Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-10
Vermont News.

A four hundred young brun un-
wisely put his foot in trap set by Cur
It's Brown, at Belvidere, few days ago,
He was a connoisseur in sheep.
Over 1000 bushels of onions have
been forwarded to different points from
Cornwall, and il is estimated that there
are more left than have been taken away.
- The first man buried in Randolph
was Thomas Pember; he was killed by
tie Indians, and his grave stone, made
of slate, is still standing in the cemetery
at the Center.
"A correspondent of the Banner,
North Bennington, speaking of vegeta-
bles, says, probably the largest cabbage
head ever raised in this village, is on the
shoulders Of boy who allowed himself
to be sent to the BARRIERS shop for bas-
ket of shGviags.
= Two young men named Chamber
lain and Renslow had an alteration at
Huntington, Sunday. in which the lat
ter was struck with an iron poker and
nearly fatally wounded. Chamberlain
was arrested and held in $4,000 to appear
at the county court.
- Mrs. Mary Henry's House in West
ford, caught fire on the evening of the
Dist ult., from one Of the chimneYs, but
the prompt efforts of the citizens extin-
guished the flames, in spite of the high
wind. Damage, $3.50. Fully insured
in the Vermont Mutual.
= An Englishman by the name of
Marlin was killed one day last week on
the mountain in Arlington, by tree that
he was chopping down, falling on him.
He came from Canada some months
since, and bore a good reputation both
as to character and habits.
Mr., Alexander Jameson, of Iras-
burg, died very suddenly on Tuesday
the Sd inst. He was standing in front
of the brick store talking when he stag
gered and fell. Medical attendance was
close at hand, and everything done to
restore him, but of no avail. His dis
ease was pronounced apoplexy. His age
was Y years, II months and II days.
| - Ira Potter of Belvidere, in jump
ing from his wagon the other day, alight-
ed on the end of broom handle, which
entered his body near the groin, and
passed upward till it struck rib, which
| it broke. The broomstick was also bro.
ken; but he was able to pull the end o.
| it out of his body before help reached
him. His injuries were serious but moi
fatal; and he is now reported as doing
WE'LL
- The New York Tribune says; Ac
tions on the case may be brought for al
most every conceivable damage; bu
/ Vermont has furnished US with novelty
in this way of litigation. In the suit o
Saylor against Page, the plaintiff charged
that the defendant had given his famil,
the smallpox. We should have liked ;
verdict on this novel declaration, OF
what is better, ruling of the court up
ON the insuficiency of the allegation
but the suit has been abated by the dealt
of the defendant. 1t seems hard enougl
to have this eruptive trouble without be
ing sued for giving it to somebody else.
e. T. Bugbee of Bethel has made
discovery in tanning leather which, b
claims, will revolutionize the business
The material he uses is dye from fore;
leaves. He has been xperimenting wit
leaves for the past two months, and tn
result is entirely satisfactory. One to
of leaves will tan as much leather
five cords of hemlpck bark. and will d
the work in one-balf the time. BY mil
ing the leaves and bark in equal propo
tions, one-iourth of the time is saved
The leather tanned by this process
smoother, more flexible, and yet retair
the strength of the raw hide in create
degree than that tanned by bark. M
, Bugbee exhibited some specimens at To
Vermont State fair, which were aware
E ed the first premium after being subJec
: ed to the severest tests.
: = The mystery of the 'frozen well
0 at Brandon, in which water remains fir
e zen during the hot months of the sun
/ mer. has never been satisfactorily e,
e planned. 1t was supposed that the free
q ing was due to the dissolution of son
/, material in the water, or to electricit
= but it is found, by chemical annalysi
t that the water holds nothing in solutiC
e which would account for its temPeratur
e and the electric needle fails to show al
:. current of electricity. One opinion
] that the ice in summer is caused by Il
/ freezing of the gravel bed during Il
: previous winters, and the cold gets ia
|. tened in, in some incomprehensible ma
e her, and the ice just stays through Il
), summer