St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-09


". II. Carr. toast ma~ttr
Jonathan Lawrence. Geo. Il. Drew.
and +. l.. lIovcy. committee of arrange
mcHtS.
A Brave Little Fellow.
" hill. Il dozen 81 m"lr boys at linl-
Land Patent. Oneida county. were en-
gag, Il PLAYING hide aild seek Saturday
evening. little JunnuN. son of j. I.
Thomas. aged eight >r.is. while RIM
ming over Il vacant lot ~rrkim" u hiding
place. and Will. accidentally passing
over an open we'll covered with il SHOW
drift. broke through and fell t" the hot
tom. III" well j. about H. feet deep.
and has Il depth of water of five 10 sin
feet Hi uNn version. which he freely
gives. j. most strange. He >aI> When
he fell through he Thought he wa> sink
iuw into an old rcllal of " hch he knew
bun Hpun hcing submerged III water.
ina "incd tha; lie WAS i'll "a creek al pond.
and WAS greatly confused as he felt the
water closing over his head. but realized
that he was rapidly rising. until his
head Was above the water. He then
reached out hi hands and could with
";l>e sustain himself in this position and
breathe his hand> vllnglu9 IT, the wall.
al hat ms mead >tili >Hhlntl Scd. Here
h, gan his reconnaissance OF the SUI
!"hhdIng> amt chHir"~ "l ESCAPE. and
came To the conclusion. though iii total
daiknr>~. that he Vas III Il well. and at
ONE began the rtIllous ascent. / lie
we'll l. of usual size. and has too large
IcIIcIimfrlrncc for the little one. spread
"l hnIh To enable hihI I" adopt the usual
M th"d OF hiarln@ from opposite sides
al the circle. ana ne MAS Obliged To use
pose "i making the SLOW and dangerous
ascent. II" SAYS he climbed as II he
was going up ladder an" a1ttr ne
hau llid' '"il>ldciHhlc progress lllat ne
reached Il point where he could nnd n"
place Ill IN" wall l"i MS It tt ana hands.
ana nearly deSPaIred III view "i again
railing INT" Inc irr't"t" depths Here.
d. ne t'l'NS'' 1t W MS ON an" NOR
.!inS speech 'hr i"\e "l me- nome an"
Nill"i''' came /" iil> rescue Mh,'h' To-
S''ii'I VII" ii''r' ''>'' t'ii ''i''" nun l"
,'"N' ii'"ic iS"l"'H 'A'!'r''>' N"iiN
III ii'S'H@ iiilli 1" !h' SURFACE III SAFETY
ih'' emu "I'iitI"''"' i,"''hS an ','i>
''ii'' ne '''" N''l nee" 'lli>>t" ny ni>
i''.F>' AM, 'h' I'l>' n.'liil"'l"il Oh Ms
Prli""S adventure ""H ii''i I''tl ny MN
sell III meme; whittier ne ia" at once
repaired "a INSTANCE "i some ~ rods
minus ms cap which WAS h>iirH ""t "i
inc wei the neat morning. Ills escape
'eS'i"'" ny 'i' H. most iiarN'lo''N'
"hei', Ill a"niil"il /" the '"hnI'l"hH That
""ilSt'' l." emerge 'hio'Sh lhc >iliiii
aPtiIul III the SNOW an tlf"'lSl Mhlth
he M" lhilrh' quite distance above the
surface "i the well. I ne" '"Nefr".
>. ihE Al l'EhNN"H' L-e''i'i"ii' " H..
co. We ;i"""' l "'i",h 'i'i> mo! ~. i,ihS
~ ~ u.s. re" III 'ii' S'lH' "ii'l vi
H. '"H''iii'" 1t III pump
""i''" ~ '"' Pl' met "'' NHeh htlP
H'IiNt'' inc hi' iii" PROGRESSED 10" liil
l" Hil"N IL l" ne operated. y single
h!nu engine N"H all mat remained.
ne "'lll".lS WAS constituent IL was
covered Win I'm throughout when,
"i Wind. prevented Il general contiagra-
non Ill lht very Heart I'll The Village.
hilllnGS loss Is from SloIh" 1" Hl2.WN):
INSURED FOR SlUOO IN the -Etna. Add
ilnnal INSURANCE Ia The amount of SJOub
cNPiic" Nv" weeks ago. li"uSHtuh
block Was III the greatest danger. All
tlic y pc III ihc f'tt iftSH ONCE III tins
""liuiiS was moved ih'" th' street and
some" nat uaiilAS'"' pllirfcht theories
"'''"iii "S I" 'ii' "'iSi" vi 'lie 'ii'' ne
prev al'iilS one i 'h'' II ','lShi from
Iilile upon winch the storm llld beaten.
\ IKE AMP EArL"el"N: HEEL
eA'l"Ni"li"l hlt-dhlhp "'rHrltdl III Mitch
rli = mn" III tine lliiiI>' near ilttSt"h.
a. on "eSdah. ne mime has been
ldie since me Isl "i January, ana ny"
men descended To make some repairs.
They carried naked lamps. and shortly
after their descent the explosion oc-
CURED. Robert HAYES, Patrick MrCul-
i"Mgh ana Richard Morris were INSTANTLY
hillrd. and Michael bal1ct was seriously.