St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-02-06
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

row III half acre of winter rye-a rare
feat In that latitude during January.
States Attorney Slade of Addison
county shows no favors to the liquor
sellers. At Middlebury last week sew
eral were fined as high as $50 and
cost, and another batch are now before
him for examination.
Col. E. S. Stowell of Cornwall has
sold his entire flock of 80 Spanish me-
rlno sheep to Cyrus Jennings of Hor-
tonvllle for $4,000; averaging 1864 per
head.
"A COW belonging to N. E. La Francis
OF RlptOn, which has acted peculiarly
ana at last died, has been found to have
mad a large darning needle in her heart
which had been there long enough to
become covered with rust.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Loggins of
Wllllston, aged respectively SO and 70
years, have been married SIS years, and
nave four daughters, six sons, four of
whom served in the late war, 80 grand
children and 6 great grandchildren.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The wind has played considerably all
uay with the spire of the Congregations
al church, and many eyes have been
turned In that direction with the ex-
pectatlon of seeing it go over. Thus
TAR, however, it has stood the storm.
1t Is privileged to swing certain dis
lance, but the constant strain of TODAY
has been wearing. From observations
taken by Mr.. Babbitt, civil engineer of
the Central Vermont road, the spire is
shown to have swayed from three to
four feet. A teamster who halted near
the church this noon had his attention
called to the swaying spire. He did not
wait for second look, but snatched up
the lines and left for more secure
stopping place. He evidently did not
aspire to be unexpectedly dealt with
from above.-St. Adams Messenger,
30h.
Isidore Marechel, the Belgian cracks
man recently arrested at st. Adams for
$4,000 robbery at Montreal, is now
shown to have had designs on st. AL
bans bank. Marechel, after making
confdante of a supposed confederate,
asked him to enter the bank during
business hours and ascertain if there
was an inner safe in the vault, aud, if
so, get the makers name, when he
could then easily find his way into the
treasure. He considered the chronome-
ter time lock Oh the outside door no bar
and said he could easily open that by
diamond drills and dynamite, and then
by means of key unwind the clock
spring and turn the lock part round to
the regular opening hour. Marechel
was to get rid of the man sleeping in
the bank by introducing into the scheme
a bewitching syren from New York,
who would beguile the Waterman from
the bank long enough to accomplish the
burglary. This plan was promptly di-
vulged to the sheriff, and strict sur
Vigilance has been kept on the Belgian's
movements. He further confessed to
his supposed confidante that the blow
ing open of the railroad safe at Platts-
burg, N. Y, two years since and the
robbery therefrom of $500 was his
work. The job fer which he was sent
to Sing Sing was robbiDg the store of
Brooklyn jeweler of $4,000. From
this prison he walked out by means of
skeleton keys.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
F. L. Merritt of WOlcOtt, was severe
ly hurt the other day, by his horse bit
ing him on the right side and jamming
him to the ground, and then lifting him
up and shaking him. 1t was a veIy
narrow escape, and would have been
worse had not man at work for him
Geat the horse off with a shovel.
ORANGE COUNTY.
During the seven years pastorate of
Rev. l.. III. Elliot over the COngrega-
tiOnal church at Bradford, % were re-
ceived into the church by letter and 81
by profession, making a total of So. He
has married 40 couples and attended
I26 funerals.
Accidents at Chelsea were numerous,
Wednesday forenoon. While sharpen
ing a sled stake, Scott George cut off
two fingers of his left hand; Josiah
Douglass, aged 81, had shock of apo
plexy, and exLieutenant Gov. Burn
ham Martin, stepping down from the
post office piazza, suddenly slipped and
fell, breaking one bone of his left arm
at the wrist.
There are three old ladies in Chelsea,
aged respectively 81, 90 and 90 years,
one of whom has been heard to remark |
recently that "she hoped when she
became old there would be somebody
to take care of her," and the eldest
when 90 was heard to say that ''she
hoped when old she should never be so
fnssy" as another whom she mentioned. |
Longevity is the chief disease mt Chel- |
sea.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Mr.. Albert Brown of Coventry was
severely injured the other day while at
work in the woods numbering. He was
trying to dislodge partly fallen tree |
and was hit by the lever he was using.
He was taken home in an insensible |
condition and remained SO about "a |
hours.
Thomas Whites house at Island Pond, |
was burned the other night; loss near
ly $4,000, insurance $1,000. The family |
were rescued in their night clothes.
About 60 boys and girls are employ
ed at the Newport veneer mills, max
ing strawberry baskets. About |, $780,
700 will be turned out the present |
spring.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The business of the Montpelier post
Office the year 1879 was as follows
Stamps sold, $1,000; envelopes sold,
$1,000; postal cards, 1000; received
for 1,746 money orders, $4,000; paid
out on money orders, $4,000.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
While j. B. Morse and his hired man
were chopptng and drawing wood at
westminster, tree two feet in dame
ter fell across pair of valuable horses |
and crushed them to death Mr. Morse |