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

be made this year average $4,000 to
each college, and the donations are TO
be paid on condition that each col
lege raises an amount equal to its
gift.
Wednesday evening of last week a
l4-year-old son OF Hiram z. Sweet of
Swanton overturned a lamp from a
table while the seven children of the
family were at home alone. The
whole kitchen was in flames and the
children ran out of the house, some in
their night clothes. John Tatro ran
through the flames upstairs for the
baby. lie brought the child down
wrapped in a quilt. The quilt took
fire while he was passing through the
kitchen, out help was at hand and
with snow and water they soon ex-
tinguished the flames. The house
was badly damaged, but was insured.
A suit has been entered for trial at
the May term of the United States
circuit court by Augustus Brown Of
Richford against the Canadian
Pacific Railway company to recover
damages OF $40, 900. The suit is based
on an accident which occurred TO the
plaintiff while painting the Richford
elevator of the defendant company in
October, 1897. 1t is alleged that he
was painting the side of the building
and working with some other men on
a staging insecurity constructed by
George Shepard, an employee Of the
defendant company. In attempting
to descend from this staging, Brown
| fell So feet by reason of insecure
fastenings and was badly injured in |
ternally and otherwise.
Gen. Benjamin E. Cook, father Of |
/ Capt Francis A. Cook, who COM
manded the Brooklyn at the naval
battle Of Santiago, died at his home |
in Northampton, Mass, last week,
aged 81. He was born az Hyde Park
Dec. 81, 1903. When scarcely out Of
his teens he became lieutenant Of a
militia company at Hudson, y. \.
Soon after he removed TO Northamp-
ton. In 1929 he served as captain Of
the Northampton artillery. He ac-
CURED the title Of general from hav-
ing been a brigadier general Of the
Massachusetts, militia from 1850 TO
1856. lie could recall when slaves
were owned in New York and when
he dined with Lafayette at the Liy-
ingston manor house on the Hudson.
Mrs. George Field, travelling from
Donaldson, Ark, to Fair Haven, died
last week in the Union station at
indianapolis, Ind, surrounded by her
three small children. Mr.. Field
moved last NOvemoe to Arkansas,
but died three weeks after securing
work there. A week later a child
died. Consumption was making
rapid progress with Mrs. Field, and
her lj-year-old daughter took charge
of her affairs. She sold the team and
household effects and started with her
mother and two small sisters for the /
old home in Vermont, that her moth
er might die among relatives. The
children were taken in charge by
strangers in indianapolis The scene
at the station brought tears to hum
dreds Of eyes.
The Vermont Musical festival is an
which is being supported
with great enthusiasm in Burlington.
An effort is being made TO secure 500
patrons of a grand festival to be held |
in Darlington under the auspices Of
trust which will engage lead \
ing grand opera artists, such as Nor /
dica, Edouard, Sembrich and others. |
The first festival will be held at Wor-
cester, Mass, the second at Portland, /
then Bangor, Me-, Burlington, VT, and I
n. IL. There will be an !
orchestra OF between eighty and hun /
ired pieces. The chorus will have
four 10 five hundred voices. The {
,horuses for the Burlington festival ;
will be made up Of many chorus OF 4
in the different towns OF I
the state. They will be trained 4
the year and will then come I
to Burlington AT the time of the 5
festival. 5