Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-30
Burlington has bicycle riding

al Burlington has bicycle idin
D academy.
:. In Bristol in 1896 there were )
: births, "a deaths and ID marriages.
= Gov. u. "A. Woodbury's herd Of Y
+ cows on his farm in Gilmore has beef
examined by DR.. Rich and the tubei
/ culin test applied and no diseased
I animals were found. The butter from
/ this herd has been used at the Val
/ Ness House for the last 10 years.
Albert Towsler of Pownal and hi
3 team had a narrow escape from goins
to the bottom Of the HoOsac river
! few days ago. He was coming from
! the river with load OF ice, when hi
} horses began to break in. BY whip
, ping them he drove off just as the ict
! went down. The ice where he crossed
was found to be only two inches thick
The depth of the water at that point
is about Is feet.
J, Mrs. Mabel Cobb Mallowes. daugh-
ter of the late j. S. Cobb of Barnard,
at her home in Chatham, Mass, Jan.
I6, gave birth to an infant that weighs
only two pounds, and the little one
takes nourishment as heartily and
seems as happy as any ten-pound babe
might do. The attending physician
pronounces it the smallest child he ever
saw in an apparently healthy condi-
j ton. Mrs. Mallowes had returned a
few days previous to its birth from q
long voyage with her husband, Con-
CALCULATIONS to Mr.. and Mrs. NAL
loves.
Freeman Hagar of Nottingham
had remarkable escape from death
one day recently. He, with several
others, was chopping in the woods,
when tree became lodged. He and
another man began to cut it down,
when the tree fell, striking Mr.. Hagar
on the hip and side, crushing him TO
earth and partially against ledge of
rocks. AT first it was supposed he was
killed, but on extricating him he was
found TO be alive. 1t was found that
one hip was badly out of joint and he
was severely bruised otherwise, but no
bones were broken. The doctors with
great difficulty replaced the hip, hav-
ing to keep Mr.. Hagar under the in
fluence of ether for some hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins son, aged 81
months, of Ferrisburgh was burned to
death Wednesday evening by a lamp
exploding. Mr.. Perkins was milking
his COW, about o'clock, and Mrs. Per-
kins had stepped out of doors for a
few moments and the child was left
sitting in chair near the table. II is
thought the cat jumped on the table
and tipped the lamp over, exploding
it, and setting the child's clothing on
fire. The mother heard the child cry
and rushed into the room, but was too
late to save his life. He was envelopcd
in flames, his left hand terribly burned
and his head badly disfigured by the
flames. They sent Immediately for a
physician, but the child had been so
badly burned that he could not do any
thing for him, and he died about 10
O'Clock that evening.
The contract for the Vermont dele
cation of the Y. p. S. G. 4. head
quarters has been closed by State Sec
rotary +. E. Towner. The Vermont |
and New Hampshire union will occu-
py the Grafton, located on Connecti-
cut avenue, during the convention at
Washington. 1t is situated on the
most fashionable thoroughfare in
Washington, very convenient to all
points of interest and within five min
utes' walk of the White House, state,
war, navy and treasury departments
and also Corcorana art gallery. Cars
passing the door run direct to the cap
itol and depots. The rooms are ar
ranged both single and en- suite and
with private baths. 1t is also con-
Quoted on the American plan, and
owing to Congress not being in ses-
sion at that time the rates are put
down to 50 per day.
There are residing within three
miles of each other, three of them in
the town Of Bennington, four women
whose aggregate ages amount to 1874
years. These are Mrs. Honora Nc
earthly, who resides in South Shafts
bury and who expects to celebrate her
l05th birthday the coming Easter. The
exits Mrs.Sophia Walbridge Winnie.
who will round out century's exist
,nce in few weeks. Mrs. Patrick
Craven, who lives with son cou-
pie OF miles north Of Bennington, is
% years of age and Mrs. S. N. Brown,
Who resides with her daughter, Mrs.
W. L. Hawks, is 80. All are in good
health and bid fair to live several
'ears longer. Another native of the
own, Mrs. Emily Hyde Grinnell, is /!
nearly century old. She now resides
n Colchester and is quite active. M. Y
N. Hicks, now "a years of age. was ar |
0 born in this town. He now resides
With a daughter in Mexico, N. Y.
Mayor Sheldon has appointed
X. Hannum permanent chief
# the Rutland fire department, and (
he appointment has been confirmed i
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