Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-08-27

City Judge Merrill Of Rutland is
sued naturalization papers to IS mel
last week Monday afternoon. The,
were made up of Swedes, Italians ant
Fins.
Last week two demented womel
were found in City Hall Park, Bur
lington. Both were taken to the in
sane asylum at Waterbury. Neithel
of the women were identified.
Talk is again revived of railroad
to Newport or some other town in Or
leans county to connect with the Bos
ton Il Maine railroad. An electric
railroad is now being agitated and thu
Legislature will probably be applied tt
for charter this fall.
Rev. A. j. Covell has resigned al
pastor Of the Congl church at Water
bury. 1t will take effect Sept. Both
Mr.. Covell has been granted a post.
graduate scholarship at Harvard uni.
versity, and with the intention Of ac-
cepting this he resigned.
Lucian Baker Of st. Adams met
with an accident at the car shop last
week which will probably deprive him
of the sight Of one eye. A splinter Of
wood from buzz saw was thrown in.
to his face and injured the eyeball SO
badly that it will probably have to be
removed.
"A six-year-old child of Martin Corn
in of South Poultney was burned to
death Sunday, Aug. l6. The child
had been playing with lantern and
it is supposed spilled the oil on its
clothing, and in trying to light the
lantern set fire to the clothing. The
lantern was not exploded. Every part
Of the body was burned, even the soles
of the feet.
At a meeting held Monday, Aug.
IL, of the Bennington Historical soci-
ETY. and Bennington Battle Monument
association in regard to merging the
former into the latter, it was unani-
mously decided to do so. Proper
steps were taken to secure an amend
ment of the Battle Monument associa-
TONS charter to admit of it and to
change the name to the Bennington
Battle Monument and Historical asso-
citation.
Mrs. Longerman Of North Adams,
who is stopping at the Spring House,
Nottingham, saw an old horse the
other day and Immediately recognized
him as a colt she sold rs years ago,
then traced the facts to prove it. Is
not that a remarkable memory for
woman of So years /? She and her old
est son and her Youngest grandchild,
three generations, rode out after "Old
John" this colt Of more than twenty
five summers.
During the heavy thundershower
last week Tuesday the lightning struck
Charles Bundy's barn in Sutton, set
ting it on fire and burning it, with
two sheds and granary attached,
The barn contained some 10 or 80 tons
of hay. Part OF his farming tools
were burned and two yearlings, two
calves and two hogs. The barn and
contents We're well insured. Mr..
Bundy burned one hand quite badly
trying to save his wagon.
The Experiment Station at Burling-
ton has issued bulletin SO, on the pol
of plums, which discusses
the causes of uncertainty OF success In
raising ropof plums. 1t also gives
the characteristics of the various
groups and kinds Of plums with their
special adaptation in this state. A
copy of this as well as other bulletins
will be sent without charge to any adj
dress upon application to the Expert
ment Station, Burlington.
S. L. Griffith has rebuilt his upper
mill in Peru, recently destroyed by
fire, and equipped it with machinery
for clapboards. He has also built a
new mill above North Dorset to tap
the immense wilderness around Buff
fun Pond, where there is large tract
of several thousand acres of the finest
spruce growing in New England. He
has expended several thousand dollars
upon the road from the pond to the
mill, a distance of a few miles.
The big stone Of Ascutney granite
for the base of the monument which
is to mark the site of the old "Cata-
mount Tavern" in Bennington, was
carried Friday, after a fortnight's
to move it from the quarry to
the station. The stone weighs about
sixteen tons, and has been taken to
Montpelier to be polished on its four
sides. The top of the stone, on which
q bronze catamount is to stand, will
be hammered to smooth surface.
Annie M. Fits, the l5-year-old
daughter of Charles Fits, 1874 Gran
ger street, Rutland, eloped with an
Italian by the name Of James Rowans
last week Monday morning. The cou-
pie went to Bellows Falls. The moth
IL received a letter the next day
from her daughter, dated at Bellows
Falls. She said that she was going
% be married to Rowans in the after
noon. The man who has gained CON-
Dlete control over the young girl SHOW
lis coal in the railroad yard at night.
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