Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-07-21
Vermont Items.

Patents were issued July 4th, to Geo.
Bannister of Hartford, for improved socket
for hoes, ehisels &c, and TO Jas III. Flagg
Of Perkinsville for corner or joint for soap
stone stoves.
Fircs continue plenty at leland Pond.
Another woodshed with 1000 cords Of wood,
and railroad bridge were burne d last
week there.
On Thursday OF last week, Mr.. 10 hn II.
Baker, Of Greensboro, was ordained pastor
of the congregational church at Island
Pond.-The sermon was preached by the
Rev. P. H. White, of Coventry.
Henry @. Thompson OF Vergen mes was
fined 500 on Friday by Justice II umphrev
of Ferrisburgh, for selling two g "a sses of
strong beer and eight OF cider. He ap-
pealed.
1t is estimated that the liquor traffic in
Vergennes mas been lessened $1,000 in the
last seven months, By strict enforce ment of
the prohibitory law. Fifty barrels of liquor
were seized last winter, and fines amounting
to several hundred dollars have been since
imposed.
A nice little Ben franklin story is to ID
by the St. Adams Messenger about Frar
I'm County lad employed IN large shipp ING
house at Boston. lie carefully extra, :teC
the nails from the old boxes which hac
''served their tlme,'' and in four weeks
had collected in the course OF his bu sincss
two or three kegs OF good nails. II is EN-.
ployer paid him $40 for them, and HIS since
taken him into partnership.
L. B. Hayes. employed in the St. Adams
car shop, was crushed to death one day last
week, by the fall Of passeng,T ear which
slipped off the jacks and fell on him.
The average weekly value of the seizure.
Of smuggled goods at Island Pond is nearly
| 5000. The other morning a man was dc.
| liycred by the Custom HOUSE. officers OF l6I
| yards OF fine silk, slowed away under hi,
vest About 1000 pounds of nutmegs, clio
yer and pepper was l;o found in a car-leaC
of oats.
A lad named John Skinner of Rove lton
while hunting wOod-chucks was accident
/ allv shot by a comrade through the arm
with mimic ball. and was obliged to hay,
the arm amputated.
Henry Irish of Burlington. a brakeman
on the Rutland Railroad, was badly injure,
at MIddlcbury, ON Thursday while shacklin.
cars His injuries are on the left hip an,
are quite serious.
The Waterbury and Hydepark stage, witt
| 10 passengers. was Slowed over by careless
driving, on Monday OF last week, and severa
persons seriously injured, among them Mr.
l-aac Cannon and two ladies. Mr. Can
mons life was despaired Of for a while.
John Dickey. of Brldgewater, hung him
self on the 18th ult lie was reiurne
soldier. who was taken prisoner in Ss ptem
her. 1861, but made his escape on TIE 24t
Of last April. and came home. Tie caus
/ of his act Is said to have been the sc0rn an,
unkind treatment of has wife. who supposin,
him dead, was about choosing another tot
her compsni1n, and was apparently dsap
pointed that his life had BEN spared TO re
turn.
Edward Van Dreason Of Bellows Falls
while braking on ireigh ttraiu, was thrown
on the track, by the giving; way Of tn,
brake, and run over by n CIR, and fatal,
injured, losing one leg. and having all hi,
other limbs mutllatcd-
The C0le4onian learns II at n number o.
the sth regiment met tn cir surgeon, DR.
Gillett, at Essex Junction Monday night
after they were paid of and discharged. anC
entering the car where he was seated. pelteC
him severely with eggs and then pitchcC
I him out of a window.
Co. 4, of the llth Vt. was handsomel,
received at St. Johnsbury, with an addrc-,
| by Rev. l.. o. Brastow, speeches by } d
SJoddard, E. c. Redington and others; anC
a good dinner.
Solomon Garrow. Ficnchman. hired q
horse and wagon from c. +. i c. o. Ste
vens, of Ferrsourgh, on Monday Of last
week, drove to Randolph, and tried to sell
the team lie was afterwards arrested IN
ROxbury and is now in Jail in Vergennes.