Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-18
State of Vermont.


Our Readers.
John L. knights, formerly a bust
ness man,Qnd postmaster Of Brandon
died suddenly in Boston, where he ha
| lived Of late.
i Rev. &C. Waterman of Providence
! r. L., has accepted call to the Ere
Baptist church at st. Johnsbury, to be
gin his labors in September.
| Peter Barrow of New Haven, abou
AS years OF age and married, ATTEMPTED
suicide Saturday, July 6, by taking
Paris green. Remedies were applied
and it is believed that he will recover
| Mr.. and Mrs. Rudyard Kiplins
sailed from New York, Saturday, fol
Southampton, England. 1t is under
stood that they go only for q visit y
ENGLAND and that Mr.. kipling viii
not go to India.
The house in the north part OF Bris
tol occupied by Mitchell Little was
burned late Saturday night, July g.
The inmates-fve persons-had a mar
row escape from death, barely getting
out. The building was valued al
about $500.
Work on the Young Mems Chris
tan association gymnasium in the
Bates House, Rutland, has begun. The
gymnasium will be nearly two stories
high, and when completed will be one
of the finest in the state. The repairs
will cost between 81 900 and 81 800.
1t is possible that Postmaster Gen,
eral Wilson may be in Brattleboro
next month. He has been invited to
go to Wilmington for his vacation as
a guest of the Forest and Stream club,
coming to Brattleboro aud driving
over the mountain.
The Graphic OF Burlington reports
the discovery Of granite in Jericho
near the Lee river, about three miles
from the railroad station. No attempt
has yet been made to quarry the de-
post because it is so far from the rail-
road. The granite is said to be OF ex-
cellent quality.
Brandon has three men, 80 years OF
age, now living on the same places on
which they were born and where they
have always lived. They are James
w. Cheney, Silas G. Keller and
Chauncey Capron. Two of them are
now living in the same houses in
which they first saw light.
An attempt was made Sunday
morning, July Z, to burn Ernest Les
sons barber shop at Pittsford, by
pouring kerosene over the clapboards
and lighting with fuse. But Lesson
discovered it just as the blaze was
starting and stopped it by pulling of
clapboard. He saw man running
toward Pittsford Mills.
The Rutland Herald of Thursday
says: "Deputy Sheriff Whitaker ar
rested G. p. Guptil, formerly B. IL.
WoolIey's bartender, at Hancock last
week for jumping his bail. There are
Is otfenses against Guptil, which were
called at the March term of the coun-
ty court. The bail was forfeited in
each case. Guptil was placed in the
county jail, where he will remain un-
til the September term OF the county
court, unless he again gets bail.
An effort is being made to build a
new Methodist church and chapel at
Rutland. The plans are to build
upon the grounds where the parson-
age now stands. The chapel is to be
40x70 feet, will seat 500 people and
will cost about $4,000. The plans
for the church call for brick struc-
ture 100x90 feet with seating capac-
ity Of $50. The church and chapel
will be connected with rolling doors,
thereby making seating capacity Of
1850. The estimated cost OF the
church alone is $4,000.
Rev. |. w. Cate, native of Mont
pelier and graduate OF Goddard and
Tufts, was one of the principal speak
ers in the Universalist convention at
Boston last week. He occupies chair
in the Universalist Theological school
Of Toxic, Japan, and at a recent con-
ference Of the japanese Universalist
church, he was elected general super
intendent OF all the Universalist
churches in Japan, a position equiva-
lent to that held by the bishop in this
country. Mr.. Cate has been visiting
in Montpelier and is on leave till
October.
A wonderful surgical operation was
recently performed upon the l4-year-
old son of A. Pervoncha of Newport.
The original illness Of the boy was in
Illumination of the bowels which
merged into difficulty that affected
the stomach, and seemed to battle all
medical skill, as the case had been Civ
en- UP by three physicians and the boy
was rapidly failing, his sutferings be-
ing intense. After careful diagno-
sis of the case, DIR. Branch found there
was an abscess in the stomach, and,
with the aid Of instruments drew two
quarts of solid matter from the stom-
ach. The youth then experienced
immediate relief and is now doing
finely.
Rutland is soon to have one of the
best equipped hospitals in New Eng