Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-07
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
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Johnsbury.
The hunters all over the state made
rush last Fridayto get a shot at deer
but few are reported TO have been shot
less than dozen in all.
A collection of silk worms from
Japan has been placed in the Fair
banks museum at St.John sbury, where
their lives and habits may be watched
jesse Pillsbury of Moscow caught q
young fox last spring and tanned hilr,
The other moring the fox was miss
ing and a number of his best chickens
were found killed.
Fred Wright of Jericho was arrested
last week on criminal charges pre-
ferred by Miss Carrie Hanley. lie
was bound over to county court and
taken to Jail, not being able to furnish
bail.
VIM. Collins OF Providence, II. L.,
was discovered on the track near Put
ney recently fatally injured. lie had
fallen from passenger car and was
run over. He survived only short
time after being found.
). II. Andrews of Richmond. vet
eran miner who had lived many years
in California, has found small guam
tity Of gold in the Joyner brook in
Bolton. He thinks il would pay TO
work for it in that immediate section.
The Fanny Allen hospital at VII
nOoski is to be enlarged owing to the
large increase Of patronage. A two
story addition l0Sx34 feet is proposed,
and also other additions for operating
room, clinical room, chapel, offices,
etc.
Mrs. Phoebe Frye, who at her
death was the oldest person in Essex
county, was buried last week. She
was born in 1906, was member OF
the first Sunday school organization
in the state and had been member Of
the Free Baptist church for more than
IS years.
The annual state Sunday school
will meet at Bennington
about the middle of October and the
Vermont officers reunion association
about the first OF November. Mai. A.
b. Valentine, president, and Col. X.
j. Cofley and Lieutenant II. 7. Cush-
man are already making the arrange
ments for the latter.
At Washington county court last
week Thursday Miss Jessie Frazier
of Barre was awarded S2,270 and
costs in her suit against the Home
Life Insurance company of New York.
The action was an assunpsit in which
the plaintiff sought to recover $4,000
on an insurance policy, the defendant
refusing to pay because one assess
ment was unpaid.
Frank Robinson OF Waterbury was
the general superiority OF
the masculine gender with his wife the
other day. Among other points Frank
that women were not good
for much of anything to work
and, in an unguarded moment,
offered to bet his wife new dress
that she couldn't dig two bushels Of
potatoes in two hours. Mrs. Robin
son promptly accepted the wager and |
not only dug but picked up three
bushels in the stipulated time.
William Cook, rather brutal look
ng specimen, was arrested last week |
1t the Masonic Temple building,
charged with the rape of Miss Flor
,nce wilkins of Essex. The crime |
.ook place August lst near Fort Ethan
Allen. 1t was at first thought that |
he act was done with the girls con-
tent, which was the fact. but il |
to the same thing as rape, as
he girl is under IA. Right after the
Iced Cook left and returned about
wo weeks ago. The officers had quite
/ tussle in falling him. Heis tough
character and has already served two
erms at the reform school. He is %
'ears old.
The old Sallertee hog barn near
he Middlebury depot was burned
arly Sunday morning with lot of
adders and machinery belonging to
Allan Calhoun. Loss on ladders and
81 800; no insurance. w.
}. Wright and w. w. Blanchard lost
5000 worth of farming tools; no in
urance. William Latimer lost 500
worth of carpenters tools. During
he fire Mrs Sarah Meacham's house
lear the Methodist church was dis
overed to be on fire, probably from a
amp explosion. The house is total
oss; insurance not known. l.. o. Al
en-, who lives in the house, lost
Il, 100 worth of household furniture;
Insurance, 500.
Gov. Grout has appointed Rev. L.
!. Ranslow of Swanton, Hon. l.. ID.
Iazen of st. Johnsbury and ID. L.
dOrgan of Rutland, as delegates to
he annual prison congress of the Ma
ional Prison association of the United
states to be held at Austin, Texas,
oct. 1920, 1897. He has also APP