The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-24


by fire Saturday morning last So exceed
lnsly rapid was the fire that although seen
by Mr. Blake and neghbors soon after it
caught. nearly all the furniture, clothes and
provisions were lost 1t took few minutes
after four. Mr.. Blake had made an early
fire IN back room, and 1t caught in some
way from the chimney. There was barely
time tor the family to save themselves and a
few things before the buildings were entire
ly envelopcd in flames
1t is not known what is the amount of loss.
The buildings. furniture, &c, were insured
We believe for nearly 500 Mr. Blake had
recently removed to Crattsbury from Green's
boro. The house was formerly occupied by
Rev. S. H. IIalI-U.
Mr. Robert Miles. Of ALBANY. has a
sheep on his farm which had six lambs in one
year. She raised pair OF twins about the
middle Of March, and again two more in Sep
TENDER, and again in the month Of March,
she had two more, which would make SIX in
all. Then one OF her first lambs had lamb
before It was one year old, which wonld
make her income seven in one year. Beat
this who can-U
The Montpelier RpoS'ory says that
on the 9TH INST, Lucy Adromache, aged three
years and eight months, daughter of Hiram
and Elmra Fish. OF Chester, in company with
little sister about five or six wears old. WAS
PLAYING in a pasture a short distance from the
dwcIlIny-hou where fire had been set to
some stumpS. when cotton shawl which she
had on her shoulders took fire, and immedl
atciv her whole person was cnveloprd IN
flames. Her little sister attempted to put ont
the tire by blowing II, As she would to cxtin-
gui>h candle o. lamp. Finding her eff
forts trultcSs, she ran to the house and alarm.
ed her mother. who FASTENED TO the spot. and
found the little sufferer on her knees. aim Is,
entirely unconscious. with her clothes all
burned from her body She soon recovered
her senses. and lingering about five hours in
The most dreadful agony. moaning and al
most necessarily calling for water, when
death kindly terminated her ,uticrln.s
Mr.. James t. Anthony of South
Wood>to'k. on Monday last week. was
thrown from the back of Young and frac
ton. horse. and had his htra broken H.
was found about An hour after. hv one Of h>
nrI-hhr>, y'ng upon t'r ground IN a bel plr>>
condition. and taken to his home. but n"
hopes are entertained OF his recovery Mr.
\. Died on Wednesday,
PRENTICE on TIE Drrr or AN A<rAG-
oNI>r.-Prentice, Of the Louisville journal.
thus speaks Of a gentleman with whom he is
NOT IN ,Ou1 forms
lie is a notorious coward II, talks a.
IT his diet were lion steak. seasoned with gun
powder and brollrd on burning lava. where
as hls actual diet is probably rabbits livcrs
Sleeps ruck>, and pigeons gizzard>."
The following order verbatim ct li'tra-
tim, was received hv An undertaken in ihr
Bowrrv last FRIDAY morning. from an alc-
ted wldowcr living IN Pearl street Sur
INV Wat is drd and Wont> to he bcrried to
morr"r. AZ wonnur k!ok. | noes VAR to"
d,. the liole-bi the SAID OF mi too Their
Wiais-l.ct it be dr,p"
The Nashua Oasis saws that one stove
manutactorv in that city. that OF II.rt>horn
Ame>, is filing An orir- of >o stoves 70 90
TO Turkey. The harem> of the Sultan ma,
vet ENJOY the warmth and pleasure of eating
food cooked on a Yankee stove.
during the examination Of the witness
rs in the of Mr. Herbert 1t Washington.
on Saturday last the proceedings ct thu,
court were interrupted bv the entrance "t
Mrs. heating. the wife Of the victim. who
with an Pr OF tra.ical distress p"it'r,, at tn.
prisoner, telling the infant IN her arms 10
mark the man who had murdered IL iathcr.
-Mcssrs Coleman & S,ctson. Of the Astor
House, New York, have suspended pay
mcnt
~ Hartford paper gives the following
sign OF the times" 10 be- found iE that CIV.
Nv ASKING and coln. out 10 work done her.,
Breakfast. dinner and supper at uN Hoqi.S.
saws filed ud SGT up stars"
II "s"lfioalin. hay cart" has been na-
tented hv ID. H. Thompson, of Fitchhursh
1t consists IN the employment, Of rskcS april
ed 10 a cart wagon. in connection with an
inclined frame, operating in such way that
the hay will hc rakrd up and loaded INTO the.
cart or wagon by merely drawing the veh-
Gle or wagon over the meadow
The Jackson Msss>ippian saws tha,
Mississippi owes a debt TO the Pierce ad-
minis,ra;ion." and Prentice wants to know
whether that state means to issue bonds to
secure IFS payment and If 50, what will prob
ably be their market value:
Hon. Gro. T. MARSH, Of Vermont. has
just written book on the Camel, called on,
10y the action OF the government in attempt
IN. the introduction of that animal into the
pubic service on 'he Southwestern rl,n,
Mr.. Mar>h> object is 70 show that the cam
Ell can hr 'i"m">hcated in any part Of the L.
nitcd S'atrs-thc I.iherian in the colder
and the Eastern in the warmer Iatitudrs -
and that IT'S general Introduction will proy.
of vast benefit to large portions of the corn.
try, where the scarcity Of water renders the
horse or the mule an uncertain traveller. -
The book Is now in press at Boston.-N. y.
Times.
IN the Paris Correspondence of the
y. J. Times, We fird the following
SINGULAR ATH-SrRrGGIr.-A sincu-
la w "'"S'h"'" was ih"'V related 10 me hv
one ct the hou>"->urgrons of the Charity
Hospital OF this city. In one of the mems
wards of this immense hospital. man WAS
diving at twelve o'clock at night. At mi.
hour in the surgical wards there is no move.
ment except in cases Of necessity. the Iamns
burn dimlv, and the guardians are ordinarily
sleeping in their chairs. But there are al.
WAYS some OF the patients more or less wake.
fui by cause OF their suticrncs The man
Z " hO was dunn had In IL, ..-,..l...x