Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-27
State of Vermont.
%, News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

hail storms visited Fletcher and
HYDE Park. Aug. 20, damaging crops
10 some extent
i 4 expected that DIR. w. S. Webb
nd family. who are in London now,
u '-ll sail Tor home August 20. All are
N excellent health.
The new organ for Christ church,
,fontpelier, is expected about the mid
5ie III September and it is expected the
church will be ready for occupancy
Il by october l.
81 Ioutpelier by Paul S. Dillingham; from
senator Dillingham;, his father, shows
81 ,bot the story sent out. that the steamer
~ which the congressional party of
which Senator Dillingham; is chairman
q was grounded on a sand bar, was not
q founded on fact.
Rev. Guy G. Lamson of Montpelier
has been notified that by the will of
Rev. A. j. Huntington, ID. d., late of
81 Washington, ID. c., he is to receive
In. Huntingtons valuable theolOg-
ical library. For many years DR..
|& Huntington was professor of Greek
and later dean OF Columbian univer-
81 sity Washington. He was the father
PSI in.law of William l.. Wilson, author
ot the Wilson Bill" and postmaster
Il general under President Cleveland.
81 Mrs. Lamson was his grand niece.
Mrs. Orwell Case, over so years of
s. ace, who lives with a son near Reads
#b0ro. was stricken deaf during the
prevalence OF severe storm lately.
81 The lightning struck the house, tore
Il up the floor of the kitchen and
scattered the bricks in the chimney.
e Mrs. Case had just gone to bed, when
the shock of lightning threw her out
ana she was badly stunned. Since
Il then she has been unable 10 hear a
word. Previous 10 that she heard with
out difficulty. The feet of Mr.. Case
were soorched as he stood on the
floor. Several windows were broken In
the house.
The Summit House, well known
summer resort In the town Of Wood
/ ford. some $500 feet above the sea
b leveI, has been sold to John Nash and
wife Of Bennington. With the sale
were $50 acres Of wild land. The
\ consideration was not given. The
ucXt day the property was transferred
t0 Miss Anna G. Park. a wealthy resi-
dent Of Bennington. who has a sum
4mer cottage In Woodford. Immediately
4adi0ining the hotel Il is understood
that Miss Park win make extensive
improvements to the house and
grounds and have It conducted as a
temperance hotel.
Word came TO the Billings farm in
Woodstock few days ago that wild
b cat or some other wild animal had been
seen near the roadside between there
and Pomfret, and the help, headed by
81 Manager Aitken. turned out, all armed
N with muskets and other weapons. II |
was exciting and warlike for an hour
4 or two. Near Charles Browns place q
& streak Of gray fur was seen to emerge
e from the bushes and shoot up tree,
& and a bullet from one OF the guns
f.. brought down a large gray cat belong
ing to Mr.. Brown, and highly valued
4 by the owner for its weight O5
i pounds) size and disposition.
w. n. Severance OF Burlington.
y printer, was adrift three hours on the
broad lake in the dead ofnight, Aug. p
NEARLY exhausted and In danger
fOt drowning he was finally hurled
4upon the rocks on Colchester point
and had scarcely strength 10 pull him
3self TO place of safety. Aug. Il he
Event 10 the Winooski river, intending
10 take a rowboat 10 Burlington by
way Of the river and lake. The boat
was unseaworthy and he started of
alone. The boat leaked badly, but
4rr0gress was steadily made, however,
though the wind was blowing strong
ly. When a mile and a halt from
shore the boat capsized and he swan
Pie long distance necessary TO reach
the shore.
State Superintendent w. +, Ranger
has completed the apportionment OF
the $40 school money among those
towns in the state raising a tax for
school purposes of fifty cents or more
oua dollar of the grand list. Wash
iugton county secures the largest
amount OF any county In the state, the
total being Slg23.70. The other
Fl Counties receive appointments as
h follows Addison, S796.H; Bennlng-
n tHuh ~NlOsNfs ANitnNhias - ttt'...
Chittenden. S292.20; Essex, s652 .5g
franklin, $500. 10; Lamoille, Sl2s5.7O;
II Orange. Si6l6.Ss; Orleans, Slll5.2o
Rutland. slS63.64: Windham, $500
Il Windsor. SlS75.0S. Grand Isle
county has not single town which
raises A school tax sufficient to share
10 the distribution, and Chittenden
H county has only two towns that quail
iy. Montpelier does not give sum
Gent to the schools to get back a por-
ton from the state.
The expense of moving the Arthur
monument from Sheldon to Fairfield
and setting IL has aggregated a sum
which would doubtless be fruitful
source of discussion if it ever came be-
fore the legislature. II will be re-
membered that at the last session an
act was passed authorizing the gov
enor to appoint commission to place
the monument on the intended site,