Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-09
Mother and Son Reunited after rs
Years Separation.

The Swanton railroad accident re-
Gently, in which Charles w Glover a
brakeman. was slightly injured result
ing in uniting Mr.. Glover and his mother
Mrs. F. o. Sherman OF Montpelier after
a separation of 25 years. When her first
husband died Mrs. Glover placed her son
then eight years old, in the orphans
home in Franklin, n. H. He was placed
in a family and later turned over to
another family who moved away and all
trace of him was lost TO the mother
When Mrs Sherman read the name of
her own son in an account of the ac-
cident at Swanton she began an investi-
cation, finding that the brakeman lived
in st. Adams. She wrote there, and the
son came at once to Montpelier, where
an affecting meeting took place. The son
supposed his mother was dead. He had
sisters who died OF diphtheria. and 1t was
his impression that his mother had died
/ during the same epidemic.
Nicholas Bents house in the eastern
part of Remington was burned Sunday
night. Ii was supposed that a lamp ex-
ploded while the family were visiting a.
a neighbor's. The loss was over $500.
Antonio Colangelo, who was tried at
North Hero on the charge OF numbering
his companion. John Julian. was acquit-
ted by the jury on Tuesday Julian was
found dead beside the railroad track with
a bullet wound in his head.
Edward Normandeau and two COM
panions were thrown from carriage in
runaway accident in Granville near
Barre Monday night. Normandeau had
one ear torn from his head and his skull
was fractured He will probably die.
In the Washington county court Sat
urday Curtis Daniels. convicted of arson.
was sentenced 10 not less than four nor
more than five years in state prison;
Luther Guyette. who stole 10 watches,
the same sentence. and Giuseppe Atari
cci. known as Big joe" who stabbed
James McNulty of Barre. to not less than
five nor more than six years.
The will OF Or. l.. p. Holden, a native
OF Barre, has been filed in Boston. After
making several private requests and
leaving 5000 for the purchase OF books
for the public library of Boston the res
idue of the estate Is to be known as the
distributed annually among the poor Of
the town of BARRE. The amount of the
estate is estimated at $4,000 to $4,000.
William Cayhue was the star fisher
man of Montpelier May /. He spent the
day on Dog river and in the evening re-
| turned with prime catch of trout. No
ticeable among the lot was rainbow
trout ~ inches long. weighing 2i2 pounds,
and two brook trout. one l6 inches long,
weighing one pound and six ounces and
the other II inches long weighing Is
ounces. c. w. Ingalls, caught two
pound rainbow trout al Mortified.
Plans are being formulated to hold
reunion OF the former students. teachers
and graduates of the Orange County
Grammar school and the Randolph State
Normal school at Randolph Centre some
day in Old Home week next August.
Many prominent graduates have already
signiied their intention to be present and
TO assist in the exercises of the day.
Hon. Hiram A. Huse of Montpelier will
give the historical address. All who have
ever attended school at Randolph
Centre are urged to plan at once TO be
present.
Max w. Severance. son of Henry f. Sew
erence of Montpelier. is third owner and
general manager OF the Commercial In
telligencer. a daily paper in Manila He
went to the Philippines as a soldier in
the 10th United States Volunteers, and
after a year OF active service was as
signed to a clerkship in the government
office. with the opportunity to do space
work" on Manila Freedom. He then
, acted as war correspondent with the
American forces in Samar, and on re-
turning to Manila established the paper
of which he is now manager.