Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-10

A VERMONT HERMFr.-A very singular !
man, Oliver Elmore by name, and called the |
Hermit OF Winhall River died from the
enects OF exposure, reeently, az the foot OF |
otratto1 Mountain. He was nearly ninety
years old, and for several decades has remain
cd IN total -eclusion. His history, a. told
~ tic Manchester Journal, is as followe
When yoang man he lived in Connecticut,
where no formed a strong attachment for
young lady, which was recpFoclted aud the
day set for marriage. Before the event took
place the lady was taken sick and died.
Grlei for her loss, without destroying his
reason, took away all desire for enjoyment
or TO associate with his fellow mea. Soon
after be went to Vermont, and has spent the
/ long years Of his mourning in the wilderness,
with no companion but his dogs and hens
. He lived, for the last thirty wears. in hole
dug in the side hill, near Winhall River,
:bc mouth Of which was covered with slabs.
In this hole he lived in common with his ami
mails, literally sharing with them his bed
and board he subsisted principally on
what he could raisa and seldom went abroad.
tie was worth nearly - 900 at the time of
bis death. which hr willed to a sister living
n Connecticut. Waere he hJ- many iubuen-
tiai and wealthy relatives, among whom Is q
member IF Congress and others IN high p0-
stions. These relatives have often tried to
induce him 10 abandon his singular habits,
but without avail. Three-score years cou ID
not efiAcs the memory Of the loved and lost
The Horse Stock Company met at TIE Van
Ns-- House Burlington, Tuesday, .ni had
rather . stormy time iu regard 10 she legality
or the pF1Ajes offered by some mcmbeig who
desired 90 vote ON shcm- The reports sere
also unsatisfactory ana the meeting adi ourned
until che second Wednesday or February
next
Tie broad i-ae eiOve4 o. Monday, tee stb.
This is the earliest date Of the freezing over
Of the broad lake ia fifty sis years, with a
solitary exception r. 1865 the broad Ike
shut over January 9Th. There wa5 good
crossing % the ice tuut year acros- Shel5uru
Bay from Marks Bay g. the nart1r for -
days. The average date ai closing af the
broad lake Is January @0th
Capt. T. Uinkley wss the FIRST 30 eros, the
lake Tuesday mCrniUg between Essex aud
Charlotte. He =katyd across with a sleigh
With th- mall. lie viii commence running
his stage between E-,ex and Charlotte depot
this morning
RAILROAD OrENi>G.-Tho first passenger
train over the Vt division Of the P.6O.RR.
clme into st Johnsbury from Hardwick Mon
day morning, connecting with the mail train
over the Passumpsic railroad for Boston and
New York. St Johnshurv is iubilant over
the opening
George Francis Train proposes 70 sue all
the newspaper, that have called him d luna
tic and he claims 900 damage, from
each ucwspap +. N. is al-J c3uiiia.e
Cor president. 3. ha DON'T sc- yerIc,- in
his LIBEL suii>. De proposes e assist judges
anu 51F'e7 I'D coming On q correct conclusion oy
5Ae VIII 'nt stern justice oi the lnteFna-
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however, ua- tpte for him tor PRESIDENT
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