The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-05-02

| Hon. L. W. Park ana peh' H.
Baxter. Their ease was very any
managed by their counsel, Hon. +. j.
Phelps and Hon. L. +. Chittenden'
The summer residence Of John n.
Squires, of Troy, n. Y, situated at
Remington Centre, with its contents
and store near by, was totally de-
stroyed by an incendiary fire Monday
morning last. The state arms house,
of revolutionary fame, standing OPP
posite, was greatly endangered, but
was saved with slight damage. Loss
SIP, 900; partly insured.
The strike of the weavers in the
Bennington Woollen mills is ended,
and they have gone back TO their
looms at the old prices. After con-
sulting with Messrs. Fishers in New
York, Superintendent Robinson gave
them one hour to either resume work
at the old prices per yard or move out
of the houses. The result of the
strike is that the overseers lose the
advanced wages first offered them for
weaving heavier goods.
Henry Wood, of Woodford, who is
very deaf, called at house the other
night to get a drink Of water, when
one of the inmates, thinking it was a
tramp, by his not answering to the
question, - who is there?" when he
2 knocked at the door, grasped his old
e flint lock rifle, ran out the back door,
+, jumped behind a sycamore tree and
y fired at the supposed tramp three
times. Henry knew nothing about
: this, but leisurely walked away.
c A curious scene was recently observ-
+ ed at Gaysville when pair Of hawks,
: which had nested in the locality for
several years were suddenly attacked
& by hawk of another and larger spe-
e cies and terrific battle ensued in mid
, air. The last that was seen Of the COM
l. batants the larger hawk was making
= rapid but unsteady progress for the
woods, while one of the smaller birds
= was securely perched upon his back
q, and hammering away at his head in
|. good earnest.
o Recently, in Montpelier, as J. NJ.
d Poland and wife were going from theil
house, he tied up his Newfoundland
o.: dog, but had been gone but short time
" before it broke the chain and escaped
u Going to the house Of A. Ropes, the
NJ dog was again secured, but its whining
j. enlisted the sympathy Of Mrs. Ropes
who released it, her husband having
: shortly before taken daughter and
=. gone to walk. AS soon as released
In the dog was apparently taken with 6
is fit, and sprang towards Mrs. Ropes,
-, who by a speedy movement succood-
n ed i'll escaping the animal. 1t ran
through the open door, and into a bed
room, where another dogagghlter was
!. lying i'll, and sprang on to the bed,
endeavoring to bite the young miss.
She, however, had covered herself with
the bed-clothes and succeeded in pre-
venting the dog doing her any injury.
The cries of her mother for assistance
brought Charles A. Reed, who passed
+ the dog cover the valley with a re-
y volver, and it is now at rest.-ArguS
~ just prior to the battle of Benning,
ton, an accident which savOrs Of 70,
=, nance and history occurred in Wood
ford. 1t used to be jolly sport ii
those early times for squads Of five OF
Vi ten tories to scout around in the for
- est for game, and also be on the aler
III for the enemy. One "six foot foul
le ranger" who CHANGED to be peering
'C' through the dense forest one morning
nc saw a dense smoke ascending, and dis
covered that five tories were there
tn cooking their breakfast of wild game
y, "Now, them" thought Jack, sis tht
I'll time for me to capture some human
or game !" He crept along and discov
1t cred that their five lihes were stacked
a. short distance from the party. These
he secured and then bravely walked
10 up to the party and shouted in ringing
+ tones, Surrender every one Of you
at or you are dead men," They did az
e. commanded without asking "with wha
Sc authority do you do this?" The pris
TX oners were then marchedto Benning
ton and delivered up to Gen. Stark
err who was astonished when he saw wha
err had been accomplished by one man
u When asked how he managed to con
" troll so many men, he replied, 81 sur
at rounded them, and had they not obey
a ed me, they would have died the deatl
of dog on the spur of yankee min
ute"