Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

We expect q big crowd here Sr,-t,y
and nearly All heartily wish it WIS oyer
Mex S'bblth ia oar qllrtsrly m,etinc
l'ud the presilinS elder will be with us
/ st John'5u'Y ilIni fInr ears for tho
temperance camp meeting Wednesday.
N Johnsbury VI. + society ara 10
have a house on the clmp grounJ nj
Lyndonville. They go to build it NEXT
W eek.
The NJ. E. church propose to devote one
Sunday evening in each month to a Sum
day school prayer meeting.
Secretary Sage and Mr.. Putney have
returned from vacations, and we expect to
see the Y. M. c. A. work more again.
Herbert Parker, a young man Mt work
TOT Cross IL Brady of this place, was kill.
ed while jumping of the down express at
West Burke. Saturday afternoon. The
train was moving at about twenty miles
| an hour.
| DIR. A. r. Stokes is once more a resident
OF this place and stops with Sheriff Sullo-
way, on charge ofabottion which will
probably take him to Windsor, where he
belongs.
r. II. johnson OF this place committed
suicide Saturday morning about o'clock
by shooting himself with revolver. He
died about z o'clock. Family and financial
| troubles said to be the cause.
SOUTH WooDBURr.-A. NJ. Benia,uin's
health is poor. he being able to do bu.
little work.
The weather the past week has been
extremely warm, it being 90 degrees and
over for several days.
The hay crop is mostly secured in an
excellent condition and fine quality, but
little short in quantity.
The shower of to day was splendid.
Most of the crops were suffering for rain,
and it will do vast amount of good.
Thomas Burnham of Woodbury. Center
had slight sho OK one day last week, DR.,
R. W. Lance being called at once. Hopes
are entertained that he will soon recover.
One hundre d and eleven postal cards |
were put into South Woodbury. post office
to day by a Mr.. Magoon, who is canvass.
ing for very nice map of South Wood |
bury.
WoRCRsTEI.-During the storm Satur- !
day David Currey lost three COWS by
plightning.
E. NJ. Hamblet found one of his COWS
shot in the pasture last week by rifle
hall in the left shoulder so that he thinks
will die
Last Saturday while Charley Young,
his two boys, Will and Merton, Philandcr,
his father, and Charles Cory were getting
in hay, little after 8 o'clock, shaft of
Lightning struck them, killing Merton and
olo horse instantly, and burnt the hav and
wagon. All five were knocked down by
ne shock. Merton was on the load load
ing hay; his father had just lifted a fork
full and Merton stuck his fork into it as
the bolt struck him on top of the head,
passing down over the right temple and
cheek, down over the left ear and neck,
down both legs, tearing his clothes and
boots Into shreds, setting his clothes on |
fire and melting the nails in his boots, /
burning the right side of his face and body
badly. 1t also scared the fork stale in his |
hand, ran down the fork that his father
held, entered the left hand and down the 4
arm to the side. glanced across the body
to the right hip and off at the foot, badly
burning the arm and leg. Philander a
Young was first to recover consciousness 7
and was considerably bewidered ut first.
He saw the wagon and hay on fire and the t.
bodies of his son and grandson living :,
partly under the wagon, where they had
fallen. He pulled the body of Merton
away from the fire and his son who was b
still insensible, assisted by Frank Love-
land who was near by and saw it and
fastened to their assistance, rendering !.
valuable aid in restoring Charles to con- L
seriousness, who Is still in a very critical Q
condition. His left arm is badly burnt and 5
terribly swollen. Merton was IA years of
age. Mr.. Loveland was in sight and said j
that the hay and wagon was in blaze in
less than a minute after it struck. Merton I
had just made a trade with his father to {
stay at home from the circus and his t
father was to let him have a team to 90 u
to the Morristown fair and was to have J
the horse that was killed. The funeral
services were held at 8 o'clock Sunday, p.
II. Carpenter officiating and Horace Tenn \
pleton conducting. A large gathering of v