Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-27
Vermont Hens.

wears, was badly burned by powder An
other boy gave him quantity, which he
spread upon stone and applied match
to il. II blazed up into his face, burning
off his cyelashes and eyebrows, crisping
the skin, and sealing up his eyes, SO that
for some days he could not see atan. He 4
il now recovering Boys should take ]
warning and not play with powder, and /,
merchants should take warning and
not let them have the powder to play
with.
"A blosd calf, belonging to Moses iiol-
den Of Middlesex, weighing 800 pounds,
tumllcd off Middlescx Narrows, that bor-
der the premises Of Mr.. Holden, the other
day, and falling go feet, struck upon the
rocks at the bottom, where it was found,
strange TO say, comparatively unhur, 1t.
was drawn up, and is now frisking as well
as ever.
Geo. ii. Gilbert, guilty Of larceny in
stealing S32 of a school collector in Bar
ton, has been sentenced to Windsor for
one year
Ami T. Webster Of LowcR,' was
thrown from his wagon on Tuesday of
I last week while in fit, and severely in
jured.
A valuable horse belonging to I. J.
Withercll OF Barton, became frightened
last Saturday and ran into another team,
injurimg itself 50 that it died in Il shert
time
A Firemen's Concert in Bennington.
on Tuesday evening, wa, literally patron
lied, the entire proceeds amounting to
Si20-the sale Of tickets footing up S22o.
and T. W Park generously presenting
5000. II. W. Putnam also gave the
Spartan Company a very fine silver
trumpet
Tho farmers in Chittendou county
are complaining of drought, which is in
.juring the feed in the pastures, and will
much lessen the potato crop. In Jericho
some wells are dry which hay" not been
in many years, aud springs and streams
generally are low The large amount OF
ground, however, planted to potatoes last
spring, under the stimulus OF the high
prices will probably save US from any
scarcity in that crop,
Judge Poland, on Tuesday evening,
, addressed large Republican meeting at
Bellows Fails Two bands uf music were
in attendance, and q torch-light procession
lent its brilliancy to the occasion.
ADDRESS At THE COUNTY FAIH-Col.
Charles II. joyce of Rutland has accepted
an invitation Of the. Rutland County
, Agricultural Society to deliver the an
: nual address at the Fair to be held at
Rutland on Thursday, Oct. /, 1865
AccrDENr.-About five o'clock yostor-
day afternoon, a little daughter Of stephen
French, while playing with other chill
, dren, on the ground floor in Cramton' 5
r new block on Merchants Row, accident
ally fell through to the cellar and sus-
! tained severe and painful bruises and cuts
about the head and face
New LoCoMOTWE.-Af fine new loco
motive, called the Coy. Page, in honor OF
: our prominent townsman, has made
its appearance on the Rensselaer, and Sar-
atoga railroad She was bult at the
. Schenectady Locomotive Works, has cylin-
ders of 16 by "A inches capacity, five foot
: drivers, is furnished with the latest and
: most modern improvements to combine
! speed with power and weighs 81 tons
She is at present running on the cypress
" freight train between this place and
: Schenectady, and is under the charge oi
that careful and skillful engineer, Charlie,
Il Mckeogh. Success to the Gov. Page
: A LARGE CRANE.-Dr. Sargents o.
;, Mendon, exhibited to us on Tuesday last
one of the largest specimens of a crane
which we have seen in this section for
= long time, shot by him few days since
J. 1t measured five feet from tip TO tip. ant
stood four feet high.
d THE CASE OF Mrs. BRuCE-Thc bod,
l. Of Mrs. Calvin Bruce Of South Walling
n ford, to whose mysterious condition W,
. !, have previously referred to in these col
3 umns, still remains in statu quo. DIR. j
g Z. Hit of this place, happening in Wal
y lingford on business yesterday hearin!
. the many rumors ahoat in that usual,
- quiet village concerning the case, went t
!. the residence of her husband and made Al
d examination of the body, and he assure
N us that il is most extraordinary case