Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-08-17

the horses head, striking his weight upon
his right arm. breaking one bone and
the other. The accident hap
pened last Thursday, three miles north
of Barton Landing Mr.. Wells fixed a
broken belly-girt with his left hand,
rode to the Landing with his right arm
swinging. and had to wait there until
the DR.. SINNERS Of this place. could 90
down before he could be attended to.
The thunder storm last Wednesday
night was very severe in this vicinity.
For more than two hours the sky gleam-
ed with lightning, and the roar and
crash of thunder was almost incessant.
This same storm was terrific in many
places, causing the frightful railroad ac-
cident near Richmond, and food in the
White Mountains, which washed away
bridges and did great damage to high
ways in Bethlehem, Littleton, and
in the vicinity of the Fayban. Crawford,
Profile and the Twin Mountain Houses.
Our Photographer artist, j. n. Web
ster, has been spending much time dur
ing this season, IN obtaining negatives
for stereoseopie views, and has added u
large number to his list. Mr.. Webster
has more than two hundred negatives of
his own. which have been gathered from
points as picturesque, beautiful and at
traetiye rs can be found. These include
among great variety, views of Men,
phremagog scenery, Newport, Winoughby
Lake. Barton. Lyndon, St. Johnsbury,
Wells River, Woodsville, Hanover, &C.,
&c. Beside the views which Mr.. W.
has himself obtained, he has IN his rooms
variety and number so great, that no
person can examine them in less than a
days time Our citizens need not 90
abroad to become familiar with the most
remarkable scenery on the globe They
can get a stereoscopie view of these
scenes by looking over Mr.. Webster 5
/ pictures. The views made this summer
have met with ready sale, not only to
summer visitors, but to all who have ex-
amined them. If you have half day
to spend. you can spend it proftably
and pleasantly by looking over the views
in Mr.. Webster's rooms
ETbridge Farr, of New York City,
pedestrian. stayed at the hotel last
night. He is now attempting to walk
sixteen hundred miles in thirty days
from New York to Quebec via. St. Al
hans and this way back. He has nov
travelled eighteen days-nineteen, reck
oning what he goes to-day, and ha
eleven days after to-day to reach New
York City. He must, from starting
average, ffty-three and one-third mile
per day. Yesterday, he came sixty-sev
en- miles-tBelve miles below Sherbrook
arriving at the hotel at half-past eleve
, o'clock. He intended to have mad
Burke Hollow last night, but conclude,
he was tired enough to stop here. H
intends to make 60 miles to-day, star
, ing at ? o'clock, and travelling till 6, tt
morrow morning. if it don't rain Til
is his second trip. He has man 70
lowing him up to see he does it fair an
square He walked once before, so
miles II Is days. He is all bone an
. s1new and looks as though he might /
death On dry knocks and long walk
If he makes his 1000 miles in 80 DAY
and he thinks he viii as he has onl
about $50 miles now to go--he vii
about $4,000. We should think he VI;
about % years old
BARTON LANDING.
Austin & Joslyn are running the
? box factory extra time. to fill order
!. Mr.. Graves. employed at Austin
i Joslyn's had one of the bones of his Il
: fractured last Wednesday, by limb
It falling upon it.
: A little Eve years old boy was hea
y to tell an older brother, that he foul
b an egg in the hens nest and ''thuck
y it."
y CRAFTSBURY.
oe VIM. 5. Marsh lost valuable CO
l. last week.
Or Mrs. Nathaniel Mills died very So
l. denly, of heart disease, Sunday, Au
ne 9, at the house of her son-in-law,
he Udall, in Wolcott.
: Among the most interesting visitt
" from abroad. are a Mrs. Knox, niece
Amory Dawson, and her husband, FRI
y New York City. Both of them are d.
h' and dumb.
COTENTRT.
The Coventry Sabbath School ia
a ride up Magog a week from to-mOrr
~ Aug 25. Good time to you, b
" and gals.
GU DERB 7.
One Of the citizens In the north D
ra- of the town in company with a visi
en- from distant city went to Beebe PI
R. the other day to get supply of St L
- water having heard of Its life Civ
u and health producing qualities. Uni
III tunately a monopoly had been crea