Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-12-14
Vermont News.

! GSCATE OF k)dlNDOhN.- uC W dI
pole Bank robbers fairly rival Than
derbolt and Lightfoot. Mark Shin
born, our readers will remember, es.
capped from Jail at Keene, N. H., after
being convicted, but was found and
arrested some time afterwards, and
sent to the State Prison at Concord
He told them when put in prison he
should not stay there six months, and
on Monday last he did escape in a
most daring manner and up to last
accounts had made successful flight.
He of course had help from outside.
1t appears that On the outside of the
gate just under the cross bar. series
of holes were bored SO close under
the CROSS har as not to be discernible
unless one stopped to within two feet
of the ground. These holes were
bored round a space two feet square,
and so skillfully done that the auger-
point did not show through once on
the inside. His confederates appear
to have climbed over the walls in the
night time and placed letters in his
drawer in the workshop, in which he
had made a false bottom, and thus he
had communicated with the outside
world. At quarter to five in the
afternoon, the prisoners were march
ing through the yard to their cells
when Shinborn suddenly darted from
the ranks and ran with almost incredi-
BILE speed to the south entrance-gate,
grasped the ends of two of the heavy
planks forming the gate, which broke
like glass in his hands, jumping thro'
the opening as ball from revolver
struck near his feet, shot by one of
the guard, and scaling a woodshed
and clearing an adjoining yard, he was
almost in a moments time, drawn into
a covered carriage and whirled down
State street with a feetness which
seemed to snow that both horse and
driver realized the issues of the des-
perate undertaking. Some dozen per-
sons saw him jump into the carriage.
A man was inside who reached out one
hand and grasped the prisoner and
with the other struck the horse a
smart blow with a whip. AS Shin
born sprung into the carriage he strip
ped off his parti-coIored spencer, took
a coat from the seat and wrapped it
around his shoulders and Immediately
curled down out Of sight under a
leather boot and buffalo robe. When
the bell rung for the cOnyicts to stop
labor this same team was seen driven
lelSureiy down 5tutv street by the
prison and was thus in readiness for
Shinborn, the moment his exit was
Times 90 .
Butter sold in St. Adams market
on Tuesday for from 30 to 35 cents
per pound. The Messenger says
awe judge that a good quantity was
brought in, from the number of loads
which we saw. The fall, which, tol
reasons which we gave we considered
sure to come has caught many farmers
waiting, with large lots, for higher
Iprices.'
BOLD RoBBERY.-The house o
Ebenezer k. Slack, of Plymouth, was
entered on Friday night last, through
the gable end window, by means of {
ladder taken from his barn, and 4,
trunk was taken from the room il
which himself and wife were sleeping
and after being carried into the she(
: was broken open and relieved Of
800 in money The robbers admin
: istered chlorCform to Mr.. and Mrs
Slack, and drugged the dog, whicl
was in the kitchen, in some manne
, unknown. There can be no doubt th
robbery was committed by some per
son or persons acquainted with tn
1 premises as well as with tn
fact that Mr.. Slack had by him larg
amount of money and kept it in thi
r trunk, for it was necessary to pas
through long chamber, down stair;
r through the kitchen and large be-
room, before reaching the room i
}, which he slept. His watch and purs
e containing $500 were in his yes
/ which hung on a chair near the bee
y and were not molested.-WoodstOc
0 Standard.
A REIIC.-Mr. John Holt, of thi
= town, has brought to our Office a rar
o relic of the Revolution. 1t is an orig
= nal draft OF the Muster Roll of Cal
i tain Archelaus Towne's Company
! We twenty ninth regiment of Foot
ye Continental Army Encamped."
is drafted in a bold, handsome hanC
writing, on large sheet of DRAWN
n paper, and with the exception of bein
+ little soiled, is in perfect state
D preservation. 1t embraces the name
n of some ffty-fve officers and privat,
% belonging to the company, who wei
y enlisted in some town or towns
e New Hampshire, Gas is supposed
Ie during the first part Of the month {
O. May, 1775. The only seeming omi
e. sion in the record, is the failure
r give the residence of the enlisted me
n, but perhaps they were not so partic
lg lar about that, in those days tn
II .stried mems souls" The spelling
'h in the quaint, old style, and Archela
Or Town, the captain of the compan
was relative of Mr.. Holt, on t
mothers side. Altogether it is a C
Mt rious relic, and Mr.. Ell. values it
On highly, that he has, with commendab
is patriotic pride, caused it to be nice
ce framed, to be kept as an heirloom
tv his family.-Norh Star.
OF James Shattuck, a man of fifty W
10 found drowned in Dwinell's pond
lp- Brattleboro, on the 18th ult. He h
1U- iloo, -. =, enpao for cauaroI dayS a