Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-04-12
STANDARD.

cents, new from 80 to 50 cents; and few
choice tubs as high as 80 to 40 cents. Dur
ing the month of March. the shipment
amounted to 1743 tubs, or 104, $50 pounds.
The amount of cheese shipped to market
for the month was Sc boxes, or IL, $50 lbs.
Rt. Pew. w. III. A. Bissell, Bishop Of
/ Vermont, has just made his second vista
/ ton for the current convention year to st.
/ Luke's church, st. Adams, and last Sun
day afternoon confirmed twenty candidates,
/ besides one confirmed in the Congregation
al meeting house at St. Adams Bay Am
ong those confirmed were several heads OF
| families, and some of the most influential
citizens Of st. Adams. The music on the
occasion is said to have been exceedingly
fine and impressive.
Last Sunday, while Philip Thomas Of
/ Lunenburg was at church, his house caught |
fire from a spark on the roof, and together |
with all his other buildings, was burned 20 !
the ground. Dan Parker happening to be
in the vicinity turned the cattle into the |
yard, and breaking into the house saved a
small amount of clothing. Whole loss, |
$1,000, with no insurance. Mr.. Thomas is |
a man of 70 years, and by this fire loses
nearly all his property. His townsmen
propose to assist aim in rebuilding.-Tinaes.
LastSaturday Hubbard Gaskill of Burke,
met with severe accident while he was on
a ladder which was hooked on the ridge
pole with pins, which gave way and let the
ladder down. Mr.. Gaskill struck on his
feet breaking one of his legs so that the
bone was driven through the flesh. His
back was also severely injured, and on
Monday last it was feared he could not
survive Since then we learn he is on the
gain Union.
We are grieved to record the sudden
death ofOrin James, esq, OfSwanton, which
occurred on Sunday afternoon last, at alb
out four O'Clock, at the residence of Mr.
Martin Corliss. 1t seems that Mr.. James
and his son William incden, ally made
call at Mr.. COrliss', and while there, in
conversation, Mr.. James was seized with an
apoplectic fit and died instantly. He had
two attacks of the disease before, once
while in this village on business, and once
at SwantOn. Nj. james was well to do
and respectable citizen of SwantOn, aged
, about 70 years Transcript.
! VT CENTRAL LUMBER YARD.-In our
perambulation about town the other day,
we made the r. r. Lumber yard a visit.
, Mr.. q. d. Williams, the gentlemanly fore
/ man, We IOUHu Justly dl NOl n, SUI llIlS OuL
: a ear load to take to the shops. The
: amount Of lumber in the yard embraces
hundreds Of thousands of feet of nearly ev-
cry variety Of wood used. We learn that
: for the month of March, the amount used
I in the manufacture of cars, bridges, &c,
g was l5S,lSO feet-comprising 49, 300 feet
y pine, -, Oj0 feet spruce, 81 400 feet oak,
$50 feet ash, $500 feet maple, 800 feet
Y southern pine. 2,750 feet hemlock, 1900
: feet elm, 300 feet white wood, 40 feet
black walnut, and coo feet chestnut, thus
: making II varieties of wood.-TrdHScrjpt.
Curtis Hicks and wife of CRANKY have
g lived unhappily together for many years,
+ and on two or three occasions have almost
"a reached the point desperation. Some two
h or three weeks ago, Hicks, who had been
to Concord with a load of lumber, against
her express orders, returned 10 his house
/ and after few words she seized a sled
L stake and went at him. Hicks returned
p the compliment by giving her the benefit
D of a horse whip he had in his hand. The
1r same night she went to Concord and enter.
ed a complaint and Hicks was arrested the
sc next morning and brought before Justic,
." Charles Chase, admitting the offence anC
X was fined SO, cost and all. Hicks said b,
4 made no defence, because it was fact b,
d used the whip. He has since applied TO
divorce LHi0u.
