Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-04-08


Baptist church Sunday morning, Mar.
2s, 10 take effect the LIST of June. Mr..
Abbey was the sOciety's first settled
pastor and has presided over the
church for five years.
Thomas McDermott and Rem,
Parizo of Graniteville, a quarryine
settlement about three miles from
Barre, went into Robert Morrison's
store at that place Saturday afternoon,
March Both, and drank what they
supposed was peppermint essence
The bottle, however, contained car
bolic acid and McDermott died within
five minutes. Parizo was given an
emetic and will recover. McDermott,
who was 4 man about As years OF age,
leaves a wife and four children.
Jarius c. Mears died Tuesday OF
last week at La Grange. ILL.,, aged 100
years and eight days. He was born at
Newton Falls. He was a lad of 10 at
the time Of the battle Of Champlain
and witnessed the event. lie spent
the greater part of his life in Illinois.
He was appointed postmaster at Hills
boro by President Lincoln, and for
many years was the postmaster at La
Grange. In 1922 he married Amelia
Cook, who was born in his native
town. The centenarian enjoyed the
possession OF his faculties to within a
short time Of his death. He voted at
thp N0vpm bpr election
A deed has been filed in the Office
of the Burlington city clerk by which
w. J. Van Patten completed a gift
which he has long had in contempla.
ton with regard to the city mission.
This deed gives to the Young Mems
Christian association and its successors
the lot and premises at the southwest
corner of College and Champlain
streets, now occupied by the Adams
mission, in such a manner that the
latter will occupy the property as long
as the same is needed for that purpose.
The lot has frontage of 1873 $40 feet
upon Champlain street and l04 feet
upon College street.
Two boys, Patrick Waters and
Thomas CATER were arrested Satur-
day, March 80, at West Rutland,
charged with breaking into the YER
mont Marble company's store at that
place Jan. LIST and stealing a large
quantity Of cigars, jewelry, knives and
other booty. They confessed. The
arrest came about through the capture
Friday of three men at Albany, y. Y,
who were taken on the same charge.
They are Charles Waters, aged Is,
Michael Waters, %, and George Cat
ter, 20. They attempted TO dispose
of their booty in an Albany pawn
shop and were detected. The three
finally acknowledged that they were
part of a gang organized for the pur-
pose of thieying.
Several persons were badly injured
March g in an accident on the Hoo
sac Tunnel and Wilmington railroad,
a mile below Readsboro. The ac-
commodati IN train while running
down grade left the rails, two cars
rolling over and narrowly escaping a
plunge over the embankment fully 60
feet high. All the passengers were
more or less injured, the following
most seriously hurt Mrs. Elizabeth
Carpenter, Nottingham, internally
injured: c. b. Wheeler, Nottingham,
badly cut and injured internally:
Frank Childs, Wilmington, legs lac
Grated: G.. w. Averill, North Adams,
face and hands cut; Bertha Wheeler,
Nottingham, severe cuts and bruises.
A man by the name of Forbes liv-
ing at East Montpelier, who was just
recovering from a long attack of ty-
phoid fever, attempted to commit sui
eide by taking belladonna. As near
as can be learned he took two tea
spoonfuls of the fluid extract of bella
donna, which is sufficient quantity TO
kill any man and only prompt work
on the part of DIR. Fiske, who was
hastily summoned, prevented the
mans death. AS it was he was so
crazed that it required five men TO
hold him. The doctor, after working
over him a considerable time, left him
quiet and resting and out of danger.
No reason is assigned for the act cx-
cept that he was probably crazed as
the result Of the ravages of the late at
tack of typhoid fever.
The Burlington Philharmonic soci-
ety's seventh musical festival will be
held at Burlington on May Ia, Is, ~,
20 and ~. The soloists are FROM
Boston and include Mrs. Jennie Pat.
rick Walker, soprano; Miss Gertrude
Edmunds, contralto; Frederick smith,
tenor, and Arthur Beresford, basso.
The orchestral work will be rendered
by the Boston instrumental club, 20
pieces, from the Boston Symphony
orchestra, and the Howard opera
house orchestra. The principal works
to be given are "Arminius," by Max
Bruch: MAY Day" McFarren; Gal
liza" Gounod; "John Gilpin, Ander-
ton. Carl Zerrahn is conductor and
j. II. Engels of Rutland pianist and
assistant conductor.