Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26


That man can drink no rum,
ihey re stoeking % for spirit lamps
That run the kettledrum.
Miss Grace Smith Of Springfield l. visit-
ing Miss Harriet Hayward.
Judge John Watson Of MONTPELIER was
here Saturday to see Judge Rowell.
Miss Susie Bower spent Sunday in Bethel
with her sister, Mrs. Celia Raymore.
Mr. and Mrs. John Abbey moved yester-
day to Barre, where they are TO carry on a
farm.
Mrs. Alfred Webster, Mrs. II. A. Leon
ard and son, Lawrence, were In Bethel
Friday for the day.
Leon Webster and friend. Mr.. Kim
ball, OF Dartmouth college were in Ran
dolph over Sunday.
j. Laroy Mann, professor in the Thayer
School Of Civil Engineering at Hanover.
y. H., spent Sunday in town with his
father, j. q. Mann.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Wall and daughter
returned Saturday from Boston, where
Mrs. Wall and Miss Lucie had been stay
ing for some weeks.
James F. Howe, who came Monday Of
last week 10 visit his daughter, Mrs.
Ernest A. Hatch, returned TO his home in
Manchester, n. H., Friday.
Miss Mary Howard, who teaches in
Springfield. Mass, is passing a weeks
vacation with her mother, Mrs. c. NJ
/ Howard, arriving Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson came Satur-
day from St. Adams TO remain over Sun
I day with MIR. Wilson's brother and wife, /
/ Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. VI. Wilson.
I Mrs. ID. T. Dyer returned Friday from
Rochester, where she had been In quaran-
tine during the illness Of her father, /
Charles Fassett, from smallpox.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed ]
BY Irving d. Litchheld OF Springfield, |
who has liabilities Of si2sJ05 and assets 4
Of s1Osl7. MIR. Litchdeld at one time I
conducted a meat market in Randolph.
Mrs. r.. @. Kellogg was called to Plain
Geld Monday by the death Of her dRugh- 4
ter-in-law, Mrs. Clement Kellogg, which 1
occurred Saturday from heart trouble fol-
lowing an attack Of the grip few years
ago. The deceased left husband and a
daughter nine years old.
Mrs. Mary Mudgett, who had been re-
covering from the effects Of a shock sus-
tanned q few weeks ago, had a slight
relapse Friday, from which she rallied so
quickly, however, that her sister Jaw,
Mrs. Elhanan Fits, who had been taking
care OF her, was able to return to her home
in Roxbury saturday
Fred {. lashua and Miss Nellie j.,
r I
we're married az 4. 80 O'Clock Saturday
afternoon at the home Of the brides par
ents on Central street, Rev. Fraser Metz
ger, pastor OF the Christian church, being
the officiating clergyman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Iashua are boarding for the present at
Mr.. Kings.
. NJ. {. Rowell and Charles Holman, who !
left here Wednesday night Of last week /
bound on ten DAYS trip to Kansas City,
- he IN vi ali r.,
]. McWaine and the latter to buy some
Western horses, found themselves in
railroad accident at Whithy Junction, not {
far from Toronto, Thursday morning. i
They escaped with comparatively slight I
injuries, Mr.. Rowell having his side hurt '
and arm cut, and Mr.. Holman receiving !.
some rather painful bruises. They reached h
Chicago Friday, and Saturday, though
stiff and lame, pushed on TO :.
their destination. Their train, the Grand q
Trunk flyer, jumped the track mile east a
Of Mhitby junction at O'Clock IN the n
morning. and the entire train rolled down =
4 25- foot embankment like pile of logs. q
Most OF the passengers were IN their 5
berths but pretty generally left them be- q
lore the cars stopped rolling. There were
several Eastern people on the train, among n
hem Mr. and Mrs. Simon G. fogg OF q
White River Junction, and Mrs. Fogg was .
badly cut about the head. q
The house OF MIS-. deoTEt L. Rpthi uh .
avenue was the scene Friday I
morning OF startling explosion followed g
~ a conflagration, which proved sum- b
,iently serious. Mr.. John Manney, who
ents the house. built fire in the kitchen
tove that morning and went into the Ii
lining room TO attend to the fire there. a
N a few minutes he heard from the "
,itchen a report like the discharge OF c
heavy cannon and rushing out found ei
he kitchen stove blown to pieces, burn il
ng kindling and wood scattered over h
he floor, and the room full of smoke. 81
The stove had a tank attachment from N
which hot water was sent over the house,
nd Thursday night being unusually Il
old. the pipes between the tank and pi
he stove froze solid AS soon as a fire Il
vas started the water pipes inside of the "
toye generated steam which, unable TO "
scape through the frozen pipes, sent one fe
riddle eleven feet straight to the ceiling, a
here II crashed through the Hath and ca
laster. fired one section OF the stove into al
he wall, where il tore big hole, another SO
nto the water tank, whose contents
CODED the floor, which was covered
18th several inches Of ice and water, ana
snt the rest OF the stove in every dlrec-
on. Miss Evelyn Manney had been
'orking about the stove but stepped into
n adjoining pantry Second before the h'
xplosion happened, so that, fortunately, -
le kitchen was empty at the time. The IN
ieces OF fiyingiron also dented and cut the
of the kitchen and the walls
nd ceiling were diseolored by the smoke. 20