Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-04
STATE NEWS.

! Two new cheese factories will soon be in
operation in the west part of Windsor
A St Johnsbury ice syndicate has made
profit Of $ll00 for its four members in
three weeks time.
A Woodstock dealer has recently filed an
order for maple syrup to be sent to Minis
ter Lincoln at London
A St. Albans man found a birds nest
with three eggs in it ON the 2Sth of March
The bird was probably of the ground bunt
ing species.
The 5Oth anniversary of the marriage Of
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bugbee was celebrated
at the family residence, North Bennington
last week.
The Free Press says that all the Lake
Champlain towns will reap a rich harvest
out Of the ice crop. The village Of Ticon-
deroga will realize 100000
II is said that the Oldest living college
graduate in the United States is Amos F.
Parker who was graduated from the Uni
versity of Vermont in 1913, and is now 9S
years of age.
Several union granite cutters at Barre
have been arrested on charge Of con
spiracy in deprivng a non union cutter of
work unless he would join the national
granite cutters union
The slate industry at Fair Haven, Poult-
ney and Wells is having a big boom. More
slate has been sold for delivery next month
than ever before in the same period, amount
ing to over 20, 900 squares between March
/ and %.
l.. d. Hazen of St. Johnsbury has logged
$4,000, 900 feet Of lumber at his mills this
winter and says he has never had a better
season than this, since January /. Lumber
has advanced 81 or more per thousand feet
and stocks are said to be lighter than usual
The box shop at Lyndonville was de.
stroyed by fire Saturday night The works
originally cost $1,000. The company failed
and G. S. Lebourveau, ir., recently bought
the plant He was putting in a new en-
gine and works ard was to start up next
Wednesday.
In the county court at Rutland last
Thursday (. r. WOrthington was award
ed S42jO in his suit for 500, 600 against the
Central Vermont railroad company. Worth
ington fell from picnic train near Brooks
vile station last summer and received in
Jurles which laid him up for three months
No bones were broken, but severe internal
and mental injuries were claimed.
Fred Lasure of West Windsor while
pitching hay from NOV recently, found
four packages of postage stamps valued at
$500, and small change. The packages were
marked Bridgewater Corners. Vt. Lasure
at once delivered his find TO the postmaster
of that office. The post office at Bridge
water Corners was burned last September
Post office inspectors are now trying to find
out what connection there is between the
stamps and the fire.
An enterprising Maine drummer has
picked up at Wolcott curious monstrosity
in the shape Of a male animal which is part
calf and part lamb, which was given birth
to by an Ayrshire COW. The animal. which
is now two months old and as large as a
good sized calf of that age, is growing
well. Its body looks like that of a calf in
every respect, except that it is covered
with black wool instead of hair Its head
is perfect sleeps head save on the top.
where there is a diamond of white hair.
and there is similar patch of white hair
between the shoulders aud another between
the hips. Its present owner will keep it.
expecting TO make a handsome thing out
of it by exhibition.
The jury in the Gaswell murder case at
Montpelier brought in verdict last Fri
day morning of murder in the second de
gree. They were out all night, aud it is
understood that at first they were equally
divided between conviction for murder in
the first degree and murder in the second
degree. Caswells counsel have taken ex-
ceptions to parts of the judges charge and
the admission of certain evidence, but it is
not believed that they will care to take the
chances of another trial, for there is gen
eral feeling that the man deserved hang
ing Mrs. Goulds testimony that she
had allowed Caswell to live with her as a
husband for 20 years and then married
Gould is believed to have had influence
with the jury