Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-20

FORK. upon Oelng aSKeu ny Gne iiI'
tie girl what she was doing, she re-
piled that she was trying to poke
that dead duck out" The little girl
commenced to climb up the ladder on
to the hay-mow. when she heard the
faint cry of child in the bay. She
jumped down very quickly, and &C
costed Mary in about these words !:
i" Mary, you've got child down there,
and if you hurt it, I'll scream murder
and call the neighbors. Mary de-
MED the soft impeachment, and kept
on "poking with the pitchfork." but
the little heroine was resolute. She
called her sister, and Mary was CON-
PEELED to take up the child, which she
did by rudely Selling it by the throat,
and quite large patch of the skin
was left on the ice where it lay. One
of the little girls took off her skirt
and wrapping the child up, carried it
to the house. 1t is said to be very
fine boy, and is now doing well in the
arms of it's loving mother, though the
finger marks are not yet quite gone
from its little neck.
What the intentions Of Mary were
toward her child can hardly admit of
a doubt. We cannot dilate upon The
incidents of the unnatural mothers
conduct in this affair. Suffice it tt
say, they were narrowing and disgust
ing in the extreme. -Neysdealer.
A New UNITED STATES DISTRICT AT
TORNEY FOR VERMONT. Among TIT
nominations sent into the Senate, OF
Wednesday, was that of B. F. Fifeld
ESQ.,: of Montpelier, to be United
States District Attorney of Vermont
The Office has been held for eigh
years by Dudley G. Denison, ESQ.,, oi
Royalton. Mr.. Fifeld is a gradual,
of the University of Vermont, of tn
class of 1855, is lawyer of ability
and will make an efficient District AT
torney, and a terror to smugglers AM
defrauders of the revenue. He wa
the law partner of the Hon. Lucius B
Peck, and succeeded to his legal bus
mess. He is undoubtedly one of tn
best lawyers of his age and expert
ence in tie State, and although com
paratively unknown to the people a
large, yet he will be far better know
by and by, as among the ablest of tn
legal fraternity.-RutLamd Herald.
VERMONT STATIsTICs.-Dr. Butte
t of Essex furnishes to the Free Pres
the following Compilation of Vernon
Statistics, gathered from the elevent
registration report:
The registration OF 1867 compris
es returns from all the towns in tn
State save five; these are East I'll;
ven, Bloomfield, Brighton, Woodfor
! and Fair Haven, having an aggregat
population Of 1858.
During the year, the whole numbe
of births in the State was 6,468; 0
which 1922 were males and 314
were females. OF 50 the sex is NJ
stated.
During the same period the ma
: riages were 1851 couples or 5,71
, persons, a number less by IA cou
- les than were reported in 1866, b.
= considerably greater than the numbt
reported for any year prexious to tina
The number of deaths for the san
q period was 4,086, of which l ,975 we
e males and 2,083 females OF 80 tt
! sex is not given.
J Compared with 1866 the numb
r. of births was ga less; lis great
n than in 1855, and It's greater th;
u i'll 1864.
" The deaths were PAT greater thu
J, in 1866, when 4,S41 were reported
d 40 less than in 1865; 1905 lie
n n than in 1864, and less by 219 tn;
II the average for eleven years pas
1t 1857-67.
l. The population of the State beil
7 3l5,O9s, there was during the ye
one birth to every 48.7 of the inha
t. itants, against one to every 1872
&c 1866. One person out of every SIS
IS was married, against one for eve
= sos in 1866; and there was Oh
k, death to every II persons livin
a against one to every 81 last year.
a The average number of births dai
lg was 1872, last year 1852. The nu
ot Der of marriages was 1872 dai
it against 9.43 in 1866. and of deaf
At liz against 1852 last year.
d The average age of those who di
ID was 1914, last year 3S.4S.