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There should also be mentioned the statue of Ethan Allen which stands at the entrance to the capitol. It is of heroic size, is the work of Larkin G. Mead, was completed in 1861, and on the 10th of October in that year was " inaugurat- ed," Hon. Fred. E. Woodbridge of Ver- gennes delivering the oration. Two of the field-pieces captured from the Hes- sians at Bennington, are to be seen in the capitol, as well as the battle flags of the Vermont organizations that served in the war of the rebellion.
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[Present Artists in Montpelier-J. F. Gilman, crayon portrait painter, Union block: A. N. Blanchard, Main st., A. C. Harlow, Ellis block, State st., photogra- phers. Mr. H. is just completing for the engraver the copy of an oil portrait of Gen. Parley Davis, for our next No .- ED.]
THE STATE CABINET.
BY PROF. HIRAM A. CUTTING. M. D., State Geologist and Curator of State Cabinet.
This is a collection in Natural History provided for by law and kept in the State house. It is intended to show the geolo- gy and natural history of the State. The collection of rock showing the sections across the State were collected by the geo- logical survey. This was added to by the purchase of the Zadoc Thompson collec- tion of natural history, and by donations and otherwise it has been largely increased. The space alloted for the display of speci- mens is very inadequate, and in conse- quence thousands of them are packed away. There is, however, over 20,000 on exhibition, and those displayed are intend- ed to show the character of the rocks and all the minerals found in the State as well as insects, birds, animals, Indian' relics, &c. Many specimens are of great value, and if lost could never be replaced. The collection was first in charge of the geo- logical survey, then in charge of State Geol- ogist Albert D. Hager. who was curator un- til he left the State in 1869. In 1870, Dr. Hiram A. Cutting was appointed as his successor, and still has charge. Since his appointment the collection has more than doubled. The number of visitors ranges from 12 to 25 thousand annually, and it is one of the greatest educational interests of the State.
Though intended only to be representa- tive of the natural history of Vermont, there has, by various donations, several hundred of foreign specimens crept in, many of which are on exhibition, and are valuable, as comparatives with similar spec- imens in the State. It is to be hoped that this valuable aid to Vermont education will ere long have the space granted nec- essary for the full display of its specimens, when it will be truly one of the most valu- able collections in New England.
PAPERS FURNISHED BY CHAS. DE F. BANCROFT.
NUMBER OF DEATHS IN TOWN YEARLY,
From Jan. 1, 1825, to Oct. 1, 1881.
1825. .30
1844. .45
1863. . .. .46
1826. 31
1845.
.22
I864. .31
1827.
15
1846 . 32
1865. ... 42
1866 . 29
1829
14
.14
1850. .28
1869. .31
1832.
.23
1851. .35
1870
.29
1833
.23
1852
35
1871
28
1834
17
1853.
.31
1872. .66
1835.
.20
1854. 25
1873. . 50
1836.
.22
1855 .30
1874
. 55
1837
.20
1856. .35
1875 .75
1838
.24
1857.
.29
1876. 56
1839.
28
1858. .25
1877 48
1840 46
1859.
.34
1878.
40
1841.
.58
1860
25
1879. 48
1842
41
1861.
.29
1880. .66
1843.
.41
1862.
.30
188 1 . .. ... ... 60
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The above was compiled from a book kept by the late Aaron Bancroft, " the old village sexton," containing a record of all the deaths occurring from 1825 to 1857 in the village and the suburbs, (which is about the present limits of the town, ) since which time the State law has re- quired the registration of all deaths. But the town records showing that the regis- tration is very imperfect since then to the date of 1871, the files of the newspapers published in town had to be resorted to for those years. Since 1871 I have kept a record of all deaths. I think upon the whole, from my researches and inquiries, that the above is a very accurate state- ment. From 1825 to 1845 a large per- centage of the deaths were children, and the remainder of adults of a middle age of life, acute diseases being the cause of a large percentage of them. From 1845 the record shows a gradual increase of longev- ity, the last fifteen years showing a large percentage as being adults past the middle age of life, some of these years the av- erage age of the deaths in town being about 50 years. In 1880-81 the deaths of children were in an excess, resulting main- ly from diphtheria. The registration of the deaths in town to the year 1823, (when the registration ceased,) is very imperfect, only from one to five being registered oc- curring in the whole town yearly, and some years none at all. B.
