Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-04-17
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t. which took place at his residence il
II Chester, on Sunday afternoon last, a
II half past o'clock, after an illness of ter
s days, aged II years. Judge Barrett hai
e long been well known in this State, ant
S his death will be sincerely lamented by
= large number of friends and acquain
e tances. We remember him as a senator
e from Windsor county, some 20 years
:. ago, when we first began to read the pol
= itics of Vermont. He has been lead
e ing man at home and abroad. A cor.
e respondent whiting from Chester, says
= No man could be more missed from our
E community than Judge Barrett He
was cordial friend, and possessed Of
most excellent ocial qualities. Hi.
friends always sought and enjoyed his
company. or late years he has taken
unusual interest in the affairs OF the ma
ton, always advocating the true inter
r ests of freedom and good government,
without regard to party, and without any
compromise. He has believed from the
beginning that the only way to put down
the rebellion was the total destruction Of
slavery. More than year ago he gave
US his view on this matter at length,
while we had the pleasure of enjoying
his we'll known hospitality. But we
have not space for more, and with sad
ness we close this brief record Wood
stock Standard.
ca A tipsy fish pedlar recently had a
horse drowned in mud puddle on the
road from Bellows Falls to Rockingham.
He was so badly discouraged that he
drove the horse off into ditch, where i.
fell down, with its. head in water just
deep enough TO cover it, and lay until
drowned.
DIvoRCEs.-At the late March term
of The Supreme Court in Orange Coun-
ty, twelve divorces were granted six
for intolerable severity, five for wilfuI
desertion, one for adultery, and four
cases continued. Pretty well for one
term. Does not society need thorough.
reformation. First learn to know our
selves, and thus avoid this unequal
yoking together.
A SUGGEsTIoY.-Quite a little muss
was kicked up in our usually quiet streets
last Saturday night by a couple of
Frenchmen who unfortunately fell among
the rumsellers. One of them sked d
died home, and the other one was finally
put in the Lookup, where he spent the
night aud was quite sober, as in duty
bound, on Sunday morning. BY Il e way,
should not our town fathers provide a
better place to shut up the unfortunate
rother who cannot control his appetite.
The old Lookup is good enough for the
but for his victim is too loath-
'ome. We should like TO see it filled
every night with rumsellers until they
would quit their hellish business Of
making. If our town is to be
cursed with these SETTLING rum pits, from
he four horse drunkery down to the lit.
lie fizzle in the lowly cabin, would it not
'e an act of humanity to provide com
ortable place to confine those who grad
tate at the drunkard's school and are
urned into our streets fit for murder end
midnight broils--crazy with poisoned
iquor. The word in the English Ian
,uage is yeti be coined that will describe
he loathsomeness of the rumseller. The
nan who robs his neighbor of few pal
ry dollars, is despised, hunted and i'm
risoned, while the rumseller who rob+
is neighbor of what is of more value
han worlds of gold-robs him of a
riceless gem, the mind, and of course.
{ heavens petted and fawned upon
nd suffered to move in respectable soci-
ty.-B Brandon Monitor.
DEATH OF CAPT. BowDIsH.-T
ainful intelligence of the death of Capt.
saac B. Bowdish, of Burlington, was re-
eiyed there on Saturday, by telegraph.
he information is yet meager, but it
ppears that he was injured fatally while
assing from Norfolk, Va, to Suffolk, by
,e cars running off an open draw-bridge,
nd died Friday evening. Capt. Bow
ish was among the first to respond to
le call of the country on the breaking
ut of the war, and was appointed com m
lissary in Aug, 1861. He was soon on Va
uty at the post at Newport News, 81
here he remained for a considerable cl
me, and thence was removed to Suffolk. at
'uring portion of the time, for the ct
asst months, he has been engaged in m m
lie secret service of the government. In pr
batever position he has been, he has