Year: 1871

him. The man was deaf, and didn't hear
the train coming, but fortunately by
stander observed that he was in danger
when two seconds more would have
brought his death. ...#


"A new building has been completed
at Waterbury, the basement to be used
as an engine house, and the upper story
as public Hall.


A man named Gladding was arrested
on charge of slandering young woman
of Plainfeld, and had to give $4,000 bail
after being in Jail several days.


"A stage driver goin from Barre to
Williamstown, after getting to the end
of his trip one evening, found half dozen
chickens roosting on the axle of his wa
gon, who must have taken their position
there in Barre. But how slow he must
have driven or else those hens claws
have an awful grip.


wINDHAM COUNTY.


Nehemiah Andrews house in East
! ford was burned last week Tuesday, with
all its contents but one bed. No insur-
anoe


Mark Jones of Bellows Falls, fire.
man on the Cheshire Railroad, slipped
from locomotive which he went out to
oil, few days ago, and struck on the
frozen earth with such force that he lived
only half day thereafter.


AS a result of the lease of part of
the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad
by the Rutland and Burlington road, the
steamboat train on the New London
Northern road now runs through to Bel
lows Falls, enjoying equal privileges with
the Connecticut River Railroad
WINDSOR COUNTY.


Every clergyman in Woodstock had
Christmas gift of turkey from Freder-
ick Billings, Esq.


LOOK AFTER LIE PooK.--We give the
following, recently published in the Bur
1ington Free Press. Would it not be well
to inquire if we may not have similar
cases of destitution in Rutland


"The poor we have always with u.s."
and sometimes when we know it not. We
hear of case occurring in this city,
which may suggest to charitable people
the propriety of occasional inquiry into
the needs of their poorer neighbors A
lady of our city, passing the house of a
respectable laborer, one cold day last
week, observed his wife hanging out
clothes, and noticed that she seemed very
scantily clad for such severe weather.
Suspecting that this might be a sign of
suffering from want, she made an GRAND
to the house soon after. She found the
woman and several chi ,rcn very thinly
clothed, the woman having nothing on
but calico dress, without underclothing
and without food, and almost without
fuel. The man had gone out to look for
work, saying as he went that If he had no
better luck in finding IL than before, he
should kill himself. The woman mean
time had secured a little Job of washing,
and though i'll, was trying to do it. They
had suffered from almost starvation for
weeks but were too proud to beg, or
make known their condition. The visi-
tor hurried home to get some supplies of
food and clothing, and returning found
the man at home and evidently suffering
violently. A doctor was called in, pro-
nounoed the SYMPHONIC to be those of pois-
oning by arsenic; and administered rene
dies, which relieved the man. He would
not admit that he had undertaken to de-
stroy himself; but from the fact that he
had obtained no work and from his pre-
viogs threat, the presumption is that he
poisoned himself in despair. This is the
story, as it comes to us and If correct, it |
describes pretty hard case.