Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-11

BELLOWS FALLS, April john
Geer. a gardener and early fruit pro-
ducer, living about t.o miles from
this village. after preparing for church
Yesterday morning in his usual health,
fell dead in his cellar, where he had
gone on an Grand. The deceased
was about 30 years of age and unmar-
ried. He leaves a mother and one
brother. The cause Of his death was
heart disease.
At North Troy three feet of snow
had fallen ny to Thursday since Mon
day,
A year ago Friday the sugar season
was over aud the farmers We're plow-
ing throughout Vermont. Steamers
were running on Lake Champlain and
the farmers had begun their planting.
Now the ice is still firm in the lake.
the State is covered with snow, and
the sugar season just commencing
slowly.
The Rutland county court recently
in session granted six divorces and
annulled one marriage contract.
1t is an unsafe place to curry an
axe in a sled pole, as the experience
of Mr.. Mcdonald ofGloYer will prove !:
as he was going through a cradle
hole in the road the axe was thrown
from its place, and coming down upon
the horses leg, severiug the cords,
rendering the animal useless.
Some Bristol farmers have found
sheep pelts hung on their fences, the
carcaSses having disappeared. Some
one out of meat evidently. The
parties engaged in the business keep
modcstly i'll the background, although
their acquaintance is eagsrly desired
By the victims.
Samuel Wood of Barnard. who had
been on n four weeks spree, left the
house early on Sunday morning, and
several hours afCerward was found by
his wife in deep ravne near by quite
helpless and badly frozen. Prompt
medical assistance saved his life, but he
will probably lose several fingers.
While heavy'safe belonging to A.
B. Clapp & Co. was being drawn up
the stairs in the rear Of Crosby block
at Brattleboro, cham broke, and the
safe , hich was Lear the top of the
stairs went down the track with great
force shivering the door at the foot OF
the stairs to atoms. The safe was not
much injured and no one hurt.
The other day year and half old
child of Edward Chase, of Essex June
ton, was observed to be suffering
great pain, for which no visible cause
could he discovered. But the next
morning as it was being dressed, a
thread was discovered protruding
from between two of its ribs on the
RIGHT side, which on being pulled OF,
proved to have needle upon the end
of it. The whole length Of the threat
was one foot and seven inches, which
together with the needle, IL inches
long, were in the child's body. How
it came there is the mystery.
James L. humphrey, the 10 eel keep
or at Felphy lie (Reading), got up the
other morning, arranged his affairs,
dressed himself for The coffin, smoked
his PIPE. took his Bible and laid down
to die. and before night he was dead.
A quarrel arose recently at Jamaica
between Jack Williams and John
Sullivan, freshmen at work in . black
smith shop connected with the narrow
gauge railroad, and proceeding from
words to blows, Sullivan received Il
heavy blow upon the head fro IN a
billet of wood in the hands Of Williams.
Sullivan returned the blow but soon
showed signs OF being seriously in
jurcd. An examination showed that
his skull was fractured and he died in
three days. Williams is under arrest.