St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-10-18
ADDISON COUNTY,

ADDISON COUNTY.
Arson Reese, highly respectable citi
zen OF North Ferrisburgh. committed sui
eide by drowning in well. He was found
standing upright. with the water hardly
covering him. Mr.. Reese was about 81
years old. in perfect health. and a well-tO.
90. prosperous young man, and it is diff
cult to assign motive tor his act of self
destruction.
CIIITTENDEN COUNTY.
The First Annual Convention of Young
Mems Christian Association at Burlington
was well attended and the exercises were
very interesting. Undoubtedly it will re
suit in enlarging the number of associa-
tons through the state and an increase o
religious sentiment and fervor of spirit.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
On Friday of last week the clothes of
Mrs. Catharne Hodges. of Enosburgh.
caught fire while she was in the act of
covering up a kettle in which were boiling
pumpkins and potatoes, burning her arms
and body in shocking manner. At last
accounts Mrs. H., was alive. but her re-
COvery is doubtful.
On Monday. Mr.. Aaron Bradford. of
Montgomery. died from the effects of eat
ING too much honey.
On the sth inst. Patrick Conelly of Fair
field, While attending threshing machine.
had his hand caush in the..cylinder, draw
n% his arm in above the elbow and COM
pletely crushing it. The great exertion
which he made stopped the force of the
machine. or probably he would have lost
his lite. Ampulation was performed near
the shoulder joint.
ORANGE COUNTY.
y. \. King, Esq. of Tunbridge. had a
ram. Thoroughbred. that broke away from
his place of confinement the 18th of Sept.
carrying chain and stake he was fastened
with. Search was made for him i'm almost
every ulrection: but all to no avail. The
ram had once been in the pasture of Mr.
Silley with his sheep, and that was tho
roughly looked over. On the morning of
Oct. 9th. Mr. 5. missed one of his sheep.
ana IN making search for it came upon the
lost ram OF Mr.. King, by the side of an old
bass stub. htched to the clog of wood.
without solitary green thing near him:
tie had gnaWed the bark from the old dry
stub as far as he could reach. All the
room the ram could have was about q hy
3 feet. between the log and the old stub.
which had brought him nearly to a per-
tcct stand still. and in this situation he had
lived Tor twenty days. with food or water,
save that of the dry bark of the old stub.
The weight of the ram few days before
he lett was 80 pounds. but when found he
weighed but 50 pounds.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Standard has an account of pain
tul accident at Crattsbury on one of the
days of the fair. \ horse ran into the
| crowd and with great violence hit a Mr..
Marsh, an cid man Of about So. knocking
him down. breaking a couple of ribs and
otherwise injuring him. Some $40 were
raised for him by The people.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
| Henry {. c. Johnson of Woodstock
! found a very valuable two year old Meri-
10 buck of his flock dead in his meadow
a day or two since, having been shot by
some unknown person. When a lamb,
Mr.. Johnson was offered $500 for him.
Language Is hardly adequate 20 >tigmatize
such All act. whether the result Of DIES On
or carelcsshIt>s.
| Windsor is to have a course OF lectures
the coming winter. President Smith of
| Dartmouth gives the first.