Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-05

ANOTHER VERMONT BOY NICTIM1XED.
This morning, says the Troy Wing of
a recent date, Sylvester Perry, about II
years of age made complaint to officer
Bradley at the depot that he had loaned
a stranger $3.50 at the depot and could
not find the borrower. He said he lived
in Vermont and that he had just arrived
from Iowa. He met stranger who
borrowed $3.50 (all the money he had
excepting dollar and gave hpn check
as security. It was tie old, old story.
The young man went ON his way with
the simple consolation that he was big
fool
A THoUGHTFUL ACT.-A few days
since a gentleman residing in Sharon
walked from that place to Canton, on
the Boston and Providence Railroad, to
take the express train for Boston. On
reaching the bridge he discovered what
seemed to him split nearly across one
of the main beams. On his arrival at
Boston he called on Superintendent Fol
som and told him how the bridge looked
The superintendent thanked him, and
telegraphed to Sharon for the next train
to be stopped and for gang Of workmen
to examine it before any trains passed
over. subsequently the gentleman re-
ceived yearly pass over the road for
his houghtfulness.
SAD CASE OF DROWNING Bur-
lington Free Press records sad case of
drowning in that place on Sunday 29th
ult. Albert Granger, a lad Of thirteen,
with several others were skating on the
lake, on new ice formed where it had
been removed on Saturday. The ice
cutters had put up no guards and the
boy broke through His companions
raised the alarm and an old man named
Johnson threw a rope to him as he strug-
gled to keep afoat. The first time the
rope was thrown, the boy missed it. By
the time it was thrown again he was be-
coming thoroughly chilled and benumb-
ed. The little fellow grasped the rope
as tightly as he could with his stiff
fingers, and held for moment. He
was some distance out in the new ice so
he could not be approached closely. He
kept his hold of the rope for few mo-
ments when his grasp gradually loosened
and he sank to the bottom. Graphing
hooks were procured and the body soon
drawn up, but life was gone.
A fire broke out Saturday afternoon
in the paint shop connected with the ex-
tensive chair mandatory of E. W. &
E. Morris, at Hartford, Vermont The
building was totally consumed. There
was in it stock, mostly chairs ready for
market, valued at $4,000, about half
of which were saved. A house adioin-
ing, belonging to Alexis Countermash,
was badly damaged
The main shop and covered bridge
over White River were saved with the
greatest difficulty, there being no fire APP
paratus.
Just as this fire had spent itself the
house of John Bugbee, eighty rods dis
tant, on the opposite side of the river
was discovered to be on fire, having
doubtless taken from burning brands
This was consumed, and but for the
timely arrival of the Moscomo Engine
Company from Lebanon, n H., dis
lance of six miles, several contiguous
houses must have burned. The village
very narrowly escaped general contia-
grafton.
FIRE IN BRIsToL.-About half past
o'clock Saturday morning last, one of
the most disastrous fires that ever visit
ed Vermont village, broke out in the
business portion of the Furnishing little
town of Baistol. The fire originated be-
tween the millinery store of Mrs. Gillet
and DIR. Eddy's drug store, and spread
with fearful rapidity in every direction.
Toward the east it burned first the drug
store of DR., Eddy; next the hardware
store of Dyke & Bixby, and barns and
adjoining buildings. This was all it
could consume in this direction and the
work of destruction was thoroughly done.
To the west. the fire first attacked the
millinery and fancy goods store of Mrs.
Gillet, which was entirely consumed,
with the dentists office, &C., in the up
per stories. Gains meat market was al
so burned and the fire spread to Hodges
grocery store, which was speedily con-
sumed. The large block next west, adj
joining the hotel grounds was next de.
stroyed. DR.. Hasseltine's drug store
and Manly Wild's boot and shoe store
were burned, with Spaulding's and Ri
der's law offices, and Manum's harness
shop on the second floor and the Mason
ic lodge on the third From this blocl
the fire spread to the carriage house, sta
bles and other outbuildings of the hotel
which were entirely destroyed. Her,
the career of the fire was stopped. l
is impossible for us at present to Civ,
correctly the losses sustained by the diff
ferent sufferers by the fire. Messrs
Shedd & Walker of our city, are said t.
be losers through the firm of Dyke s
Bixby. Bristol is busy, thriving vii
lage, and in this fire it suffers a vista
ton from which it will take it man,
years to recover. There is hardly
r doubt that the fire was the work of al
incendiary. AS to the identity of tn
guilty parties, there are many wild ru
! mors afoat, which we, for the present
E refrain from stating.
The fire, as we have stated, was frs
discovered between Eddy & Hickok
drug store and Mrs. Gillett's milliner
store. A box and barrel were first dis
covered to be on fire indicatinp &c som