The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-17

dove-tailed together. There are two doors,
each having separate combination, and each,
when closed, locked to the other and to the
safe itself by twelve large steel bolts. In ad-
dition to these means OF security, the doors
and castings are dove tailed 30 that the slightest
deviation from the course which they take as
they swing on their hinges makes 1t impossible
to draw them away from the safe. Thus
burglar, with every hinge removed, would be
no nearer obtaining the desired articles within.
The rods Of the combination are wedge-shaped
In each direction from the center Of the door,
rendering 1t impossible either to drive or draw
them from their position. The interior is made
from measurements furnished by Captain
Mead, and contains compartments for ring
trays, watch-cupboards, drawers for other kinds
OF jewelry, cases for account books and pri-
vate steel chest provided with money y-drawers.
The wood work of the interior is beautifully
iDlaid, and the steel on the doors artistically
graved The exterior is highly ornamentt
with scrol-work, and the doors are decorated
with beautiful landscape, in oil. The safe
| weighs eighty-seven hundred pounds, and
its list price is 81, 700 The freight from Gin
cinnati was upwards of $40, making the total,
including trucking, about 81, ,SC0
FROM his brother, residing at Waterbury,
| and from other sources, we gather further par.
| ticulars respecting the suicide of Oramel Bruce
| at Goodhue, Mimi, August9 Q. The first appear
| ance OF mental arrangement in Mr. Bruce was
| nearly twenty-four years ago. In 1858 he went
to California and on the return voyage, two years
later, he suffered terribly from sea-sickness
This is supposed to have produced the first
| outbreak Of insanity. With some friends he
had been to sugar party in the vicinity of this
village in April, 1860. He was missed sud-
| denly at the sugar place, and, being unable to
find him, the party returned without him.
| Their surprise was great on entering the viii
lage to discover him on the State street corner,
| his mental faculties unstrung, and loudly
preaching to a crowd of people his perform
| ances had called together. He was taken to
| the asylum at BrattlebOro and was so far re-
stored that he was allowed to return to his
friends With his brothers and sisters except
ing Horace, now residing at Waterbury, he
| went West, engaged in farming and accumu-
lated comfortable property. Though his
mind was not always well poised, he never ex-
hibited violent symptoms OF insanity. He
owned large and valuable farm and was ou,
of debt. By reason of increasing mental and
| physical infirmty he had rented his farm
He entertained such suspicious of the designs
OF his friends and advisers respecting his prop
erty as people Of unsound mind are apt to en-
tertan. Fears were felt that he would take
his life, and lie had been carefully watched
Just before the fatal act he had beer
several days at a relatives, and had returned
to his home, apparently in better health anC
spirits, and he seemed to have abandoned the
purpose of taking his life On the day OF hi
death he was going into the field, where som,
work was going on, when his daughter told hin
the lunch would be ready directly He replied
that he would be back after it soon. He die
not return, and, his absence causing alarm
search was made, and his body was found in
wheat bin in the barn. He had cut with
razor a cash in his right thigh, and had slashet
his neck on the left side, severing the artery
cutting into the wind-pipe, and had inflicted
seven wounds on the right Of his neck.
MRS. c. M. CUsHMAN has returned from
Maine, whittier she went to care for siste
during the latter's illness. Mr.. and Mrs B
f. Fifield have been at Old Orchard Beac
during the past week. George w. Basseti
Esq, Of Fort Dodge, Iowa, who has bee
spending the summer at the Riverside, left 70
Boston yesterday. Hon. E. Henry Powe
was in town on Wednesday last.....J. w.
Washburn is absent on vacation of tw
weeks from / is duties in the office Of the Vel
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
+. w. Bancroft goes to Bellows Falls to atten
the wedding of Miss Anna, sister of Georg
q. Kellogg, which occurs tomorrow. Ruth
, Jewett Is to act as one Of the bridesmaids 0
that occasion. Florence Bailey went to Bos
> ton yesterday noon for a brief visit. Fran
> Cave has been spending brief vacation froI
his official duties at the lost-office in visitin
friends in eastern Massachusetts,. George
Eaton, of Troy, n Y, formerly of Danvill
was in town on Monday. Will French
} Woodstock is employed as clerk in the store
D. W. Temple & Co... james p. Hayes wer
3 to New York yesterday noon, intending to
? away about week.