Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-21

The insurance adiusters were in town
Tuesday 10 adiust Inc loss on Brooks q
Washburn's store and goods
NE. Clark OF ST. Adams visited his
daughters in this town last Thursoay'
Ruth and Vail Warren of Springfield,
Mass, are visiting at their uncle's, ). y
Burnett.
Messrs. Brooks & WashLurn desire 10
extend their heartfelt thanks 10 tne III
company and all the citizens VINO laooreu
SO hard last Sunday morning to save their
store and contents.
E. L. Harrington and wife Of Philadei-
phia are visiting at his mothers, MIS- Iu-
win Harrington.
Miss Alice Edison OF White River juno
tion spent Sunday at her mothers, MIS-.
l.. ii. Edison.
Paul Cav has field OF seven-foot corn
that was planted before the quay sno" ~
storm and was enriched by phosphate OF
his own devisiDg.
Row Stearns has been spending several
DAYS at Waitsfield with Fred Fassett.
Miss Lois Smith and Louis Whittier OF
Boston are spending two weeks IN thls
vicinity.
| A
night Waterman Regain of the shoe shop
noticed a light in the basement OF BrooKs
| a Washburn's store and thinking that
there might be burglars he went up TO eH-
anime and discovered fire at the north
end near the large basement door. Inc
alarm was Immediately given and WITHIN
seven minutes two large streams OF wafer
were playing in the basement. Inc orr
| gin OF the fire is as yet uncertain but there
e considerable probability in the theory
of spontaneous combustion. Eight emp
tv oil barrels and two full ones were
Standing in the immediate vicinity OF the
fire and gave good fuel tor the names
which found their way up between the
studding and all over the basement moor
and its various contents. Inc burning
oil barrels were bravely rolled out oy tnt
fremen, the two full ones being nearly
burned through. In the meantime tnt
fire had got such Roadway in the parti-
tions and was in such an inconvenlenl
place to get at that it ragged there for a.
bout an hour appearing here and there
outside on the two upper floors and III
the cornice OF the roof, only TO be quencn
ed by the four streams OF water Al aoou'
two O'Clock the last blaze was extinguisn'
ed with the main part OF the building
4 saved hut with loss of from $4,000 K
$4,000 on the whole building and its con.
tents. The happiest combination OF cir
cumstances made possible this result
The pump worked tc charm, doing ev'
en-. steady work all through the fire anc
delivering perfect torrent OF water ina
would have perfectly annihilated any mr.
that dared to come out and face its an
Gent enemy, water. Had the fire got be-
yond control ii would not have stopped
short of Child block ON the north and n'
one knows where on the south.
E. p. Fisher took a drive to Plaintel'
last week.
The ladies OF the Universalist churcl
held sociable Wednesday afternoon o
this week at S. b. Days.
Hon. w. H. Dubois OF West Randolph
was in town last Monday.
Loren Holt had tough experience will
a skittish colt last week. He was NOV
ing and noticing some trouble with tn
cutter bar, was bending over and exam
ming il, when the colt happened TO turl
its head slightly and noticed and let II.
with hoof at Mr.. Holt hitting him owe
the left eve which was torn and badl,
bruised but il is expected that the eye
sight was not destroyed.
Miss Addie Bradbury OF Rumney, \. II
has been visiting old friends in town.
E. C. Waldo, cashier OF Merchants Stat
Bank OF Ellis, Kansas, accompanied b
his wife, is visiting his parents al Mapi
Grove Farm.