St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-02-19
Vermont News.
DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED.

| DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS. LOADED.
The entire editorial force of tn,
Montpelier Argus and Patriot came
near being hlotted ont at one fel
swOop, on Tuesday. A heavily load
ed and imperfectly secured book lease
came down suddenly on the table
! where the triumvirate were at work
scattering destruction and official lit.
erature on every hand. Henry Oyiatt
was the chief sufferer He was caught
aud pinned down 10y the avalanche OF
| wood and paper. An ugly cash was
cut in his skull, aud his face was bad
! ly scratched. The editor in chief, with
his we'll known agility, escaped just in
time, and Il. b. Bailey, Deputy Secre-
tary of State, who was looking over
the Argus exchanges at the time
emerged from the ruin with no more
serious Inconvenience than the loss OF
the paper which he was reading. Sec
Ond Assistant Editor Dewing was the
only man who happened to be out OF
harms way, and he was the worst
scared of all. DR.. Chandler was i'm
mediately sent for, and with the aid OF
some surgical appliances and few
bandages, soon had the editorial corps
in running order again. We congrat-
ulate the Argus upon its narrow es-
cape from eXtincti0n.-iF Free Press.
TOBACCO WANTED, NOT POTATOES.
A young FreDchman entered one of
our stores the other day in company
with his sister. After gazing around
several minutes, the young lady i'm
patiently reminded the brother that he
had business to transact, and that
time was feeting. Suddenly collect
ing himself together. aud with all the
dignity contained in his diminutive
body, he ordered ten cents worth of
potatoes. The order was filed, and
brother and sister started for home
Soon the store door was burst open,
and the young man rushed in breath
less from excitement and haste. As
soon as lie could recover himself far
enough to speak, Ire cried out, 81 say
mister, | made n mistake. Twas ter
hacker, dad wanted, not EATERS" The
clerk with visible ciIuckie that reach
ed To the bottom Of his vest, FASTENED
to fill the order anew. The potatoes
were exchanged far the tobacco, and
the son of France returned home in
season tn appease the wrath of his eld-
ers with the soothing weed of solace.
Windsor journal,
A SAD AFFAIU IN BAEF:E
The Burlington Free Press is respoII-
sible for the following: "a sad story
reaches US from Barre: Rnmor saya
that one John Brdssaw of Montpelier,
while in y state of intoxication, drove
up to the house of Fred Fletcher of
Barre, after dark "Wednesday eVcning,
aud lin the :IuSfsncf nf Mr. Elaf,,Lar an,
tered the house without ceremony, aud
flung himself upon the sofa His con
duct SO terrified Mrs. Fletcher that she
made her escape by the back dDGr and
started across the fields in. tire tlirec-
ton usually taken by her husband. on
his return from work. Meanwhile
Brlssaw, with n companion who WAS
with him in the sleigh, made them
selves at home in the house. Mrs.
Fletcher wandered about IN the field. |
nearly crazed with fright, and with
nothing but a thin apron over her head /.
to protect her from the piercing cold, !
Her husband did not return uiltit eight I
o'clock. The .intruders had left the I
house. leaving both front and back /
doors wide open. The tire was out. /
tile steve cold, aud n0tady In the I
house hat Mrs. Fietcher's infant child |.
asleep III its bed. Mr., Fletcher iInine-
aiately started out in search OF his /!
wife. lie found her lying Unconscious
in the snow, about 20 rods from the |
house. Her hands, arms aid feet were
frozen. solid. She had fallen into the /
brock in her wandefings, and her
clothes were IA nIass Of lee; while thei