Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-19


last Monday evening.
About twelve inches of snow fell on
Tuesday last. at Brettleboro. and the
sugar makers courage is renewed.
A year old child of Mr.. Parady of
Burlington, recently swallowed screw
| about an inch long. which lodged in its
windpipe. causing death by suHocation.
The St Adams butter market, last
Tuesday. was duh. with very little offer
ing. We quote common 70 fair, 20 to
25 cents; medium to good. % to q cts /;
choice, % cents fancy so cents.
Gorham B. Goodell. of the firm of
Davis & Goodell. herders. shipped some
of Vermont's finest stock from Brattle-
boro to Cheyenne. Wyoming. ON Mon
day last.
Here is a warning to young men who
do their counting on Sundays. Moreover
it explodes the old theory that man
can live on love- Warren Waldo, who
has an eye for penny. recently sued
his son-in- law. Elbridge Pierce. for Sal,
his board bill for 81 Sundays. while the
said Elbridge was counting Josephine.
The matter was compromised.
Two weeks ago last Friday. Elihu
Norton. well known resident of Uhel-
sea. attempted suicide by stabbing him.
self twice with his pocket knife and try
/ ing to reach his heart with a wire he
had made from a pail bail, pointed. and
six or seven inches in length. The wire
passing below the heart, has not been
found as yet and the doctors say that he
can live but short time.
Twelve or fifteen Vermont lawyers re-
Gently got into serious discussion in
the court room in regard to the Lord $
Prayer. Each gave different version
of it. Finally they referred it to the
Judge he shifted the responsibility up
on the clerk, who got Bible. looked
all through the Old Testament, and then
gave it up. A Sunday-school scholar
was then called in. who repeated it cor
rectly.-Haper's Weekly.
William Hudson of Brattleboro. one
of Estey's workmen, was offered by a
brother workman seyenty-fve pound
bag of meal if he would carry it four
times up and down the sixty-four step
stairway in front of the shops, without
stopping. He did it Wednesday eve
ming of week before last, in his stocking
feet, after his days work was over, in
about seven minutes. and besides his
meal received handsome contribution
from the crowd who enjoyed the sport.
There is couple in Cayendish, who
were married and began housekeeping
in the house they now reside in about
40 years ago, and in their kitchen is a
Wolson cooking stove which was put
there before they moved into the house !;
which stove has not been moved one
fourth of an inch from where it was first
placed, during the entire 40 years, and
they both say that they would not ex
change 1t for any of the more modern
styles and so called improved stoves now
IN use.
One night of week before last, Joseph
G. Sanders, a freight brakeman on the
Central Vermont, deserted his family in
St Adams, and ran away with the wife
of Willard Spaulding of Mortified. His
wife publishes card in which she says,
Whereas, my husband has run away
with another mans wife, taking away
all our property and leaving me with
one child to support, being the third
time he has served me thus; this is to
warn all persons against trusting him
on ANY account as he never pays his
debts to caution railroad companies
against employing him as brakeman,
because he is so much of a breakman of
his engagements; ard to inform his gull
ty paramour that. bad as she has shown
herself to be. she will find herself cheat
ed IN the bargain"
Hon. James NJ. Slade of Middlebury.
died on Saturday evening, the 10th in
slant. at s o'clock, of a kidney difficult
ty, after an illness of several weeks du-
ration. Mr.. Slade was son of Hon.
William Slade, governor of the state,
and representative in congress, and was
born in Middlebury. He has filled ma,
ny prominent offices in his town and
state. In 1856 he was elected a mem.
Der of the council of censors, and Lieut..
governor of the state from 1856 to 1858.
and was for three years trustee of the
state reform school. He had also been a
representative from Middlebury. in the
legislature for several years, where he
always took high position. He was a
merchant for many years. but had retir-
ed from business before his death. Mr..
Slade was sixty-two years of age. and
has been lifelong Christian.
A Rutland rum-seller, whose place
was broken up on Monday of week be.
fore last. having gone out of business,
has explained the means by which he was
often enabled to evade the officers of the
law 1t consists of tin case, holding
about three quarts, about two feet In di.
ameter and an iuch thick, and curved 70
ut the body This was fastened by a
belt around the waist. and worn beneath
the clothes in front. where it was entire.
ly unnotieeable. To small opening AZ
the bottom was attached a rubber tube
coming ont through hole in the pock.
ct, aud the yender could, at any time.
draw glass of whiskey from that recep-
taeie. 1t was first made for use on the
TAR ground, and was found very conven.
lent sfterward. The owner says he has
sat at his door and sold liquor while the
ofhcers were searching his premises
within.
On the 9th inst, freight conductor L.
Ayerill fell across the rail at Wells Riv.
er. and the wheels of a car weiobino
thirteen Thousand. Eve hundred pounds.
passed obliqueiy over his body, and Of
the left leg, some six inches below the
mp. When the wheel passed over Aver.