The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-09-12

showing the offence in full and without ex-
cuse.
FEosr.-,\ friend in Lyndon writes us that
there was slight frost at that place on the
morning Of the eth inst, the first of the sea-
son. This was followed by a severe one on
the Sth, buta fog fortunately arose which pre-
ventedany serious injury. The fine warm
weather of last week has so far ripcncd the
corn, that in few days it will be out of dan
ger from frost.
JUSTICES ELECTED IN HARDwIcK.-Simc-
on Sinclair. Silas Underwood, Jr.. f. i. GUY
er, Ward S. Bailey. James NJ. Porter, vii
liam Sanborn, Gardner Popc-WArERFoRD.
John Fclcl, J.. $. Freeman, Willard Kin
ne. +. \. Cutler, Jesse Bishop, John Caswcll.
Alden Parker.
SAD ACCIDENT AND DEATI.-Wc are called
upon to chronicle a most sad and hcart-rend-
ing accident which occurred to Mr. Rolan
Mathcrs Of this town, on Friday afternoon of
last week. at the papcr-mll of Austin. Patchin
y. vi
Mathcrs had been at work in this mill some
two or three weeks, and on Friday, he, with
two or three other carpenters, were at work
upon or near Il horizontal Wheel One of
the workmcn went to the gate for the purpose
OF letting on the water. saving at the same
time, AL clear from the wheel" Mr.. Mathcrs
stood by the side of the wheel, and not exact
ly understanding what the man said, he
sprang to get farther away from it, when he
slipped and fell. his knee being caught in the
wheel, and was instantly crushed in horrible
manner. He was Immediately taken to the
house of Mr., Austin, and physicians were
soon i'll attendance. to administer the healing
balm to his intense sutferingS. On Saturday
morning the leg was amputatcd Just above
the knee. by DIR. Sherwood. but before they
had finished dressing it his spirit passed from
this to the eternal .-BeninYton Rn-
Hcr.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FArN..-On Friday
afternoon as the section men of the Railroad
were going from this to the North Village.
with a hand Car Il sad accident occurred to
an lri>hman named Thomas GallSpic. He.
together with another man were turning the
car. when he went to change hands. turning
with one hand at a time. when he made
mi>m we. and the crank. as i, came round
struck him i'll the pit of the stomach with
such force as to upset the car and throw
OFT the men i'll it. GalliSpie fell in such a
manner as to break the spinal bone of his
back. He was alive at the last accounts. bat
was suffering the most cXcruciating pain, and
DR.. Wilcox, who attends upon him saws
there is not the least possible hope of his
recoNcrv.-E11ner.
Another accident of the same character
occurred on the same road resulting in brah-
ing the arm ofonc man.
DISTRESSING i'EEEvEMENT.-Ourl last weeks
issue contained 4 notice of the death of two
children of William and Charlotte kin>man
Of this village. Two other children of theirs
Emma Eliza and I.oui>a-dicd on " cdncs-
day last. Thus have these afflicted parents
been called to mourn the loss of erc,y one If
Hcr rhl|,rn. within the short space of three
weeks. The disease Of all them, we believe
was scarlet fever. The age of the youngest
was one year that of the eldest. years.
HmlcnN WurAA
MoEE LARGE L>MRS.-MR. IIEEALp:-I
saw Il statement in last weeks issue. bv Mr..
Holden. of two lambs weighing 80 lbs. at
three months old. Of the New OxtorG.iirc
breed. | will state the weights of few
Mcrino lambs, which some suppose cannot hr
made large. But scientific breeding with
the Mcrino will show good effects as well rs
with the English breeds of sheep or cattle
\ huf l- l.,
nary flesh lS6 lbs. one three months old -
lbs. One eve week old II lbs. am
glad to see progress in all kinds of stock. /
have stated the above to show what can be
done with the Mcrino.-U. KiMbM in hut
huh UuuIH.
NOTICES OF APPLICATIONS TO TIE GENERAL
AS>EMEY.-BG nhS.-.At st. Johnsburv. Hart
ford.
Rni'ro"'ls.-To enable the holders of the
the Western Vermont Railroad to own and
operate the road. For a railroad from Mont
pclicr to Lake Mcmphrcmagog.
m!"n-Soutfwc> part of Iinmouth
to Wells. Somerset to Dover and Wards
borO' or Stratton.
.uW
renee, of Berlin Street, shot on Thursday
Aug. 21th. Will, FLYING near the red arch
bridge. a Crane which measured from tip to
tip of the wings sir feet, and from the feet
to the point of the bill zee feet. the legs be-
ing tro feet in length. The skin has been
stuffed and can be seen by any ore calling at
his rc>idcncc.-I Mchmon
FIRE At BEATTLEBoEO-Av very destructive
fire occurred at Brattcboro' early Friday
morning, commencing soon after midnight,
and destroying more than twenty buildings
in the manufacturing part of the village. and
property estimated at about SlOO.O0O. the
fire doubtless the work of an inccn(liarv)
broke out in Gates, Bliss Il Co.'S Cabinet
shop.
The flames were soon communicated to Jo-
scph Clark's drug and hardware store on the
north and Esty 4 Green's large Mclodcon
monufactury and warehouse on the south
and the fire was not stayed until both of these
buildings as we'll as that in which the fire orig
mated. Willard Frost's shoe store, large
dwelling house owned By Nathan Woodcock. |
Woodcock Il Ninton's l'apcr-mill. Crane 4
Ninton's Machine shop. Charles l.. Mead's
rule factory, formerly +. \. Stcarns Il Co..
a dwelling house occupied by four families
and owned by Luther Weld. DIR. T.. G. Cross
dwelling house, John Pellets dwelling house.
Fred {. Edwards dwelling house. Emory
Farnsworths dwelling house. occupied By
three families. and an unoccupcd store own
cd by Samuel Root. were all completely burn !.
cd to the ground
This (says the Ph"nix) is b. far the sever
est blow that has ever bctallcn our pleasant