18.47 36
1848. .23
1867
... 25
1830.
14
1849.
.41
1868.
39
1831.
1828
14
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LONGEVITY OF MONTPELIER.
Persons who have died since 1825.
1878 Phœbe Hazard.
1864 Thomas Davis 953
1861 Nathan Jewett .95
1847 Aaron Griswold. .95
1854 Betsey Watson. .94
1874
Phobe Tuthill .94
1861
Levi Humphey 92
1878
William Bennett. 85
1863 Simeon Dewey. .92
1826
Mrs. Cross . 84
1880
Eleanor Needham
.92
1881 Aurelia Rose.
.92
.91
1864 Moses Cree .91
1877
Naomi Dodge .91
1869
Mary H. French
.84
1839 Mrs. Edwards.
. 90
1863 Francis Gangau
. 90
1874
Rawsel R. Keith .84
1871 Hetty Houghton
.90
1876 Mary M. Vail
.90
1880
Luther Poland.
- 90
1879
Lyman G. Camp
84
1860 Rev. Zadoc Hubbard
.89
1864 Aichen Butterfly
89
1865
Hannah Marsh
89
1881
Daniel Baldwin.
.89
1872 Aaron Bancroft.
.88
184: Luther King
.88
1859
Joseph Reed. .83
1866 Nathaniel Proctor.
.88
1864
Thomas Clark, .83
186 Mary Taylor
.88
1864
Jane Lawson. . .83
1875 Dyer Loomis
.88 .88
1864 1865
David Gray 83
1875 Silas Barrows
.88
1865
Polly Mitchell .83
1876
Lucy L. Loomis. .88
1867
Isaac Wilson
.83
1879
Thomas Gannon
88
1869
Edmund H. Langdon 83
1835
John Taplin. .87
1870
Joseph Rowell. 83
1854
Amos Strong. 87
1872
John Wood. . 83
1865 Lucy A. Ripley 87
1872
Content Skinner 83
1867
Rufus Campbell. 87
1875
Polly White. 83
1872
Thomas Needham 87
1875
Mary Wood. .83
1877 Mitchell St. John . 87
1850
Mrs. Eben Morse. .82
1880 Julia A. Clark .. 87
1858
Mrs. Holden. .82
1881
Dorothy Horne
87
1839
Esther Hatch
86
1865
Anna F. Bancroft .82
1846
John Melon ..
86
1868
Dr. Aaron Smith .82
1846
Sarah Philbrook.
86
1874
Michael Malony .82
Polly Kimball .82
1853 Dexter May .86
1875
1857 Patty Reed. . 86
1876
1863 Mary Leonard .. .86
1880
Edward L. Taplin 82
Oramel H. Smith 82
1875 Anna Pitkin. 86
.86
1828
John Tuthill 81
1877 Mrs. Luther Howe
86
1846
Eliakim D. Persons. .81
I878
Prussia Walton. .86
1870
John Palmer .81
1879 Luman Rublee. .86
1873
Nathaniel Abbott .81
1880 Susan Loomis Brown. 86
1874
Sally Spaulding .81
1839 Arthur Daggett .. 85
1879
Margaret Stimson .81
1840 Mrs. Bancroft. .85
1849 Mrs. Westjohn. .85
1844
Dolly Harran 85
1847
Samuel Upham.
85
1850
Darius Boyden 85
1853
1855
Mrs. Emerson .85
1862
Mrs. Wilson. .85
1864
Rhoda Brooks. .85
1866
Phoebe Gallison. .85
Lucy Guernsey .85
1876
Betsey Waugh .85
1868 Peter Nichols .92
1849
Mrs. Lydia Taplin. 84
Betsey Wright .84
1847 Mrs. Campbell .
1853
Lydia Lamb. 84
1863 Jonathan Shepard .91
1856
Col. Asahel Washburn ,84
1862
John Gallison 84
1866
William Kinson 84
1877 John Gray . .91
1871 Patty Howes.
84
1871
Sarah Phinney 84
1866 Samuel Goss.
.90
1874
Deborah Washburn. .84
Zenas Wood 84
84
1842 Mary Cadwell ..
.89
1849
Ebenezer Frizzle.
