Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-14
Vermont News.


who boarded at the residence Of III. j.
Arlington, in Bakersfield, went to bed
the. other night, leaving kerosene lamp
dimly burning. In the morning they
were found unconscious from the effects
of the gas which had generated from
the lamp and were restored with diff
Guilty.
- While at work in his mill at Vie
tory one day last week Mr.. Daniel Colby
was caught by his clothes in the shaft
ing and wound up so tight as to stop
the mill. He was not so injured but
that he could call for help, but they
were obliged to cut his clothes off be-
fore he could be released. His pants
and overalls were torn into shreds.
- Last Friday, in Passumpsic, as
Curtis Kidder was dropping a stick of
timber, it fell on the handle of an AK in
such manner as to cause the ak to fly
up and strike his throat directly over
hejugular vein, cutting cash that bled
profusely, and for short time it was
feared he would bleed to death. But
the blood was soon stanched and the
wound dressed. The person who dressed
it thinks the wound reached the artery
and that the dullness of the AK saved
his life.
= The barns of Stephen P. Black on
the Perley place, near Berlin pond, were
burned, Wednesday morning, with
large quantity of hay and "a sheep. The
loss is estimated at 81 900 and insured
for $3.50.
While driving down hill near
the school house where the boys had
been coasting, at Scotch Hollow, Wells
River, the horse of Mr.. Atkins slipped
and broke leg 1t had to be killed,
and the owner wants the town to pay
damages.
Obed Whipple, Jr., one of the best
dairymen in Pomfret, lost Jersey COW
few days since, for which he paid three
hundred dollars. She fell on the ice
and broke her hip bone, and injured
herself otherwise badly.
1t is reported that DR.. Ripley Clark
and wife are stopping at the Windsor
house at present and expecting to jour
ney south ere long. The doctor has Civ
en- up his practice in Vermont State
prison. Supt. Bailey has appointed DIR
Furness as visiting physician in his
stead.
A few days since Harvey S. Rogers,
young man living in Cambridge, went
to his father sugar-house and commit
ed suicide by shooting himself through
the head with a revolver He was
found late in the afternoon, life having
been extinct for some time. He was
twenty years of age, and it is said that
disappointment in love was the cause of
the rash act
- In WheeIock man recently put
the barrel of gun loaded with powder
in the fire as the easiest way Of unload
ing it. Thinking the powder must be
burned up Gas he said he placed the
muzzle of the gun to his mouth to blow
the smoke out, when the contents dis
charged and blew out several of his
teeth, burning his mouth and throat ter
ribly. Fortunately the shot had been
removed, otherwise the result must have
proved fatal.
- An accident occurred at Chelsea last
week Wednesday. Mr.. John G. Clark,
cashier Of the bank at Chelsea, was
coasting on Jail hill, with four other
young men, when their sled became I'M
manageable, which resulted in their be-
ing thrown against Corwin's store. Mr..
Clark got his face and head badly bruis-
ed and cut, and one ankle severely
sprained The others escaped all injury.
There is talk of forming a company of
cripples at Chelsea. Lieut-Gov. L. G.
Hinckley is prominent candidate for
captain; John G. Clark for first lieuten-
ant and w. G. Austin for second.