% One of those affairs sometimes by cour
tesy called accidents" occurred in Eas
3, Walingtord on Sunday afternoon. 1t ap
80 pears that the members of French family
NJ were gathered in room engaged in con
Il versaton, when young man of eighteen
- took up a pistol that lay handy by. an,
"a IL.
he would shoot her. mot supposing it wa
H. loaded" and pulled the trigger. when t
ny his horror the pistol exploded 1t wa
d. loaded with shot the size of the bore on
d OF which struck the girl in the forehead an
re came out on top, and as she is thought nc
tic to be severely injured it must have ker
outside the skull. Five other shots struc
~ on pillow on which was resting the hea
qt of . woman lying on a bed. The girl at tn
-. time was sitting on the bed and holding
i'm young child which also escaped injury
III The easy virtue of this affair j., that til
pistol was known to be loaded, but as tn
cap had been removed it was regarded
ed q harmless plaything. As very few if an
OF viii. heed these warnings so often givel
We tie newspaper, are all ready for the mel
ole case.-Hai'otrs Falls Tunes.
%, Freeman K Alexander formerly O
II Moretown, but who had this spring move
on to the Shepard farm at Montpelier jun
ton, was in the village on Friday afte
ac- noon last, and rode down home on the
lse O'Clock express train. On nearing tt
Irh crossing, just east of his house, he endea
the oTed to Jump from lie rear of the bagga!
an ear, which was f0ll~ wed by the paSseng
1T car-the train running at more than usu
speed. Instead Of clearing himself at on
a. from the car, he attempted to let hmse
If down gradually by the handles, and pro
lie. ably miscalculating the speed Of the trail
l27 was swung directly across the track in fro
ain o. the passenger car. Both wheels of Il
mo rear car passed over his legs, crushing the
rb2 in 4 fearful manner, so that amputatiC
became necessary-One above and the OF
ec below the knee. The accident not b
ely lag understood on board the train lit
ON son of the injured man was the first to he
ma his fathers CRY for help. As soon as pc
lth sible, Mr.. Alexander was carried to
~ house, and medical aid procured. The su
mas gical operation was most sGlfully perforr
700, ed bv Dr. James B. Woodward, of this Vi
'rm lagc, assisted by Drs. Kemp, MacOmb
and Templeton-Dr. Chandler not ARR
Of ing until the operation was mainly owe
ON Bat. in spite of all that medical skill al
inc human sympathy could do the suferil
in man breathed his last Sunday morning
ron seven o'clock Mr. Alexander leaves
-ca- wife and three small children. He was
lin most worthy and industrious man, and t
mos terrible calamity has cast a deep gloo
ary over the whole community IIatchman.
six Liant K Blake, of South Royalton, W
a passenger brakeman on the Vermo
IAN Central railroad, between st. Adams al
The Bellows Falls, y years old, unmarrie
ned and popular with all who knew him. Ii
S75 Saturday he was braking on the mail ira
lels going east, and when near Woodstock ST
nos ton fell between the smoking and forwa
es- passenger car; and all the passenger ca
les on the train passed over him, leaving VIII
100 was but moment before a man in the Fl
nv vigor and CON eliness of life a mere mass
hay crushed, mangled, and lifeless flesh. 0
leg was cut of, and from the other gre
pieces Of flesh were gOuged; his head "
. Is. crushed. and hardly recognizable a. havi
on been that of human being and he W
)rth otherwise mutilated; the veteran condu
the or ElIridge Pierce, who has been on t
LgeI road from its opening, declaring it t
Key worst disfgured corpse that he had eN
$ In seen. The accident was caused by
ges, stumbling on the smoking car door thres
PIE old as he was coming out, just as the
gave lurch, causing MN 10 pllcn 1OrWa
and He grasped brake rod, but could not SO
any himself.
5 Oh Saturday morning construction TT;
n le running from Lyndonville to Barton ca
tne near killing H. c. Bugbee & Son, sect
acre men, who were running over the road
e oil usual time, about six O'Clock and twel
pa minutes, A. NJ. While crossing the f
are railroad bridge above Walters Min
agar Burke, north Of Roots crossing, WI
own obo,+ -,idv,ov he sow ON anripa ruppi