83
1851
Jacob Davis. 83
1854
Rebecca Davis 83
1854
Zion Copeland .83
1856
Hannah Dana. 83
B. Frank Markham 83
1875 Sally Grant.
1876
1879
Anna Stoddard
1881 Cynthia Hill .81
1869 Sarah T. Hayward. .86
1881
I823
Rebecca Davis .81
1875 Anna Waugh.
1859
Jared Dodge. .82
1852 Elijah Nye 86
1875
Elizabeth (Jones) Caryl .82
John Horne .. 82
1880 Daniel Cameron .81
Capt. Eben Morse. 85
1872
1849
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1872 Joseph Somerby .80
1870
Esther French .77
1839 Timothy Hatch .So
1871
Henry Y. Barnes
77
1842 Mrs. Doty. 80
1873
Dr. Aaron Denio
1844 Hannah Paine 80
1874
Susan Rowell.
77
849 Cyrus Ware. .80
1875
Thomas Donahue. 77
1859
Araunah Waterman.
.80
1875
1863 Silas Jones .80
1878
Mrs. Daniel Cameron. 77
1863 Joseph Howes. .80
1879
1863 Mrs. Yatter. .80
1880
Caroline · Barnes. 77
I869 Peter Rose. .80
1827
Hannah Carr 76
1870 John Spalding .80
1863
Nabby Smith 76
1871 Bridget Brodie .80
1864
Sarah Wilder 76
1874 Hannah Ferrin
.80
1873
Barnabas H. Snow
76
1875 William Bills ..
.80
1874
Clarissa Kellogg. 76
1875
Anna Smith. .80
1875
James Boyden. 76
1876 Jane Hutchinson .80
1876
Sarah Jones. 76
Betsey Young. .80
1877
Dr. Julius Y. Dewey 76
1877 1878 Dr. Buckley O. Tyler. .80
1878
1880
William Paul . .80
1880
Fanny Peck. 76
Zebina C. Camp. 76
Mary Jacobs. 76
Dorothy Walling 76
Samuel Campbell. 75
1859
Sarah Wilder
.79
1840
Lois P. Lawson
75
1859
Nancy Town
.79
1845
Mrs. Packard.
75
1859 Mary Lewis. .
79
1848
Roger Hubbard. 75
1
1862
Abigail Dewey
.79
1855
Mrs. Jacob F. Dodge .75
1863
Silas C. French
.79
1856
Thomas Hazard. 75
1869
John G. Clark.
79
I857
Betsey H. Vail. 75
1871
Hugh Rourk. 79
1872
Jacob McIntyre. .79
Sylvanus Ripley. .
75
1875
Daniel Wilson
.79
1869
1881 Rev. Elisha Brown
79
1869
Dr. Reuben W. Hill. 75
1842 1845
Mrs. Hassam .78
1872
Anna Hubbard. 75
1843
Lucretia Parsons
.78
1873
Nathan Dodge 75
Polly Barton. . .74
1846 Mrs. Phobe Mann.
.78
1842
Mrs. Wheelock. 74
1856
Mason Johnson
.78
1845
Mrs. John Walton. 74
1867
Thomas Dodge .78
1845
Dr. Edward Lamb 74
Isaac Freeman. 74
1872
Polly Coffey 78
1849
Mrs. Matthew 74
1872
Sherman Hubbard. .78
1851
Mrs. Kendall .. 74
1877
William W. Cadwell. 78
1860
Francis Smith. 74
1878 I879 1880
Helen Crane. .78
1864
Antoine Rivers .74
Richard Paine.
74
1828
Mrs. Gale .77
1865
1840
Mrs. Lawson 77
1865
Ruth C. Moulton
74
1840 Jesse Cole . 77
1866
Thayer Townshend
74
1847 Mrs. Cole. 77
1868
Daniel P. Thompson 74
1849 Dolly Washburn. 77
1868
Frederick Marsh.
