Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-01

MRS. C1drlSSa stone has sofa ner
dwelling house, corner of Summer
and Church streets, to the Methodist
society for parsonage. Price $27OO,
which is cheap as property goes here.
-Caledonian.
The Methodist society at West
Concord are clearing the ground pre-
paratory to putting up new church
edifce there the present season.
Geo. |. Higgins, o. F. Harvey, E. G.
Tilton and Mr.. Wright, are each
building new houses.-Caledonian.
SINGULAR FREAK.-A COW belong
ing to Mr.. E. P. Smith of Addison,
had a calf on Thursday of last week.
She acted unusual afterwards, and it
was feared she would die. On Sun
day she had a second calf Mother
and family are doing well. Big story,
but true.-Tergennes Vermonter.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.-Isaac
Crepaux and Thomas Smith, the lat
ter negro, attempted to break out
of St. Adams Jail last Thursday after
noon, using a Ratchet left in their cell
for them to split wood with, to break
an iron bolt, bend back large iron
bar, and knock out bricks enough to
make a hole large enough for their
egress. A son of the sheriff, l l years
old, kept them in with a club until
aid came and they were secured. The
day after they were taken to State
prison.
On the 22d, Robert Waterman of
Crown Point, n. Y, and Chas. Flint,
of Stock bridge, were arrested and
brought before Albert Whitcomb, a
Justice of the town of Stockbridge,
charged with stealing a horse from
the premises of Geo. W. Brad8treet,
in Stockbridge, on the Goth day of
October, 1868. After a full hearing
they were bound up, Waterman in
5000, and Flint in 5000 Flint OBJ
tanned bail, and Waterman is now in
Jail in this village, The horse was
traced to Crown Point and has with
in few days and since the trial turn
ed no in Bethel, but by whose agency
no one seems to Woodstock
Standard.
LYNDON Friday a little son
of Charles Fry, Of the north part Of
this town, fell upon the floor while
playing and broke his arm midway
between the wrist and elbow. Silas
Newcomb raised last year 10 bushels
of Norway oats from two bushels Of
seed. On the same field he sOWed &c
bushels of white oats and got the
same quantity. The new school build
ing in LyndonviIle is now nearly OF
quite completed. Mr.. Davenport, thl
builder, has recently surmounted il
with neat aud tasty cupola, the pain
ter has very much improved the out
side appearance OF it, and another par
ty the present week are enclosing the
grounds with substantial fence; al,
altogether the buildings and its sur
roundings exhibit a good degree OF
taste and convenience. such as DC
credit to the district and an honor {
the town diedOnian.
SUICIDE.-We are panied to an
nounce that Nathaniel Lamberton, OF
: Marshfeld, a man about 50 years OF
age, committed suicide by hangin.
/ himself in his barn May Dist. W,
| learn that he had been very gloom,
/ for sometime, on account of loss OF
property On the morning of thu
18th, he rose early and told his wifi,
to try and get some more rest, aDC
. she thinks she slept about one hour
On entering the kitchen, she founC
that he did not stop to kindle the fir
, as was his custom. She called upon
the hired man to look after him, ant
he soon gave the alarm that he haC
hung himself. He was taken dow
t by the hired man and distracted wife
4 The doctors made an examination ant
7 found his neck was broken and lif
was extinct. He leaves a wife AM
+ three children, together with larg
circle Of relations and friends.-W0tcA
J. man.
: STATE PRIsON.-The Vermont stat
n prison was erected in the year 1905
S and it was opened for the receptio
:. of inmates in 1909. 1t was a thre
d story building Of hcwn granite, eight
:, five feet in length and thirty six
: breadth. The corner stone was draw
from the foot of AScutney mountain
). in the spring of 1908 aud laid wit
# great display. Hundreds of peopI
p went to the mountain and followe
f the stone in procession with MARTA
f music to the place where it now rest
Q A large hackmatack tree was du
e from the soil and placed in erect pos
o ton on a car drawn by horses, an
,. from the top foated the national has
% The roar of cannon and the shout
of spectators marked the act of la,
ing the huge corner.
y In 1909 twenty four convicts wei
1t committed, of which fifteen were char,
} ed with the crime of counterfeiting.
5 The entire expense of the building
T. inclusive of the keepers house, worI
% % shops, &C., was $38, 1873 33.
/. SAD ACCIDENT distressing acc
dent occurred at East Concord la
week on Thursday. Mr.. B. F. Ru
- sell, of the lumber firm of B. F. &
- F. Russell, was putting a belt on tt
u pulley of a grindstone in his mi
u when by some means one foot BEGAN
II entangled in the belt, and he was il
:. mediately wound up and carrie
% y, round the shaft once and part WI
~ again, when either he or the man
the mill with him. threw of the bt
st and he was relieved. Mr.. Russ,
L. was badly bruised, but his main iniu
to was to one leg, which was broken
Of to many pieces and the flesh bal
in 1ooarota1 tho honao ,ro+u,d.r.. e.