Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-07-15

gregational church, where they were
briefly addressed by Rev. f. b. Phelps,
after which they returned to the Green
and sat down to well loaded tables which
had been prepared for them through the
exertions of Mrs. Woods and other la
dies. While they were enjoying their
repast, Mr.. Elkins, the artist, photo
graphed the group
NEWPORT.
Steamer Lady of the Lake" now
runs two trips daily.
The usual summer guests are begin
ming to arrive at the Magog House.
The hail storm of Monday last done
considerable damage in this vicinity,
destroying gardens, and greatly injuring
crops Hail stones as large as chestnuts
were picked up quite plentifully.
large crowd attended O'Brien's
show Monday. The tent was so dense
ly packed that only those fortunate
enough to secure the higher seats could
see anything. Heat intense inside the
tent; show of animals very good per-
formances connected with the circus,
SLIM AS the performance broke up
and the crowd was leaving the tent,
there was a very severe shower, accom-
panied with hail thoroughly drenching
everybody exposed. On our streets
there were not a few drunken men to be
seen, a decided contrast with appear
ances on the Fourth the reason let those
who know best explain.
A sad case of insanity occurred here.
last week. Charles Vail, young law
yer from Newburgh, n. Y, married a
few days before, had been to Montreal
and Quebec on his wedding trip, reached
here on Saturday, the 10Th ult., and took
rooms at the Mempnremagog House.
On Sunday they attended Church. Mon
day morning at the breakfast table Mr..
Vail was taken suddenly deranged,
jumped up from the table and screamed
loudly; shortly after, throwing off his
hat and coat he run for the depot scream
ing at the top of his voice. His cry
mostly was on God to protect him, he
was in fear of the Jesuites, that they
were about to take his life. He contin-
ued furiously insane, requiring several
men at times to hold him. Though he
had lucid intervals, he seemed to grow
worse and more violent, and it became
necessary to keep him under opiates.
His friends were sent for and his wives
mother and brother and their family
physician came on. 1t was finally de-
cided to carry him home; q car was
secured and fitted up with beds and
necessary conyeniences, and the unfortu-
nate man and his friends, accompanied
by Dr. Blanchard, S. G. Bean, and a man
employed as night Waterman at the
Memphremagog House, started for New
York by the express train last Friday
night. His recovery is considered very
doubtful by the physician who saw him
here. 1t is singularly sad case. He
is reported as man of fine talent and
excellent character is Presbyterian,
superintendent of Sabbath School, and
President of a Young Mems Christian
Association. We do not understa nd
that there is any tendency to insanity
in the family, nor that he had manifest
ed any signs of it previous to Sunday.
His wife observed little strangeness in
his manner on Sunday, but thought
nothing of it at the time nor would
hardly have remembered it afterwards
but for the sad scenes which followed
-ErpresS.
A correspondent of the .Stansteao
Journal at Newport, writes to that pa
per as follows about the celebration Of
the Fourth of July.
The GLORIOUS Fourth was celebrat-
ed here pretty much after the usual
style. The juvenile portion of our pop
ulation took possession of all the church
and school-house bells at an early hour,
and, Judging from the noise produced,
a pretty active set they are. The sup
ply of fre-crackers and torpedoes was
plentiful, and was pretty well drawn
upon.
The '.Hoss-tro at Indian Point trot.
ting park was the principle advertised
attraction OF the day, but people have
, been duped so many times that they are
beginning to get their eyes open, anc
consequently the attendance was rather
small. Enough, however, turned out tt
give the vendors of lemonade with q
stick in it, )" and sometimes the '.stick
without the lemonade, a pretty goot
haul. To add TO the attractiveness o.
the occasion there were several mattel
5 games of shoulder hitting played, il
each of which both parties got the wors
t of it, if both sides of the story be cred
| tied. There was a considerable numbe
: of jolly-feeling individuals who made
t tracks not only straight and narrow,
: and who occasionally perverted thu
mother tongue by using language Meth
er pious nor refined, and, on the whole