Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-08-19

During a heavy thunder shower at st.
Adams, Tuesday evening Mrs. Nice was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The case of longest confinement in the
Vermont State Prison is that of Henry
Damon, who was committed September
l, 1889, on life-sentence for the murder
of his wife in Rutland. He is now &c
years old.
The seventh annual reunion Of the
Tenth Vermont Regiment Association
willtbeA held at the Van Ness House in
Burlington, on Tuesday September 9TH,
1872. All members of. the ssOld Tenth"
are invited to represent. and to bring
ladies with them.
The St. Adams butter market Aug.
Is, was dull. Common to fair Is to
lsc; medium to good 20 to 2scs choice
25 and I26c; selections 81 CSC. No
cheese offered. Butter shipments for
three weeks J; July 80; 242o tubs; Aug.
6, 1865 tubs; Aug. I3,219z tubs.
The Vermont Convention of Univer-
salists, including the Province. of Quebec,
will meet at Waterloo, P. O., Aug. 9th,
29th and 29th, 1872. Occasional preach
er, Rey.M. II. Harris Of Brattleboro. The
council will meet Tuesday afternoon, the
9th, at 6 o'clock. Arrangements are
made for fare one way on the Vermont
railroads. So
Joseph Felch of St. Johnsbury, has a
cane brought from Germany by his an
cestors. It is over 200 years old, and
in good preservation. He also has a
brass cane, filed with brandy, which
has been in his house 20 years. We
presume the brandy is hermetically
sealed. or the cane would have been
emptied l9 years ago. Eai 7@ta
The track on the Lamoille Valley R..
R. is now laid mile and half west of
South Hardwick and work is going on
with vigor. The directors confidently
expect to run trains to Hydepark early
in October. Should the town of
Johnson act favorably at a meeting to be
held, the track will be extended to that
point this fall, and there headquarters
for that end of the line will be establish
ed for the winter, and in the spring the
road will be pushed rapidly to compile
ton.
Freeman Waterman of Hardwick,
got full of rum, and attempted to whip
John Sawtell, taking him to be another
boy. The boy was coming from the mill
in Stannard where he had been with a
load Of logs, and on his return was at
tackled by this ruffian and considerably
bruised, and his clothes badly torn. Mr..
Sartwell Immediately entered a complaint
and had him arrested and brought before
Justice Ora Cole, who fined him $l5
and costs. We hear considerable about
this lost tribe, and think if we were a
chicken we should roost high.
The Uniyersalists of st. Johnsbury
laid the corner stone to their new church
on Saturday week before last with appro
pirate ceremonies. Speeches were made
by Prof. J. S. Lee of Canton, n. T.,
Rev. B. M. Tillotson of st. Johnsbury
/ and others. An excavation was made
in the stone large enough to contain ;
| small tin box, in which was placed tn
Caledonian, st. .Sohnsbury Times, Ign
don Union, and other documents, alon
with list of names each subscribing S
towards the church spire. The tin bo
and contents was then placed in the eS
cavation and the whole sealed up. Thi
will be the finest church in the place. ;
About the middle of June Mr.. 'Davi
Joslyn, of lWaitsfeld, was taken sick an
had the usual symptoms of apoplex.
This finally eliminated in a paralysis
the right side Of his body. Under skill
full medical treatment, however, he graz
ually improved for about six week
when he had another attack of apoplex..
and under the influence of medicines, {
the 3Oth of July, he vomited up tv
snakes, six inches in length, of the stri
ed species, since which time he has bee
improving fast. 1t is supposed he swa
lowed the snakes while drinking from
small stream, on or about the the fir
of May last. 9li
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