Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-14
Nate Ne,es.

Bears are getting quite eogdln North
6eld. one nan having had three year.
lings KILLED by them.
The apple crop in Windsor and Its
vicinity is well nigh failure. II we may
/ judge FROM reports which We have heard.
The State Normal Seheelin Randolph
/ is in a tloariShiag condition. One hand,
red and thirty,foar students have been
| enrolled. and the roll still lengthens cut.
Mr.. Sqaires eff Ryegate. has for the
/ last five years thought he had u lizard
| in his stomach, He has lately vemSted
| lizard two inches long, His health is
now improving. ami he is satisfied that
I his Impression was correct
The citizens Of the beautiful village
of Manchester. have formed an assoeia-
tion for laying white marble sidewalks
wherever they may be needed in town,
/ The neat walks and pretty scenery Of
Manchester make is a very popular ne
sort for city people
Charles n, Cleveland, conductor Of
the down mixed train between Rutland
and Bellows Falls, was very seriously
/ injured. by being knocked from the top
of freight car. by bridge near Proc,
torsville. recently. When discovered he
/ was insen>ihle, aud badly cut ON his
head and bruised about the chest. 1t IS
hoped his injuries may not prove fatal,
| THERMOMETERS MURpESED,-W, G. Viii
/ lis recently Of Newfane. Fl. |, rwitohell
of Townsheud. and Clark Holland Of
Newfane, hrother-in-law of rwitehen,
| all Nindham county men. were among
/ those murdered by the Texans who re-
/ Gently raided upon Coushatta parish in
Louisiana, to release some negro prison.
/ erS.
An extraordinary ease occurred at
/ Sharon. few days since. An infant
son of George L. Fay. thirty-four days
! old, began to raise blood. and in few
days died. He was attended by the To-
cal physician, who. in connection with
another. made post-mortem examina-
| ton. shortly after death. which revealed
| the fact that the child had died from
bleeding at the lungs-an unprecedented
! occurrence.
Leon. son of R. NJ. Blaisdell. ESQ.,, of
Cambridge, was driving up a flock of
turkeys recently, and came upon large
hawk. making meal upon a bird. The
hawk was offended at being disturbed
and brustled up to the boy, who, having
a small stick in his hand gave him a
blow over his head which laid him out
1t was Of the species known as the red
tailed hawk. Spread of wings, so inch
es. This specie is usually very shy and
wary. and it is almost impossible to ap-
preach them. unless with team. The
boy is II years old.
a pretty big story of hail storm
comes from North Bridgewater. There
was perfect volley of hail. on Sunday,
the 30th nit, over patch of land a
mile and q half long and a mile wide,
and the crops were completely destroyed
The loss will amount to several thou
sand dollars. After the storm, they say,
| the hail lay five or six inches deep on
level. and by the side of the roads and
| in the bitches the drifts were two feet
deep, while the stones averaged the size
Of robins egg. Next day they could
be shoveled by the cart-load.
A story comes from Chicago that a
free-love community IS to be established
On Faleour island in Lake Champlain.
There is to be absolute social freedom"
I III tIIIs 0UIuIuuuIty, anu u1IU uuly surrtu-
ing law Is 10 be complete, universal
| free leve. " The society numbers loo.
and Will organize within month. They
are under the general supervision of the
Splrltualist society of which the Wood
hull IS President. The island contains
some 500 acres of land, and is given to
the community by one Owen Shipmau.
who will also sell to the society his farm
near Burlington, known as Home place.
for $4,000.
On the 18th ult.. Mrs. Mary Spaul-
ding, widow of the late Jesse Spaulding
of Proctorsville, visiting the house Of
Samuel L. Thompson, retired for the
night at the usual hour. Not coming
to breakfast the next morning. Mr..
thompson went to her room, and found
her unconscious and apparently dying.
Mrs ) remained so till that day even
ing. when she awoke and arose. inquir-
ing of those around her how long she
had been sick She was for the next q
hours able to take some food, and an.
peared likely to recover At the end of
that time. however, she began to sink
rapidly, and in short time breathed
her last She was 76 years of age. and
was much esteemed
In Vermont, the hay crop has been
larger than it was last year, but as the
old hay was used up so short on account
Of the lateness of the spring, it is doubt
ful about there being much more in the
state to begin winter with than there
was last year This is bearing year
for the orchards, and in most parts there
IS prospect of a fine yield from them.
Oats are reported good, and the present
line weather is just the thing for the
corn. OF which there is prospect of a
large harvest. But this same weather
Is affecting potatoes, we fear, quite seri-
ously. We hear of the rot prevailing
In some quarters. and of the premature
rIPening Of the crop on account of this
warm, dry weather.
Rev. Adirondack" Murray delivered
his address at the Franklin county aeri-
cultural fair at Sheldon. on Thursday
OF week before last. In the midst of a
powerful rain, but he stood out-of. doors 4
oare-headed, and went through it all
without hInching. His subject was the
dignity Of agriculture, and he said h.
would feel satisfied if by bis address h.
should persuade single farmer bow to
remain on the ancestral acres, rather
than seek the unwhoIesome excitement
Of city liz La