Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-09-10

tracts is TO construct the new medical
school building for Harvard college.
The college corporation called for a
bond OF S2j0,000, which was furnished
and accepted The contract price for
the new building is S1,700, 900. This
will mean additional work to the dit
ierent branches of the company in
Bennington county.
The Rev. T. NJ. Aubin, who has
been the parish priest at Swanlon
since September, 1895, is to leave this
country and viii establish himself at
Kitchen, England, near London,
where he will institute a college of the
order Of the Oblates. He will be sue
ceeded at Swanton by the Rev. E. NJ.
Salmon as parish priest and his place
as superior Of the Oblates college will
be filed by the Rev A. Preyel, who
was formerly the superior of st.
Michael college at Chateau-Gonthier,
France. While in Swanton Father
Anbin has founded there the Oblates
college. This institution has now a
membership OF 20, to which number it
is limited on account of lack of space
70 accommodate more pupils. In Oc-
tober, 1902, Father Aubin established
a novitiate of the order OF the Oblates
TOR the training OF sacerdotal students
at WinOoski. Since the foundation of
this latter institution nine students
have already Joined the Oblates col
lege.
Thomas Courage, who disappeared
from Middlebury SO mysteriously and
suddenly early last spring from the
home of Gusta Muller in Cornwall, has
been found in Shoreham, where he is
employed by a farmer. Courage had
worked many years for Muller at an
annual salary Of $40 with clothing
thrown in, of course getting his board
incidentally. Courage was an eecen-
trio sort OF a character, being somewhat
below the average intellectually and
had been made TO understand that he
was receiving an adequate compensa-
ton for his services which consisted Of
doing anything that falls to the lot OF
a farmer. A neighbor interested him
self sufficiently to tell Courage that he
could get more for his labor than $40
per annum and assisted the man TO
lind employment elsewhere, hence the
mans disappearance last spring. Null
Ter had advertised in the newspapers
trying % locate Courage. When Null
Ter approached Courage and asked him
to return the man refused TO go back
TO Cornwall
4 destructive thunder storm swept
over Vermont last Friday night, as a
result of which several buildings were
struck by lightning and destroyed.
In Washington four barns and one
house were burned. All OF the build
ings OF n. c. Taylor, with three cows,
45 tons of hay and tools, were lost.
His loss is $500, insurance $1,000.
Two barns OF Henry l.. Grant contain
ing hay and tools were burned value
$1,000. Lightning also killed two
horses in the harm of l.. c. Moody, but
did not set fire to il. In Berlin the
house and horse barn OF Henry Bres-
saw, mile south OF the pond, were
struck and burned. Loss $1,000, in
sured sor 500 In Pittsfield a barn
owned by Henry Hoyey was struck
and burned, together with the house
also the hotel conducted by
Albert Vose and the building occupied
by Noyes d Co. as store, owned by
DR.. C. w. Brigham. Near Rutland
lightning caused the loss of several
At Mill village a house
owned by Merritt Thomas was burned.
Three barns owned by Dana +. Al
drich in Shrewsbury containing hay
and produce were destroyed