Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-09-27

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they were passing on cross road be-
tween R.. v. and Joseph Hadlocks,
the horse became frightened, broke
the Iwhiffietree and the thills dropped,
so the three persons were thrown
headlong against stone wall, bruising
and cutting them in horrible man.
ner. They have remained in a state
of Inconsistencies ever since, and
their recovery is considered very
doubtful. Mr.. Mack saw the team
coming but when they we're thrown
out they were in a hollow out of sight.
He saw his horse coming alone and
Immediately ran to where the wagon
had been overturned. Mrs. Garvias
was under one of the wheels of the
wagon and the boys by her side. Be-
side the cuts and bruises about their
head and neck, Mack's boy had his
ribs broken in, and Mrs. G. is sup
posed to be injured internally.
TALL CoRN.-Mr. Alfred Ripley of
Bloomington, has this season raised
corn ten feet four inches high. This is
good, but we guess it will be beaten.
1t has been beaten.
Mr.. Elihu Wright, jr., OF Albany,
raised corn ten feet and six inches
high. Thus beating Ripley by two
inches
A SHE RAsCAL-The public had
better look out for the operations of
a certain female swindIer that appears
travelling the country in the funeral
business quite extensively. She is a
young woman about s years old, says
her name is Gray and that she lives
in Albany. She came to this village
one day last week and went to the
house of widow Currier and told her
that she understood she had lost her
husband, and stating that she had
also lost her mother living in Barton
/ and that she did not hear OF her death
till she arrived in town and she wish,
ed to borrow her mourning clothes
to attend the funeral. When asked
; who her mother was she said it was
: Foster. When asked where her moth
er lived she said she did not know
whether it was Barton village, Barton
Landing or So. Barton, as she was {
, stranger in town and had never beer
:. to see her. She made several queer
a remarks to Mrs. Currier that led hcI
d to suspect the woman, but she let he
have the dress when she went he
way towards the depot. Mrs. Cur
+ riers son hearing of the visit imme
G diately went to the depot and iounC
G the mourner and demanded the dress
: when she denied having it, but Solo
stuck to her like a puppy to ROOF
It the woman swearing at him roundl
e the while, but he took the dress an,
o returned it to his mother. She the
l. went to the house of Mrs. DR.. Pierre
e and got a mourning shawl: then t
II the house of Mrs. Hamilton where sh
d obtained funeral cloak; afterward
1t visiting the houses of James BusweI
). ). Tinkham, DR.. j. T. Skinne
Augustus Paquette, J. B. Robinson
= and host of other houses, still after
good funeral outfit, but we do no
. learn that she obtained anything MOI
till she reached South Barton, wheI
she sobbed a rich black silk DIRE,
:, from another tender hearted lady
The last we heard of her she was sti
= in the ready made clothing line, an
bent on cutting dash at some big f
neral
= Our Craftsbury friends will be gla
If to know that DR.. Crabtre will Wis
in the Common, Monday. Sept. 30, ar
k South Craftsbury, Oct. l and ID
at Also will visit Barton again, Oct.
e, and IA.