Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-03-08

Intangible figures, which serve to con,
fuse the uninitiated, eliminated.
Frank g. NuttiDg of Fairfield
the reteran stage driver was struck
| by the through freight on the St
Johnsbury q Lake Champlain rail.
road last week and had three ribs
broken. Mr.. Nutting has driven ON
this stage route for SO years, and has
driven stage in all about 80 years.
Negotiations have been COMPLETED
for the transfer of the Vermont Life
insurance company of Burlington TO
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com.
pany Of New York. By the terms of
the transfer the policy bolders are full
ly protected. The new owners will
continue TO have an office in Burling-
/ ton.
The outlook for the ice crop along
the Connecticut valley is not very
promising. 1t does not seem likely
that the river will freeze over again
sufficiently 10 insure a crop Of ice.
The Rutland road. which recently
built a large ice house at Bellows
Falls, has not secured one-half what
is needed.
{. ii. Mcclellan of the firm Of C..
III. Mcclellan a. Co, Troy, y. Y,
dealers in shirts, collars and cuffs, was
found dead February q inside the
storm door at the Brandon Inn. He
had arrived at Brandon on a night
train from Rutland and il is thought
he was try ing to enter the hotel when
he was seized with heart disease.
Mr.. Asahel Knowlton, the oldest
man in southern Worcester county,
Mass, died at his home in Webster
Monday, at the age Of 81 years and
four days. The ancestors Of the de-
ceased came from England and To-
Gated in Ipswich in lG42. Deceased
was born in Newfane, VT, and was
the l4th child in a family Of lG chill
dren.
The house and barns on the Scion
A:herton farm in Ludlow, with about
60 tons of hay, were destroyed by fire
last week. The farm was unoccupied,
but had been bargained for by e. M.
Wales OF Lima, n. y, who expected
TO take possession soon. The origin
OF the fire is unknown. The hay was
fully insured, and the buildings
partially. The loss was $4,000.
In view OF the increasing strength
Of Middlebury college, the approach.
ing centennial and the enlarging
OF alumni in Boston and /
vicinity, a meeting was held there last |
week az the United States hotel, at
which an organization Of a Boston /
association of Middlebury College |
Alumni was formed. There are over
so graduates Of Middlebury in Boston I
and vicinity, I
\ petition in voluntary bankruptcy /
was filed Friday with the clerk Of the /
nited States court by Harry +. |
Cowles, a dealer in musical instru- /
ments at Morrisville. His liabilities /
are 81, 20l.37. Of which Sl4, 1894 /
are secured. Hisassets aggregate Sl5,-
100, OF which S665.2l Is exempt. or
This amount Sl0,393.2l is in bills,
notes and securities and
sl.7s0.43 in stock.
\ hot water heater exploded one
morning last week in the barber shop
d William Miers at Barre, blowing
,ut the front Of the shop and sending
everal pieces Of the heater through |
he walls into the adjoining stores.
Fred Beckman, one OF the three bar
,ers in the shop at the time, was
,nocked senseless and did not recover
for some time. He was
hurt about the head.
The duties collected in the customs
u the district OF Vermont during the
month Of February amounted to near
v 500. 600. which is the largest
mount received since April, 1898, at
which time the district included the
PRESENT district OF Memphremagog.
The collections for January and
february of this year are as large as
he first five and half months of
500, and nearly equal TO the first ten
months OF 1898.
Henry f. Clark and George Ander-
on OF Glover, with four horses and a
now roller, recently had a narrow es-
ape from a snow avalanche, which
truck the roller and carried il over a
teep bank, dragging the four horses
With il. CLARK and Anderson were
N the hind part OF the roller and
nmped and escaped injury, The |
orses rolled down the hill about 100
eet and were piled up and imbcdded
n the snow, but were soon liberated.
VIM. B. Rich, a dentist, deserted
is wife and three small children and
1T Burlington about two years ago .
nth numerous unpaid debts. \ few
7eeks ago his broken-hearted wife,
tho had obtained a divorce from him, .
led and last week ne sent an actress,
,hom he married about year ago,
D Burlington for his children, who .
,ere living with his first wife's
lother. The grief of the little ones
pom parting with their aged relative
las pitiful. /,