The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-07

( 'lhlf was sufficient fpr The ignorant rude
rgbble, The cOHGhmau wkf Hgain uiarrd la
safe cuslodyi and after Ills IMPORTANT d.seov.
/ eyf ~ FASTENED 10 the public houss, before
/ wlnri' ne genIlemtn himself lny bound 90
lle ground 40 Honner had lhe crowd, who
felnhlAsd standing fagHd their i,risaBs r,
ienulse lldhgs which llie party coming
RON lhe church lihd ~ cotpnuulcuie, on The
aulhnflly 81 chs servant, lhnu furious out
ery inr feveuRe announced tho rngs at The
ngh tile ip0linl M liures fearful unish,f,
lHi Iep liiiiss hiefe luuriii IN inland - slave
/ " Hid ign0runee
I The prisoner, for such he aphcurcd ia The
eyes Of lhe holnnleh multitude, WIS stripped
Ot iiia rlGlles and with q cord round hH Uert
WAs dragged ia The Hnilly. Aud with whnt
attendants Lake raging, furic-, lIe women
rpfang ~ ile miserable nnH With torrv,
knives, sgssors-a nylhug hat came 10 luud
with wliclf lhry might iunict wounds upon
his person. With lher Wild hair dying, aud
a, ~ sluW Of desprralioli, 6l- mother lurhed
= l'.rw1rd witt her oUiy utrtyi JTIgJ dUWt iWtW
nrnr nud gnntlcd her teeth NJ tie victim,
lwilhoul Iu'lnFi NJ the moment ron-rinusnrrt
sufficient g. iuIuro lin, Old grcy,heHdrd
uru lnilcrrd, lu HE lHsl rage Of thrlf hrarlH,
Z bilcr the crowd, Chldrou Dfcamrd from
{ the apeu windows dogs h0Wlrd, yet durcd
not io venture lcy oud The lhfrsbhold, and Ihe
rlock In the TOW or nlAsedhy lAe fiuiul breath
of lcudalily aud dcspoilsni, struck one.
j. Arrived 10 lIe smiihy, the victim was laid
. ifiou llle blnck which served iir the iruh
/ hooping Of uio wheels, Hnd revenge hegaH itH
neWly devised modes OF loruru, W. can
not bear 10 20 through Hll these devices OF
crurlty aud rage; among other things be- wns
made 10 swallow some Of the chloride Of
/ limo, which had been found Ia the carriage.
Let llls suffice, that HGcr suffering lor ons
whole hour lac diod,
Shortly before die death Of the unhappy
innn, lhe clergyman Oflho village came into
the midst oflhn rnbblc, md, With elevated
cruciiS, curlIufrd then, IN iho name of God,
20 abstain nom such deeds nf cruelty. aud TO
reflect on the punishment of Heaven aud Of
Justice. lie, however, h0cr the MOST fearful
treatment, WAS compelled TO pray for h,s own
lie, aud Ia promise hrliuf ia lhu poisou,ng
The inhabitants of tho village had now ar.
Fycd NJ certainty win regard tn thc poison.
ing, md the cNctcmcnls of their minds forr
IN consequence 30 u sliil higher pitch ot rage
aud thirst ofvrugcaucc. Not even the scr,
want whUhad given this certainty could rs.
cape horrihlo death. Ills perjury was re-
ycnged un the following night when peas.
uut rushed IN state ,ollfru2y from the death
he'd ofhis wife, and split biz skull with an
axe.
The misery was great. The choicra only
rnGcd The mura violently ~ proportion us the
inhabitants who believed themselves to he
polsouodtc(scd IN their desperation to drluk
water. The more reasonable portion cuuu.
sollud the purifying aud cmptyinF oflhc wells
which wns afterwards tloue.
Such were some oirhr frnriu occurrences
which made tie spring and summer of 1871
n time of sorrow 20 the oppressed nud wolul-
~ ignorant inhabitants Of This part of lluuga.