Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-02

Fred Forth Of Montpelier was Gel
fenced last week to six months in Il
house of correction for criminal a
sault upon young girl last Deccn
Der.
The Vermont and northern Ne'
York trotting and pacing circuit hav
arranged 1ivc meetings, at Whic
purses aggregating $4,000 will b
offered.
The good people OF Putney seem t
be struggling with the momentum
| question OF what constitutes cruelt,
70 animals. Can anybody suggest
definition?
| A business concern in Fair Havel
offers to present every poor family
with two bushels Of potatoes but hal
succeeded in disposing OF but few
even with that liberality.
"A. +. Mann Il Co.. of Boston, who
will succeed to the prison contract al
Windsor or the expiration of w. D.
Brackett& Co.'s term on May LIST,
have made a contract with Burt Chel.
lis OF Claremont to erect factory
building on the site Of, the present
building outside of the aprison yard,
which is to be moved away. 1t is I'M
derstood that the new building will be
two stories in height and somewhat
longer and wider than the one it is to
replace.
A severe and curious accident bofell
Jesse King at Montpelier Sunday Of
last week. Thinking that he would
chop the ice from his roof, he climbed
a ladder and was clearing it away
when the rung on which he was stand
ing broke ana precipitated him to the
ground. Upon examination it was
found that one of his ribs was cracked
and number of bruises were found.
He will probably be confined to the
house for some time.
The whereabouts of Charles Win
ters, the boy who has been missing
from Rutland nearly week, is still a
mystery. Chief of Police Elworth has
written to several of the surrounding
cities, but has found no trace of the
boy AT Troy, N. y, several persons
have been arrested on suspicion OF be-
ing young Winters. 1t is something
Of novelty to have a young man of
good character and habits drop off the
universe so suddenly.
Rev. John f. Smith, whose death
in Marsovan, Western Turkey, was
reported in last week Monday morn.
ing's cable news, was born at Wind
sor in 1888, studied in Dartmouth col.
lege and the University of Wisconsin
and was graduated from Lane semi
nary in 1862. He was appointed a
missionary to the American board OF
foreign missions on Ap.ill, 1863, and
embarked for the foreign field in May,
1863.
B. f. Lincoln, one of the most
prominent men of LyndOnville, died
last Thursday of heart disease. He
represented Lyndon in the legislature
from 1876 to 1880 and again in 1883,
and was elected senator from Gale
donia county in 1892. He resigned
the presidency of the Lyndon Ma
tional bank during the present year.
He was also president Of the Masonic
Building association of Lyndon. He
was associated with $. S. Thompson
in extensive lumber operations in
Michigan, where they built the Frank
fort and Southeastern railroad.
One of the greatest advances in the
arts of the last half CEN
fury was made in he old gun shop in
Windsor town, viz: Making machines
with interchangeable parts. In 1886,
the United States GOV eminent adopt
ed the improvement and introduced
it into its gun factory at Springfield, i
Mass. The Bristol government fol-
lowed by introducing it into its great
works. Parties preparing a history
Of Nashua, N. H., desire more de-
tailed information on this subject to
he embodied in the work and are ran
'acking New England for informa-
ion.
Ferris Vaughan of Brattleboro was
he victim of an odd accident recent
y, whereby he lost two-thirds OF his
and most of his eyebrows.
he was assisting man to take the
coupling of the boiler Of his steam
aunch, and as it struck hard applied
gas jet to heat it. The whistle was
,fl' the boiler, creating little draft SO
hat the gas not consumed was drawn
n until it got full when there was an
gnition and explosion full in Mr..
face. But for his specta-
les the eyesight would undoubtedly
rave been destroyed. AS it was the
yeball was burned little.