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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 CIAS. 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
1864 .31
1827. .15
1846 .32
1865. .42
1828. .14
1847 .36
1866. .. 29
1829
.14
1848 23
1867 .25
1830
.14
1849 .41
1868
.39
1831
.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
1 840. 46
1859 .34
1878.
.40
1841. .58
1860.
.25
1879. . . .48
1842.
.. 41
1861
.29
1880.
.. 66
1843. .... 41
1862.
.30 1881 . . .60
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.
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MONTPELIER.
LONGEVITY OF MONTPELIER.
1844
Dolly Harran .85
1847
Samuel Upham
.85
1850
Darius Boyden .85
1853
1864 Thomas Davis 953
1861 Nathan Jewett .95
1847 Aaron Griswold .. .95
1854 Betsey Watson. .94
Phoebe Tuthill
.94
1861
Levi Humphey 92
.92
. 92
1880 Eleanor Needham
.92
1881 Aurelia Rose.
.92
1847 Mrs. Campbell
.91
1863 Jonathan Shepard .91
1864 Moses Cree . .91
.91
1877
John Gray
.91
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
1842 Mary Cadwell .. . 89
1879
Lyman G. Camp
84
1 860 1864 1865 1881
Daniel Baldwin.
.89
1872
Aaron Bancroft.
.88
1856
Hannah Dana. 83
1842 Luther King .88
1866 1868
Mary Taylor .88
1864
Jane Lawson. . 83
1875
Dyer Loomis
.88
1875
Sally Grant ..
.88
1875 Silas Barrows
.88
1865
Polly Mitchell 83
1876 1879 1835
John Taplin. .87
87
1865 Lucy A. Ripley .87
1872
Content Skinner .83
1867
Rufus Campbell 87
1875
Polly White. 83
1872 1877
Mitchell St. John . .87
1850
Mrs. Eben Morse. .82
1880 Julia A. Clark .87
1858
Mrs. Holden. 82
1881
Dorothy Horne
87
1859
Jared Dodge. .82
1839
Esther Hatch
.86
1865
Anna F. Bancroft. .82
1846
John Melon. .86
1868
Dr. Aaron Smith .82
1846 1852
Elijah Nye
.86
1875 1875
Elizabeth (Jones) Caryl
82
1857
Patty Reed.
86
1876
John Horne. 82
Edward L. Taplin 82
Oramel H. Smith 82
1875 Anna Pitkin.
.86
1823
Rebecca Davis 81
Anna Waugh.
.86
1828
John Tuthill .81
1846
Eliakim D. Persons. .81
John Palmer .81
Nathaniel Abbott .81
1880 Susan Loomis Brown. .86
1874
Sally Spaulding 81
1839 Arthur Daggett.
85
1879
Margaret Stimson 81
1840 Mrs. Bancroft. 85
1880
Daniel Cameron.
1849 Mrs. Westjohn. 85
1881
Cynthia Hill SI
1877
Naomi Dodge
1866
William Kinson 84
Mary H. French. 84
1871
Patty Howes. .84
1871
Sarah Phinney. 84
1866 Samuel Goss.
.90
1874
Deborah Washburn 84
Zenas Wood .84
Anna Stoddard . 84
Rev. Zadoc Hubbard 89
1849
Ebenezer Frizzle. 83
Aichen Butterfly
89
1851
Jacob Davis. 83
Hannah Marsh
89
1854
Rebecca Davis 83
Zion Copeland. .83
1859
Joseph Reed. 83
Nathaniel Proctor. .88
1864
Thomas Clark,. 83
B. Frank Markham 83
David Gray 83
Lucy L. Loomis.
.88
1867
Isaac Wilson 83
Thomas Gannon
.88
1869
Edmund H. Langdon .83
Joseph Rowell. 83
1854
Amos Strong.
1872
John Wood .. 83
Thomas Needham .87
1875
Mary Wood .. .83
Sarah Philbrook .86
1874
Michael Malony .82
Polly Kimball .82
1853 Dexter May
.86
Mary Leonard. . .86
1880
1863 1869 Sarah T. Hayward .. .86
1881
1870
1873
Capt. Eben Morse .85
Mrs. Emerson 85
1862
Mrs. Wilson. 85
Į864
Rhoda Brooks. 85
1866
Phobe Gallison. 85
1872
Lucy Guernsey 85
1876
Betsey Waugh 85
Simeon Dewey
1878
William Bennett 85
1863 1868 Peter Nichols .
1826
Mrs. Cross 84
1849
Mrs. Lydia Taplin 84
1849
Betsey Wright 84 Lydia Lamb.
1856
Col. Asahel Washburn 84
1862
John Gallison 84
1869
1876
1879
1854
1864
1865
1853
1874
Persons who have died since 1825.
