Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-11

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OF Barnet, (Norrisville), was struck by
lightning, and undoubtedly instantly. killed.
Ihe circumstances as near as known are
these: Mr.. Morse had gone from home !;
| his son and son-in-law were at work in the
held near the house Mrs. Morse was left
IN the house alone When the shower came
up the young men did not go to the house,
but went into the barn until it was over.
: This was about = o'clock. Towards night
| they went to the bouse, and finding no one
there, and the dinner dishes unwashed, they
went into the yard, and noticing smoke
near the house, discovered their mother
dead upon the ground, and the clothes near
| ly burned off her person, and still on ire.
From appearances it seemed that Mrs. Morse
had gone out to the corn-barn, and had Jest
started on her return to the house, when
the fatal bolt struck her. Her body and
lower limbs were shockingly mutilated and
burned-so much 50 as to lose all semblance
of human being. The family and neghbors
noticed an uncommonly sharp fash of light
ming and terrific report all at the same in
slant, before the shower came upon them,
and suppose it to have been the fatal one.
Mrs. Morse was an elderly woman, very
large and heavy, and leaves a family of
grown-up Children Caled0niGH.
The house and farm buildings on the Rich
ard Jenness place in Sheffield, were destroyed
by fire on Tuesday of last week. The build
ings were unoccupied, the owner, Mr.. VIM.
Jenness, living in Lake Village, N. IL. The
fire must have been the work of an inccndia-
~, who fired it in several places, as all the
buildings were on fire at the same time.
A car load of corn stood at the depot at
Hardwick, awaiting to be unloaded. In
order to do so more handily, it was desired
to change its position, and it was started
along little. The result, because of the
steep grade, was that the car went off swift
", leaving HardwIck station far behind, and
not stopping until it reached the end Of the
track, when it went off into pit, one end
being thrown half into the travelled road near
John Smiths When Brien's Show was
at lardwick, the lrasburgh stage, owned
and driven by Dunkin, took load thither
from Wolcott. On the return trip this car
frightened the horses, and caused them to
run of the dump the result being general
upset. The stage came out of the crash dis
manted Mr.. DunkIn was somewhat injured
in the back, and Florence Smith had one Of
her arms nearly broken, while the others
escaped without much injury. Another team
had smash up at the same place because OF
this car.
Judge Abbott Of Barnet, has shorn from
his flock Of otswolds-twenty-o ewes and
three bucks-22j pounds Of wool, averaging
nine and three-eighths pounds.
cmTrExDES COUNTY.
Gree ieyism goes hard at Winooskl. Not
single Republican has openly embraced it,
though It is rumored that one, and may be
two, lingering around the brink, though
they have not yet plunged boldly into the
'' ; uccOtash cauldrOn Of Greeley democrat /
cy.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Cornelius ' Bliss, for many years "a mcr-
chant at Georgia Center, died On Tuesday.
\ train on the Missisquoi Railroad, Mon
day, ran over and killed or seriously wounded
nine valuable thorough bred Cotswold and
Merino sheep belonging to Henry Z. Seymour,
Esq, at his farm near ct. Adams.
John Bigelow Of Northampton, Mass, has
become superintendent Of Congress Hall at
Sheldon, for this season, and the hotel has
begun to fill with guests DR.. Fitch, the
proprietor, viii be there at stated periods
throughout the season.
Appearances indicate that Highgate
Springs Is to be more largely Iatronized this
year than ever before. For three years past
the hotel has been well patronized, and near
~ all the rooms in the house and cottages
are engaged. \ large new cottage has been
constructed during the past year All the
conyeniencies are now first class.
The rhinoceros cage Of O Brien' IS menagerie \
was dumped near Enosburgh Falls, Saturday
in passing uneven road, and when the top
crushed out, his majesty walked into the
meadow. By throwing down some potatoes
he was coa1ed into a cellar, and cage hay- (
ing been backed up 10 the door, was claxed +
into that in the same way, without having
doing any damage.
\ move IS on foot to establish a trottng
association at Rchfori
.,.,rrr- sot-.--,-
The new Fair Ground at uydepark j, fair +
" under way with prospect Of an early .
completion. The track, when finished, Will .
be the best 10 the State. IL will have " home .
stretch - Of - feet wide and the balance 80 .
teet. The soil proves to be excellent for the .
purpose.
The surveying party on the Elmore Pom i .
route, for the Montpelier and Black River F.
Railroad, while recently running the line in .
the region of the farm of George Bailey IN FL
more found the compass suddenly thrown into .
confusion by the apparent close proximity
of iron ore beds. On inquiry it was founi .
that extensive deposits OF IRON ore were found F
in this locality forty or fifty years agO-that
the lands were bonded and the mines worked .
to quite an extent, the ore being drawn to
Morrisyillc for smelling, whcr,, suitable
buildings were erected for the purpose The .
orc was Of superior quality, yielding 90 per
cent, and making an excellent quality OF
steel Edge tools are still in use in the
manufactured from the product
of this furnace. The destruction of the
buildings by fire, together with the heavy
cost Of Transportation led TO the abandon
ment Of the enterprise.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Recently in South Hero, DR.. ). ;. Clark
of St. Adams, assisted by Drs. Harding and
Clark Of the former place and several medi-
cal students, performed q skllllul surgical
operation for Mr.. David Dillon, who had his
left limb amputated above the knee. lie
had suffered from disease Of the knee joint
about seven years, and received his injury
by a horse falling on him, while q soldier in
the service
ORANGE COUNTY
The coke shed and freight depot belonging
to the Vermont Copper Co., at Ely station,
Passumpsi railroad, was recently destroyed /
By fire. The shed contained at the time .
about thirty tons OF coke. 1t is supposed to .
have caught from passing engine.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Gabriel Patterson of Barton was thrown /
from bis wagon, on the Sd inst, by his horse .
taking fright, and received such severe inter- /
nal injuries that he died in consequence on /
the 9TH.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The next annual fair of the Rutland coun- I
ty Agricultural Society will be held at Rut- /
land. the 18th, 18th and 10th days of Sep /
TENDER.
The authorities at Poultney are enforcing
the liquor law vigorously, but seemingly |
without much diminution of the traffic.
The cheese product of Rutland county /
will be much less than it was last year, be-
cause farmers sold their COWS for want of
hay to feed them.