The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18

New ADVERTISEMENTS Acade-
my-W. E. Barnard, Principal. Lyndon
Acadcmy-Allen Tenney, Principal. Job
Wagons. II. Lee. Optician-M. NJ. Lew
is. Noticc-Cahoon & Trull.
IT The Railroad accident of which brief
mention was made in out last was occasioned
by the displacement of switch at a side
track little North of the Barnet station.
This track runs down to the river to accom-
MEDIATE the loading of lumber which is float
ed down to that point. The station agent
had set off some cars on this track, but omit
ted to replace the switch. When the cngi-
neer of the down train saw the danger he re-
verscd the action of the eng inc and put on
all the steam he had. but could not arrest the
progress of the train. The injury to Mr..
Lawrence, who was brakeman on the rear
car, was occasioncd by the breaking of rail-
which was thrown against him, completely
crushing one of his legs near the knee. His
leg was amputatcd about midway between
the knee and the hip, by DIR. Crosby of Han
over, and the patient was apparently doing
we'll, but nature failed to rally, and he died
on Saturday morning. His age was % years
CORREtTION.-m THE CALIFORNIAN of July
+, in the list of Representatives from Kirby.
We made Thcophilus Grom to represent that
town in the years 1909, II and Is, and lG,
Is and 20 1t should have been Thcophius
circuit.
THE EYE-Mr NJ. NJ. Lewis, Optician,
will be at the st. Johnsbury House next
week. See advertisement.
~ A Communication entitled, A Boys
Private Opinion" will appear on the First
Page of next weeks issue.
the encumbranccs of son of Erin and two
"lcddics," came to a full period while de-
-sccnding the hill on Eastern Avenue on the
warm day of Wednesday last, occaSoned by
rhc horse Z" dumping the seat and It's three
inmates into the street, and running into the
bank with the remainder of the wagon. For
tunately 10 one was seriously injured. But
what amused the crowd that gathered about
for crowds will gather on such occasions
was the fact discovered on examination of the
wagon that there were no hold-backS on the
shafts. and the team had been driven from
Lyndon Center with the wagon in that condi-
ton. When Pat was told of this he said he
knew it, the man he got the team of told him
'twould not make the least difference. Men
letting teams will please make note of this.
ESSEN Co,NTY.--lt will be noticed BY the
Report in another column that the Republic
cans of Essex County have held a Conven-
ton and put in nomination tickes 20 be sup
'portcd-antl elected, of couYSe-on ,he first
Of September next. Little Essex If always
"up 10 'tkc scratch
r. 4 fricnd at Mon,pcii,r. writing under
date of July ii. SAYS 1.-THE last stone of the
old State House va, taken down to-day. The
whole structure ht; been lowered down with
out accident or inuryto . single stone. The
new foundation of The cast wing was finished
to-day. There are about twenty-five men
employed on the new building, ffty-four of
Quincy. Mass. foreman of the stone-cutting
department, was badly injured thi, morning
while engaged with some others canting over
n large piece of granite; it took wrong turn
and caught him between that and another
block in such manner as to crush and brt,i>c
him considerably. His head was caught in
such manner as to nearly force an eve from
its socket Medical aid was had Immediate
". and tonight he is reported to be quite
comfortable. 1t is now thought that he will
he out again in few weeks
CONVICTION FOR PoIsoNING.-At the recent
session Of the Circuit Court in Orleans Coun-
ty. Nathaniel H. Stiles was convicted of an
attempt to murder Charles l.. Fairbrothcr.
and was sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment in the State Prison. The evidence show
cd very extraordinary state of facts. Geo.
Sulham. IN accomplicc, who was the princi-
pal witness. testified that Stiles put drachm
and and half of strychninc into a half pint
of GIN the whole of which was drank by Fair
brother The dose was large enough to kill
forty men, 1t seems to have affected Fair
brother quite unpleasantly Yin fact it "sct
heavy" on his stomach. made him faint. and
finally obliged him, at the expiration of four
and half hours. to take an cmctic to relieve
himself from the burden Sulhams testi-
monv was so far corrcboratcd by other
evidence as to insure the conviction
.of Stiles, but what kind of a stomach
man has who can swallow drachm and a
half of stryohninc with impunity we are not
psychologist enough to guess.
A NEW MACHINE-Wc have had the pleas
urc of seeing at Mr.. Luke Buzzc!l's machine
shop the operation of an ingcnius - loom.
we suppose it must be called, inasmuch as it
makes cloth, though as the material which it
uses is all warp and no filling, it can hardly
be called. with strict propriety,a loom. The