St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-20

I lhe house oi George Francis at Bul
hh%i"n was burned, on Friday. at los
"i $1,000, $4,000 OF which was insured i
/ the Vermont Mutual
ESSEN COUNTY.
laltirk Drrin%. cleaner in the enrin
house at Island Pond. had one arm badl
Jihnrd on the morning of the 10Th. H.
had got through cleaning an engine som,
time in the night. and lay down to res
beside il. In the morning as the engineer
went to take out the engine. he did not no
nee him and a. he moved it the en"in,
ran over behring's elbow, breaking tn,
cap and brnisin% the flesh badly. 1t i.
| feared lie will lose his arm.
y sudden Geath occurred on the nipht
"i the llth. y man about 80 wears of a"t
came 60 Island Pond. ON the 10 o'clock
passenger train from Portland, went t.
me baggage room. passed his baggage by
the Canadian customs. and went into the
ear on he night train for Montreal. I'm Il
lew minutes lac was discovered living on
the car floor between the stove and first
seal dead. The srlecGmen were called
aud on c,,aminin" his pocket a book was
found con aiming the name. James Reed,
but nothing to tell where he was from.
Ills baggage was checked to Point Levi.
=. q. He VA, barred ON the 18th by the
town authorizes.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
y sad and inhuman case OF cruel treat
mrni Of an infant i reported a. occurring
in Georgia.. The object i five months old.
and j. an ilIr-iiua'c child. ihe mother OF
which ha~ .. stop mother with whom She
live. the mother and step-daughter 90
away nearly every Gay. and leave the in
iaEi I."Hc IN an up>rdiI> room to cry itself
luicl. through ur.lrr; of this kind. and
ami want OF proper Houri>hmcnt. the in
ianj has becunc reduced to a perfect liv-
IN" skeleton. moi weighing over five lbs.
The ,owa authorities o. Georgia should
investigate this ease.
On Monday las. the 9rh inst. 4 son of
Timothy Sha-ay Of Fairfield, aged five
wears. haa hi, head caught between two
sticks %. timber i'll 4 horse power churn.
rushing his skull and brains in a shock
ng miahcr. He survived the accident
,ur two huGls.
4 lew days since little daughter OF
Deer Mitchell. OF Fairfield. some seven
~ eight }c.: Old. was ..arrc~,in" Il large
i"- belonging to one OF the nei~hbprS. .
when line >avJ@e animal suddenly seized
Ter y Tia neck and bit It completely /
WoU-h rhn iuGular vril. She hlcd pro f.
G~"'V AND T. 49, win -r"at difficulty that
nose ~.au''ng hv preserved her lili. until .
ply ~''-au Arrived. W, understand that .
he j. u,v drinr we'll. How about the
log:
LNNUH.LE COUNTY.
Wesley Mathews. hotel keeper at Nor
i-yillc. in driviIr - CAdy'- Falls on Sun
lay attempted 10 ford the river. whed. a.
. supposed. ui~ horse was frightened. and
'v.i .HtuCJ me Na-"n. Mr.. Mathews be-
n uaat.r 3" ~,eim Was drowned. His
.or-a ry;ura,H home. and a search reveal
20 hi ricl,-- body IN about an hou".
ORLEANS COUNTY.
y a meeting OF the Orleans County
ic,iirni -oricty. held last week at New
u',. # wa resolved that it was the dulv
i thc N,a,, legislature to pass such laws.
.i,h penalties as;arhcd. rs shall prevent
II persons nom cu"a@m" in the practice
# mcuir ir or surgery vino have not d-
l",na, I'um medical colleges legally au-
La. i b.. ]
II Protect the people against imposition
ON i,.Icrant ptcicndrrs.
Horace Grcri"y. editor y. Y. Tribune.
III be nj the Barton fair. Sept. -.
Nolou Robinson. Of lac Tribune. lee
Jrrd az Barton last week.
The ~"ntr faces OF the congregation at
he Bopii-t chutch week ago last Sab
ADJ We're considerably RULED just before
CIV cv. \ son of a deacon. iour years OF
gc. walked to the church with the minis
tr and following him up the aisle. failed
D Stop at the family pew but with inca
urcG step Kept Oh ihto the pulpit and en-
cohcrd himself nicely AT one end OF the
ola. \ whist crcd reminder from the
Iiui-tlr that he was ont of his place. aS
.ch ~ repeated and anxious gestures
rom his father failed to move the little
elbow. With sober face he sat. thinking
D emo, The services there better than be-
DIV. aud ia not yield the position until
he hahd OF we stcrI parent was placed
pou him. when he surrendered with good
race ana went briow.-N ,rp0rj ErgrcSS.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
,iamr- Iauuan. while engaged with
lrcc companions in fishing on Inman
'oui. in Fairhaycn, on Sunday last. was
rownrd. Ills death is the the third
hich has occurred on the pond during
he last few weeks.
= uunihyr of men while engaged in lay
~ Tor Z. y. Billings. OF Hydel lie, one
lay La, week. were driven from their
work by a swarm Of wa>ps. which had
ohccalcd themselves in one OF the walls
# the barn i'm which they were unloading
lie ba.. Not reiShing the pain arising
on the numerous stinTs they had re-
cived. they determined to remain ''naS-
ers OF the situatiou.' aud conceived the
,ica of smoking out the ''varmints."
accordingly, at the suggestion of rev.
rcnd gentleman who just then happened
lou@. ihey saturated bundle of hay
With kerosene. attached it to the end of a
,olc. i-uigcd it. and held it up 10 the side
II he barn where the waSps seemed TO be
he thicl,eSt. The first application was
litoge,hcr successful. it having the effect
not only TO smoke out the wasps. but |
lcstror the barn aud all its contents.