Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-09

alter knocking her down, bit her
shoulder.
W. w. Lapoint OF Barre has secured
the restaurant privileges at Dewey
Park for the coming season and the
vaudeville entertainments to be given
there this summer will be in charge of
the Montpelier and Barre Power and
Traction Co., with Mr.. Lapoint as
booking agent.
Assays from the Brown Mining com
pany at Readsboro are very flattering
and large per cent of gold and silver
Is reported in recent assays. VIM.
Davis has rented the farm on which
the mine is located and arrangements
are being made to work the mine the
coming summer.
Rev. S. b. Blunt, formerly of Barre,
has been elected rector of the Church
OF the lntercession, Stephens Point,
Fond du Lac, Wis He is now curate
of st. Stephens, Providence, r. l., and
the papers Of that city think he will
J not accept the new appointment, which
he did not seek.
The Rev. Norman Seaver, ID. D.,
who has been tor eight years the pas
tor Of Bethany church at Montpelier,
has resigned. His place in the church
viii be hard one to fill as he is con-
sidered one of the ablest and most
eloquent speakers that has ever adj
dressed Montpelier church audience.
Mrs. Lovina Bromley Atherton, an
inmate at the union poor farm in VIII
liston, committed suicide by hanging
from q door casing last week. Insani-
ty undoubtedly caused the act. Mrs.
Atherton first showed signs of this
condition u years ago. She has been
in asylums in this state and New York.
Dr. W. Seward Webb offers to pay
one-third of the cost of fine perma-
nent roadway estimated to cost about
1924. 900 to be built from Burlington to
Shelburne Farms ifthe city of Burling-
ton and contiguous towns will pay the
other two-thirds in proper proportions.
The offer is considered a very liberal
one.
ArturiO Bernaco, prisoner in Mont
pelier jail. attempted suicide last
week. He had secured a iackknife
and stabbed himself in the temple and
throat. He bled profuse'y but will re-
cover. He is one OF the Italian anar-
chists convicted Of murderous assault
on Chiefof Police Patrick Brown OF
Barre.
Selden Wiley, aged &c years, drop
ped dead from heart trouble last week
while Singing the roof of his resi-
dence in Worcester The body slid
from the roof but was kept from fall
ING to the ground by one arm catching
in the ladder and holding it until the
dead mans wife could take down
the remains.
Humane Officer w. w Tower visit
ed a Rutland slaughter house last week
which Is run by Boston parties. lie
found that the most inhuman methods
were used in slaughtering calves and
that before life was extinct the process
of dressing was commenced. Mr..
Tower compelled the parties to change
their methods.
Josiah Kenerson. the famous Yer
mont dairyman of Barnet, is the
proud possessor OF the largest cali IN
America of its age The calf when
three DAYS old weighed 1855 pounds, AZ
two months it weighed 3l5, at SIX
months 6l0. at II months $50, at 10
months. ll40 and girts 6 feet strong.
IL stands ii hands high.
Patsy Norton. resident of Newport
and an employee Of the Prouty 4 Mill
err Lumber company as their repre-
sentative in the clapboard manuiactur-
inc business in Ottawa, was instantly
killed last week by being run over by
n team. He had been in the service OF
the company for % years. He was 90
wears of age and left wife and nine
children.
In offering n reward of $500 for the
detection OF the person or persons who
make II point to fire the mountain
every sprinr. the citizens OF Brattle-
boro and Hinsdale put themselves I'M
mistakably on record as to what they
are ready to DO for protection OF
natural scenery Nevertheless the
mountain was burned over the last OF
the week
The Wright memorial gateway,
which has been placed at the entrance
10 oak Hin cemetery in Pownal, is
completed. The gateway is git 70
the association from Solomon Wright,
in memory of his wife, who died few
wears AGO at Luxor in Egypt. The
structure is the most imposing OF any
similar one in Vermont and cost a
large sum of money,
Mrs. Henry :. Bingham of Benning-
ton has secured cabinet of 40 pieces
of ware made at the old United States
pottery in Bennington in the early o. :,
which will be one of the attractions OF
the Vermont exhibit at the Pan-Amerl,
can exposition. The ware was noted
in its day and is now very rare. Some
of the most expert of English potters
made it and many of the designs are
unique.
Sportsmen report that the quail that
were distributed at various points IN
Remington two or three years ago
have thrived and multiplied to a very
- ..,s..y,. 1aorraa The birds lnha0tt