Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07


The apple crop in Windsor and Its
vicinity Is we'll nigh failure, il we may
Judge from reports which We hear.
United States Treasurer Spinner has
received $4,000. willed by III. F, Day,
Of Bristol, to help pay the national debt
The woolen mills Of South Pownal,
which have been lying idle for several
years. have again commenced work. run
ming 10 about half their capacity.
The people Of Cambridge propose to
raise their share Of the expense of build
ing the Burlington and lamolle Railroad
by subscription instead of bonding. 1t
is proposed to raise $4,000.
Prof. Quimby Of Dartmouth college.
who is engaged in the coast survey, has
Just erected enc of his signals on Burke
mountain. lie will erect one on the
highest point in Wheelock and ON Miles
mountain in Concord.
The dead body Of man has been
found in the notch leading from Stowe
10 Underhill. Ii was so far deeomposed
as to neeessitate its burial near the place
where it was found. 1t was supposed
to be the body of William Adams, who
was insane.
PAssUMPsIc,-on Sunday Aug, 50,
q severe hail storm passed over this vii
lage. cutting off foliage from the trees,
crushing garden vegetables and in
number Of instances breaking windows
In many places when hail rolled from
the roofs cart loads of ice could have
been collected. At the same hour-half
past one-there was slight shower as
far north as Lyndonville. and four miles
below Passumpsie there was no shower
at all. The hail stones measured from
one to three inches in circumference
People report the storm for few minutes
the seyerest they ever saw.
Hazen n. Savage of Hartford has
hen that beats anything heard from in
the egg line, laying four in one. The
egg showed nothing different outside
from a common hens egg. as to size or
shape. Between the first and second,
was the albumenous portion and very
small yolk. The second and third con-
tanned nothing but the albumen. The
fourth was about the size of a robins
egg, and contained yolk the size of
pea. They were inside of each other.
and the manner of a nest of boxes of diff
erent sizes.
A fendish attempt to wreck the mid
night express on the Boston, Concord
and Montreal railroad Wednesday night
of week before last, was made at East
Haverhill. n. H.. by piling ties upon
the track. Fortunately an engine was
run over the road that night before the
train. which run into the ties, but was
going at a slow rate of speed, so that
little damage was done. This saved
the train from destruction. Charles
Pike has been arrested as the perpetra-
tor of the deed. Pike has repeatedly
threatened the life of Conductor Mann,
of this train. and several attempts at
wreeklng trains that have recently been
made are supposed to have been his
work.
In Windham county these facts are
shown by official statements: In Whit
ingham, during the past five years. thir-
teen farms have been abandoned, while
thirty farm-houses are now vacant.
Wilmington. considered a good town."
has twenty-seyen farms abandoned and
twenty farm-houses vacant: Jamaica,
twenty three farms abandoned: Athens,
SIX farms abandoned Halifax has thir-
ty-three abandoned farm-houses. and
Marlboro has twenty-three in the same
condition; Newfane, the county seat,
has sixteen abandoned farms, and Towns
bend twenty farms and farm houses
abandoned and vacant And so it is
with the whole county, excepting only
those towns bordering on the railroads.
Two fatal accidents occurred on the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad,
recently. The first one happened near
the pit, in Plainfeld, and resulted in
the death of a young man named Davis,
brakeman on the gravel train Davis
was standing on car with his back to-
ward the engine, and by sudden jerk
of the train. was thrown on to the track,
and ran over by eleven cars. He was
fearfully crushed, and when discovered
was almost unacceptable. His age
was about nineteen years, and he leaves
a mother and sister living in Marshfeld.
Mr.: Davis was universally respected,
and was an exemplary and Christian
young nan.
The second accident occurred near
hinneys upper mills. in Marshfield. 1t
appears that an employe in ballasting
the road, named Mundee, in endeayor-
ing to get onto the gravel train when in
motion, seized hold of stake upon the
engine, which giving way let him fail
upon the track, and one car ran over his
stomach, killing him instantly. His age
was sixty-fye years WatcImau.
Horse-stealing is getting unpleasantly
common Of late, on both sides of the line
Several have been stolen in the Town
ships lately, and few days ago Ezra
CasWeli, OF Barnston, lost one which he
mas not yet heard from. Friday night
Aug. 18th, pair worth about $500
were stolen from J. FL. Studderts pag-
ture IN stanstead, and there is vet no
clue 70 the thieves. Two colts belong
ing to W. IL. Holmes and James Day-
ldson were stolen from Holmes pasture
IN Stanstead, one night last week, but
nave since been recovered in Charleston.
VI 1t appears that the thieves took
Ine horses by the Holland road from
5arhston to Charleston. Here they took
them through piece of woodland acro ss
snan opening. and into the bushes on
lne further side. The owner Of the land
chanced to be moving in the openIng