Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-09-10
Vermont News.


Mrs. John Leet, of Irasburg, was
accidently shot last Wednesday, with a
pistol in the hands of Mrs. Taylor, in
flicting flesh wound in her leg below
the knee.
"A petition for a charter has been
prepared for railroad running from
Island Pond through Charleston, Brown
ington, Barton, Glover and connecting
with the Lamoille Valley road in Green's
boro.
Burke boasts one of the Oldest mar
ried couples in Vermont. Mr.. Joshua
Smith and wife are respectively 92 and
so years old this fall Mr. Smith is a
farmer and was married quiteyoung- AN
argument for early marriages.
= Henry johnson of Worcester, was
milking his best COW on the Doth ult.
The flies troubled her so that'she started,
and johnson struck her with his milking
stool in the head with so much force as
to kill her.
The spouse of Charles Morton, of
Fair Haven, the other day presented him
with twins. He liked the twins. He
also liked rum, and to celebrate his sue
cess as paterfamilias, got drunk. He
was arrested for so doing and fined S11.20.
A fund of some 5000 has already
been raised in dollar subscriptions, from
old pupils, towards erecting monument
to the late James K. Colby, of ST. Johns
qusy. All former students of his, who
have not already done so, are invited to
send their mite to aid in this worthy pro-
ject, to Rev. Edward l.. Fairbanks, st.
Johnsbury Centre, Vermont.
e & T. Fairbanks, of St. Johns
bury, have donated fine piece of land
lying west of the railroad depot in that
place, to the village, for the purpose of
converting it into a public park. The
trustees of the village have accepted the
gift, and are identifying it for the pur-
poses specified in the donation.
E. I. Page, of Lunenburg, has
large printed volume "The exposition
of the Book of job" which is two hun
dred and nineteen years old. His grand
father was Gen. Washington's barber
during the Revolutionary war, and he
has the razor in his possession with which
he shaved "the father of his country
during the winter he was encamped at
Valley Forge. He has also the razor
formerly owned and used by Gen. Stark.
On the 9th ult., little daughter
of R. w. Pinney fell into a pond in
Bridgewater, while playing on its banks
with three other little girls, and would
have drowned but for the efforts of Mel
lie Carpenter, 10 years of age. Nellie
first directed the two girls with her to
run for some men, and then waded into
the pond up to her chin, but failing in
that way to get at the drowning girl, she
procured long pole, and after much
exertion, succeeded just as the girl was
sinking the third time, in rescuing her.
Two brothers, Reuben and John
Bronson, of Alburgh Springs, were re-
Gently arrested and taken before Justice
Sweet, charged with the crime of steal
ing four cheeses from Mr.. Huxley, and
a row boat from Mr.. Hilliker, in which
they conveyed the stolen cheese to the
Canada shore of Missisquoi bay, where
they were seized by the United States
revenue officials while in the act of sell
ing portion of the stolen property.
They were held in the sum of $500, to
appear at Grand Isle County Court for
trial, and not being able to furnish bail,
were remanded to Jail in charge of sher-
lift Harady.