Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-03-28
Vermont News.


63 volunteers TO the Union army, erlh.
Ia l-2 of all her population.
Mr., u. Beckwith, an esteemed citizo
Il, and the Oldest merchant in Middleburv
died suddenly in his chair at home on II.
10Th inst. He had been suffering 70, sore
time from paraly;ic affection. Mr.. Ma.
with was for more than thirty years in bus. 4
ness in Middlebury and had recently n
tired
Albert S. Kenney, of Burlington, Ia
been appointed assistant Paymasier in d,
Navy.
Henry Scott. of Bennington, Las barr,
100 years old, and the slaves (white cal
show but little signs OF decay. Ii has bea
rehoopcd twice. NJ. c. Morgan, of ID,
same town, has cask taken from the BIZ
ish at the battle of Remington.
BY accurate measurement taken BY Mt
H. A. Sheldon Of MidJlebury, the depth
Snow as il fell there through the winter
more Than eight feet as we learn from
the Register.
AccIDRHT.-On Monday. as your.
son Of Major Hayward, of Center Rutland
WAS, in campany with another lad, amusing
himself with the movements Of large CON.
shelter in Riples mill, be got bis hard
caught in the machine, and, two or three d
his fingers were badly crushed and lacerat
! ed.
Rev. Rufus Chiids, whose elcpement with
lady of his parish we noticed some time
ago, has been expelled from the Montpelier
association for the oifense.
! The citizens OF Woodstock have organ
lad town Temperance Society, elected
officers and are holding series OF II eeinss
A pledge has been circulated in town and
about four hundred names affixed 10 il.
FIRE IN PITTsEIELp.--On Friday fore
noon last week, the dwelling house Of Miss
es Lydia and Sarah Fish, situated near fhe
center of Pittsiield village, was destroyed
by fire. The fire was in the chambers, ani
just ready to burst through the roof-tk
wind blowing very strong at the time-tu
by great exertions, aided by the snow OF
the roof, the citizens were enabled to cor
fine the flames 10 the building where the
originated. Most ofthe furniture and cloth.
ing were saved. Insured in the VermoHi
Mutual.
Snow SLIDE.--A week or two since 81
huge body Of snow slid from the side Of d
bill on what is called tho Gulf road na
Williamstown, completely blockading The
road. The snow slid down bill distance
of fifty or sixty rods, taking along with i
brush and everything movable that laid il
its way. A peddler from East Kondolph
named Colby, attempted 10 pass after The
slide, and his sleigh was thrown down an
embankment ten or fifteen feet, dragging The
horse after it, into the deep snow. BY The
assistance of the landlord at the Sprisg
House" he succeeded in getting both tie
horse and sleigh out of the snow, with only
slight injury to The sleigh. Nothing of the
kind was ever witnessed in that vicinity be-
fore. The road for nearly half mile
was wholly impossible.
The Montpelier Freeman, speakes of
pice of road IN that vicinity of about two
miles distance, in which there are 3iS
" Cradle holes" Many of them are nearly
deep enough to take an ordinary sized team
out of sight of others in the road. The
like was never known there before.
SAD AccIDENT.-The Hydepark News
dealer says that in Wolcott on the 1Ih
inst, Mr.. Henry Smith, young man about
twenty five years of age, of very feeble con.
siitution, was caught in belt while attempt.
ing to place 1t upon pulley, and wound up
on the arbor, carrying him twice over H.
breaking the thigh bone of his right leg and
mangling his left ann in shocking man
ner. The arm had to be amputated close
to the shoulder and the patient is now do
ing well.
The dwelling house of Esquire Brown,
at Bethel Gilead, was destroyed by fire OF
the Path ult., and Mrs. Brown while 60
ing for help, was overcome by cold, sank
down exhausted, and was badly frozen.
AT Peckham, the snow is so deep that
the people are using their chamber window;
Tor doors, and the orchards are so buried
that the tops ofthe trees appear like bushes
the upmost twigs only coming above The
snow.
First Lient. Henry Reuben Pierce Of The
9th Battalion Rhode Island Volunteers
killed in the battle of Newbern, was na-
tive of Coventry, VT, instead of MassachD''
etts as before stated, and graduate Of An
herst College of the class of 1858.
AT the battle of Roanoke Island, Kew
Mr.. James of Worcester, when the Officers
we're shot down around gun, sprans lot
ward, encouraged the men. and worked
heir midst as gunner.