Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-12-18
state of Vermont.
-. Condensed and Rewritten
~ for Our Readers.

up Thrall of Poultney shot and
III, his henhOuse a wildcat that
hnneasnred two feet eight lncnes LII
length ,,aoroo Cutler
w Iu,srrisville. was killed by a train
Oh " pnston Dec. 9TH, while perform
~ Ms duties as fireman.
a. and Mrs. Henry Samuel Vince
II quietly celebrated the fiitieth an
looA .isrv of their marriage at their
NV, nm home in Chester, December D.
Tho directors of the Rutland city
iaital state that unless more funds
w. forthcoming from some source
AN. aIo viii be Obliged to close the hospl-
rho Rev. G. w. Morrow and the
por II 4. Durfee of Burlington were
!" washington. ID. c., to attend the
y 81 the American Anti-Saloon
4 Ieaqne last week.
poscbal p. Williamson of South
pomfret who is " years old, went on
torsebaek one day recently to Pomfret
Center to pay his taxes. II made 10
mGe ride on a cold day,
The wedding of James Fisk Hooker
IA Miss Anna Maud Essex is an
nonneed to take place at Brattleboro
Tuesday. Dec. 80. Mr.. Hooker Is a
son III the late Col. G. w. Hooker.
Arthur Smith of Pompanoosuc,
while digging post holes recently,
. onnd nine snakes cooled together
Tbev were SO numbed with the cold
That he had no trouble in killing them.
The $3.50 for which it was thought
thai Alonzo Pigeon might have been
murdered i'm the Russell house, Bur-
Hngtop. has been found in Pigeons
tmnk. 30 that suspicion that he died
al foul play has been removed.
one night last week man on Bat
terry street. Burlington, who had no
mi or means to purchase IL, went out
an tbe street and cut down a tree near
bis house. dragged 1t 70 his yard and
M the aid of light from his kitchen
window reduced il to fire wood.
John Wheaton OF Waterbury, who
vas shot in the knee by his wife last
summer in a family quarrel, died
Thursday. Mr. Whealon's leg was
amputated very soon after the shooting
q and a cancerous condition ensued
Il which caused his death. Mr.. Wheaton
was about so years old.
Papers have been served whereby
Lillian lombard by her father, Peter
n lombard, brings suit against the city
4 Of Barre to recover $4,000 alleged
damages due to the negligence OF the
city In leaving "A bridge on Brook
. street In such condition that the plain
Fl tiff through no fault of her own, fell
of the bridge and broke one elbow.
c. c. Warren of Waterbury tele-
E pboned Fish Commissioner ii. q.
thomas. who was in Montpelier last
& week wednesday. that deer with a
Il broken leg was wandering about the
& streets of that village, and asked what
81 should be done. Mr.. Thomas gave in
structions to kill the animal immedl-
ately. The commissioner reports tnat
Fl this 4 the fifth similar case that has
been brought to his attention this sea
h son
J.E. Bailey OF Montpelier last week
Il sold h. Il. Knott, 2:l1 Ia. to +. A.
Sunderland OF Lebanon. n. H., who
has handled Knott and Mr.. Bailey's
racing string for the past three years
Mr.. Bailey has quit the racing busl
ness and has sold several horses
susan. 2:23 II, was sold in a recenl
New York sale to a man in Athol
Mass. and will be raced over the Ice
this winter. Mr.. Bailey retains Inc
Goyerness, 2:1S IA, and Mag, 2;2l IA
James w. Myles OF Burlington blew
out the Gas when he retired at bis
room in Hotel Bardwell, Rutland, on
the evening of the 18th. The odol
was detected by employees OF the no
tel. and a bell boy was sent over tins
transom. Considerable difficulty was
experienced in resuscitating Myles
but il was finally accomplished. Ha6
be been undiscovered an hour longel
be probably would have been sutiocat
ed, as the jet was wide open and I'M
room fun Of gas.
Governor Mccullough has pardone'
Two men from state prison. Georgs
"a " 1hAiAu VI DdITt WAS SthlNhNSN =
the May term, 1900, of the supreme
court to state prison for not less than
SIX nor more than seven years for brio
cry. Smiths wife has since died AM
ne has two small children who nee
MS care. David Bean of Berlin, wit
was sentenced In 1900 to not less thai
Two years for grand larceny, was sc
Tree by the governor. His time ha'
nearly expired.
10 the little village of Dandy lives |
woman now past 76 years old, VIII
has been deprived of the power G
seeing, hearing and articulation 70
more than sixty-five years, but stl
mas been able to live useful an
helpful life in many ways. Th
woman is Miss Lucy Read. At tn
u age OF 1--WE years an attack of scarlt
lever left her totally deaf, and tn
loss Of speech soon followed. Whe
about ten years old the second mil
fortune came as the result of an acc
Gent. She is able to do knitting an
Piece-work very Hastily.
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