Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-27
ALBANY.

ALBANY.
Cows LosT.-Mr. John Paine has lost
a good cow from the unknown disease, and
Mr.. E. S. Gidden has also lost one. 1t is |
rather tough to lose stock after wintering |
them through.
FEMALE SHooTING.-Mrs. B. Pike shot
a squirrel from tree in the front yard
few days since.
BARTON.
-aBEAvERs.-Th last family of beavers in
Barton, was caught in the autumn OF 1917
on a small stream that runs INTO what Is
called Drake pond-the sources of said l.
stream are the springs that water Thomas
Bakers farm and buildings-by two broth |
ers named Drake, who then resided near
by. They commenced to build dam |
across that stream, near the pond, but the |
high price of their pelts was too great a
temptation for the brakes to resist, and
they caught them in traps.
MEAN.-About two weeks ago some
scamp went into the chair factory in this
village and stole a couple of pulleys and
broke them up. When the hands went to
hoist the gate in the morning they could
not do it. Very low and mean.
PAINT SHOP. H. Morse opens his
paint shop in the room formerly occupied
by j. L. Bowler the LIST of May.
There was no preaching in this village
last Sabbath---Rev VIM. A. Robinson gone
to Boston, Rev. G. H. Bickford sick
CRAFTsBURY.
NEW SHoP.-Messrs. Turner & Nutting,
formerly from Morrisville, have opened a
new saddler's shop in the building reftted
by n. w. Rand
RENTED.-Mr. Ira Davis has rented his
blacksmith shop for one year.
VELOCIPEDEs.-Thes vehicles have ar
rived here, and are being broken in at the
town hall. Prizes for the best riding have
been awarded to Smith McLane and to
Noble Kinney.
GOOD CALvEs.-Mr A. A. Randall who
is one of the best stock raisers in the coun-
ty, lately sold two calves, one eight and
the other four months old, for $125-also
one four weeks old for $50.
The funeral of Mrs. Newell Whitney
was attended on the 18th by Rev. E. P.
Wild. The deceased was the founder of
tbs first Sabbath School in Craftsbury. She
was praying woman.
The great thaws of last Tuesday and
Wednesday, the goth and 21st, resulted in
considerable damage in the village and Vi
cinity of South Craftsbury. The roads are
rendered impossible in three directions
from the village. The Hastings bridge
and one near Mr. Boutwells is entirely
swept away, others thrown out of place,
roads torn up badly. The dam of Heman
Fits wooden factory is destroyed. MIR.
Noble Kenney, who owns the sash and
door factory, got help and succeeded in saw
ing his property from serious damage. The
circular saw mill, formerly owned by J. T.
Patterson, was made useless. The hume
being gone, no grinding can be bone at
the grist mill.
We learn that Esquire Hood, an old resi-
dent of the town, is dangerously i'll, and
there are no hopes of his recovery.
The successive days of warm weather and
rains of the past week has caused the Black
river to rise to great heighth and doing
considerable damage in Craftsbury. Part
of the fume belonging to Hayden & Rog-
ers went out together with one of the wheels
connected with their mill. The cOmpany's
mill stood though somewhat damaged. A
part of the mill bridge was some damaged,
(couldnot damage it much, andthe Vance
bridge, so called, was carried entirely away.
Eddy Norcross, young lad of Craftsbury
village slipped on the ice one day last week
and dislocated his ankle very badly.
CHARLESTON.
BURNED.-Mr. Charles Worthen's sugar
house was burned last Saturday, April II,
while he was absent, it being his Sabbath.
He had in it 1900 pounds of dry stirred SUI
gar, which was lost, and a hundred dollar
evaporation spoiled. Query-Was the house
set on fire, and was all the sugar burned?
Two new bOoms constructed by Mr. 0.
Warren have been swept away.
COVENTRY.
DEATH OF REV. P. H. WHITE-We are
panied to learn of the death of Rev. P. H.
White, which occurred last Saturday, of
paralysis of the brain. Ever since he came
to the county he had been one of our firm
est friends and supporters, and our paper
has oftentimes had the benefit of his fertile
pen, which the community as well as our
self valued highly He was a remarkable
man, both in the extent of his knowledge
and the readiness with which he could APP
ply it on all occasions. He was walking
encyclopedia of historical facts and dates
and it will be a long time before Vermont
can furnish his equal in this particular. He
was warm and genial friend, temperance
man of the strictest sect, and, as we believe
consistent christian, and the church and
people of Coventry have suffered a great
loss in his death. His remains have beer
taken to Westminster for burial.
DERBY.
Don A. Hyde, who was sent to Stat
prison year ago last June, on a thre
years sentence, for stealing a team belong
ing to John II. Skinner, has been pardoneC
out on account of good behavior, and re
turned home about two weeks since. III
brings with him neat box, six by min
inches, composed of over 1000 differen
pieces, made by himself, and filed wit
many small articles nicely manufactured b
other convicts from the bones of the bee
which supplies their dinners. <
GoNE.-The dam of the paper mill O
NJ. j. Black & Co., of West Derby wa
carried off by the high water last week.
ACCIDENT.-Dr. Bugbee of North Derb
came near losing his life one day last weel
Returning from Derby Line he drove int
the water which had overfowed the roaC
got beyond his depth and was nearly car
ried away by the current. He succeede
however in detaching his horse from tn