pasture
THE widow of the late Manning Boyd of
Wilmington, seventy-fve years old, cut her
throat Sunday, the 9th, because of melan-
choly, but it is thought that she will recover
FRANK DEvENs jumped from the Buring-
ton & Lamoille train at North Underhill,
striking his head on the track and inf1cting
serious scalp wound. His lower jaw was
also badly cut
THE anniversary of the Bennington battle
will be celebrated this year by Custer Post
of Bennington. AS August 10th comes on
Sunday, the celebration will occur on Sat
urday, the 10Th.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the
take the place of company K, First Regiment,
which was recently mustered out, its ten
years of service having expired.
JOHN BoLAN, arrested at Rutland for sell
ing liquor few weeks ago, and committed
to the work-house in default of bail, escaped
last week. The report is that he dug out
under the fence, woodchuck fashion.
WHILE the circus was exhibiting in North
Troy, recently, a stranger, in state of in
toxication, attempted to throw his infant
child from the bridge into the Missisquoi
river, but was prevented by one OF the
circus hands.
ALFRED COCHRAN, farmer of Fairfax,
aged ffty-one while driving his cows to
pasture early Monday morning, had a vari-
cose vein in his leg burst and bled to death
before he could reach his house, though
only a short distance away.
TwENrY-oNE veterans formed new Grand
Army post at Middlebury last Saturday.
Colonel A. S. Tracy was elected commander,
G. f. Norton adiutant and g. w. Pinney
quartermaster. The post will be called Will
liam p Russell Post, No. 80.
THREE well-known citizens of st. Johns
bury were arrested July Sd on the charge of
selling firecrackers, contrary to the peace
and dignity of the state. They pleaded
guilty and were fined, two of them So and
the other So which they paid.
THE Deerfield dam at Readsboro, Just
completed by Newton Brothers, is fifty feet
from the bed of the river and is said to be
the highest dam in the United States The
canal was cut through a solid ledge and
boulders one quarter OF mile.
AT meeting of Abraham Lincoln Post,
No. So, of Hartford, on July 4th, it was
unanimously voted that the commander
should extend to Colonel George T. Childs
of st. Adams an invitation to deliver the
memorial address there next year.
THE body of the man found on the track
near Georgia on Sunday morning, July 9TH,
has been identified as that of Charles
Walker, who had lived in and around
Swanton for some time, but recently ran
away to Canada to escape punishment for a
msdemeanor. He leaves a wife and chill
dren.
THE duties collected at the port of St. AL
bans during the month OF June amounted
to $1414 This is exclusive of the goods
sent forward in bond, on which duties are
collected at the port of destination. Among
the free goods entries at this port during
the month were $4,000 dozens of eggs, val
ued at $4,000.
THE seventh annual festival of Episcopal
parish choirs of the state will be held in ST.
Pauls church, Burlington, October %, and
will be conducted by Professor S. b. Whit
ney of Boston. An effort will be made to
have all the choirs represented, the Bur-
lington parshoners promising to entertain
all who come, including the clergymen
while the railroads will carry for fare
one way.
A TowNsHEND man, in the spring of 1884,
cut down small apple-tree to insert cions
and left it upon the ground near the stump
it was cut from. The tree leaved out and
blossomed as usual, but bore no fruit. Last
spring it leaved out again and has grown
about the same as other trees about it, and
looks as vigorous and healthy as though it
had never been disturbed. No part of IL
is covered with earth or near water
VERMoNT's pride in the war record of her
soldiers is Unsuitable. General Dennis
statistical report shows that not quite three
men in one hundred of the whole army
were killed outright upon the field of battle,
but some of the states suffered beyond that
general average. The general average of
deaths on the field was 2.88. Vermont lost
more heavily in proportion than any other
state in both killed in action - and died
of wounds"
AS the peanut " train was backing to
the depot at West Lebanon, n. H., from
White River Junction, Monday evening OF
last week, a young man by the name OF
Frank Rice of West Fairlee who had been
acting as train checker few days, seeing
the approaching train, stepped, as he sup
posed, upon the opposite track, but instead
upon the one on which the train was APP
preaching. He was struck by the train
which nearly severed one leg, mangling il
the entire length. One foot was amputated
but the man died the next day.