Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-10-26
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CIV at West reipt. which occurs next
June in the graauationof Y. II, Bridg-
man. of Haniwick Seven Young men
presented themselves REORGANIZATION for
the Cadetship. among wAom young Har-
lew stood the highest -
The Vermont Bible Society met at
MONTPELIER October l4th, and Hon. c.
". Willard was elected President for
the ensuing year. but he declined to
serve. and Franklin Fairbanks. OF St
Johnshury. was chosen. Ex Governors
Smith and Page are ameng the Vice
Presidents. and State Treasurer Page |
is Treasurer The society has reeeiyed !
about $4,000, the past year and has
balance of s2,0oa.
The gold mines in Plymouth, are rep
resented to be Welding very we'll. Virgil
weodcock, the boss miner, has introduce
ed sluice boxes. aud put in a tume, by
which he with two lahorerS, are enabled
to do the work of twenty FIVE men in
washing. The .pay dirt, . averages ave
cents to the pan, and the last ''elean mp.
after three days washing, was 500, the
one previous for the same time being
SOC.
John Cunningham. respectable old
man. was the victim of rather unkind
treatment recently He was hired TO
/ drive a COW from Woodforl to Troy. N.
Y. distance of forty miles, and two
men agreed to do their share of the
work. the understanding being that he
should start first and they would soon
overtake him. But the men failed to
put in an appearance. and the old man
logged along as best he could, finally
reaching Troy in an exhausted condition.
where he spent night in the station
house.
The house of Charles Lawrence, near
the head of Fairfield pond. on the even-
ing eff October l4th. and three young
children persisted in the flames. Mr..
Lawrence was in distant field at work.
and the mother, who was temporarily
absent, returned too late to save her
} children. The two eldest. aged two and
three respectively. crawled under the
{ bed. and the fire burnt the cords, letting
the bed down on them: and the young
, est. who was but few months old, was
l left IN the cradle and burned to a crisp.
Governor Peck has formerly annouuc-
: ed the appointment of his staff, through
: general order issued by Adjutant Gen.
, eral Peck. The following is list OF
n the appointments: Daniel P. Webster,
of Putney, to be Surgeon General of the
: State of Vermont, with the rank Of
Brigadier General: Jonathan NJ. Hoyt
: of New Haven. to be Abide Camp. with
n the rank of Colonel; William Brinsmaid
of Burlington, to be Abide Camp, viii
the rank of Colonel: Henry c. Tenant
= of Bethel. to be Addict Camp. with thu
'e rank of Colonel Henry G. Hastings. o
1t St. Johnsbury. to be Abide Camp. viii
/ the rank of Colonel.
n Henry Francis. of Burlington, VIII,
). has been employed in the construction
of the New York and Canada railroad
u was seriously injured one week ago Sat
|, urday. by premature explosion of
lie blast about three miles below Port Kent
! n. Y. He was buried in fragments Q
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= rick to remove them. He received sey
Is eral internal injuries and one leg wa
to badly crushed Several ladies and ger
d, tlemen of Burlington went across tn
&. lake in boat on Sunday. to visit III
Francis, and on their return the boa
was disabled by high wind and the
OF were at the mercy of the waves for NOR
~ IMAM Two hours. They were finally re;
Cd cued by Capt Tobias. who risked hi
, own life to save them.
y Mr.. Alfred Waite, residing north ,
,,s West River bridge. at Brattleboro. ha
- occasion to lead his bull to water Whe
'ei returning the animal to its place, an
W. while in the act of tying it, Mr.. Wait
[r. was charged upon. knocked down.; an
he pinned to the floor i by the monster
: horns, which closely pressed both sids
- Of his body. Mr.. Waite is pewerfl
ro- man. especially in the arms, and viii
Sc expecting death he cody fought for lif
cd With one hand he grasped horn, an
ror with the other he inserted his fnge
into the bulls nostrils, and held the al
W. imal fast, cutting the partition wall
tie the nostril until the animal bled freel
oh At length the brute seemed subdue,
all when Waite released his grasp, and Il
6. bull fed. Sir. Waite regained his fee
and seized a pitchfork, drove the ere
al ture to its place, and punished him unit
an he fell to his knees and below,
Ter enough Dir. Waite was badly bruise
,rs but not seriously. and thinks hmse
master noa0, but does not admire th
kind of grapple. He says he never
~ fore handled such animals without ha
airs ing his dog present. as a matter
ed safety. Lit was indeed, narrow esca
ect from instant death-the width of t
= horns, barely covering his breast, al
" pressing severely the ribs.-Argus.
GIG The proverbial dizziness of the prese
ON session was somewhat modified Ia
on evening by contest not exactly sen
led torlal IN It's character. 1t appears th
an while the committee on elections we
. having hearing in the contested elt
ton case from the town of Cornwa
but Hon. E. ]. Phelps one of the couns
lar for the contestant, missed from his I'll
ers some paper which he considered of i
T. portance in the case, and hastily accr
ed Hon. Daniel Roberts. counsel for {
IN sitting member. of having surreptitious
the distracted it from his files. Mr. Robe,
om- very indignantly denied the charge, pl
aad nouncIng the same ..unqualifedly a
,,aa preposterously false" Thereupon \
:, Phelps. who was sitting very ne
tae Dir. Roberts, hastily sprang to bis fe
J of and with face flushed with anger, ma
3 it a pass at Mr.. Roberts head with /
ed clenched fist, the blow being parted
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