Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-07-12
VOLUME XII. NO. %.

from the hips to the feet, and is in precarious
condition. David Upton, Jr., is badly bruised
about the head and face. His child in his arms
was onhurt; also his wife, standing near, and
old Mr.. Upton, likewise unhurt.
But the effects of the lightning about the
premises are astonishing Old Mr.. linton was
eating bowl of bread and milk, with one hand
upon the bowl, the other holding the SPOON
the bowl was broken in his hand, and the spoon
has not been found. Old Mrs Upton had O
cup of tea in her hand, and when she came to
herself' she was partly under the table, with
piece OF the cup in her hand, and herself cover
cd with the wreck of the chimney, among which
was piece Of timber, from the front Of the
fireplace, eight feet long, with fat bar Of
iren OF the same length attached.
The granddaughter was thrown from her seat
at the table to near the fireplace, and was lit
orally covered with bricks and mortar. Nearly
every article of crockery in the house, two
clocks, three looking-glasses, and two old fash
Toned oak tables in the kitchen, were smashed.
The chair in which old Mrs. Upton was Sit
ting was sitting, was broken into twenty-eight
pieces-and every chaiI in the kitchen was brok-
en- Every partition in the house was removed
from its position, and more Or less shattered.
The fluid seems to have gone through the bot
tom OF cooking stove, sitting in the kitchen
fire place, leaving hole as If made by shot
four inches in diameter, taking off one leg of
the stove, then entering the cellar through tn.
hoor, leaving hole large enough for an ordina.
ry sized man to pass. The kitchen is on the
north side if the house, and from the sill On
this side portion has been carried of one foot
IN length, leaving an appearance as if from the
action of powder. The sills of the house on the
south side and east end were sundered and thrown
off the underpning, SO that the side and end
hang suspended from the roof.
, The arch in the cellar, making the foundation
! oi the chimney which is of stone masonry. two
feet thick, was rent asunder in four different
, places. The fluid seems to have passed of thro'
the northeast and southeast corners of the cel-
lar wall-the wall, built of stones, two feet wide
by one thick, laid fiat in masonry, being severed
in two places from top to bottom, the line of
separation being straight and well defined. Her
the stones are blackened as if by powder.
The hoops on one barrel of molasses, two SOAP
barrels and one keg were all cut of-a stone jar
sitting on board over one of these barrels, was
severed horizontally, and the bottom part un-
moved, the top being carried of.
Every window sash in the house is completely
demolished excepting one in the west chamber.
Most of the materials projected from the
house were in northerly direction-pieces,of
being found sixty feet distant.
Il Between the house and barn are dozen apple
trees,one large tree near the house was untouch-
ed, but two Others, some six rods distant were
shattered.
A large, tight trunk filled with fine clothing.
&C., was found locked and apparently uniniured
outwardly, yet, on being opened, the SCOT from
the chimney lay half an inch thick over
the contents. Ten pans of milk on shelf in
the cellar were unharmed, yet some empty pans
one within the other, on the same shelf, were
broken up. The fluid passed out through eight
different places in the body of the house, besides
those already described. More of its effects
might be given, yet enough is told to show how
complete was the destruction"