St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-31
Vermont News.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A soldier who boarded at a cheap
house in Bennington during the cele-
bratiOH, was heard to remark that il
Gen. Stark had lived at such place as
that Molly would have been a widow in
two days.
The circumstance that Senator Dawes
and Judge Hoar, of Massachusetts, were
not called up at the Bennington ban
quet was due simply to the fact that
President Phelps was wholly unaware
of their presence.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Edward L. Moore of Burlington, while
trying TO stop runaway horse fell to
the ground, where he received some
severe kicks from the horse and was run
over by the wagon. His spine was i'll
jured and Il rib or two fractured.
This week, the Burlington and
LamOille Railroad commence selling
through tickets to Boston for eight dol
lars-the same as charged by the Cen
trail Vermont. This brings the north
west portion of our state through St.
Johnsbury in reaching the metropolis OF
New England.
Charles E. Miner of Burlington, while
bathing at Old Orchard, had a watch
worth 1915 and $l05 in money stolen
from his bathing house.
The Free Press says A queer
genius, not more than a hundred miles
from Burlington, recently placed bell
on his barn to be rung every time he
got drunk. The bell has been ringing
for the last day or two.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
At St. Adams, Monday afternoon, as
Mrs. Canon, IA French woman, 70 years
old, was picking up fuel on the railroad
track, she was struck 10y freight train
and run over by four freight cars. Both
her legs were cut off, and her body was
terribly crushed. She died in about if
teen minutes afteI the accident, but re-
tanned consciousness long enough to ill.,
quire for heI son and to recognize the
Catholic priest when he came to see
her. No blame is chargeable upon any
one save the unfortunate woman her
self.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Among the notices posted along the
brooks in Stowe, is the following: "NO
Republican allowed to fish on this land
The seventh-day Adventists will hold
Il camp-meeting in Il grove half Il mile
north of Morrisville, Sept. Gil. Special
tickets will be sold on the Portland &
OgdensbuIg Railroad, and connecting
roads, at fare one way.
Sunday evening while Jefferson Locke,
of Morisville, was doing his milking,
Mrs. Laura Patten. his sister and Il
widow lady, who has been his house
keeper for some time, was suddenly
t; ken with Il violent hemorrhage from
the lungs and was found dead on the
return of Mr.. Locke to the house with
his milk. AT the time she was alone
and had been doing the usual household
duties. Mrs. Patteu was nearly sixty
seven years of age and leaves Il large
circle of friends.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Col. John b. Mead of Randolph, had
a valuable gold watch and chain stolen
| from him at Bennington.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The arrivals mt the Memphremagog
house for the week ending August 25tl
were Goethe best week of the season
c. Cummings of Newport, harvested
last week and threshed out 245 bushels
of wheat from IA bushels sowing. He
had ACRES and IL very small part of il
had been cut previously, otherwise the
work was all done last week. Thirty.
five bushels to the acre has not beef
beaten for some years, and we hardly
think it can I've this year.
Nellie Heating, aged about tifteel
years, daughter of Pat Heating of Bar
ton, was so badly burned by the burst
ing and burning of a can OF kerosene
oil, on Thursday last, that she liveo
only about ten hours after the accident
She took the oil to assist in lighting
fire, not knowing, as she said, that there
was fire in the stove. When the OF
touched the fire, it flashed like powder
burst the can and flew all over the Cir
and her clothing. She was envelopeI
in blaze in an instant, but had presence
of mind sufficient to run quite dis
lance to the pond and plunge in to ex
tinguish the blaze. 1t was too late
the fire had nearly burned off the cloth.
ing, and so burned the body that grea
shreds of skin and flesh were hanging
from her arms and other parts of tn,
person. She lived in the greatest agony
until 3 o'clock, Friday morning.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
While Joel Todd, of CuttingSville
and his wife and child, were driving tt
Rutland, the 23d, the kingbolt of til,
wagon came out and all were precipi
tated to the ground. Mrs. Todd auo
the child struck on their heads, receiv.
ing severe injuries and the latter is MOI
expected to live.
An amusing incident of the reception
of the Presidential party by the young
ladies of Rutland, is related. AS the
story goes, they arranged themselves il
line with bouquets in their hands ready
to throw them upon the President. Be
ing in some doubt when the great mel
moved along as to the proper person Oh
whom to bestOw their honors, they
naturally took the best looking man in
the party for the President and bestOw-
ed their favOrs accordingly. In cOnse-
quence Governor Van Zandt was almost
smothered with roses, and had to beg
Mrs. Hayes to set the matter right. She
did not care. however, to interfere, and
the fun went on.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Abigail Cutler, aged 81 years and
months, widow of the late David Cutler
one of the early settlers of Montpelier
died the 18th, of injuries received from
falling down stairs few days previ-
ously.
A nine-years old son of William Kirk
land, of Waterbury, was drowned while
bathing Saturday afternoon. His com