74
1852 Polly Davis .. 77
1874
Dr. Charles Clark. 74
1852 Betsey Cummings 77
1879
Mrs. John Girard. .74
Welcome Cole 77
1881
Jesse Hutchinson. 74
1826 Mrs. Nye. 73
1864 Polly Warren .77
1835
Mrs. Eliakim D. Persons. 73
1866 John Carroll 77
1864
Isaac Putnam . 73
1867 Sally Richardson 77
1838
Mrs. Elijah Nye 73
1862 Jane Hathaway. 73
1843 David Parsons . .79
1846
Lemuel Brooks. .79
1856
William Noyes ·79
.79
1849
Betsey Cadwell. 75
1861
Mandy McIntyre
.79
1850
Mrs. Lawton. 75
Hon. Samuel Prentiss 75
1874 Isaac Lavigne .. .79
Margaret Moorcroft. 75
Nehemiah Harvey. 75
Mrs. Levey 78
1871
Sally Taplin 75
1847 Silas Burbank.
.78
1840
1872
Mary Prime. 78
1847
Margaret Fitzgibbons, 78
1861
Susan Abbott 74
Polly Dudley .78
1865
Isaiah Silver
74
1843
John Walton .77
1866 Hubbard Guernsey. .74
1859 1861 Mary Goss. .77
1868 Persis B. Davis 77
Alpheus Flanders . 76
1881
Horace Spencer .80
1881 1881 1881 1827
77
Dr. James Templeton. 77
Orin Pitkin. 77
1857 1865 I869
1860 Benjamin Staples.
329
MONTPELIER.
864
Abby Langdon. .73
868 Philomila Flint. .73
872 Hannah Patterson .73
Dr. Nathaniel C. King
.92
Lucy Mead .92
Martha Rivers .91
Joshua Bliss
.88
Lydia M. Warren
.88
Orlena Hoyt .73
John Murphy
86
Charles Bulkley .72
Mrs. Holmes .72
Patrick Brodie ..
.86
Lucia Clark.
.86
Thomas Reed, Sr. .72
Joseph Wood
.85
Mary Gunnison
,84
Sally Shepard .72
Prudence Camp
84
Dr. Thomas C. Taplin.
.72
William Moorcroft.
.72
Stukely Angell .72
Clark Fisk. 84
Jeremiah Davis .. .72
Constant W. Storrs. .72
Benjamin Brown .72
Elvira Shafter.
83
Timothy Cross .72
Lucinda Stevens 83
83
Betsey Cadwell -72
Appleton Fitch.
83
Mrs. Dodge. .71
Peter Crapeau.
83
Mrs. Partridge . .71
Polly M. Chadwick
82
Loraine Riker.
82
Mrs. Anna Cutler
71
Wooster Sprague 82
Duran Stowell 82
360 364 $64 367
378 880 881
Anson Davis. .71
Mary Sargent. .71
339
Mrs. Collins .70
Mrs. Burrell . .70
Ebenezer Lewis .70
Abby S. Dodge .79
Nelson A. Chase . 79
Joshua Y. Vail.
.70
Sophia B. Loomis
.70
Mrs. Peck .
.70
Lucretia Prentiss .70
Orange Fifield. .78
Dorothy Harran. 78
Lucy Snow 78
Miranda C. Storrs 78
Eliza Boutwell 77
Susan R. Aiken 77
Stephen Bennett 77
Clarissa Chase. 76
Margaret Crapo .76
Randall Darling 76
Geo. S. Hubbard. 76
Margaret Cooper
.70
Mary Gannon .70
Dorcas Maxham 76
Nancy Sprague. 76
John F. Stone . 76
Henry W. Sabin 76
Kendall T. Davis. 76
Snow Town. 75
Mary Tuttle 75
Henry Nutt. 75
Eben Scribner 75
John Slattery 75
Patrick McManus. 75
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838 837 840 849 858 864 870 870 871 B72 B72 373 $74 379 S26 838 842 $49
876 Mrs. Orange Fifield. .73
Richard Dillon
.73
Mary M. Davis.