1878 Phobe Hazard.
1855
.86 1875 1877 Mrs. Luther Howe. .86 1878 Prussia Walton. 1879 Luman Rublee. .86
1870
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1872 Joseph Somerby
.80
1870
Esther French
·77
1839 Timothy Hatch .So
1871
Henry Y. Barnes. 77
1842 Mrs. Doty. So
1873
Dr. Aaron Denio 77
1844 Hannah Paine. .80
1874
Susan Rowell
77
1849 Cyrus Ware. .80
1875
Thomas Donahue. 77
1859
Araunah Waterman.
.80
1875
Dr. James Templeton.
77
186
Silas Jones So
1878
Mrs. Daniel Cameron 77
1863
Joseph Howes
So
1880
Caroline Barnes 77
1869
Peter Rose. So
1827
Hannah Carr 76
1870
John Spalding .80
186
Nabby Smith 76
1871 Bridget Brodie .80
186
Sarah Wilder . 76
187 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
1877
Betsey Young.
.80
1877
Dr. Julius Y. Dewey 76
187
Dr. Buckley O. Tyler.
.80
1878
1880 William Paul. .
.80
1880
Fanny Peck. .76
Zebina C. Camp.
.76
1843 David Parsons .79
1881
Mary Jacobs.
.76
1846 Lemuel Brooks.
.79
1881
Dorothy Walling
.76
1856 William Noyes. .79
1827
Samuel Campbell. 75
75
1859
Mary Lewis.
79
1848
Roger Hubbard.
75
1860
Benjamin Staples .79
1849
Betsey Cadwell. 75
1861 1862
Mandy McIntyre 79
1850
Mrs. Lawton. 75
1863
Silas C. French
.79
1856
Thomas Hazard. 75
1869 John G. Clark.
79
1857
Betsey H. Vail. 75
187
Hugh Rourk. ·79
1857
Hon. Samuel Prentiss.
75
1872
Jacob McIntyre 79
1865
Sylvanus Ripley.
75
1874
Isaac Lavigne. Daniel Wilson
.79
1869
Nehemiah Harvey.
.75
1881
Rev. Elisha Brown
79
1869
Dr. Reuben W. Hill
75
1842
Mrs. Levey 78
1871
Sally Taplin .
75
1845
Mrs. Hassam 78
1872
Anna Hubbard.
75
1847
Silas Burbank. .
1840
Polly Barton. 74
1846
Mrs. Phœbe Mann
.78
1842
Mrs. Wheelock.
74
1867
Thomas Dodge. .78
1845
Dr. Edward Lamb
74
1872
Mary Prime. 78
1847
Isaac Freeman. 74
.74
1872
Sherman Hubbard. .78
1851
Mrs. Kendall ..
74
1877
William W. Cadwell.
1860
Francis Smith.
.74
187
Margaret Fitzgibbons 78
1861
Susan Abbott 74
1879
Helen Crane.
.78
1864
Antoine Rivers.
74
1880
Polly Dudley
.78
1865
Richard Paine.
74
1828
Mrs. Gale
.77
1865
Isaiah Silver . 74
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
I879
Mrs. John Girard. 74
1859
Welcome Cole 77
188
Jesse Hutchinson . 74
1861 Mary Goss. .77
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
1868 Persis B. Davis
77
1862 Jane Hathaway. 73
1859
Sarah Wilder .79
1840
Lois P. Lawson 75
1859
Nancy Town.
.79
1845
Mrs. Packard.
Abigail Dewey .79 1855
Mrs. Jacob F. Dodge 75
79
1869
Margaret Moorcroft 75
187
1843 Lucretia Parsons.
.78 .78
1873
Nathan Dodge 75
1856 Mason Johnson
.78
1845
Mrs. John Walton. 74
1872
Polly Coffey. .78
1849
Mrs. Matthew
Hubbard Guernsey. .74
1843 John Walton. .77
1866
.78
Alpheus Flanders. 76
Horace Spencer .80
1881
Orin Pitkin. .77
1863 Mrs. Yatter.
1879
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MONTPELIER.
1864 Abby Langdon. .73
1868 Philomila Flint. . 73
1872 Hannah Patterson .73
1873 Phoebe Redway .. .73
Lucy Mead .92
Martha Rivers .91
Joshua Bliss
88
IS76 Mary M. Davis. .73
Lydia M. Warren
88
1878 Orlena Hoyt 73
John Murphy 86
1836 Charles Bulkley .72
Enos Stimson .86
1837 Mrs. Holmes .72
Patrick Brodie. 86
1838 Mrs. Timothy Hatch .72
Thomas Reed, Sr. .72
Joseph Wood 85
1849 Sally Shepard .72
Prudence Camp.
