Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-07-15
VERMONT ITEMS.

In Bellows Falls on the 4th, two freshmen
who came from Claremont, got quite drunk
and noisy The officer who went to arrest
them was resisted by the friends of the IRISH
men. and general fight with clubs and
broolYsticks ensued One of the officers as
sistants was stabbed, but not seriously. The
officers were beaten of, but tried 1t again
next day, and arrested one man with some
trouble The other was chased into shanty,
where he made stand aided by woman
with an axe. The officers commenced TO
pull down the shanty to get at him, when
he thought it best to surrender. The Irish
men were only fined IS and costs, for
drunkenness, the EARNED resistance" being
ignored incourt.
A man named Danforth, alias Eastman,
Wyman, Chase, Cool, and several other
names, was arrested in Bellows Falls, on
Sunday evening. on charge of obtaining
goods under false pretense. He had got
-four at the store of Harris, Stone & Co., of
each of the clerks successfully, promising to
paw in grain lin few days" but never
came. He was committed in default Of bail.
Several stories are told Of his GOODNESS at
swindling He got suit of clothes OF
tailor in Claremont, promising TO bring some
fox skins, which he had at home for pay.
The tailor waited reasonable time and
went after the skins On arriving he was
Immediately recognized by Danforth, who
add guess you have come for those fox
skins The tailor replied that he was that
way and thought he would take the skins
and save him any further trouble. well "
said Danforth, Il hs at got the skins ready,
and was telling my folks this morning that
| must 20 ana catch them tores ~ tie
bought a dozen pounds of pork in Saxtons
River, and made sure Of getting full weight
by etooling ham
In st. Johnsbury, on the Sd inst, Michael
Conner, who was crazy drunk, and was
amusing himself by smashing his neighbOr
Irishman's windows and kicking up a row
generally, was arrested He fought the
officer. first with an iron skillet and then an
axe, but was finally hand-cufed and lodged
in Jail On Monday he was fined SIS and
costs.
VIM. S. Weeks, Esq, of Clarendon, had
a very valuable COW killed on the I'd inst.
by a flash of lightning, while standing under
a tree.
At Duttonville, on the 30th ult., an Irish
girl, named O Conner, at work in Fullerton's
factory, had her foot caught in the betting
and badly crushed.
On the Sd, as Mrs David Baker and
daughter, of Lyndon, we're riding down a
steep hill in Guilford, the horse took fright,
the carriage was upset, the top struck large
rock by the roadside, and Mrs. Baker was
almost instantly killed. The daughter es-
capped without injury.
A number ofaccidents occurred on the 4th
Mrs. Dean, Of Rutland, dislocated knee by
stepping into hole in a plank walk, while
in the crowd.-Mrs. A. L. Paige, of Mont
peler, was crowded of the sidewalk and
broke her ance.-Frank Carpenter, of St.
Johnsbury had his hand badly torn by the
premature discharge Of a cannon.-While
company Of masqueraders were performing
in front of the St. Johnsbury House, one of
them was badly burned. He was dressed in
woman's clothes, which by some means had
been soaked with turpentine and was acct
dentally - touched OF" by some fireworks
A pail of lemonade, applied externally we
presume, put out the fire before he was burned
to death.-Albert Harlow of Springfield, was
killed by the accidental discharge of pistol
in the hands of Barton Walker, with whom
he was firing at "a mark. The ball entered
his eye, and he died in about three hours.
He WIS q harness maker, about 40 years of
age and leaves a wife and two children.
Asa Jones of Woodstock lost barrel of
rum, by the hands of the law, recently.
Jones better half was bound to have some
to celebrate with on the 4th, and dared the
officer by drawing mugful after its seizure
and before its removal, in the face of all
During thunder shower in Plymouth on
the End, the wind blew down the barn of
James S. Brown. 1t was entirely new and
must have cost near $1,000.
Mr.. Alexander Wright of Barton Landing,
fell dead from his chair on the End inst. He
had been as well as usual during the day.
We learn from the Rutland Herald of
another suicide. Dea. Joseph Nottingham of
Bristol cut his throat on the morning of the
4th. He had acted strangely for some days,
and was probably insane. His age was rs.
A Photographic counterfeit SIS bill on the
Woodstock Bank made its appearance in
Woodstock Wednesday, and passed through
the hands of several business men before be-
ing detected.
A. D. Smith, of Dandy, sheared cosset
of the common breed, whose fleece of one
years growth, washed clean and well dried
before shearing, weighed IL IA lbs
PATENTS were issued July 5th to Isaac B.
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