Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-12-01
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count, the people of that town having
set their faces against the beverage
instead of putting it into their faces.
Public meetings have been held, at
which it was unanimously agreed to
"braad" the liquor traffic as simply
Infamous, and the citizens resolved to
prosecute every known violation of
the liquor law. The result has been
that liquor is "no where" and there
has as yet been no call for prosecu
tion.-Freeman.
Last week, while Mr.. Moody of
Wells, Vermont, was shutting a gate,
his carriage horses, with his two boys
in the vehicle, ran away. One Of the
boys escaped injury, but the other
was dragged about thirty yards over
| the frozen ground, and mangled in a
most awful manner. When taken up
oy his agonized father he said: "Pa,
| I've got to die and after enduring
the greatest suffering died in about
ten hours.
A FAST GIRL.-We learn that last
week a girl only IA years Of age was
arrested in Washington for larceny
committed in Bradford, tried in Brad
ford and sentenced to the Reform
: School at Waterbury whittier she was
taken by Sheriff Barron Of Washing
ton, only to be refused admittance OF
account of sex. Sheriff Barron a
last advices was again taking the CIR
to Bradford for further orders.
VERMONT EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
The association Of Vermont editors
and publishers held special meeting
= at Montpelier on Friday evening, Nov
18th. The principal business tran
=, sacted was the passage Of the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That tn IS association
hereby adopts the system of requir
ing advance payment Of newspape
g subscriptions, an d recommends it
strict enforcement on all new sub
scriptiOns on and after the 1st of Jan
nary next by every member of the as
d ISOLATION.
ST ALBANS BUTTER MARKET.-Th
transactions in butter on Tuesda
It were not very heavy. The ruling pr
e ceS were, for good butter, from 40 t
d cents per pound. Several extr
lots however sold for 46 cents. Th
> amount shipped was between 400 an
a 500. ...
l. The Aurora says that Mr. A. Barne:
Of Chelsea, recently sold fat COY
that was coming in next March, t.
J. Mr.. | Pitkins to slaughter. Upo
h opening the COW, Pitkins found cal
with two heads, and four eyes, tw
regular mouths, two tongues, t h
heads coming together back of the eve
l so that there were but two horns. |
5, the little fellow had lived to be Dor
it would have been worth seeing
" National Opinion.
N The two men, Moses Williams an
r Aaron l.. Chandler, who were arres
ed at Oxford last week for r0bbin
> Albert G. Ormsby Of Fairlee, wei
discharged after hearing before Ju
tice Learned. the evidence being col
sidered insufficient; but public opil
ion fixes the crime upon these tw
men. The testimony. showed the
tried to induce OrmSby to 90 hon
20, with thrm and gamble; that they TO
lowed him all the evening; that tW
men threw blanket over his hea
threw him on the ground and toe
from his person $3.50. Ormsby beil
intoxicated, crawled into a shed ,whel
he lay until picked up 10y his trien,
-, about 10 o'clock at night.
40 PRETTY TOUGH.-A corresponds
writes to the Bradford Opinion rel
tive to arecenC affair at Oxford, \. (
- as follows:
Last night rum held high carniv
at the hotel in Oxford, and during t
&C. Festivities" several got relieved
,al their 4rcenbacks, among whom W
u one Ormsby, who bled to the amou
of $2l2, and as he says at the han
he of Williams and Chandler, who u
adj under arrest. Oxford is a beautif
he village, yet it is and has been carSt
"a by set Of bipeds, who have been
Of standing argument in favor Of the u
of welcome doctrine of total depravit
se A virtuous community breathed east
nv when the last Of the "Old Bourbo
ed family had expired. But the virtu
of a Powers grow bright amid t
in blackness Of subsequent corruptio
H. He who would introduce a firSt-cla
earthquake, volcanic eruption, or sol
ny other remedial and purifying agen
do into that sink of iniquity would be
he benefactor Of the present and futu
g. generations"
eS' Burlington ranks the third or four
al city of the Union as a lumber mark
US and not less than 100000 floati
ct capital is required to transact the {
40 nual business in that line.
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The citizens of Keene, KY, rece
ly arrested man whom they suspe
in ed was a member Of the Ku-KI