Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-15
STATE NEWS.

The Grand Trunk Railroad has now
800 car loads of freight for shipment by |
the steamers from Portland, and are
transhipping on an average at Montreal
40 car loads daily, and 100 car loads
freight is arriving daily at Portland.
VIM. McGann, one Of Fletcher's men,
at work upon the roof of MIR. Shanks'
house on Caledonia street, fell to the
ground on Monday, and was considera-
bly, injured. No bones were broken,
and it is thought his injuries will not
prove serious. Caledonima
The Board of Agriculture, etc., will
hold farmers meetings during January
as, follows: First whole week, at Char
lotte, and some place in Addison coun-
ty; second week, in Irasburgh, and
some place in Caledonia county (: third
and fourth weeks, Orange and Franklin
counties, and perhaps Washington. Fur
ther particulars as soon as decided upon.
Mr.. Chase of the Lyndon Union has
been quite sick at Baxter Springs, Kan
sas. We are glad he didn't die +; he
want prepared. If he only had been
we could have borne his loss with the
greatest fortitude. Citizen.
Of course you could. When good men
die, you don't lose anything and have no
occasion to MOURN Union
On Saturday last, Albro f. Shorey of
this town, fell with a staging while at
work in Littleton, and split his left knee
pan open There was no surgeon to be
had at the time, but when the train
came in there was surgeon aboard, and
the train stopped long enough to have
the wound partially dressed, and Mon-
day Shorey was brought home. 1t is
severe wound, and will probably lay him
up for long Coledonsan.
Mr.. Chase of the Lyndon Union, is
at home again from his western trip.
He gives the following characteristic de-
scription of the way he left his last stop
ping place j: ''It was dark, and the snow
was deep, but we seized a half dozen
valises and carpet sacks, cloaks, umbrel-
las, guide book and sandwiches, should
sered the baby locked arms with his
mamma, gave the boy our coat-tail, and
started out. blowing through the snow
for place Of shelter, and-here we be."
Deacon Ashley Appleton. worthy
and respected citizen of CRANKY, met
; with a serious accident on the 4th inst.
He was attempting to close a barn door,
when the wind caught it and threw him
down over the wharfng. breaking his
leg and otherwise severely injuring him.
, His wife, by dint of the hardest labor,
, succeeded in drawing him to the house
on hand sled. and then ran and pro-
cured the assistance Of neighpUrs, VINO
procured surgeon and put the good
man in as comfortable condition as pos
) sible.
Edward a Jewett, formerly head
| clerk in the internal revenue collection
office at Burlington. upon whom Collect
tior Crane charges the recently discovered
defalcation of SIT, 900, writes from Chi
t cago that he was "thunderstruck on
a reading the charge against him, and
h that God knows he never took dollar
: of the governments money; that the
charge against him is beyond his com.
: prehension; that his accounts were
: perfectly straight" when he left Mr.
t, Crane two years ago; that he denies
a the charge in toto; and that he de-
! sires an investigation, which will show
y whether he is guilty or not. Mr. Crane
IS has the foor-or should have at once.
'o Vermont Senators and members o
s. the House have Jared pretty we'll il
lie their apportionment upon Committees
Senator Edmunds is chairman of the Ju
dietary Committee and member of tn,
= Committee on the Library. Senator
e, Morrill, is chairman of the Committe,
RS on public Buildings and Grounds and
,e second member of the Committee on Fl
nance. In the House MIR. Willard i
- third on the Committee on Foreign At
Is fairs and second on the Committee fo
the Reform of the Civil Service Judg
N Poland is chairman of the Committee o.
:, the Revision of the Laws, and third OF
~ the Judiciary Committee Mr.. Hende
ar is fifth on the Committee of the Distric
n of Columbia, and sixth on the Commit
h. tee of Private Land Claims.
e. Thursday of last week John Plumley
on of Rutland, was removing the harnes
Il from horse that was noted for its kick
~ ing propensities, when the animal raise
u both feet and struck him a powerful
blow in the chin, crushing the lowe
jaw to jelly. Plumley formerly owne
Ar the horse, and was embarrassing it at th
request of the present owner, to let hill
see that he could do it and not get kicl
be ed. He remained insensible for som
an time and lay in precarious conditio
he until Wednesday last when he d1et
10 On Sunday last he began, to wander
~ his mind, and on Monday evidences
on modification appeared, and he met
I'd, the end, a quiet death. Although NJ
or. able to move his lips, yet he manage
of to make himself understood by sort
=. cultural sound. He was son of Iii
7o' Plumley, of Shrewsbury. and leaves
nse wife and four children in very indiger
'he circumstances.
In, Mr. Burgess and wife, of East Co
oil NTH, recently left home for visit
les Groton and Wells River, leaving the
- daughter, years old with their mothe
" an old lady nearly 70 years of age, WI
aa- was anxious to have the little girl lie
sic with her for company. On Saturds
md last, the neighbors saw nosmoke comlr
me- from the chimney Of Mr.. Burgess hous
:. and thinking the old lady might be si'
ap- went in about o'clock, and to the
On horror found her lying upon the foe
,dy insensible, and the little child crawIil
I'M around the stove with both its feet fro
~ en-, and nearly dead from the cold. T
JUG appearances of things indicated th
oy Mrs. Burgess had fallen to the floor