Talk:Newport (city), Vermont
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[edit] Farrant's Greenhouse
Farrant's is supposedly the oldest business in Newport and was started in 1863. Can't find anything to substantiate this however. Student7 (talk) 23:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Child murders
A tantalizing snip can be found online under Newport (town) to the effect that in 1867 "a boy was thrown to the..." (clip ends!). Any ideas? It comes under murders and was obviously in the news to wind up on the web 140 years later. Student7 (talk) 01:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- This Google search result gives a clip: "andin 1867, in Newport,Vermont,. a boy was thrown to the floor at school during a scuffle at recess and beaten. to death with his chair". Sorry that it's not a wolf or a lion or anything :-) Nyttend (talk) 04:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
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- Thanks! Not quite sure how to handle that one. Maybe school or something. As you are suggesting, hoping it was something a bit more catchy! Probably had dire consequences for the perpetrator. Juvenile doing it probably got life! But having the specifics should definitely help researching it. Student7 (talk) 12:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
