Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-05-12
STATE NEWS.

Rev. DIR. McKeen is engaged on the
history of Bradford, and hopes to CON-
plete it this year. He is now 80 years
old, and his eyesight is apparently as
good as when young man.
1t is estimated that over 22,OOO,O 900 |
feet Of lumber, between North Stratford
and Connecticut Lake, will be run down
the Connecticut river this spring.
A Vermont school teacher has struck
the thing at last He makes unruly boys
turn grindstone one thousand times
while another boy bears on with a stick
of wood.
Tuesday of last week, Sarah, daugh-
ter of the late Linus Andrus, of Poult-
ney. committed suicide by drowning her.
self in Lake ST. Catherine. She was
laboring under a temporary alteration
of mind at the time
Mrs. Sampson, an old lady 81 years
of age living with her daughter, Mrs
Roswell Newton. of West Brattleboro,
was found dead in her bed Wednesday
morning of last week.
Hon. S. NJ. Dorr, of Rutland, return
ed home on Saturday afternoon from
Halifax. He has been about month
at the wreck of the Atlantic searching
| for the bodies of Mr. and Mrs G. NJ
Fisher. His search was unsuccessful.
Mrs. Maria Parker, of Stamford, Yer
mont, has borne 26 children-ten of
whom were boys, whose united weight
when they arrived at manhood was over
two thousand pounds.
Patrick Brennan, at work in Aliens
quarry at Fairhaven. was Instantly kill
ed Thursday morning of last week, by
/ the drum of the derrick falling and strik-
ing him on the head and shoulders,
crushing him to death.
4 Hon. Alexander H. Gilmore of Fair
lee. died Thursday evening, aged 68
years. He has been in public life since
1887, frequently; has represented his
town in the General Assembly, and for
several years was Judge of Probate for
the District of Bradford.
Mrs. Colby c Parch, widow of the
young brakeman killed at Proctorsville,
Jan. 80, by the bridge at that place, died
in Monkton on the 22d of April, aged
26 years. She leaves an infant child.
The poor mother has seen scarcely well
day since her husbands death.
Three prisoners-Sam Lucas, Jerome
Convey and Mike Barrett-broke jail at
Bennington, Monday night, and at last
accounts none of them had been recap
tured. Lucas has broken from the same
jail before, and is the one who killed a
horse and burned up wagon near
Windsor. last fall, and doubtless led the
present escapade.
We can better appreciate the unfor-
tunate condition of the Vermont Central
if we remember that in May, 1870, the
first mortgage bonds were quoted at So
4 while now they are about 80. Vermont
and Canada stock stood los IA and now
is about 60, difference of over one hun
dred per cent. in Doth cases, and yet the
business of the road has steadily increas-
ed during all this time.
The young ladies in Waterbury are
getting to be heightened. "W-h-y, y Gu
OIL d s-a-r-d-i-n-e! Is that you p is
the way one fair one saluted another one
on the street yesterday, and the angel in
bustles and high heels meekly and poet
ically responded: You bet ! I'm your
katydid every time p
Tuesday of week before last J. d. Full.
lington and Alfred Flintum. of Water.
) vile, were at work together in sugar
place, when the former made an assault
on the latter, kicking him in brutal
manner and seriously injuring him.
Flintum's cries for help were heard. and
he was found and rescued. The assail-
, ant was 45 and the victim II years old
Three boys, two of them brothers
j named Macia. and another named Bus
settle, all of East Highgate, went boat
ing on the river Wednesday of last week
and in trying to see how near they could
approach the dam without going over it
lest control of their boat The brother:
we're carried over and drowned, while
the other boy chung TO the boat and wa:
rescued. They were aged II and II
years.
Last Sunday, two years old son Of
Thomas Mann, of Burlington, climbed
to the top of an old ladder twenty sever
feet high, standing against building
exactly on the brink of gulf fifty fee
deep. The child was discovered anc
rescued from its perilous position by P
0 Gallaher, who exercised the utmost eau
ton in ascending and descending tn,
ladder
e Joseph Beane of Barnet. was arrested
Tuesday of last week, for forgery, by
Boston police officer. The forgery wa
: committed March II, and consisted il
using an uncle's name upon check o
d $500 on Hopkinton bank, and gettin,
the money. While going to BEANIE res
: dence, the policeman met Mr.. Horton
!, and showed signs that he suspected hin
= to be Beane. Horton ran, and the off
Ger fired three shots but did not happe
: to hit him. Horton accepted 500 as
settlement for the use of himself as
a target.
Monday of last week forlorn lookin
stranger visited the house of A. H. Fal
mer, in Rutland, and asked for some
70 thing to eat. This was furnished hin
/ and when he thought himself undetecte
stole fifty cent scrip which was at hanc
His actions had been noticed. and he VIZ
requested to return the money, which /
a did, when he was allowed to depart
as He then visited the house of John
" Stanley, and told Mrs. Stanley he W;
N not only hungry, but was suffering fro
cancer in the eye and wished a so
&c cambria handkerchief to wrap round i
~ Mrs. Stanley started to procure the han,
al | Enrchiaf hut retl1rninn snddanlu four