Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-11


relics in the line of kettles. Mr..
Thompson was out recently hunting
hedgehogs when one disappeared and
ii was thought went into a nearby
cave. Mr.. Thompson, being familiar
with the cave, went inside. He went
in further than he had ever been be-
fore, and when in where il was rather
dark he saw something that appeared
to be kettle. Wondering what il
was, be grabbed it up. The bottom
tell from the kettle. 1t proved to be a
kettle made by the Indians. 1t was OF
wood and beautifully carved. Mr.
Thompson re-entered the cave and
found a tomahawk, which fell to
pieces. What appeared TO be a grave
was found lined with stones.
At a meeting of number of the
stockholders OF the defunct Farmers
National bank OF Vergennes, June f..
b. Palmer was chosen chairman, and
the matter of paving back the UNI
earned dividends that the stockhold-
ers received tor five years and 10
months while the bank was in an
insolyent condition, was discussed at
some length. 1t was finally decided
by those present to refuse to refund
the dividends and If necessary to
test the legality Of the demand that
has been made upon them by receiver
+. L. Fish. A committee OF tour,
consisting OF Cyrus Van Nliet OF
Shelburne, +. c. Norton, r. w. Peake
and L. b. Palmer OF Bristol, was
chosen to act for those present in the
matter OF defense If it became neces-
sary.
At the 35th annual meeting Of the
Vermont Eclectic Medical society
which opened at Montpelier the 4th,
the legislative committee reported eff
forts made during the last legislature
TO charter an eclectic medical college.
DR.. II. n. Waite of johnson, the chair
man, thought he saw an evident intent
TO oppose the so-called irregular
physicians, both eclectic and homeo-
paths, not by official acts but by quiet
er methods. The opinion prevailed
that an independent college should be
chartered and that sufficient clinical
material could be secured 70 keep II in
flourishing condition. Fifty thousand
dollars is needed before a start is
made. The college will be built either
in Barre or Montpelier. These officers
were elected President, W +. lem
pleton. Glover vice presidents, +. IL.
Godfrey, Chelsea, J. W. Marsh, Man
chester Center, George W. Fisk, Cut
tingsville: secretary, p. L. Templeton,
Montpelier; corresponding secretary,
Charles Hardwocke, Derby; treasurer
and librarian, Ii. L. Templeton, Mont.
pelier.
Diphtheria has been existing in
the Cox brook neighborhood, about
five miles from Northheld village,
for week before known to the
authorities. Mrs. Edward Wheeler
died with the disease May 81 and wa'
buried the same day in the Gouldsvillt
cemetery. Four children are also ii
with the disease. 1t appears that
cat owned BY the family had beer
fondled by one OF the children wher
there was observed a bunch on th,
cats neck, and the animal appeared
sickly and choking. Soon after thu
child became III but the case was MOI
so severe that a physician was sum
moned. Mrs. Wheeler became il
during the latter part of the week and
died. The utmost precautions have
since been employed and owing tc
the distance from Mortified village
no special alarm is felt. Several years
ago many deaths resulted from diph.
iberia in Mortified village, but there
have been no cases for the past two
years. There Is considerable specu.
lation as to whether the cat with the
sore neck had within itself the germs
OF the disease and communicated
them TO the child.
The observance ofMemorlal day and
the decorating of the graves of the
soldiers has again brought the little
plot in the Prospect Hill cemetery,
Brattleboro, which is owned by the
United States into prominence. Col.
William Austine cared for this little
plot with great devotion for many
years, and now that he is not physical
" able to supervise the work himself, ii
is done by his direction. To him it is
a sacred spot. In large measure the
inscription with white paint on a small
blackboard within the hedge inclosure
tells the story: JUS. cemetery, 1866.
The soldiers buried in this lot died
with many others) mostly from
wounds. at the U. S. general hospital
at Brattleboro during the war OF the
rebellion. lS61-65. "These bodies, re-
naming unclaimed by friends, at the
end OF the war were here reinterred by
orders of the war department, the in
closure being the property OF the
United States. OF late Col. Austine
has been exceedingly feeble and I'M
der the care OF an attendant. That
little plot of ground many years ago
became exceedingly dear to him, and
it has been kept for years in well nigh
perfect condition. After service in the
war against the Seminole Indians, in
the war with Mexico and in portion
of the Civil war, Col. Austine was re-
tired from active service in 1862. He
continued TO serve, however, as mus
tering officer until November, 1866. IL
was under his direction that the bodies