Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-29

about procuring hearse. Ii the entire Sec
ton thereabouts was as healthy as the death
record shows the L,nesvlle district to be,
that association would be compelled to i'm
port subjects with which to start cemetery.
The Indies Aid Society at West Berlin
held an meeting on the 4sh. and made choice
of the following ofi;ers-Mfs. L. W. Chan
dler, President Mrs Valencourt Johnston,
Vice President Miss Mary R. House, Secre-
tary and Treasurer The Society has ben in
exlstt nee two and half years and IN that
time has realized $3.50, which has served
tie good purpose OF procuring an organ,
church iuruiture, &c.
UNDER THE LoAD.-Ch arles N. Cilley Of
Berlin had slightly unpleasant experience OF
being buried alive last weeS. Coming Oft
from " est II II his LOAD Of wood cut off on
one side, went completely over, carrying him
with it and burying him under the snow
with the wood for monument above him.
Arson Stebbins coming along found Ciiley's
team standing without driver, and after
search discovered what was up, or rather
down, and after much digging extricated
Cilley from his snowy grave. The young man
was not seriously hurt, but says he had
ample time for meditation on all the good
deeds he ever did in this world and hoped
they would all i've after him, while the bad
ones would be buried as deeply as he was.
HEALTHY But NOT PRoGREssGvE.-Ds
No I in berin (t1e GAINESVILLE neighb)r-
hood) is a healthy place, there having been no
deaths in that district the past Two years
but it is not avery progressive neighbOrhood,
for it can only boast of three births IN the
same time. Thai pair of twins Berlin has
on it's hands didn't come from that district.
| SAD ACCIDENT Last Saturday afternoon
MIR. Lyman Martin, of Planfeld, of the firm
of Lynde & Martin, while running planer
in their steam mill in Harris Cure, had the
misfortune to have his left hand caught in
the planer and SO mangled that amputation
above the wrist joint was necessary. lie
had previously lost two fl gers and portion
of the thumb on the same hand, besides
breaking his wrist. Only a year half
since, the firm s steam mill in Painfeld was
burned down, making, with the lumber con-
sumed, a total loss OF five thousand dollars.
Thereafter they erected mill at the outlet
OF Pigeon Pond and bought land around it,
until they now own seventeen hundred acres.
They cut last year nine hundred and fifty
thousand feet oil board, and have most Of 1t
on hand. They subscribed for sixteen shares
of Montpelier and Wells River Railroad
stock, and expected this winter to ship their
lumber to market They will lay wooden
track from the mill to Wells River Pond,
some three and halt miles distant, and
operate a horse railroad on their own ac-
count, without any up grade. Notwith-
Standing all his mishaps, Mr.. Martin still
keeps up good courage. and deserves TO WI
success and fortune if ever any mortal did.
AN OCToGENARIAN.-Jonat Perkins
now living ID East Planfeld, will be eighty
SIX years old Text March, aud is yet al
industrious, hard working man. He movet
lno Goshen Gore ftty-six years since, anc
cleared up a large farm, and indeed ha
cleared and brought under cultivation more
land than any other man in Plainfeld. Ii,
followed the custom of those carly times
and made pots sh until he had subdued th'
forests and prepared the ground to raise hi
own breadstuf5. lie has swunga scythe eacI
hay season up to this time. Some six year
ego sold his farm, and ught smalle
place in PeIkinsyille. on which he plant
one acre or more each year. HIS vile, VIII
q had suffered from Kindness several years
died about two years since. Both wer
members of the Methodist Church, havin
: joined it many years ago. he creates
falling Mr. Perkins has-and even that b
esteems & worthy acts that he has been
: lif long Democrat. We wish all his politlea
brethren could show as good record a
does MIR. Perkins
J., MAD RIVER VALLEY ITENs.-A very rep
e rehenslble affIir happened recently at wha
t IS known as F4yston Center. As son Q
Mr.. James Mclaughlin of that place va
splitting over some wood to make it finer
he split stick that had been bored into
and from half to three-quarter5 of poun(
of powder plug sed into it, with evident pur
y pose of blowing up things generally. Tn
- ends of the stick were buried in the snow
10 TO avert suspicion, and if the boy had no
CHANGED to split it, aod thus discovered tn
= powder, the probability is that part or al
:, of the family would have been killed. Th
:, perpetrators OF this dIabolical act have NJ
- yet been discovered, though strong suspicio
- rests on three boys who were angry becaus
, Mica. had made ferule for the scho0
=, teacher, with whom they had trouble. w
h can but think that the boys did not full,
comprehend the danger of their rash act
but only meant To play mean trick. The
70 should be thankful that death did not result
from their conduct.
The people were devoutIy thankful th
70 the - January thaw - had settled the sno
two or tt We feet, when they received anoth
foot on Friday. We have rarely seen til
!" snow fall with such rapidity as it did on Fl
lay eve. To-day tuesday, we are havir
another addition, and the weather is decide
" " squaity.
The canker-rash is raging good deal
~ Mad River valley. A few case have prov,
fatal. In some families nearly the who
- flmily have been down at once with this di
~ ease. A while ago il was the measles nc
"e it is clnker-rash, and it is reported that ii
'e whooping- cough is not far away. Il is to
hoped that the small pox will not follow