Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18

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commencement has already been
: made.
Joseph Diette of st. Adams was
I caught in the shafting at the steam
laundry last week and internally in.
! Jured bat no bones were broken. Sew
: eral months ago he was burned in the
face by escaping steam and within the
past few weeks he fell from his bicy-
Gle and dislocated his arm. lie re-
sumed work only two days before the
last accident.
Last week Elisha May of St. Johns
bury caused an attachment to be
placed upon a freight car of the Bal
timore, Ohio and Southwestern Rail-
road company's, which happened to
be in the st. Johnsbury yard. Two
years ago he was quite severely in
jured in Omaha, ILL.,, on that railroad
but no attention had been paid his
demands for %reparation, so he took
other measures.
An attachment of SO, 500 was placed
on the property of the Barre and
Montpelier Traction and Power COM
pany in Montpelier, Barre and Berlin
last week by John A. Roebling Sons a.
Co. of New York, who bring suit TO
recover for wire material sold. The
railroad claims that the material was
used by the Worcester Construction
company in building the road and
should have been paid by that com
pany.
AT the meeting of the Ladies' Lii
brary guild of Montpelier in the yes
try OF the church of the Messiah, il
was voted to divide the money among
the members and disband. Ii is be-
lieved that in the neighborhood of
81, 900 will 90 to the Kellogg-Hubbard
library and the remainder to the Mont
pelier public library, as the members
who receive the money will undoubt-
eddy give it to the institution which
they favor.
Among the relics unearthed in the
attic of the Langdon building at the
corner of Main and State streets in
Montpelier, which is soon to be torn
down, is an old medicine pannier cap
tured from a British blockade runner
by an American naval vessel during
the revolutionary war. The chest is
of wicker, covered with deer hide with
the hair intact and bound with heavy
iron bands. 1t is proposed to present
this relic to the Vermont Historical
society.
Last Friday the Vermont Humane
society held its annual meeting in
Burlington and elected the following
oficers;-President, George H. Wal
dron OF Chester; secretary and treas
urer, A. N. Chandler of Chester; vice
presidents, II. d. Holden of Brattle-
boro, II. b. Williams of Bristol, C. S.
Page of Hyde Park, Mrs. James Hart
ness of Springfield, Mrs. f. b. Powell
of Woodstock, Miss Katherine w.
Tinnery Of Burlington, Mrs. Homer
Ring Of Essex Junction, Mrs. Orpha
w. Stanley of Essex Junction.
The state board of railroad COM
m~issioners has received an invitation
TO be present at the national conven-
ton of railway commissioners to be
held at Denver, opening August 10.
The Vermont board has been invited
by the chairman Of the Illinois board
TO join a party at Chicago August
and go by special train to Denver. 1t I
is expected that Chairman and Mrs. '
d. j. Foster of Burlington, Mira and |
Mrs. j. ID. MillerAof Wallingford, Mr.. I
and Mrs. Alfred +. Watson Of Hart !
ford and Miss Winona Brigham, the (
secretary Of the board, will attend the !
convention.
The log drive of the International :,
company has been successfully run 1.
down the White river and is now in !
the boom at Sharon waiting until the :
the water in the Connecticut goes down J.
to a safe point. Good progress is also .
being made with the drive from the !
Wild Amanoosuc, which is slightly :
larger than last season. The large
drive owned by the Connecticut Val (
Manufacturing company contain
Ing about so. 000, 900 feet broke away
asst week in the upper waters of the :
connecticut. n slIulR uOoiH anu !
arge ropes were strung across the river 4
.ust above Wells River and they have '
been successful in holding them thus
lar at that point.
The truth of a story which comes '
Marlboro is vouched for by the I
on of the pastor of the church in J
which the incident occurred. One OF \
he COMMITMENTS at the church, an
lderly farmer, fell TO snoozing while :
he parson ~expounded his theme, and I
Don a snore of generous proportions
Inverted the attention Of the congre- I
.ation from parson to farmer. The Z
armer was soon reused from his ST. :
sta, and while he was emerging from I
unconscious to a conscious state he :
fretched his arms in the air and ex- !
laimed. no doubt from force of 4
labit. "Well, | s'pose I've got ter go '
err milkin' agin." The parson was Z
omewhat taken back at the farmers :
hidden expression and it is said that it !