Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-03
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for

Kinley as consul to Sherbrooke, p. 9
The state normal school at Castle
ton will close June 3. j. L. Cush
man of Burlington will deliver the
address. The next term will begin
August "a.
In response to an invitation ex-
tended by Mayor Smith, the Yer.
mont Dairyman's Association and
the Vermont Sugar Makers associa.
ton will meet next January at st.
Adams.
Bishop Hall of Burlington and hill
chaplain, George b. johnson, wills
sail for Europe on the steamship
Britannica" June 30. The bishop
will attend the Lambeth conference
at London. They will be gone until
September.
Mrs. A. A. Burnett of Halifax took
dose of Paris green Tuesday morn
ing of last week. She apparently
then thought better of it and blew a
dinner horn for help. Neighbors
responded and about two hours later
doctor arrived from Green River.
Geo. M. Edgerton of Mechanicsville
went to Rutland Monday of last week
with a frog in his throat in the shape
OF a silver dollar, which he had swal-
lowed the day before at his home. The
doctor applied the X-rays, located the
dollar in the upper part Of the chest
and pulled it out.
The house and barn of Judge NJ. c..
Hoyt and also the town library and
town clerks office at Westfield, II
miles from Newport, were burned
this morning at about 4 o'clock. A
number of horses persisted in the
flames and the family of Judge Hoyt
had a narrow escape. Part of the
household goods and the library
books were saved. All were insured.
Mrs. Charlotte Dewey Ross, the
oldest native resident of the town of
Poultpey, who died at her home in
East Poultney recently, was the friend
and associate of Horace Greeley dur
ing his four years apprenticeship in
that village to the trade of typeset-
ting. She was also the schoolmate
and associate of George Jones, the
founder OF the New York Times, and
of Jared Sparks, the historian.
This is not a good year for bicycle
thieves in Burlington. Last week the
city court of that municipality sem
fenced a young man TO two years in
state prison for stealing bicycle in
Williston last fall. This week a boy
of 30 has been sent to Windsor for
one year for similar offence, steal
ing wheel f. m a house in Burling-
ton. The fret i'm got the severer
punishment because he had once be-
fore been in the tolls for wrong
doing.
Frank G.. Morse of East Hardwick
was terribly injured Thursday by
being thrown from his wagon by
a runaway horse. One leg was hor-
ribly fractured in several places be-
tween the knee and ankle, so that the
bones protruded in various directions.
He was also otherwise bruised and
the injuries will probably lay him up
for all summer. What makes the
accident particularly sad is the fact
that Mrs. Morse is an invalid with
paralysis.
The 47th annual meeting of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical So
ciety at Montpelier decided to hold
the next annual meeting of the socie-
ty in that city at about the same time.
The officers elected were: President,
A. f. Moore of North Shrewsbury;
vice-president, M. ID. Smith of Bris-
toll: secretary, G.. l. Forbes of Bur-
Iington: censors, +. B. Whitaker of
Barre, w. f. Minard of Waterbury !
and f. E. Steele of Gaysville; au-
ditors. Edward Kirkland of Bellows
Falls, N. L. Dow of Glover and f. L.
Whitaker of Newport.
w. II. Minor entertained a party |
of II to IA ladies and gentlemen with
an outdoor dinner at the Houghton
deer rark in Halifax on Tuesday OF
last week. The beautiful drive and
the generous dinner made an ideal
days outing. L. G. Houghton, who
is now at the park, stated that the |
animals in the preserve wintered well
and all have made a good increase.
He estimates the number of deer now |
in the enclosure at 100. Mr.. Hough-
ton is tearing away a part of the old |
brick farm house and will rebuild it
with an addition for the occupation
OF his family whom he will bring on
from Sheffield, ILL.,, another season.
During the thunder storm last week
Monday afternoon at the Colchester
Mills at Winooski, a large iron
cylinder used in the process of OPEN
ing cotton suddenly, with a dull |
thud, exploded while revolving at
rapid rate. Four workmen were in
the vicinity of the accident, but for
tunately none were injured. Two
received slight scratches from flying
pieces. One large bit of iron was
hurled with terrific force to the cell
ing. The explosion blew off large
piece of the cylinder shield and COM
pletely wrecked the machine. The