Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-01-19


bitterness as has not had Its parallel
this season One week previous it was
so spring-hke that some of our citizens
tapped some maple trees, by way of ex-
pertinent. and were rewarded by plen-
tiful flow of sap, thus securing a novel
ty New sugar in January.
There Will be donation visit and
oyster supper for the benefit Of Rev. Mr..
Tabor, at Mr.. Warren Souls, Of North
Greensboro. Tuesday evening, January
p. Mrs. Tabor will read poem. The
Redeemed Village" Mr., Tabor viii
give short address Come all. and
enjoy good social and religious gath
eriug.
RDWICk.
Last Thursday. as Mr.. S. c. Burnham
was unyoking the oxen, one of them
made u sudden spring, throwing Mr..
Burnham down: his thumb was caught
by the grab-hook of chain and torn of
at the second joint. and two cords pulled
| out, from the elbow.
/ IRASBTRGH
We are seldom called upon to record
/ the death of one whose birth dates back
to the time of the revolution. but Mrs
Esther K. Locke. who died in this town.
Jan. ), was born in that period-Nov.
1871. Her early life was one of privations
and trial. Born in EPSON. \, H., she
married at an early age, William Locke.
and leaving her home, she journeyed
with him more than hundred miles to
a new home in the wilds of northern
New Hampshire, to spend many years of
privation and hard labor But if they
had little Of the worlds goods when
they began life, they had good health
and great courage. and soon were able to
acquire some of the comforts of life. 4
large family grew up around them
fourteen children.-twelye lived to be-
come men and women. and four are still
living. One of them speaking tenderly
of his mother at her grave. said. My
mother has lived to bless NE more than
seventy-one years. Thirty-nine of her
fftyeight grand children. and sixty-sev-
en- of her eighty great grand children,
now live. Of all these descendants.
there is scarcely one of whose charae-
ter one need blush Mrs. Locke
and her husband embraced religion early
in life, and she has lived q most exem,
F pIary christian life She had kind
heart. a ready sympathy, was q trusty
and faithful counsellor, kind neighbol
and excellent mother and friend. Those
who have known her will ever bless hel
memory, and can refer to her life as one
whose early years were filed with GOOD
works" and whose end was sweet peace.
: On New Years evening. Isaac Perkins
confined in Jail for larceny, attempted t
escape by burning through the top 0
: the room: but the fire got beyond hi
control. and was with difficulty sabdued
Another prisoner. George NJ. Hatch. 70
: assault and attempt to commit rape. wa
committed week ago Saturday Las
+ Monday. 18th. F. Holdridge the jailor
was absent. and the prisoners so conduct
ed themselves, that the family was su=
picious that another attempt to break jai
was under consideration. When it wa
time TO lock up the prisoners in the eel
Mr.. Holdridge was at home. attended I
: the duty. and then proceeded to examin
q the room occupied by them through th
q day. He saw. in several places, evidence
: that the prisoners had some iron impI'
: ment. He returned to the cell and o
dered the prisoners to get up He the
stripped the bed and found two iron roc
three-fcurths an inch thick, three fe
long; fat bar three inches wide, Ia
an inch thick and three feet long abo1
= a peck of charcoal. burnt BY the priso
ers: an arrnful Of fire wood a bottle
kerosene oil, &c He asked. what use
YOU make of kerosene oil p Perki
answered. To rub my ankles so tn
thew won't swell" Holdridge replIl
that he would fix his ankles 50 tn
! would not swell He turned them 0
Of the cell. then examined the va
Here he found the mortar dug out fro
around one stone, and the creviee I'll
full of fine wood and bark. Upon di
cling out these chips there were plae
where one could see directly out To d
III light, yet the stone was firm In It's plai
x The plan was. evidently. to pour t
NJ oil upon the combustable matter in t
u crevice and heat the stone, break it. q
al so get out Mr. Holdridge sent for t
e. blacksmith and with shackles- fasten
e. the prisoners together by the ankles a
lu- then with handouts. fastened them
y the wrists, and then advised them
III 90 to bed Tuesday the prisoners seen
0e- very much attached TO each other. I
l7e irons in possession Of the prisoners W
lac bars from windows and doors. broE
III from their fastenings by the prisoners
LOWELL.
tu-
-. The taxpayers viii please remernl
81 that they can save four per cent