Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-01

forget him. His manner was wholly his
own, dignifed yet simple. Pulpit oratory
as an art, he probably studied less than
most preachers and yet every sabbath he
he gave better specimens than the schools
furnish
Thus has passed to his reward another
OF the venerable servants of Christ, who
for almost half a century, was a faithful
preacher of the truths of the Gospel, a
counsellor who will be remembered while
truth, purity, gentleness and Christian
grace shall be held worthy of esteem.
Let the example Of the life just closed be
kept green in the memories of those amid
whom he dwelt andmingled.
DR.. Walker leaves widow and three
sons, one of whom is Rev. George Leon
Walker, D. D., Of New Haven. He was
an elder brother of Rev. AIdace Walker,
ID, of Wallingford.
WALLINGFoRD.--Mr. John Scribner
and Mr.. Justin Batoheller, the two junior
members of the firm Batcheller & Sons,
met with quite serious accident, Satur-
day night Mr., Scribner had been to-
Boston and Mr.. Batcheller drove to East
Wallingford to meet him on the arrival
of the of the sleeping train on the Rut-
land Road. Mr.. Cornelius Cleghorn ac-
companying him. The three started for
home, when going down the steep hill
known as the gull Mr.. Cleghorn got
out and walk>d, while the other two rode
down in the carriage. The horse was
smoothly shod and soon began to slip, the
momentum of the vehicle was more than
the horse could manage, and the horse,
carriage and occupants were precipitated
off perpendicular wall of more than
eight feet into the stream below, striking
upon solid and rugged rocky bottom.
Mr.. Scribner received several severe
bruises and was carried home in an insen-
sible condition, Mr.. Batcheller was seri-
ously injured by the horse kicking him
upon the limbs. Mr.. Cleghorn who was
out of the carriage, jumped down into the
abvss TO the relief of the others, ana got a
severe cold from his exposure. Yet the
three gentlemen are all improving and
will all bo around again in day or two.
The horse, very valuable one, was SO
badly injured that he has since died The
carriage, a new and expensive one, is COM
pletely ruined. 1t is almost miraculous
that the men were not instantly killed.
CHEsTER.-J E. Bodies, of the firm of
Bolles Brothers, who received injury by
the kick Of horse, is yet confined to his
bed.
Mr. j. Rice, who was thrown down
an embankment on the 18th inst, and
received injuries in the back, is still I'M
able to move himself in bed. Hopes are
entertained that he will recover and no
permanent injury to the spine will follow
the accident.
Chester Academy closed it's fall term
on the 22nd, by public exercises in the
evening, which were oreditable and we'll
attended The winter term commences on
the goth inst, with the same teachers
who deserve q large patronage.
Mr. George w. Hall, of Grafton, on
Tuesday evening hitched his team, a.
horse and buggy, under the store shed of
S. Bemis, at the depot and in about ten
minutes went and found his team gone,
and after d search of all night the team
was found in the vicinity of the Rice Sta
tion all safe and sound. Thesh0rSc prob
ably had been in the habit of doing bust
ness at said station, and thus of his own
accord went thitber
The store of J. French Il Co, at
North Chester, was on Tuesday eve WISH
ted by some burglars and the door and
one window damaged. NJ. Elliott
French, the clerk, having heard the
breaking Of glass arose from his bed aud
fred his pistol at his unreasonable GUS
toners aud they took up double quick
and left before day light the corporate
limits of Chester.
Your correspondent was in hopes
that the Legislature would have passed
the Police Bill, before adjourning, and
thereby would have done the State some
service during its long and expensive ses-
sion, aud what is now SO illegally imposed
upon the community without notice
would havebeen legally and speedily
stopped 1t is alarming to see SO many
young men treading the path to drunk
ards grave, sinking everything noble in
the aspirations of the soul in a preiomin-
ate aud depressed appetite.
ROLAND.
SUICIDE.-Again we are called upon
to chronicle another case of self destruc-
ton. This time young wife and
mother. Mrs. James Briggs of Center
vile, near East Walliugford, committed
suicide Saturday by taking dose of
It appears that she and her
husband had a childish quarrel, and
angry words passed between them. They
were both quite young, nothing but
children. The husband went into the
cellar to work, but was soon after called
up by his wife, who informed him that
she had taken strichnine. The poor girl
of the rash act and everything
was done that could be to relieve her, but
in half hour she was dead.
"Rashly importunate gone to her DEATH
They had been married about two
years. She leaves babe of six months
old. Mr.. Briggs is about twenty years of
age, his wife was not eighteen.
LUDLow.-Msj. Gen. s. G. Griffin, late
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of