Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15

through the roughing rolls, the iron
came out on the front side on the last
pass, and as he attempted to catch IL
with the hook, the iron fell on the
point, causing the handle to come In
contact with his chin, knocking him
senseless, and cutting portion OF his
tongue so that it was left hanging. He
was taken to the office, where his
wounds were dressed. These hooks at
the rolling mill are not plaYthings.
A Richmond druggist got badly sold
April /. A boy went into his store with
a prescription which called for chlorate
of potash and pulverized loaf sugar, to
be moistened with two drops of sui
phuric acid, and made into pills. The
prescription was signed by A, Pril, nj.
D., and the druggist proceeded to put it
up. When he came to moistening the
chlorate of potash and loaf sugar, the
moment the acid struck it, it went off
like a charge of powder. Thinking
there possibly might be some mistake,
he made a second trial with a like re-
suit, and now he thinks DR.. April is
fraud.
One of the most satisfactory incidents
of the Washington County Court was
the marked decrease in the number OF
divorce hearings. OF the eighteen cases
on the docket only eight came to trial,
and in two of these the petitioner failed
to satisfy the court. 1t was evident to
all present at the hearings that Judge
Redfield takes high and proper ground
as to the sacredness of the marriage re-
lation, and holds that every little differ
ence between husband and wife should
not be cause for breaking the solemn
and holy bonds of matrimony. While
all real cases of marital dereliction
should receive the attention of the court,
encouragement should not be given to
the restless and impatient to resort there
for relief from the petty annoyances of
rash and ill-cOnsideIed marriages, and
people should be made to feel the truth
of the old adage "marry in haste and
repent at leisure. st. Adams Ad0er-
tiser.
A stiff south wind started the
ice about the bridge at Alburgh
Springs Monday afternoon, knocking
away one of the wooden piers at the
south end, and twisting the north end
around considerably. A special train
conveying the President and Vice Presi-
dent and Gene. al Superintendent of the
road went there in the afternoon, and
upon inspection found the bridge i'm
passible to trains, both ends near the
shore being almost unsupported, and
| passengers aud baggage from the train
on the Ogdensburg road had to be trans
ferred the whole length OF the bridge,
which, considering the distance, was
quite a Job, but under the direction OF
| SUPERINTENDENT Hobart, the work was
done in a short time. A strong force of
| workmen were at once put on the bridge
| and trains passed over it Tuesday morn
| ing.
Last Monday, freight conductor L.
Averill fell across the rail at Wells
river. and the wheels of car weighing
10. 500 pounds passed obliquely over his
body and cut off the left leg some six
inches below the hip. When the wheel
passed over, Averill listened for the
crushing of the bones, but they did not
break, but the other wheel of the truck
following almost instantly, he felt sure
il would cut the legs off. But the wheel
nassed over, and before the rear trucks
had reached him he sprung out and was
standing bolt upright. For five minutes
i. he felt no pain, but since then the pam
4 80 been almost uncomfortable, and he ha'
| hen kept under the influence of oPi1tos
92TGSsuu lIaek-Knives in his pocket were ben
zkrearly double. 1t is supposed the
fiange of the wheels struck upon those
knives first and passed up to the Top o.
the leg, and thus avoided the sheaIans
! effect of the aanSe upon the rail IN
akin mon his person was not broken
nut the flange broke the tissue of thu
flesh on the top of the legs and under
meath the rail sank into the flesh, leav
ing the mark distinct. MIR. Ayerill, i
Carefully attended, viii get along Thi
is the only case on record where ca
has has run over a mans legs leaving TIL
bones unframed.
| Col, FoYncy, ia recent letter to thu
Philadelphia Press, from Florence
Italy, has the following: ''Mr. Larkil
G. Mead has very large establishment
and exhibits many memorable produc
tions. He is the successful competitor
for the great Lincoln monument, will
its numerous groups and devices, for
mally dedicated few moths ago al
Springfield, H., for which, it is said,
he received $25, 600 Apart from the
other objects in these rooms, all of then
exhibiting culture and originality, wa'
a fine head of Justin S. Morrill,, United
States Senator from Vermont. The
Powers studio was singularly interesting
and the immense variety of models anc
copies of memorable statues and groups
revived the love and veneration of ouI
people for the famous founder, the late
Hiram Powers. Here was the model OF
the original Greek Slave, now owned by
William B. Aston; also, one of Webster
full of expression and dignity, now in
Boston; also Edward Everett, Gen
jackson, copies of many well known
works now in America, and a successful
bust of Sumner, modelled in the capitol
at Washington, a few weeks after the
death of the beloved tribune by Mr..
Preston Powers, the successor of his
! father.