Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-09-13
State Ne,cs.

ly, from which he took 800 pounds of
honey.
A Burlington colored barber rejoiees
in the possession of razor with which
his grandfather once shaved Gen. Wash
ington.
The state normal school at Randolph,
has opened its fall term very successful
ly, l6O scholars being enrolled, the first
week.
A boy weighing five hundred and for
ty-six pounds and woman weighing
seven hundred and eighty-two pounds,
have been on exhibition at Brattleboro
Lead and strong indications of silver,
have been discovered on several Hart
land farms, and parties are organizing
for immediate work in developing the
mines.
DIR. w. H. Howard, the somewhat
celebrated English physician of West
Fairlee, has left for parts unknown, tax
ing his best horses and carriage, and
leaving many debts.
Three tramps broke into the house of
Thomas Smith of Georgia, last Tuesday
afternoon, and one of them stole vest,
pair of pants and small sum of mon
ey They were arrested and lodged in
st. Adams Jail.
John Bement and Reuben Fletcher of
Woodstock, and Hannah Bugbee of
Pomfret. accidentally met at Woodstock,
the other night, and on comparing notes
found that they were all in their 92d
year, the birthday of two occurring in
November and the other in December.
A child was born to Dwight Howard
of East Haven, August 20, which had
no spine from the shoulder to the hips.
1t ate nothing for the first three days of
its existence, when it began to realize
the necessity of doing something for a
living, and began to take its rations in
the regular way.
Elijah Dewey, while fishing at Ben
nington, the other day, lost $500 dia-
mond, and was much derided thereat by
VIM. E. Hawkes., who went out fishing,
two days later, and lost $3.50 diamond
shirt stud, making $1,000 in diamonds
that he has lost in the last eight years.
Warren Mellen, until within few
months one of Nilmington's most thriv-
ing and respected farmers, committed
suicide, on Monday forenoon of week be-
fore last, by shooting himself through
the lungs with shotgun. Desponden-
cy, caused by the loss of his eyesight,
was undoubtedly the cause.
| Mr.. Jed Hyde, a farmer residing in
East Georgia, in attempting to cross the
railroad track at Milton Falls, a week
ago last Thursday morning, was struck
by freight train, and seriously, if not
fatally injured. His horse was so bad
| ly injured that it was shot to end its
misery, and his wagon was made com.
plete wreck Mr.. Hyde was thrown a
number of feet, striking upon his head
and shoulder, cutting them upon the
iron rail In frightful manner.
Edison Cook, an industrious and re-
spectacle farmer of Hydepark, was ar
rested, Saturday the 28th ult., and con-
fined in the county Jail Cook has for
a great many years been regarded by
many as a religious monomaniac. Re-
Gently, his insanity has taken rather a
dangerous form. expressing itself in flu
rlous driving through the streets, shout
: ing loudly. sometimes in extremely pro-
fame phrases and at others in language
as plouS and as terrible as the prophets
of old.
The application of the Rutland rail.
road company for an injunction to re.
strain the Central Vermont company
, from interfering with them in taking
| possession of their road, under the clause
of the contract emitting them to its pos
session after breach of the conditions
f which was to have been heard at st. AL
bans, last week, was postponed to Octo.
Der lst. In the Vermont Central &C
: counting, the chancellor has denied the
C application of the bond-holders to en-
: ploy an expert on accounts.
q Some 40 years ago, Thomas Emerson
! president of the old Windsor bank, was
suspected to have robbed it of $4,000
and was convicted and confined in TAI
several years for the crime Last Mon
day, while repairs were going on in the
e house once occupied by the cashier O.
the bank, the missing money was found
proving him to have been the guilty
: person. Both the men died, severa
c years since, the cashier with the reputa
D ton OF an honest man and Emerson un
!. der the imputation of crime, and tn,
! revelation makes quite sensation a
Filters mill and contents at Caven
dish we're burned early last Sunda,
: morning; loss, $4,000, insured foI
r 100000. The factory, with the ma
!. ehinery, cost $4,000, and gave EN-
ployment to 100 hands. The mail
building, which was of wood and fou
stories high, was struck by lightnin.
shortly after II o'clock, week ago las
Sunday night. The Waterman gave ;
: prompt alarm, and there was an excel
: lent force pump on the premises, but il
s the excitement of the moment it wa
broken. There were pipes extending al
through the building. but when the fore,
pump was broken, they were useless
There were no other appliances at hanc
e except few fire extinguishers, and tn
r building was burned to the ground witt
!. nearly all its contents, there being tim
to save only small portion of the stock
: The Barre bank has the good luck o
: the skill to End all the three burglar
: who routed up its cashier, one night,
: few weeks ago, with the demand for tn
: keys to the safe. The case is rather in
= struetive, and we commend it to the nu
merous banks in Maine and about tn
country which have as yet been unabl
/ to overhaul the bandits who have intru