.73
875 876 878 836 S37
Mrs. Timothy Hatch . .72
Lucy Trowbridge. .72
Ann Wheaton .72
Rebecca Sweet. 84
84
Betsey Haskins
Polly Cross 84 Francis Labouchire 84
Col. Levi Boutwell. .72
Andrew A. Sweet
Samuel Forbes .71
Calvin Warren .71
Thomas Reed .. 71
Joseph Felix. 82
Dr. Charles B. Chandler .71
Eben Gunnison .81
Roxa Gould .. 80
Orin Cummins .80
Horatio N. Taplin. 80
Elisha P. Jewett. .80
James McLaughlin .80
Sarah R. Cleaves. .79
Patrick Corry .79
Clarissa Silloway .79
James Taylor .70
Samuel Abbott. .70
William P. Briggs
.70
David Fitzgibbons .70
Anna O'Brien. .70
Valentine Willey. .70
William B. Hubbard
.70
Nancy Johnson .70
Luther Cross. .70
Daniel Willey .70
873 875
875 876 Allen Gallison. .70
379 Mary Donahue
.70
380 Mary Fenton. .70
373 Mrs. Daniel Baldwin. .77
NOTE .- In the preceding list are includ- 1 the names of a few who for many years ere residents of this town, but died while mporarily residing in some other place. B.
Eliza Hubbard. .76
863 865 871 872 873
B. B. Dimmick. .70
B39 341 354 $54 B54 354
Mrs. Dexter May. .71
William Kelly 82
Peter G. Smith. .71
854 354 861 861 863
873 Phœbe Redway. .73
PERSONS RESIDING IN TOWN, OCT. 15; 1881, IN THEIR 70TH YEAR AND OVER.
Enos Stimson .86
Josephine Lavigne .84
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Julius H. Bostwick 75
Maria L. W. Reed. 74
Harriet L. Taplin. 74
Jacob Smith . 74
Emerson Demeritt 74
Michael Savage 74
Elizabeth Alain 74
Hopy Hartwell. 74
Mary L. Nutt .74
Louisa Seymour. .74
Joseph L. Scoville.
74
Olive Fisk. 73
Sydney P. Redfield 73
Rufus R. Riker. 73
Nancy George. .73
Sarah H. Nelson 73
John Q. A. Peck 73
Ira S. Town . .73
John Demerritt 72
Charles H. Severance. 72
Moses Yatter .. .72
Susan E. Pitkin
.72
Lydia P. Stone. .72
George W. Scott .72
Samuel Town .72
Judith Town. .72
Hannah Dana. .71
Lucinda C. Bowen .71
Samuel Dodge .71
Eliza Houghton. .71
Emeline Lewis. .71
Jane Meadowcroft .71
Nancy M. Paul. 71 Isaac Seymour 71 Marble Russell. 71 Susan Flanders. 70
Clortina Guernsey 70 Homer W. Heaton .70 Amira Demeritt. .70 Ezra F. Kimball. .70 Joseph Paro .70 Julia Rivers. .70
Mary Smith. .70
Joseph Alain. .70
Sophronia Guernsey .70
Peter Cayhue .70 Mary Coffey .70 John Flynn .70 Ezekiel Kent.
.70
Wm. N. Peck
70
Mary D). Storrs
70
Maria Scoville
.70 Mary Town. .70 Joseph A. Wing 70
Erastus Hubbard. .70 Edna Robinson .70
Samuel S. Kelton 69
Margaret Bancroft. .69 Major S. Goodwin. 69
Charles H. Cross. .69
Caroline M. Cross. .69
Eliakim P. Walton. .69
Erastus Camp. .69
Solon J. Y. Vail 69
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ACCIDENTS. -
Four persons have been killed in town by the falling of trees. Previous to 1800, in the east part of the town a little girl, a step-daughter of Benjamin Nash, was ap- proaching her father, who was cutting down a tree in the border of the woods near the house, when the tree fell in the direction in which she was making her way, and killed her. The second was a young man named Chamberlain, who was killed by the falling of a tree in a central part of the town in the year 1801. And another by the name of Robinson, during that or the following year, was killed by the falling of a tree in the north part of the town. And yet another, an idiotic man, by the name of Charles Davis, was killed by a tree of his own falling, by un- dertaking to get out of danger by running in the same direction in which the tree had started to fall.
At a later period, a stranger was drowned while attempting to wade through the river near Montpelier, having mistaken the place of fording.
In 1824, Theron Lamphere was drowned in the mill-pond, while attempting to swim over.