.84
1858 Ann Wheaton .72
Rebecca Sweet. 84
.84
1870 William Moorcroft . .72
Betsey Haskins
1870 Stukely Angell .72
Clark Fisk.
.84
1871
Jeremiah Davis. .72
Polly Cross .84
.84
1872 Benjamin Brown .72
Elvira Shafter. 83
1873 Timothy Cross .72
Lucinda Stevens. .83
83
1826
Mrs. Dodge .. .71
Peter Crapeau . .. .83
1838 1842
Mrs. Dexter May .71
Loraine Riker .82
1849 1860 1864 1864
Calvin Warren .71
William Kelly
82
1867
Dr. Charles B. Chandler 71
Eben Gunnison .81
1878 1880 1881
Mary Sargent
.71
1839
Mrs. Collins
1839
Mrs. Burrell .
.70
James McLaughlin. .80
1841
Ebenezer Lewis
.70
B. B. Dimmick.
.70
Joshua Y. Vail.
.70
Sarah R. Cleaves .79
Patrick Corry .79
1854
Mrs. Peck .
.70
Clarissa Silloway
.79
1854 Lucretia Prentiss .70
Orange Fifield. 78
IS54 1861 1861
Samuel Abbott. .70
Lucy Snow .78
78
1863
David Fitzgibbons .70
Eliza Boutwell
.77
1863
Anna O'Brien. .70
Susan R. Aiken .77
1865
Valentine Willey. .70
Stephen Bennett 77
1871 1872
Nancy Johnson .70
Margaret Crapo 76
1873 Luther Cross. .70
Randall Darling 76
1873 Daniel Willey. .70
Geo. S. Hubbard .76
1875
Margaret Cooper ·70
Eliza Hubbard. .76
1875 Mary Gannon .70
Dorcas Maxham .76
Nancy Sprague. .76
.76
Henry W. Sabin
.76
Kendall T. Davis.
.76
Mary Tuttle. .75
.75
Henry Nutt.
.75
Eben Scribner .75
John Slattery .75
Patrick McManus 75
B.
PERSONS RESIDING IN TOWN, OCT. 15, 1881,
Dr. Nathaniel C. King .92 IN THEIR 70TH YEAR AND OVER.
1876 Mrs. Orange Fifield. .73
IS75 Richard Dillon .73
1837 1840 Lucy Trowbridge .72
Mary Gunnison 84
1864 Dr. Thomas C. Taplin .72
1872 Constant W. Storrs. .72
Francis Labouchire
1874 1879
Betsey Cadwell .72
Appleton Fitch.
.83
Mrs. Partridge .71
Polly M. Chadwick 82
Mrs. Anna Cutler .71
Wooster Sprague .82
Duran Stowell .82
Thomas Reed 71
Joseph Felix.
.82
Peter G. Smith. .71
Roxa Gould .. .80
Anson Davis. .71
Orin Cummins .80
Horatio N. Taplin. .80
Elisha P. Jewett. .80
Abby S. Dodge .79
Nelson A. Chase .79
1854 1854 1854
Sophia B. Loomis.
.70
James Taylor .70
Dorothy Harrar .78
William P. Briggs .70
Miranda C. Storrs
William B. Hubbard. .70
Clarissa Chase. 76
1876 Allen Gallison. .70
1879 Mary Donahue. .70
John F. Stone
1880 Mary Fenton.
.70
1873 Mrs. Daniel Baldwin. 77 Snow Town.
NOTE .- In the preceding list are includ- ed the names of a few who for many years were residents of this town, but died while temporarily residing in some other place.
.70
Col. Levi Boutwell .72
Andrew A. Sweet
Samuel Forbes. .71
Josephine Lavigne .84
Lucia Clark. .86
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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
B.
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 ltouse 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 1 1 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 while 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, 1880, 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 ISOI, 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.
June 30, 1881, Jesse Hutchinson, aged 74, by taking poison.
CRIMES.
In 1840, an Irishman was killed in a fight with one of his countrymen, near the old Arch Bridge, and the homicide was tried and sent to the State Prison, but in a few years pardoned.
April 25, 1867, Patrick Fitzgibbons was killed on State street. He was intoxicated, and quarreled with three traveling agents in the Village Hall, where they were at- tending a dance. The agents leaving the hall, Fitzgibbons followed, accompanied by a companion, his brother-in-law. An officer, anticipating trouble, followed them. When passing through the alley-way, he came upon Fitzgibbons, who was in a sit- ting position in a chair, which he carried from the hall, dead, having been stabbed through the heart. All were arrested and acquitted, it always remaining a mystery whether he was killed by one of the agents, or by his brother-in-law through a mis- take, the night being very dark.
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