The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-08-30

'h Monday about o'clock we werc visit
'' ny ha'l storm of great violence. The
SUIT" lasted tor several minutes. and tle
"'drSt 'nhahItant' hrrpahonts has meyer
seen Its equal. The hail stones tina, fell in
'he hrS' OF the storm were unite small bu.
they Kept inrreasin. in size until thrv w.rs
as large as hens eggs Several nror.., ~,
actual measurement 10 be from ;ve >, civ
'''h'S IN circumference. and we, hpd from
TWO to three ounces. Frequent r.nor,s as
i"''h as those OF pistols were heard in the.
midst OH storm. and were occ,~;opea ,,roh-
ably by the hail stones striking AGAINST one
another IN their descent The s,r..,s and
walks presented novel and curious a,,,,,r.
anre being covered with these Iar,,. hail
stones which did not entirely diSap,.ar for
HOY" than hall an hour after the storm was
over. he storm went eastward from here
ana the mnmbiing. and dismal sound which
" occasioncd was truly fearful. The stones
were OF the mos: hrautituI appearance no.
IN" Tor the most part OF a round and syme,ri-
cal form. and bright and clear.
The damag" to crops was of course very
great. Many fields OF wheat and oats wer.
entirely destroyed; while others were very
much damaged.
\EEM"NIEES ABROAD il somewhat
remarkable and note worthy that the best let
Yer writers from Europe for the New York
press ar" \rlmonter>. The sigma" letters
I" New \ ork Courier x Enquirer, which at
frac'cd much attention few wears AGO were
from the pen OF James X. Spauld,ny, of
Montpelier. and the present Rome cores
londrnt Of the New York Tribune is Mrs
SOPHIA iiitchcock, the accomplished daucht-
or ct Henry Stevens. of Barnet. the old and
lndcta'I"ablr antiquarian.
/ The Montpelier R,yo<i,ory saws: On
Monday last the people in the north part Of
Eand"ph and some parts of Braintrer
were visited by a storm of hail ra;r
ana wlnd. which lasted about an hour. do
me great damage to windows, growing crops
trees and fences. The hail stones couId b,v.
been gathered by the br>h,l after the Storm
and the ORC ind looked as white as in mid
winter for some time
i The Vermont Central Musical Asso-
Z 'at'or Will meet At Chester. on Tuesday the
22l OF sept. and continue three DAYS The
t'"mmftre OF arrangements have made en-
f"n>ive preparations in securing A LARGE and
"iiIrI'nt orchestra as well as ample a,.rommo-
da'ion> tor any number of singers tha, may
come from abroad. Mr.. Merrill of Bellows
t. Ills will lead the orchestra on the occasion.
and probably most of the active musical tai
INT OF the State will there be represented.
ACCIDENT IN WESTON Randall
C!a,t"n. his wife. and infant child of SIX
months. were riding down steep hill in that
town last week. their horse took FRONT and
ran. throwing them ALI from the wa"on. The
rh'!" was Killed and Mrs. CLAYTON seriously
injured.
SHARP >H"oTING.-M d;for:-IIav-
mo heard aud read great deal of late aNon.
"Sharr"> Ei!r>. and sharp >hoo'inc.
! thought the following statement of rf.. shoot
ing. m'i@hr perhaps he interesting. as showing
what has been done in Vermont. and what
may be expected from Nrrrnonters in an o.
mtr@'hrv hav" before me a target meas
: n'ing less than five inches in diameter. which
4 has been perforated by ten successive shots
II the distance of forty rods Tn. aorcca.,
'iI>tanc" OF the IL shots from the crn,r. of
thc ta~Tet. As m"2 >ur"I Nv mo Is ten inchn.
and tive cIght>. making As | believe The h,>,
TARGET ever made IN Vermont with an on.u
!. sighted nile sand shots we're made hy vi :
; Sandtrson. "(ruh>mirh" Of Pror,or>y,lI.
\crmont. with riff. of his own manufacture.
also another target which exhibits five sue.
re>Slve shots trou the same rifle. made by
H. L.. blhk" OF froctor>viIIr, at the sam,
distance the five bullets hayino na...,
: through the sam" hole, which measures a,
: inch and a fourth in length. aud five ei,ht
A q: an in'h IN width. making ME best r,ckIn,
j, ever made hv any Gun at that distance. Al
'he '"re shots were made in thr presence. Of
some half dozen individuals. who will max,
- a'ildivif 10 the truth of The above Statement
=. if d"~rrd.-E. +. Tines
Prortor>vIllc, w., August IS, 1876.
ACCIDENT From CAErLrSSNrSs WIT!
FIEEAEM>.-On Monday last. Mr.. Charle
y Persons Hun>mi'h on Wet street. was un;t,
-, severely injured by :hc Discharge of a riff,
in The hand, OF fellow workman. II SEEM
that some repairs had been made uron III,
:, lock. and in order TO test it a can was place,
/, upon 'he tube and carcc>>lv snaprrd bctor.
a>r"rainIng As 10 whether the GUN was load
cd or not. The consequence was. that M,
II "drI>rr which was in the barrel at the tim.
!, was shot INTO the hand of his companio,
:. working few feet from him at the bench
nearly scvrring his middle finger" and 90
IN. through portion of his hand. Pr>o,
4 cannot b" too careful in the handling OF fire
arm>-even IT they ne like the old wom,n'
which ha! NJ ifh"r hrecch, stock nor barrel
Is -Hu'ard Xr0N
BATTLE OF BENNINGTON ANNIVERSARY
y he anniversary OF The battle of Brnninuto,
was celebrated at Bennington last Saturday
;. There was an immense Fremont mass meet
Ing in a grove near hv. at the same finn,
1t Sonthrr" Vermont and the adjoining countir
II ct New FORK turned ont hv thousands. AM
the Troy y. !. inns saws there must hav
been twenty thousand persons present. Hon
. liliand Hall was prr>rirn. of the mce:in
&c and among the speakers were James r. Nc
n k"an OF SARATOGA, Channrcv Schasfer of Ne,
i. York. Mr. Carroll Of Troy. and Mr. Lee O.
New York. while the Troy Fremont Gle
Club furnished An abundance OF spirited sinc
r. iny- lIm,ISor .Ioum.I.
Among tie items in the general ammo
IS rriaflon blll passed by Congress. We are ora,
"a flied TO learn of one appropriatiny $3.50
>, for building United States Court House q
;. Windsor, and a like sum for similar M,
pose at Rutland. This liberal appropriate
Is exclusive o! the cost of the sites for tn
bindings. For this result we are mainl
y indebted TO the Hon. solomon Foot, of th
Senate. who has been interchangeable, not onl