About 1822, Thomas, Jr., son of Thos. Davis, was accidently shot.
In 1828, a man by the name of Mead, from Middlesex, was killed by the falling of the earth from the excavated bank in the rear of the house of W. W. Cadwell.
In the store of Erastus Hubbard, Oct. 12, 1848, election day, Mr. Hubbard, or his clerk, was weighing out a parcel of powder to some one of the crowd in the store- room and around the door. Powder had doubtless been scattered on the floor, in filling the can from which it was being poured into the scales ; and one or more persons were smoking cigars in the room, when suddenly a terrific explosion follow- ed. Azro Bancroft and a Mr. Sanborn were so burned that they did not survive, and one or two others were sadly maimed. Mr. Hubbard's life, in consequence of the burns received, was for months despaired of. He finally recovered, but wearing for life marks of the accident. The second
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floor of the building was lifted by the ex- plosion about half a foot, and the store set on fire, but the flames were soon ex- tinguished with little additional damage.
Two fatal accidents from gunpowder oc- curred in blasting out the rock for the foundation of the second State House. Elisha Hutchinson, of Worcester, was struck down dead near the Insurance of- fice, by a stone thrown by a blast on the ledge about 30 rods ; and John W. Culver, a mechanic of Montpelier, was the same season struck at the distance of 20 rods and killed, by a wooden roller placed over the mine to prevent the stones from flying ; while a young man by the name of Tucker, from Calais, one of the workmen on the State House foundation, was so injured by one of the blasts that he lost his eyesight and his prospects were ruined for life.
In August; 1859, a promising son of Charles Lyman, aged about 12 years, was drowned at the mouth of Dog river, while bathing.
In the spring of 1858, the body of a Mr. Williams, of Middlesex, an insane person, was found in the flume of Langdon's mill. About the same period a man, not a resi- dent of this town, drowned himself by forcing his way through a hole in the ice in the North Branch, a mile or two above the village.
Aug. 9, 1863, Carlos J ., aged I I years, son of Carlos Bancroft, was drowned, while bathing near the sand-bottom bridge.
Jan. 14, 1864, Henry Crane, of this town, at one time High Sheriff of the County, was killed by the cars in New London, Canada.
1864, a daughter of Alexander Noble, of 10 years, was drowned in the Worcester Branch mill-pond. She was gathering flood-wood.
Apr. 10, 1865, a soldier named Cushman was maimed for life by the premature dis- charge of a cannon while firing a salute over the recent victories, he subsequently dying of the injuries in Boston .-
April 3, 1867, Peter Lemoine, aged 21, a blacksmith, was killed by the premature discharge of a cannon whlle firing a salute
over an election, and Alexander Jangraw was maimed for life.
Aug. 3, 1867, John McGinn, aged 68, a stone mason, was thrown from his wagon when' opposite the Bethany church, by his runaway horse, and instantly killed.
In Apr. 1870, Alexander Noble, of this town, while assisting in getting out a jamb of logs in the Connecticut river, was drowned.
May 16, 1871, Chas. Braley, aged about 18 years, while out hunting, accidentally ignited some powder which he carried loosely in his pocket, causing an explo- sion, which proved fatal a day or two after.
Oct. 1, 1872, John Braley, aged 21, a brother of the above, night watchman in the Central Vermont depot, was instantly killed while coupling cars in the depot.
Aug. 3, 1872, Truman Best, a merchant in town, was drowned while out pleasure riding in a boat on the Langdon mill-pond. In trying to assist a party in another boat to recover an oar which they had lost, both boats were carried over the dam. The two boats contained five men, three of whom swam safely to the shore, but one of them, Fred W. Bancroft, was rescued in a very exhausted condition, while pas- ing underneath the Central railroad bridge, with ropes, while clinging to a boat. Mr. Best is supposed to have struck his head upon the rocks below the dam as he came over, and was made insensible. His body was not found for some days afterwards, the river being very much swollen at the time when it was found, about two miles below down the river.
June 24, 1873, Johnnie, aged 10 years, son of Patrick Kane, was drowned while in bathing, at the mouth of the Worcester. Branch.
