Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-05-15
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his office by an article in the last Yer,
! mont Chronicle, severely reprobating th
sin of profanity in the army, and es
pecially among the officers. Fasts an
prayers for Divine mercy on the natioI
are in strong contrast with impious oath
in the national army, which defy Heav
en- and invoke its vengeance. The vic,
is shocking, demoralizing, and unfortu
nately too prevalent. We have seen, O
rather heard, terrible examples of it ever
in Vermont brigade but we can nov
add that at least one of the guilty parties
is in disgrace.
} HEAVY SHEARNG.-Mr Lamber
J Ranney of Barnet, SHARED for II. r
+, Wilcox, Of ST. Johnsbury, on the 25tE
of April last, one full blood Spanish me.
rino buck, two years old, fleece which
r weighed 10 1-2 pounds-less than @
: years growth. AT the same time, one
, two years old, which sheared IA Ia lbs
. Also at the same time for A. H. Viii.
cox, one three years old, Is IL lbs one
two years old, II "a lbs one do. Is "A
! lbs; one do. l6 "a lbs; the six sheep
shearing 102 lbs. Mr.. Wilcox furnish
es US with this statement, and he has
shown us a specimen of the wool, which
is very nice and fne.-Norh Star.
LIQUOR SUIT.-Last Wednesday, A..
L. Strobridge, Esq, of West Danvile,
had trial for liquor selling without
licerse-indicted, by town grand jurors.
Trial by jury, resulting in fining the re-
spondent $1,000 and costs, in all about
500. Mr.. Stobridge took an appeal to the
County Court. Mr.. Strobridge had also
taken out a U. S. license.-Norh Star.
FATAL GUN AoCIDENT.-On Mon
day, April goth, George 3. Isham, son
of T. H. Isham of Wiliston, aged II
years, left home in the morning in CON-
pany with his father (who was going to
Burlington taking his gun with the in
Itention Of spending few hours in sport
ing, but as he did not ret urn at the APP
pointed hour the family were alarmed.
The friends and neighbors were called
and search made. The next day at III
O'Clock A. NJ, his body was found lying
in the open field, his gun at his side, dis
charged, and its contents lodged in his
head, entering near the left ear and evil
IDENTIFY killing him instantly.
GONG TO TAKE THEM.--Geo. Camp
bell, Westminster, OF great sheep no
toriety, is going to take some of his sheep
to the coming International Exhibition,
at Hamburg.
SOMETHING IN IA few weeks ago
W. L. Leach of Troy, brought out an
invention which he claimed embodied
perpetual motion. The perpetual mo-
ton myth has been so often exploded,
that Leach's idea was very generally
viewed as belonging to the same cate
CORY. But ii seems to be exciting quite
an amount of investigation and comment. !
A writer from the place speaking of i'll q
says she has b a d tb e pleasure ofIl
the operations Of the machine, /
and it is TRULY no humbug. 1t is so con- q
3tructed that it starts itself, and it will f
continue to run until stopped by brake
arranged for that purpose. Its construc- '
ion is very simple, and there is no doubt r
'ut that it can be applied as a motive +
,ower. Persons competent TO Judge of Il
is merits have tested it, and they pro
lounce it worthy the attention of scien- II
ific men," :,
SECEsH ARRESTED IN VERMONT u
secessionist named Store, who is =
fermonter by birth, but has been for .
ONE time resident of Atlanta, Georgia, y y
'as arrested in ST. Albans on Monday =
y Capt. Rolla Gleason, Provost Mar v
hal, and was sent to Fort Lafayette on d'
thursday, in charge of Capt. Gleason. az
tone was in Franklin County about two 10
ears ago, when he provoked loyal men W
realty by his outspoken treason. But Oh
few days since he made his re-appear- pa
nee in Berkshire where his father lives. W.
Iaving suspicious of him, Collector
lapp instituted inquiries which con- aF
rmed his suspicious. Stones CORES. w
ondence by letter and telegraph with nc
lrties in New York was intercepted. III
i'd is now held as evidence against him ii
I'd others of being engaged in a scheme e.
fit out blockade runner and furnish on
e rebels with supplies, &c, and bring BIZ
1t cotton. Stone has acknowledged ii
cir purpose to run the blockade with ..
tton.
Stone was arrested 10 St. Adams just da
he was to take the cars. He was thu