Vermont Telegraph

Most Distressing Death. A man by the name of Taylor, employed upon the farm of a Mr. Smith, in this county, was accidentally killed some days since, by a log rolling on him. He had undertaken to make some rails for Mr. S., but before commencing, the latter had started for Tennessee, and on the 12th of March Taylor came to work. On the 13th, after breakfast, he took a bucket containing his dinner, and went to the woods, where he had split two cuts of timber into rails, and had nearly opened the third—being the largest. The timber lay on a steep, slanting piece of ground, and while endeavoring to open it the log rolled down the hill—in doing so, it had thrown him on his back, and had rolled on his legs as high up as the middle of his thighs.

In this situation he was held fast. He had cut off his maul handle with his knife, and had dug away the earth considerably about his person, with a view to effect his liberation. But in clearing his stick from dirt in order to make greater progress, by striking it against the log, it had dropped over the other side out of his reach; he then tried several small sticks, procured by cutting shrubs around him, but had failed. In this way the unfortunate man lay from the 13th to the 24th of March—literally dying by inches! He was found by Mr. Smith's boys. During this time Mr. S. had returned, and hearing that Taylor had commenced work and gone home, as the family supposed, did not feel uneasy. The wife of the dead man thought he was working at Mr. Smith's perhaps two miles distant and that all was well. The verdict of the coroner's jury was in accordance with these facts.—Quincy Whig, March 23.