Mar. 4, 1874, Michael McMahon, an aged section man, was killed by cars, being caught by the side of the cars, while in motion, and the end of the depot.
May 25, 1874, Alfred Goodnough, aged 50, a farmer, while driving across the rail- road track near Sabin's, was run into by a car, and received injuries which proved
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fatal, he dying two days after at Mr. Sabin's house.
1874, a little daughter of John O'Grady fell from the road opposite the machine- shop into the river. and was drowned.
July 22, 1875, Bessie, aged 5 years, a dau. of Rev. W. H. Lord, was thrown from the wagon by a runaway horse, while descending the hill road leading down from Gould hill to Wrightsville, and re- ceived injuries which proved fatal in a few hours.
June 24, 1876, Erastus Lamphear, aged 49, a carpenter and joiner, was blown from the roof of a barn which he was raising, and severely injured. He was carried to his residence, and died the following day.
Sept. 23, 1876, Charles W. Bailey, one of Montpelier's most worthy citizens and business men, was killed by the cars at Essex Junction.
Sept. 26, 1876, by a collision of two passenger trains on the Montpelier and Wells River railroad, near the residence of W. E. Hubbard, Benjamin F. Merrill, en- gineer of one of the engines, lost a leg, and several other train men being more or less injured.
In June, 1877, Henry L. Hart, a young man, aged 23, started on a pleasure trip down the Winooski in a row boat, and was last seen near the mouth of the river at Burlington a few days afterwards. His hat and a few contents of the boat were picked up, but of his fate nothing was ever learned.
Aug. 1, 1879, Aaron M. Burnham, arch- itect and builder, of this town, was fatally injured while superintending the erection of a church at Lebanon, N. H., death en- suing two days after.
Sept. 1, 1879, Johnnie H., of 5 years, son of J. W. F. Washburn, while play- ing on the bank of the river near the eddy, fell in and was drowned.
July 23, ISSO, while firing a salute in front of the State Arsenal grounds, Wm. Henry Willey and Clark B. Roberts, by the premature discharge of the cannon, were severely injured, each losing an arm. Willey was an old soldier, and Roberts a young man.
Sept. 11, 1880, James M. Wade, aged 19, a brakeman on the Montpelier and Wells River railroad, was thrown from the train near the State Fair grounds, was run over, and received injuries which proved fatal about a week after.
Oct. 12, 1881, Peter Marcott, Jr., aged 29 years, a teamster, was instantly killed on East Mechanic street, his neck being broken, caused either by being thrown from his wagon seat, and striking upon his head as one of the wheels dropped into a deep rut in the road, or by being struck upon the head by the wagon body, the horses starting up suddenly as he was about to get upon the seat.
SUICIDES.
In 1801, the wife of John Cutler de- stroyed herself by hanging, and a few years later, Miss Nancy Waugh drowned herself.
June 10, 1861, Henry Boyden, aged 37, living just across the river on the Berlin side, hung himself.
July 30, 1865, George V. Rose, aged 26, a U. S. recruiting officer stationed here, shot himself.
Sept. 3, 1867, J. Fred Cross, aged 27, proprietor of the American House, shot himself.
Nov. 27, 1867, John S. Collins, aged 30, died very suddenly, and is supposed to have taken poison purposely.
Jan. 17, 1870, William Monsier, aged 42, destroyed his life by drinking muriatic acid. After lingering three days, he died a most horrible death.
Sept. 1871, Isaac Scribner, aged 66, hung himself.
Aug. 29, 1873, Albert N. Daniels shot himself, after attempting to take the life of another by shooting.
Oct. 25, Rawsel R. Keith, aged 84, who had been a long sufferer from kidney disease, ended his sufferings by taking a dose of laudanum.
Apr. 14, 1875, Mary Clancy hung her- self, insanity supposed to be the cause from religious excitement.
Aug. 8, 1875, Daniel K. Bennett, a gun- smith, shot himself in a moment of insan- ity.
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Apr. 6, 1876, William J. Rogers, aged 30, a traveling agent, by taking poison.
June 6, 1876, Mrs. Mary Churchill, aged 32, being deranged for some months, took her life by hanging herself.
June 19, 1877, Harvey W. Cilley, aged 34, hung himself.
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