Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-06-13

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weeks ago. Since that time he has been
a great sufferer from erysipelas and died
May 31st.
Edward Morse, aged eight years, son of
John Morse of South Royalton, was run
over by the cars at that place Monday
evening, cutting his leg badly. But little
hopes are entertained of his recovery.
"a Mrs Cushaw of West Ferrisburgh,
who has lost her reason by the death
from diphtheria)of two of her children,
tried to cut the throat of remaining child
on Saturday but fortunately did not sue
coed in her insane purpose. She was Ia
ken to the asylum at Brattleboro on Mon
day. .EAgE
Lamoille county court adjourned a week
ago last Saturday. Woodbury. Tolman-
was tried for assault upon Moses Wake
| field of Wolcott and acquitted on account
of insanity. The jury finding that he was
| an unsafe person to be at large, the court
ordered him to be confined in the asylum
at Brattleboro, where he has been re-
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moved
| Hon. Arson J. Crane, formerly of Bur-
lington, died in Chicago, Illinois, May 80,
at the age of fifty-five years. His illness
was of but four days duration. He died
Of pneumonia, resulting from a cold
caught when going to meet his family on
| their arrival from Vermont. His remains
were taken to Burlington for interment,
where funeral services were held ON Fri
day last.
A new species of worm. thought to be
the army worm, has appeared in Addison
county, which damages the grass roots
and whole fields Of corn, especially that
planted on greensward. The worms are
from % to . inches long and have pc
culiar gray head. They cut the corn just
above the ground. Most of a four-acre
piece belonging to Olin Smith of Addison
was destroyed in day and a half.
The Vermont Press Association. will
hold it's annual meeting at Bellows Falls,
Tuesday evening, June %, with an adj
dress by Col. Greene of the Woodstock
Standard, and poem by Rev. A. J. Hough
of Ludlow. The excursion will probably
return by way of the Hoosac Tunnel
Greenfield and Brrttleboro. 1t is now
hoped the entire expense will no4 exceed
five or six dollars for each person.
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The electric light was used for the frs
: time at the Van Ness House in Burlington
! Saturday night, and proved an unqualified
/, success in every respect. -Four lamps
were lighted, one in the office, dining
room and parlor and on the yerandah
Each light has diffusiye power equal tt
about seventy gas jets, and the illumina
{ ton it gives is almost as bright as noon
: day. The light moreover, is soft anC
pleasant, and in other respects as well a.
in Illuminating power is greatly superior
to every other light in use.
The Vermont Baptist Sunday-schoo
Convention closed two-days' meeting a
: Brattleboro on the 3D. The officers 70
Inc ensuing year are htf-, " I1lDDdIu
3 Rutland, president; Col. J. J. Estey, o
: Brattleboro, vice-president; Rev. J. NJ
Hill, of Windsor, secretary; w. w
Sprague, of st. Johnsbury, treasurer. Al
ter the usual devotional exercises, routin
e business was transacted. j. J. Estey, G
= c. Noble of st. Adams and Prof Barbe
O of Burlington were chosen as committee
! for Vermont to arrange for a general Sur
!, day-school convention at Framinghan
: Mass, this summer. The next meetin
. is expected ia be held at Rutland,
:. Mrs. Cole of Windham, N. H., declare
that her life was saved by Hoods Sarsaps
ii rilla. She had 81 terrible Scrofulous sores