Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-04-24
Vermont News.

sCEhhuht NEWS.
- Mr.. Hatch. late of the Hardwick |
Reporter, is to start paper in North |
Troy.
- During the past season there have
been over twenty new building erected
at Essex Junction.
A little daughter of Warren La
throp, of Vershire, was fatally scalded |
by falling into pail of boiling suds,
few days ago
- Charles, sen Of Moody Burbank, of
Bradford, fell from tree recently, strik-
ing upon some stones, broke one shoul.
der and one arm in two places.
- Charles Smith of Tunbridge, dislo.
Gated an elbow joint, by slipping down
on the ice. Vesta Day, of the same
town, fell dowa stairs aud broke one wrist.
- Miss Lizzie B.bbitt, formerly of
West Randolph, is gaining good!y re-
pute in New York for her musical abili,
ty, and seems to have successful career
before her in her chosen art.
- The Central Vermont railroad COM
pany have made arrangements by which
Pullman cars are to be run during the
coming season from Chicago to Boston,
by way of Montreal and the Grand
Trunk railroad,
= The song of the Little farm we'll
TILED, . ETC., will be appropriate to the
farm owned By Mr.. G. w. James Of
Charlotte. He has expended the past
year S339.45, and has received S702.67.
His farm comprises 50 acres.
As John Wheaton, of Barre, was
standing with his hired man in his sugar
house recently, an explosion in the fire
projected missile with much force to
ward them, narrowly missing them. 1t
is supposed that the frewood had been
loaded with the intention of killing who.
ever might be attending the fire.
- Joseph Greenough, employed on
the farm Of l.. A. d A. A. Drew, in
South Burlington, jumped from a wagon
Thursday afternoon and struck upon
manure fork, the tines entering his groin,
glancing off and making a painful flesh
wound three or four inches in length.
DIR. Cole dressed the wounds, which for
tunately are not of serious character
| - A. NJ. Goodwin of Unierhill lately
brought suit against the town Of John
son for damages sustained by breaking
whiffietree ON one of the town roads. A
wheelwright testified that thirty cents
would repair the damages, but Mr.
Goodwin wanted So After the case was
brought to trial he concluded to with
draw it and pay his own costs, which
amounted to so.
= Reuben Smith of Mortified, whose
wife was ugly to him. took morphine,
lew nights ago, but was kept alive few
hours by vigorous treatment he, how
ever was not to be baked, so when his
watchers back was turned, he Jumped
out of the window, undressed, in the
midst Of a terrible snow storm, and went
to his barn, where he took dose of lau
dauum thai finished him.
Timothy Wheeler of Waterbury
Centre, hss som remarkable ideas about
food and drink. He has confined him
self to vegetable diet for ten years, and
five years ago, he got it into his head
that people in general drink too much /;
accordingly he went 80 days the first
year, without taking any liquids into his
system, the second year 40 days, the
third 1870. the fourth 40, and up to the
9Th inst, he had gone 22S days in the
fifth year without blinking anything
whatever.
= Ga the 10Th inst, as AFRO F. Hack
ct of Westfnrd, marble dealer, and his
son, Frank Hacket, we're at work 10 their
shop. a dispute arose between them in
regard to seam or a crack in base
for monument. The young man
thought the seam would render the lob
worthless in short time, but the elder
Haeket sail he would put it in anyhow.
High words followed, and the father
swore he would have the sons hearts
blood, and instantly sprang at him
striking him on the head with heavy
mallet three or four times. The young
: man lies 10 a critical condition at .
neighbours house, attended BIZ DR.. A. F.
! Burdiek of Underhill.