St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-02-04
Vermont News.

Big story from the Barton MOnitOr:-
Amasa Scott made 554 pounds of butter
the past season from a COW five years
old.
The New England divorce reform
league is the latest moral agency for the
strictest economy in granting divorces.
Vermont is represented by Judge Red
field, President Buckham and Hon.
Redfield Proctor.
At an early hour Thursday morning,
seven prisoners confined in the county
Jail at Burlington escaped by digging a
hole through the wall. None have yet
been recaptured. The prisoners were
Isaac Lefevre, Thomas F. Mcqueen,
Joseph Kenney, John Edwards and
Thomas Mansfield standing trial for
grand larceny; Joseph Gett, assisting
prisoners to escape; James Mead. OBJ
tanning money under false pretences.
p. S.-Four of the prisoners were ar
rested by Sheriff Drew Saturday even
ing, three miles from st. Adams, as they
were making their way to New York.
The men were Mcqueen, Edwards,
Kerring and Mansfield, tramps held for
grand larceny. They were returned to
tiltil Olu hC
other three have not yet been captured.
Hon. George Nichols, Secretary of
State, has just discovered that owing to
careless legislation last session the law
providing for the salary and expenses
of the Superintendent of Education
was abolished. Superindent Dart finds
himself, now that he has accepted the
Office, with prospects of no funds, and
unless somebody guarantees the salary
it is probable the State will be without
this officer for the next two years.
Two or three persons at the Bay were
victimized, while ago, by circulars
from Portland, Me-, offering to send i'm
proved corn shelters and knife sharpen
ers on receipt of one dollar for each
article, but which the circular said were
well worth S.. The articles received
were worth considerably less than one
cent.-[St. Adams Messenger.
Addison Gould of Woodstock, gene
rally known as "Blind Gould,n died the
other day in his 7lst year. Though
blind for 40 years, he partly supported
himself by playing on the violin, and
had travelled all over New England,
especially in Vermont and Maine. He
also exhibited pictures through magni-
! flying lenses, and was a wonderful ex-
ample of what one can do without
sight.
John B. Mayo, who since his release
on the charge of numbering John b.
Pair at Glens Falls has resided at Fair
| Haven, hired a horse in that village Os-
tensibly to go to Poultney. He drove
to Middle Granville, however, and
thence to Glens Falls, where he was ar
rested by Vermont officer on charge
of horse stealing.
A hand car with six section men on
board, while running at a rapid pace
down grade below South Londonderry
last week struck dog and was thrown
off the track into the ditch, and the men
were prOmiscuOusly scattered, it being
solemnly affirmed that some of them
were thrown distance of 80 feet. One
of them landed under the car.
About two weeks ago the little one
year-old son of A. H. Bowen, of Bethel
had symptoms of indigestion. A few
days ago the point of a needle appeared
in the region of the left groin. 1t was
extracted and found to be a needle
about two inches long. The conclu-
siOns are that the child swallowed the
needle, and in about two weeks time it
found its way through the intestinal
aud abdominal wall to the outside
world again.
Jacob Bingham, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Derby, died
recently at his beme, at the age of 81.
For more than 30 years he was engaged
as merchant trader in Derby, and re-
tired some years since to take up the
more cOngenial pursuit of farming.
Fire caught in the postoffiee, situated
in the west end of the mphremagog
house, one night last week, burning a
hole through the floor near the stove.
The clerk was asleep in the room, but
was not awakened by the noise or
smoke. Fortunately the agent of the
S. E. r. R., who had business in the
office, discovered the fire and gave an