Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-03-12
Vermont News.

long as they maintain a good character
and department.
- The st. Adams rolling mill has re-
sumed operations, after being idle for
four months. Six furnaces are in full
blast, with the old gang of heaters; the
rolls on both day and night have the
same gang working the "hooks with
one or two exceptions.
w. p. Wakefield of Bloomington,
was severely hurt ON the 9th ult. As
he was passing team loaded with logs,
the sleds interlocked, and the binding
pole on the load of logs was let loose and
came round with great force, striking
Wakefield on the head.
- The revival at St. Johnsbury is the
greatest ever known there. Over eighty
requested prayers Sunday and Monday.
A meeting held in the machine shop of
the scale works, Tuesday afternoon was
attended by the 500 workmen of the
shops and many others.
The case of William A. Brayton
of Alburg, late clerk in the postoffice at
Providence, r. l., for robbing the mails,
has been settled in the United States
courts there, Brayton FORGETTING his bail,
and the matter closed by his friends pay
ing $500 and costs.
E. p. Cotton, master of the State
Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry,
has appointed T. G. Naramore visiting
deputy, whose duty it will be to visit
such oranges as are not receiving salts
factory benefits from the order and as
sist them in their work.
- The large two-story dwelling house
owned by Geo. H. Whitney, and well
known as the "old Captain jackson
Mansion" on the hill half mile north
of West Randolph, was entirely con-
sumed by fire about noon Thursday /;
insured contents of house saved.
Some boys in Bristol who thought
to have little sport with small dog,
saturated his hair with kerosene, and set
him on fire. Small dog ran under a
barn; barn caught fire and burned, de-
stroying quite quantity of hay and
grain. Dog burned too. Poor dog.
Naughty boys.
= Edward Raleigh of Pawlet, was
found badly injured ON the railroad track
near that station Saturday evening, by
the night track-walker. 1t is supposed
he fell from the evening down freight.
1t was said he was in the habit of hiding
on the train and stealing his ride. He
died on Monday.
"A kerosene lamp exploded recent
ly at the house of Fred Noyes in Bristol,
scattering the lamp into numerous frag-
ments, and setting on fire almost every
thing in the room. The fire was smoth-
cred with carpets and bed quilts. The
lamp was nearly full of oil, and the wick
had been turned down to emit small
light.
The St. Adams Messenger says =
Messrs. L. B. Platt and R. H Hoyt paid
to the clerk of the u. S. Court at Bur-
lington, Thursday, s30,998S6, in full
settlement and discharge of their liabil-
ity as bail for Gen George j. Stannard,
late collector of customs for the district
of Vermont. They hope to realize about
$4,000 from his bankrupt estate.
- The clergymen connected with the
Congregational churches of Franklin
county, are out with card stating that
Robert O'Neil, who was hired by the
Congregational church of Fairfield, to
supply for time their pulpit, is an i'm.
poster and wholly unfit to hold any 20.
sition of trust, and entirely undeserving
of patronage or favor from any chris
tan people.
- Henry Davis of Glover was hold
ing a COW the other day for another fel
low to knock down. When the blow
was given Henry discovered that hii
thumb was between the ak and the cows
head. The COW didn't fall, and Mr.
Davis, noticing that part of his thumb
was gone, made up some queer faces, anC
concluded thatnext time the fellow nigh
hold his own COW.
In certain school in the state, re
Gently, the teacher announced that on .
given afternoon the girls might brin!
sewing materials to receive instruction il
needle-work, but, when they came witt
them, the larger boys came too, will
shaving benches and drawing knives, re
questing that they might practice hooI
shaving at the same time. That wa
the last day of the new wrinkle.
j. G. Brooks of Hartford, havin,
held the Office of town treasurer for g
years, resigned said office on town meet
ing day, whereupon the town voted f,