Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-23

been living on the farm, will move to
Sharon and the buildings will probably
remain vacant this winter as Mr.. Eaton
does not expect to move onto the farm
I until he has disposed Of his grocery BUSH
ness in Dorchester.
Rural Mail Carrier John H. Beckwith
discovered a COW dead in the Myron Morse
pasture near Lillieville about II a. m. Sat
urday. Mr.. Morse was notified and an
examination showed that the COW had
been shot. Parties had been seen hunting
in the vicinity that morning and it is sup
posed that a spent shot caused the death
as the wound had that appearance. Mr..
Morse valued his COW at over S35 as it was
young animal and in good condition.
James Macomber OF Woodbury., a work.
man on the building over the railroad
bridge in this village, received severe
injuries Tuesday morning. In some
manner his glove became caught In the
wire rope used in the hosting operations
and he was drawn onto the drum. The
engineer was on the other side and did
not notice him al first when he reversed
the action and the unfortunate man was
i'm some way thrown upon the reverse
wire and drawn upon the drum again
He was finally extrIcated and taken to
the office Of Greene Bros. near by, where
an examination by Drs o. d. and Ransom
Greene disclosed that one shoulder was
dislocated, one finger broken and several
fingers dislocated and a very ugly looking
wound on the hand, the flesh being cut to
the bone on the palm.
Phelps and Harrison, lessees of the
Bethel taunery for the past two years.
have decided TO remove their base Of
operations to Leominister, Mass, where
they own a factory. This summer they
a.. - q.
ess for the use of bark in tanning, and
have concluded to abandon entirely the
use Of bark and use the chemical process
alone. G. ID. Cushing, the owner Of the
tannery, hopes to secure a new tenant to
continue the business at Bethel and
several parties have been in town the past
week looking at the plant. Among them
were Griffin Place OF Woburn, a former
occupant Of the old tannery at Bethel,
and Z. l.. Clark of Boston, representing
a 81. Louis concern, that desires to come
East.
The Whitcomb High school football
team defeated a team from Woodstock
composed Of seven high school men and
four town men Saturday afternoon by a
score of p TO 0. The Woodstock team
showed great lack of training and PLAYED |
a very poor game, and made their five
yard gain only three times during the
whole game. For the Whitcomb High
school, Wheelock made one run OF two
thirds the length Of the field for touch
down, and Captain Waterman scored two
touchdowns from about the center OF the
field. Every man OF the home team put
up good game. The crowd kept off the /
field and interfered less with the players
than usual, but have not yet learned that
It IS absolutely necessary to keep entirely |
on the grounds in order TO have a fair /
game. The game had to be stopped sew |
eral times in order to clear the grounds for |
the game. First half, Is minutes: second /
half, 10 minutes. Referee, John Wilson; /
umpire, Dick Gay Free Press.
Owing to the severe storm on Saturday |
evening, there was not very large attend /
ance at the regular meeting OF the Rising 4
Star grange. Included in the routine bus |
mess OF the grange were three new appli- |
cations for membership and resolutions /
relative TO the death OF the late brother |
Alpha Messer were read and adopted |
Owing to the entering into the matrimo- /
NAL state by Miss Eva Rogers, Miss Min |
mic Howard took her place in furnishing /
I he program, which was as follows Song I
by Miss May Spaulding; debate, question, /
HAS wheat been of more benefit to the 1
country than the dairy ~ discussed by y. |
p. spaulding, Don Wilson, Hugh Wilson, /
Pearl Savage; song by Miss Maud Rogers; /
reading by Clinton Durkee; song by Miss /
Jessie spaulding; reading By Miss
Minnie Howard; singing by choir. The
next regular meeting will be furnished by |
the unmarried members Of the grange un-
der the direction of Don Wilson and Pearl
Savage. The members OF the Harvest
club are requested to attend this /
meeting without fail for practice