Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-07-21
State News.

The house of Harvey Chapman, of
Clarendon, was entered by burglars
recently, and the following articles
stolen: l6 silver spoons, 5 silver
forks, 2 silver thimbles, 2 pairs of
scissors, 2 silver salt spoons, 2 pairs
of spectacles.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. july
14.-On Monday evening, about 8 2
O'Clock, lightning struck barn of L.
Z. Kendall in South Woodstock, and
destroyed by fire five barns partially
filled with new hay, corn barn and
seventy-fve bushels of corn and a
quantity of other grain, and sheds. &C..
in all to the number of thirteen. The
property was partially insured.
A bear weighing 1926 pounds was
caught in trap and killed, in Pow
nal, Friday last, by Charles and Sui
livan Barber, after a severe fight.
Charles F. Church, of Leicester,
was convicted of whipping his wife
few days ago, and paid $3.50 in
fine and costs. Served him right.
The Brattleboro insane asylum
now has $40 inmates, and its annual
expenses are $78,500. The institu-
ton has l 800 acres of wood and pas
ture and improved farm lands.
John A. Jameson, of Chicago, an
Irasburgh boy, has been selected as
the orator Of the University of Yer
mont, at the forthcoming commence
ment.
The First National Bank of St.
John8bury declared a semi-annual
dividend, July LIST, Of S. a share, free
OF government Tax, payable July 10.
Two men, named Rice, stole a pair
of oxen from Luther Harrington
pasture in Wilmington, on the night
of the 25th of June. The thieves
tracked to Florida, Mass, where they
had sold the cattle to Walter Whip.
pie, for $168 in cash and a note of
$65, and left for Canada.
SIMPSONS riddle has received a
new and rather novel solution on the
farm of Benz. Fes8enden, of Hines
burgh. A beet's skull, which had be
come filled with dirt, was hoisted on
a pole to serve as scarecrow. a squash
vine III a few days made its appear
ance through one OF the eye sockets
and is making a vigorous growth
"Out Of the eater came forth meat
and out Of the strong came fortt
sweetness. Free Press.
The st. Adams Messenger says tn,
hay crop in Washington county i
heavier than it has been for years. Ii
Franklin county, as We have stated
while the crop is unusually heavy OIL
low land, it is not as good as usual OF
| high land. In Addison county it i
nothing to brag OF. In Windsor coun
. ty it is unprecedentedly heavy. Il
Chittenden county the crop is gener
] ally light.
c. j. Barker Of Castleton, is tn,
} owner of a grade COW, which, iron
the first to the last day of June, in
. sluaivo, gave I,=f4f 81 pounds o
milk. She is equally good for but
+ ter, making regularly from fourteen
to fifteen pounds per week, while a
high as seventeen pounds has beeI
j made from the milk yielded by he
e in a single week. She is eight year
: old, and, with a yearling heller Of
5 her progeny, took the premium a
the County Fair in Rutland last fall.
l. We have frequently had sometime
' to say of large hens eggs, but Dexte
, Anderson Of this village has shown u
one which puts all others in the shade
= IN fact there is no use in further tria
1t weighed ) ID ounces, and measul
2 ed IN circumference 3 3-8 by 7 l.
+ inches. On being broken there wa
F found inside perfect egg of the usua
size and having a shelI.-Woodstoc
} Standard.
+ STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. - Durin
the shower Wednesday afternoon, til
lightning struck the north chimney o
J the store Of E. F. Brown, Scatterin
n the brick in every direction, an
/, throwing some Of them ten rod
}. though the larger part were hurle
n down upon the building of S. Higgin
f demOliShing two windows and doc
e in the part occupied by 0. G. Dow
The fluid passed the entire length o
% the chimney to the cellar, where it
II supposed to have passed Ito til
;. ground, although no trace of it al
f pears there except the bursting ope
le OF the small door at the base of tn
E. chimney, and the scattering of 500
about the floor. In the upper stor
used by Gage as a photograph ga
f lery, the floor was torn up abol
% the stove, and some large splinter
l. thrown up with such force as to brea
"a through the ceiling and lodge in tt
lath. The stove pipes and caps, so,
I and ashes were thrown about Il
rooms. Mr.. Gage was at WORK
the sink in his back room, but had
at moment before stepped into the fro
ID room to close a window, and W;
y. returning when the oolt came. HI
70 he remained at the sink he won
t. most probably have been killed,
y. the floor was ripped up by the sin
# directly where he was standing. II
w building is occupied as a store, shoI
rk and offices, and a family lives in tt
ISecOnd story INIT nOfwitbS+ar d;,~v