Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-08

arm caught by a wood saw at Braintree
station, badly lacerating the arm, making n
wound some seven inches in length. and
saving the bone of the arm one-third of.
lacerating the muscles and shivering the
bone of his left thumb. Hopes are enter
tanned of saving the arm.
large amount of business was transact
ed says the Montpelier Freeman in Roxburv
during the shower of the 18th. RaIpI
Ditty's barn was struck and DESTROYED. FIVE
tons OF hay being consumed at the sane
time. The house of Mrs Mary Martelle
was also struck in the same shower. the
lightning passing down the chimney-tak-
ing the top off as it went-dOwn through
the stove pipe into the stove, lifting the
top of the stove off and turning the stove
square round before it passed out at the
side of the house.
wINDHAM COUNTY
4 family gathering was recently held at
the home of Deacon /. Lazelle at Dover MIR.
Lazelle Is now IS years of age and has six
children, the Oldest one of whom is 81 and
the youngest -. All the children with their
respective families came together. being the
first time for more than thirty years. As the
| family had been scattered 50 long and as
none of the seven members have seen less
than half a century the reunion seems quite
remarkable.
The farmers through Windham county
will get much better crop of hay than was
anticipated a month ago.
The spiritual ." young man at Brattle-
bOro who Is finishing Edwin brood, intends
to give 1t to the public about the last Of
next month.
! The Directors of the Vermont and MaSSa-
! chuSetts Railroad, with their ladies and in
yited guests to the number Of forty, enjoyed
a dance recently at the Brooks House, Brat
1 tleboro.
y young Frenehman, named Joseph La
/ Roe, on recent Sunday afternoon. climbed
| into tree in the rear Of the old Lawrence
water cure, at Brattleboro. and undertook
| to - show off = little AZ gymnastics, at
| height Of % or 30 feet from the ground.
/ when by the breaking Of rotten limb he
I was preclpitated to the earth, striking upon
some blocks o; wood and stones lie was
| picked up in an insensible condition. and
on examination it was found that the bones
of one leg were broken in three or four
| places and the ankle put out of Joint. He
/ also received spinal and internal injuries.
and his present condition Is quite critical.
About sixty teachers attended the re-
cent Teachers Institute at Jamaica,
and everything passed of satisfactory
ly, except that the stage lines in
Windham county gouge1 - the school
masters and schoOlma ans by charging
them full fare. Secretary French conducted
the Institute with his excellent corps Of
assistants. PrOls StetsOn and St0ckwell,
and Misses Potter and ellison. Rev F. "
Olmsted Of TOwnsheud also discussed gram
mar and grammars. Only one teacher ap-
I piled for State certificate, and that was
I granted to a schoOlmaster in Dummerston.
The managers Of the recent "IIaymaker's
I Concert have placed the sum of $50 in
bank a. a nucleus for the formation f a
I permanent musical association in Brattle-
/ hOro.
The - Aggies " who graduated this year.
held their class supper at the Brooks House,
Bratteboro.
Brattleboro has a mandatory of sewing
six.
The Brattleboro band has been re-organ-
lied and Is to accompany their soldiers to
the Rutland reunion.
Every spare room in the hotel at Grafton
Is engaged by city boarders.
:. W. Fink, hotel-keeper at West Dunn
merston. has come to grief. lie has been
fined SO and costs for selling rum. The
liquor seized from him was pronounced un
fit for use by the town agent, and there
fore split in the gutter
Thirty instruments day. or one every
twenty minutes during the ten working
hours, Is the rate at which Messrs. j. EStey
S Co, of Brattleboro, are now manulac-
turing their cottage organs.
This Is the pathetic appeal which a New
fame criminal sends the court Il have
, 70 rod
/ NV Honey Moon vet This j. the first time
ever was in jail or arrested. Ii you will
Consider my case * let me off on a fine |
will return TO my Darling wife.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Norwich has a quarter expressiyely named
Widows Haven" or - Saints Rest.
/ In this sacred precinct. with its population
| of 300. are 10 widows. - maidens past 30
years OF age, Il widowers and bachelors,
nine deaeOns, seven ministers and ministers
widows, while of marriageable women and
men under 30 years of age there are but %.
Chester i becoming a favorite summer re-
sort with Rhode ISLANDERS.
David Brown, Of Proetorsyille, while at
work on the roof of a dwelling house in
| Cavendish, fell a distance Of about forty
feet. striking on rocks and gravel, bruiSing
him severely. lie was taken home on bed
and hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
The descendants of Deacon Herriek In
! graham, Of Chester, gathered from all sec
ti0nS of the country, had reunion at the
I Chester House, few days since.
T. W. D. Worthen. a graduate of Dart
mouth, of the class of lo72, resumes charge
of the Woodstock High School IN the fall.
Dealers in the " ardent at Ludlow have
been notified TO stop selling or be prOsecu-
ted.
Lynxes have been prowling in Chester.
\ hay car loaded with bales of pressed
hay, attached to a freight train moving
south, caught fire few rods above Gassett :
station. recently With difficulty it was de-
tached from the train and " set out " on the
side track at the station. and parties left to
guard it, After burning a short time 4
strong current of wind carried the sparks
in the direction of the depot and also to a
point where several hundred cords of wood
were piled Fearing that the fire would
spread telegram was sent to Chester, ask
ing for immediate aid Yosemite Engine
Company turned out promptly and were
soon landed by a special train at the scene
of the fire, which was put cut in about two
hours.
concerts this summer.
Miss Hattie NJ Smith Of Ludlow, at tho
invitation of the Delta Upsilon Society, oil
Middlebury College, was present at the an
nual reunion of the society. held July lith
and contributed much to the musical part
of the entertainment. Miss Smith singing
was highly complimented, and all agreed IT
prOnouncing her superior both in style anc
expression.
Albert Goats, of Windsor, has just beer
released from the State Prison. where h,
has been serving a sentence for bigamy.
Major Persons. drum major in the wal
of 1912, a veteran of Plattsburgh, and ;
highly esteemed citizen of Windsor, died il
that village recently.
1t is stated that Con Cahill, an employ,
of the Ludlow Woollen Mills at Ludlow i
about to make arrangements to challeng'
John Mcmahon.
John Sullivan, of Ludlow, got drunk OF
, the eth and assaulted the station agent
clerk at Proctorsville. for which days en-
D joyment he paid Sll.5i.
After referring to the announcement il
: the SenfiHei of the nomination of BRADLEY
Q Barlow for Governor by Albert Clarke, th'
Woodstock Post takes the trouble to sal
that the Senfinei - carefully abstains from
indicating preference, and accurately bal
ances itself on the fence" The Post ther
; also " carefully abstained from indicating Q
t preference" =" and now, with so much add
tional weight upon that same = fence,
/ perhaps we better get down; and, as ou
E Woodstock friend seems to be considerabl,
c concerned to know how We stand, in orde
| to relieve his anxiety, we will inform him
that if the contest should be confined to
choice between Messrs. Barlow and Park
we should prefer the Franklin county man
Q 1t is, however, long while before the mex
D State election, and it is not improbable tina