Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

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BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Rev. Kyman Coleman Of the lafayette Col
lege at Easlou, Pa, AMI the first principal Of Burr
Seminary at MaDchester,is believed to be the oldest
college professor in active service IN America. He
was graduated from Yale College in 1917, and is in
his s3l year. With the exception of seven cars
employed in preaching he has passe all his active
life in teaching.
Mrs. Hannah Madison, aged 90, diel in BennlnZ-
ton on Friday, arer being confined to her bed for
over fifty years.
Moses Hulet of SALISBURY, on returning from
church, ,Su uday, hijched his horses fIr a few
moments till he could 20 over to one of the neigh
bors some ilny rods distant, near two s1Hrms Of
ices. lie had scarcely arrived at the neighbours
house when Mrs. Hulet discovered that the bees
were singing the horses. she gave the alarm by
blowing the horn Mr. Hulett and a couple OF
friends hurried to the team aud found il completely
covered with bees. The horses wers 0oundering
aud plugging in the greatest agony. he men
rusneI in TO extricate them and were severely
stung. Nevertheless the horses were cut loose, but
not in time to save them. One Of them died IN d
few hours, the other is in a precarious condition
fortunately neithsr of the men were seriously
injured. The horses were sweating and wer,
nltched so thit the wind blew from the horses
towards the bees, which is supposed to be tn'
cause of the attack.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Mary Emerson, formerly of Richmond, Vermont
committed suicide at Great Falls, " Il Thursday
while in ft of dependency, taking oil of cedar
she was q years old.
Sanford Lee, Jericho's constable and collector, is
said to have decamped with $1,000 OF state taxes
and the state treasurer has sued the town.
ORANGE COUNTY.
AtWells River, the other day, James Hamilton
brakeman, iel from the deck of u bridge nearly
sixty feet into the river where the water was fou
feet deep. The water broke the fall SO that hi
was not seriously hurt.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Horace Crandall of Salem, 70 years old sudden
| fell dead last wesk.
| At Coventry, the other day, little boy was ru
over by an OK curt winch was heavily loaded wit
stone, the wheel passing squarelv over the Child
abdomen. Strangely enough it did not break
Done or injure the little fe ow so badly as 10 kee
| kim on the bed single day.
| RUTLAND COUNTY.
| d. G. BtSc1m, tn "nregulir" cashier OF tn
srandon bank, is living in rlconderoga,N New forl
and it is sad his wife owns an inteIe est in har,
| ware business there
| WINDUAM COUNTY.
The second building of the Vermont Academy
Saxon's River is completed and will be occupie
tins fall.
As Ezra Walker an ! a Miss Harwood were dri'
ing along the highway between Grafton AMI Can
bridgeport, the king bolt of the wagon came ou
| md both were thrown to the ground. Mr.. Wake
was not hurt but diss uarwoo l. striking on he
mead, was seri usly injured and now lies in
critical condition.
| A. j. johnson, the cyclop@ liza man from Ne
York, WAS il pupil of Il. W. Clarke of Brattleboi
wen the latter WAS principal OF Ludlow academy
tic is a brother Of Nj. &. B. johnson of Fa.
eltevie auI W. r. L. Johnson Of Putney.
A singular chaaiter has been unearthed at Boz
ton IN Dtyil j. Cole, who WAS recently foun
seriously sick in miserable apartments and take
to the city hos ital. lie was born in Brooklne
this state 81 years ago and moving to Bosto
while qnt4 young m IN lie went into the WOO
saving business For Il years he has carmel n
living in this way and by doing other small job
res ng IN filthy quarters wnero he prepared h
frug repa5t aud slept on vermin.coVere
Mattress Ile is a remarkable Bible student, havir
read the book through eight times since Linco
was assassinatel |, a strict and well posted repub
can AMI careful rei der of the newspapers. lie
: also miser an when he was taken 10 the hospit
the other day 81, 90 was found sewed up in h
clothes
vemonrs fit woman, Mrs. Albert Smith
| Rochester, del recently, her weight beng oy
100 pounds, aud the cofia IN which she was burle
at Saxton's RIVER, WAS as wade as common e
press wagon.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
A Barnard man killed the other day, strip
snake out OF whose mpuLh sixty-seven your
snakes subsequently emerged.
The body of twenty five year-oli Geo. A. Dumb
Of Springfield was found floating in the Connectlc
river, the otner day.
, Thousands of fish have been dying in the Go
nectlcut river during the past few days. The
leath was supposed to be caused by the hea
+ rains carrying Paris green into the river from
, potato fields.
The average depreciation of real estate values
Windsor courty during the last four years was
per cent the greatest decrease-37h per cent
being in Barnard, aud the least-lH per cent
; Indoyer, where the land is SO poor that 1t has
, my chance to icprcciate.
James D. Leet, u native of Stony Creek, War;
county, N Y, but for the past three or four yei
resident oil North Springfield was killed instant
/ the other day, in a circular saw mill owned by
I BIynton of the latter place. Mr.. Boynton and
Leet had menled the f1ed-belt attached to
circular, and while Mr.. Boynton stepped in
2 another room Mr.. Leet holsted the gate, and
$ attempting to put on the feed-bet got his ingt
caught throwing him forward, his head striki
inside the main pulley, the spokes and set scr
e smashing in his head, scattering his brains in
. shocking manner. He was married last spring a
was about 25 years old.
THE STEPPING STONE TO HEALTH.