Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-31


ter the total fall of snow was six feet.
lacking three-fourths OF an inch. On
2o mornings the thermometer regis
tered below zero-fye in December. IS
in January, nine in February and one
In March. On three days in January
the thermometer stood at OF below zero
all day, which is rarely recorded. The
coolest morning was January 3, when
the record in some places was 60 be-
low.
Edgar Webb, eleven years old,
wandered into Lynn police headquar-
tiers Mar. n, footsore and weary, alter
tramplng all over the city looking tor
his uncle, Horace Webb. Young Webb
had been living with his grandfather
in East Concord, Vt. He wanted to
60 TO Lynn, and his uncle sent him his
transportation expenses. The little
fellow Travelled unaccompanied from
his Vermont home 10 Boston, where he
was put upon an electric car bound for
Lynn. He reached that city during
the afternoon, and searched every
where for his uncle, whom he thought
he might find walking about the
streets. The police gave him a good
bed and found the uncle for him.
While strolling up the stream which
supplies the Bennington village reser-
yoir with water and which is frozen
solid, March p, John Rogers came
across the carcass OF q iull grown doe
lying partly in pool Of water. The
doe was apparently an old one. APP
pearances would show that she had
been killed by dogs, or some wild ami
mails and, from the looks of the snow
around her, she had apparently made
strong fight for her life. The face
was nearly all eaten away, one of the
| launches was about devoured and
other places had been eaten into. The
same day about mile above this
point another doe was found dead on
the Hathaway hill. Reports have been
frequent this season of deer being
chased by dogs.
Waterbury was quite excited the
oath over the supposed arrest Of a
eounterfeiter az the hotel The arrest
finally proved 70 be Joke perpetrated
By two travelling statesmen, represent
ing liquor houses in New York and
Boston The one who played the role
Of detective was Fred Dewey and the
alleged criminal was Mr. Hart, sup
pOsedly from New York, but who reg
istered under an assumed name to
further the Joke. As Waterbury is a
prohibition town the men found no
business in their line and the statesmen
perpetrated the joke to pass away the
time and keep up their spirits until
the first train should arrive. They
"didn the boys all right, but since the
affair has come out in print the boys
are doing" them.
The ice went out OF the Missisquoi
river at Enosburgh Falls March 20 at
IL AS a. m, taking just So minutes to
break up. 1t was from fifteen inches
to two feet thick, and is said to have
been the heaviest body of ice that ever
went out from that point. IL took
with it the wheel house of c. L..
Marsh's gristmill, bent the shafting of
water wheel and did considerable other
damage. The ice also took the bulk
head and flume from the building
owned by the DIR. b. j. Kendall Co.
The water worked out back of the
abutments at the west end OF the
bridge and ran through the abutments.
The boat house at the rear OF A. ii.
Harvey's building on South Main
street was carried away. No damage
was done to the electric light plant.
Senator Proctor has made valuable
find of a long-missing Vermont histor-
zeal manuscript, being none other than
the original journal OF the proceedings
OF the convention at Windsor July 2-S,
l777, that adopted the first constitu-
ton of Vermont. This record has
been lost to Vermont historians for
many years and as far back as the
most active days OF Z. p. Walton,
Hiland Hall and other men OF that
character the missing document with
its contents was frequent source of
controversy about which several elab-
crate pamphlets were issued. The
original manuscript now turns mp. in
the library of Congress at Washing
ton. Senator Proctor has had made a
facsimile of the record and will pub
fish il with explanatory text in neat
brochure soon TO be Issued.
Martin Green, who is well known in
Bennington as the hermit OF Sucker
pond, has become violently insane and
has been taken to Brattleboro. He be-
came deranged because of an unhappy
marriage several years ago and was
implicated in shooting ARRAY in Pow
nal. He was examined, pronounced
insane, and taken to Waterbury and
later released as cured. Since that
time he has lived alone at Sucker pond
in little hut that he built himself. lie
has lived at Sucker pond winter and
summer for several years past and has
worked in the lumber camps during
the winter and caring for his garden
in the clearings at the pond in the sum-
mer. He has done some independent
work with his oxen, of which he owns
two fine yoke, and has taken several
large contracts to haul logs. These
have always been faithfully carried
out
The jury in the case of John Trow,
administrator OF the estate OF Joseph