Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-03-25

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The only Pills TO take with Hoods Sarsaparilla
A man named Limoge, employed
by the Porter Manufacturing CON
pany at Winooski, had two fingers o
his right hand taken off and two 9th
ers badly lacerated on a circular saw
March 18th.
| An old manuscript found at Charles
ton, dated April 8, 1854, says: ave
have just had big thaw and now car
lust discern the tops of few stnmpi
and the posts on the fences" Such
used TO be some Of the Vermont win.
tiers.
A huge elm tree was cut down in
WOlcOtt recently on the farm OF Fred
Leckner. 1t was four and half feet
in diameter at the stump and at the
last cut, 10 feet from the stump, the
diameter was Is inches. The trunk
was cut into cords Of ls-inch wood.
The dwelling house and barn OF
Max f. Buchold at Ludlow was
burned last week Tuesday. The fam
| lily slept in the second story and the
fire was first discovered by Mrs.
Buchold in the attic. Loss on house
and furniture, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000
Charles II. Moore & Co. opened
their granite manufacturing works at
Montpelier Monday of last week, af-
ter shutting down since September.
This is the largest granite manufac-
turing plant in Vermont, and when
running full force employs 800 hands
there and at Barre.
The Sons and Daughters OF YER
mont in Springfield, Mass, had a
sugar eat at the Y. NJ. &. A. rooms in
that city Wednesday evening of last
week, covers being laid for $50 per-
sons. The officers of the society have
decided to hold their annual banquet
April 10, when Gov. Grout and other
state officials will be present.
Carlos A. Hitchcock, a wealthy
Washington man OF "a years, who
has his summer home in Vermont and
is friend of Senator Proctor, is in
the divorce courts for separation
from his wife Emeline, aged 80, and
testimony was taken in the case at
Brooklyn recently. The marriage,
which took place at Saratoga Springs,
n. Y, in 1891, resulted from matri-
monial advertisement inserted in the
papers by the plaintiff. Mr.. Hitch
cock alleges that previous to her mar
riage to him the defendant had mar
ried another man, and that she had
also been the common-law wife of a
resident of Brooklyn and the latter
was among the witnesses who appear
ed against her.
William kirkwood, teamster Of
Bennington, had a hard exporter &c on
the Glastonbury mountains Saturday.
lie was alone and seven miles from
the nearest house. lie transferred a
load OF lumber from sleigh to a
wagon, but before the horses were
hitched to the latter be slipped on the
ice and broke his left arm. In this
condition he harnessed the horses to
the wagon, mounted the load, wound
the reins around his neck, and with
only one hand to manage the horses,
which were a spirited pair, started
for bennington II miles away. lie
safely piloted the heavy load down
the steep declivities and rough road of
the mountain, reaching his home in
about seven hours, in a thoroughly
exhausted condition.
VIM. Tracy,an employe of the Con-
sumers' Ice company, OF burlington,
met with a very painful accident last
week Monday morning. lie attempt
ed TO start small eight-horse power
gas engine. The engine has TO be
started by hand until the first spark is
ignited and then it runs all right He
used one hand TO set the machine in
operation and was swinging the other
to and fro. In turning the machin-
erv, il slipped and caught his mitten
and sleeve in the governor, breaking
two pieces of the governor, half inch
in thickness, and terribly mangling
his hand, before the engine could be
checked. Tracy was taken TO the
Mary Fletcher hospital and the hand
was amputated about half way be-
tween the wrist and elbow. Tracy is |
about % years of age and single |
man.
Logging accidents are of frequent
occurrence these days. Milo Perkins
was chopping in the woods at West
Concord one day recently, when his
axe slipped and cut one foot across
the top, severing an artery. He was
three-quarters of mile from home,
but succeeded i'm walking that dis
lance before he tainted from loss of
blood. His wound was dressed, and
he will soon be able to chop again as
of yore. Thomas Curran of Ripton.
while driving an OK team in the woods
was struck by a large falling tree
which some choppers had just cut
through. One limb of the tree struck
him on the left shoulder, and the
shoulder was badly Knocked out of
Joint, but was not broken. Ii took
the doctor and six assistants over an
hour to get the shoulder back into
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