Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-11-30

whom he had traded, that he had cheated |
her in making change. The lady being of
undOubted veracity, of course every one
sided with her against the peddler, and he
was kept in durance vile from noon till |
dewey eve," with occasional threats of
being taken to Jail unless he settled the af-
fair OF procured bail. The affair began to
look little squally for the peddier. who
still persisted in his innocence. when the
lady ascertained that she had previously
made mistake in making change with
another party, receiving one dollar bill
instead of five which she supposed she had
given the peddler. Although a mistake,
it was little hard on the peddler as he
thinks.-@. J0hns5ury Times.
LARGE Business are informed by
Daniel Carpenter, surveyor of lumber for
the Fairbanks, that this firm have used
within the past twenty five days, for their
works and for building purposes, little
over 100000 feet of lumber. In addition
to this 10000 feet of timber and $4,000 feet
| of lath have been drawn to the site of Mr..
Ihaddeus Fairbanks new building, MAX
ing more than 100000 feet in all. This
lumber is mostly procured in Essex county,
which is now the great lumber region of
the state. When the new railroad is in OPP
Grafton it will add greatly to the facilities
for procuring this lumber. 1t is fact
worthy of the greatest consideration that
Vermont will, at no distant day, be nearly
destitute of lumber, suitable for building
purposes, unless something is done to re-
! plenish the forests.-,S. J0hnsbury Times.
HORSES K1LLED-The Montreal and
New York night express train over the
/ Vermont Central railroad caused very
singular slaughter on the Vermont and
| Massachusetts road, about two miles below
/ BrattlebOro, last week, killing seven horses
| belonging to David GoodeIl, being about
half of his herd. They are supposed to
! have got out of the pasture into by road,
and thence on the track, where, on the APP
| proach Of the train, they had doubtless
| huddled together, as animals will in the
! dark, and SO were struck by the engine
When found they lay in every shape, with
legs broken, heads crushed, or even cut
of, and one fine mare, thrown some 20
feet off against a bank, lay as if asleep,
without perceptible wounds, the life hav
ing evidently been driven from her body
| by the conclusion. They were valuable
stock and Mr.. Goodell's loss is fully 5000.
ANOTHER BREAK ON THE RUTLAND
RAILROAD.-Our gale Of Saturday turned
into a rain storm in Windsor and Wind
ham counties, Williams river was so swOl-
len as to carry out a trestle work about
half mile below Bartonsvile, which had
been erected to temporarily take the place
of bridge which was carried away by the
recent freshet. Two wash outs of the road
bed were also made, necessitating a carry
ing around Of mails, passengers and bag
gage Of some three miles. A large force
Of wOrkmen were set at work yesterday to
repair the damage, and before night all
the breaks were mended except the bridg-
ing of the river, which it is expected will
be accomplished to-day, so that the sleep
ing train out Of here tomorrow morning
viii be enabled to pass over the entire
length Of the road without difiiculty.-Rm-
dlsd Herald.
MIssIsQUoI RAILROAD.-The Montgom-
cry correspondent of the Richford Sentinel,
in an interesting report of the town meet
= ing, recently held in that town, closes his
report as follows:
: The result of this meeting shows that
l Montgomery people are not afraid of St
= Adams, either in capacity to help them
e selves OF do US hurt; that we are not SC
1 selfish as to be Jealous of the growth Of
e Enosburgh Falls, East Berkshire and Rich
: ford that we will be satisfied in enjoying
the one loaf that we get, even if our more
, lucky neighbOrs get two; that although
= our town nowhere touches the line of the
! railroad. vet we are willing to help our
> selves to the lesser benefits we may receive
- and not try to block the wheels of those
. who will get more, 50 that others cannO
! say to Us. as did the OK 10 the dog in tht
= manger: "You viii neither eat hay your
self nor allow us who can"
r Edward NJ Fitch a section man on tht
Passumpsic railroad. was instantly killeC
at North Thettord Thanksgiving day. H,
- was standing on the platform at the depo
!, rs a gravel train was passing north at tn,
: rate of about fifteen miles an hour, and il
= attempting to jump upon the engine, b,
e was thrown between the platform and thu
! cars, which passed over HIM, crushing HI
y. head and killing him instantly. He wa
- not seen to move after the train passed owe
him. No blame attaches to any one Oh
the train The deceased was a native q
= Thetford, son of Mr.. II. c. Fitch, and wa
- about 10 wears old We learn that he wa
p young man of excellent character, and
= favorite with all who knew him. His sud
i zen anu ltEfitAt utdLu Sll0ulU pt = NdEuln
d TO all, never TO attempt to get on or off
1T train of cars while it is in motion. Thi
k recklessness is the cause Of thousands Q
y deaths every year.
An emplove of the Passumpsic railroa
L named Roach was struck with an iron ba
( while loading stone between this plac
- and Wells Riyer-injury not serous.-Ca
re cd0Hjaa.
In the year 1884, there was Mormo
r revival at Chesterfield Corner in Abis
p Hovey's district, under the preaching {
nd Orrison Pratt one of the twelve apostle
RS The meetings were numerously attende
D. and a number joined that church. Anon
E. them were Jacob Gates, Willard and Cha
l. Snow. with their mother and sister, Era
ID tus Bingham and family, Harvey Stron
ne and wife, and some of the Ayers famil,
es About 80 in all Joined and went away to
r place called Far West, in Missouri The
i built up that town, and in 1889 they wei
driven out and went back to Quincy, an
" the following summer formed the settl
p, ment called Nauvoo, in Illinois. In 184
~ - they emigrated by invitation of the opp
III nents to Council Bluffs, and in 1S47 Gro
sed the Plains with a train of 500 wagon
n landing in Salt Lake City late in the ia
n; of that year. After a 35 years absenc
re Jacob Gates last week returned to his o
a town to visit his old friends He has fc
he lowed the fortunes of the Mormons in a
nd their tribulations since he Joined thel
he and is full Of the belief that the Lord w
of some day make his belief prevalent {
in earth. He owns considerable land in Il
vicinity of Salt Lake, and is prominel
h man among the saints, being one of Il
- elders, and spending his time as a travt
: ing preacher or missionary. He has be,
-. stationed in England twice-four yea
,as the first time, and two the second tin
r. During his visit here, he will have an e
jnr upon the interest of his church, and W
in preach if any body of people desire to he
no him. Union.
ne BRUTAL AssAULT.-O Monday wee
5u; Mr.. S. Z. Waterman took his team al
~ ! carried Miss Keyes to the depot at Watt
oy bury. He started from our door fully
le hour after the stage had passed. He
, not drive unusually fast, but overlook t
to stage near Mr.. Rand's. After followi
nd the coach to near the old Ferrin place, a
eft, finding that it was going very slowly,
ire drove by. His horses soon became resti7
SO and he became aware that Dodge was oh.
10 ing them. lie let MS horses out,
ms Dodge dashed on at furious speed, seel
for ing determined to runinto him. In a lig
I'VE covered buggy with lady, it was l
ties pleasant to have to run his horses to t
avs top of their speed over a frozen, hubt
cir road but the major" has spirit and q
nat not want to give up the track, and so
= dashed on. On the Benson fiat, the b
in one Of the pole shackles came out,
!. ting that side down of course. Any Q
oe f will at once see the perilous condition t
o ~ occupants of the buggy were in. The n
al jor, with great presence of mind refined
leu horses sharply in the direction the bug
lne was running out of the road and handi