Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-07

DoH5Is Murder Gzd S,EeIds-A Son
Slabs his Wife. Chaps has M0thzr's
Head OF. BrGiHs has FatAsr, Cuts
las Ihroot and Hangs Rimself.
Between the hours Of eight and nine
o'clock last Tuesday morning, Silas
Wilder, who lives IN the east part Of
Lyndon. killed With an axe his mother
and father, stabbed his wife, cut his
own threat. aud finally hung himself.
The family consisted Of only four per-
sons: Levi Wilder. 50 years old his
wife, 2 years old their son Silas, 50
years old. and his wife. Fanny Laducer.
o. Silas has for some years been sub
jeeted 70 spasus OF fits, in which he
would sometimes be unconscious aud
sometimes partially insane. When he
got up Tuesday naruing. lie said 70 his
wife, %. Fan | have had such = tsrri-
BE night. Such dreams - Soon al
ter this &c took pair Of overzlls, which
his wife had made, and said to her.
The straps are too short" and Fanny
said. Il can sew On some pieces, If you
viii leave them a" -Old Mrs Wilder.
Who i peevish. fsult-6nding old LADY.
then said. Il an glad l didn't DO K
because there would have been : ruE.''
SIlzs replied. You needn't say any
thing about It /; you didn't do it." SiIas
then put On the oTerzlls. took the milk
pail and started for the harm % do the
morning chores He vas gone While
his wife vas boiling the potatoes for
BREAKFAST about twenty MINUTES When
he returned. his wife told him brezkfzs.
vas ready. and Silzs sat down 70 the
table, ate fe. uoathfuls. got 70 from
the table, and called for his tea. holding
his zzuoer IN his hand His wife took
the teapot fro1 the stove, poured soue
tea into the sz1eer, and. While doing Il.
notloed that his hand shock, that his
eo1ntenznce vas deadly pale and tia;
hls eyes we're glossy-zz Fanny q.
pressed Il Il couldn't see ANYTHING but
the whites At this tine the noeke,
vas CT the lOzngz. c9nbing her hair,
and the father had gone down cellar q
build fre n stove PLACED there q
keep Potatoes from freezing. Ate,
tasting Of the tea. silzs started toward
the Sid saying, This thing l. goine
to be settled" Fanny followed hin Il
alarm and said, What thing. siIzs
there Il nothing 70 settle" As he 90
mo the she'd he seized the aye an
started 20 return. Fanny meeting him II
TIE d0or, took hoId Ct ais arm and IA.
axe. and asked What are you pong q
d. SIlzS 7. The old geztleuzu eSu.
Up a. the sane noEent and czugh. boIe
II hiE- saying .Silzs Wilder. Via AZ,
yo1 gong 70 do :" A SIlzs g.-ngvse<
70 free himself he sad. ..I'H sbsE r.
all stz1d hack IL you wou't L. =.
Do i With the ave, III do Il WITH n,
knife " AZ the sane instant he DIRE.
= snail tEo-blzded knife fra his rex
e, and While holding q 70 tie axe vitI
hls e. kznd- op<1sd blzde Vita 81
right hznd-znd What sssistzner 4
eSGA gss fro1 his left-znd st.bb<s
hIs wife IN the righs breast, rzzkfnx
szzH Eezk voEBd, and stuck her = -
cd tine ever The right eye. the blzd
entering The middle 0f tie fsrskezd
eo1lng ct below the eyebrox. Fznn
Ez2 st11ned and staggered baek zzzins
tie sAed post and fsr = ssw r,e,eo,
d,d nss knsv Ehzs tex plzoe- 10 On
zIt1essed BIS 2ets after thiz. bat Il
eESdsat fr0z the pools of bIsad in Il
ko1ss tAzs he insEznt after striking Ii
wife ever lie eye. be cit tke Cd ee1
TEXANS thrBzt The next tang Fsnn
reze@b~rs saz that ssIzs nj ker .
tAs ssrzndz. and, seeing the bio
streaming fr0z her face, aid niIdl,
Yer Gods axe, Pan, | kaTsn't lille