Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-08-02

my ION lOllCtlneIl De equipped VIII
khaki uniforms, which are now worI
I by the army and the police depart
meuts in many large cities. The blu,
uniforms, while not of very heavy
weight, are not at Uncomfortable dur
ing the very hot weather and are al
most impossible to keep clean when
worn in dry and dusty streets. The
cost Of the khaki suits would be a lit.
tie less than S2.75 each and their wear.
ing qualities and appearance are un.
excelled, as the experience of the army
shows.
A fire at st. Johnsburv last Thurs.
day caught in the rooms of Chas. Mil
Ter. The firemen found Miller in bed
badly burned. The bedstead and bed
ding were all on fire. Investigation
showed that Miller bought revolver
and shot himself through the heart
and in some mysterious manner the
bedding caught fire. Several hours
after the shooting, his housekeeper
was arrested on suspicion but she was
| discharged for want of evidence.
Miller was about As years old, unmar-
ried and worked nights for the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad.
Two serious accidents happened re-
Gently at the Standard steam laundry,
Burlington. The first was that of
Miss Eliza MHlqueen, who is employ
ed on the mangle. She tainted and
in falling her left hand was caught
between the rollers, crushing three of
the fingers. The wounds are now do
ing 30 well, however, that she will not
be obliged 10 lose them. The other
accident happened to Miss Bernice
BOvin, who is employed on the body
ironer. She accidentally started the
machine, burning seriously three fin
gers Of the left hand.
Nineteen young men presented
themselves at Rutland for eXamina-
tion before the commission to select
candidates for cadets at West Point.
Twelve of the number were rejected
on account Of physical defects. Fran
els b. Upham Of Bellows Falls, a Nor
witch University cadet, showed the
most proficiency in examination, and
was selected for recommendation for
appointment as cadet at large by Sen.
ator Proctor, and Bertrand ID. Baker
of Poultney was selected as his alter
nate. Merrill L. Wheeler Of Proctors-
vile was selected for Recommendation
by Senator Ross, with Paul r. Man
chester of Pawlet as alternate.
The smallpox scare which upset
Hardwick in May is again under con-
sideration by the local physicians.
At that time when A. B. Thomas
came home from Arizona, where he
contracted what was pronounced TO
be smallpox, the state board of health
said that the disease might be chicken
pox, but advised general vaccination.
Nearly everyone in the village follow
ed this advice but since that time
many people have been afflicted with
the disease and some have been criti-
cally in. Ii has finally assumed such
proportions, there having been some
20 cases, that the local physicians held
a meeting Thursday evening and de-
cided TO quarantine everyone who
now contracts the disease.
II. c. McDuhee recently found an
old and valuable book at w. B. ID.
Avery's house, which is of especial in
terest to Woodstock at this time Of its
approaching centennial. 1t contains
the record Of the direct tax levied by !
the government upon Woodstock and |
surrounding towns in $500 to help de-
fray the expenses Of the then recent |
Revolution. In the recapitulation
this ancient record reads that Wood !
stock has l44 dwelling houses; that
the valuation in dollars is S35, sos. !
The tax amounted to S9l.72. The |
valuation of land was Sl74,7
Amount of taxes of land was S49s.-
Il. In Pomfret there were 80 houses,
in Sharon 2s, Norwich 100, Royalton
60, Bethel %, Stockbridge 3, Roches-
ter 6, Barnard lj6, Hartford lob,
Hartland -, Bridgewater -.
In tearing down a portion of the |
south wall of st. Mary's Catholic
school, Burlington, recently, a large
section struck the pantry of the Lafay-
cite house, demolishing it and its con-
tents. Ii was late in the afternoon
and Mrs. Degree and Mrs. Walker,
who is employed there, were getting
supper ready when Mrs. Degrees son
came rushing in to call his mother to
see the wall fall. They had hardly
left the pantry when the mass OF
bricks fell, striking the house and TAX
inc everything with it. The ceiling,
side walls, flooring and in fact every
thing in the room were torn to pieces.
Mrs. Degree said that the workmen
had not warned them of their danger
and had it not been for her sons call
ing her, both she and Mrs. Walker
would have been buried under the de-
5ris.