Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-11

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CoNvICTED.-At the late session of the
Methodist Conference at Waterbury, Rev.
H. Fowler was convicted of the charges
preferred against him, and was expelled
from the conference. The public are well
acquainted with the charges-too disgust
ingEtO be repeated.
BARTON.
~ FIGHT. Barton village was the scene
ola pugilistic performance last Tuesday
between two veterans of the "Green Isle"
1t appears that John Hefford, bloody
Corkonian, being the worse for rum, came
across one widow Quinn, Corkonian-ess,
and to whom he applied epithets not pretty
to speak and much less to print, whereupon
she let fly her right fist, likewise her left,
and hit the aforesaid John in the counte-
nance, smashing his mug" likewise knock
ing his two eyes into one, whereupOn John
seized the widow by her top knot and en-
deavored to bring her nearer to his arms
for long and strong hug. Not relishing
his demonstrations in this line the WILDLY"
snatched cane from bystander and rain
ed such sturdy blows and so oft repeated that
a spectator had to interfere and took
the woman off from the valiant John in or
der to save possible "Irish wake" over
his "cowld" corpus. To cut long story
short the widow gave Hefford an awful
batting" This is one of "woman's rights"
A FRIGHT.---Last Tuesday Mr.. A. B.
Mathewson's little girl, only two years old,
went out of doors and saying that she was
going to see the water" She had been
gone some time and her parents began to
look for her. Not finding her about the
premises they went to the neighbors, and
not finding her they began to feel alarmed,
went to the river and did not find her. They
then went in rear Of Alex. Benton's barn a
few rods from the river and found her lying
down on the cold wet grass fast asleep. She
had started for the river and after going
some thirty rods, it being her usual time to
take nap, she camped down before going
further and thus was saved from being
drowned for had she visited the steep banks
it is highly probable she would have fallen
into the river. The joy of her parents was
complete at finding her unhurt.
BUTTON CHARM.---Nettie M. Taylor has
string of 999 buttons, and thirteen feet
long, neither two Of which are alike, which
she has gathered in four weeks. They all
have eyes. Who ever supposed there were
so many different kinds manufactured?
SALEs.---B, Stebbins has sold the build
ing adjoining Hall & Joslyn's store, and oc-
cupied by j. l.. Woodman, to R. r. Corey.
Geo. G. Davis is to open a grocery in it..
Capt. Joslyn has sold his house to Charles
Ufford for $1,000.
WAGoNs.-Chas. J. Ufford has just fin
ished a lot of nice buggies which we have
taken some pains to inspect, as also have
several others. They are excellent ones.
We do not see why they are not as good
and as handsome as can be had at Lyndon.
GOOD HEIFER.-Mr. A. d. Bigelow at
the Landing has a nice yearling heifer
coming in in Superintendent weighs
$50 pounds. She is half Jersey and half
Durham; is perfect beauty and is well
developed.
HARNESS MAKER.--L. l.. auckland,
harness maker at the Landing, is winning
golden opinions for the quality of his work
and the steadiness with which he attends
to his business. He has plenty ofwork.
A SLIDE.---We followed the track to the
Landing last Friday and when half way
between the two railroad bridges a mile
below this village we saw where about
three rods square of land had slid between
the track and the river, and sliding nearly
three rods to the river, carrying with the
dirt some half dozen trees, some of them
nearly foot through, and there they now
are, all but one, standing erect and grow
ing as naturally as though they were plant
ed and with nothing to indicate
that the land and trees were not always
there, except the bank above. We think
the thing little extraordinary.
BROKE LoosE.---Last Friday heavily
loaded gravel car broke from the rest Of
the train about half way between this vii
lage and the Landing, and scud towards
the latter place at good rate of speed sol
itary and alone, and ran within about half
a mile of that village when it was stopped
by some half dozen men at work on the
road, the up grade which it had reached
fayoring them. We were little ahead of
it shorty aftertl it started and hearing il
come laundering along we concluded tc
turn out and let it pass, for fear if we die
not it might spoil the chances of some fu'
ture first rate consul.
MILLINERY. MARY Woodman has just
returned from Boston with very nice Sc
lection of millinery goods. Call and sex
them.
BROWNINGTON.