Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-03-30

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in charge by the selectmen.
The Passumpsic Fibre Leather Co. al
Passumpsic, whose plant was almost en-
tireIy destroyed by fire Dec. 10, has begun
to clear away the debris and will rebuild
at once. The loss was reported at the
time To be $4,000 above the insurance Of
$4,000. The plant gave employment to
twenty men and its output OF leather
board was about three tons day.
The convention of the Northeastern
Dental association in Rutland next Otto
Der will probably be one of the largest
gatherings of its nature ever held in that
city. The Northeastern embraces SIX
states. The officers consider three hum
bred and fifty small attendanc9for their
meetings. When Boston is the meeting
place it often runs up as high as seven
hundred.
The child-wife of John Lowell of St.
Albans, a diminutive edition of the aver
age woman and but 10 years old, had her
brute of a husband arrested Friday Tor
giving her an awful beating. Lowell was
fined IS and costs or the alternative SEN
tence in the house of correction. Lowell
was also convicted of first offence of in
toxication, for which he is serving ten
days in jail.
1t will be three weeks yet before Rt. Rev.
Arthur &. A. Hall, bishop OF the Episeo-
pal diocese OF Vermont, will be able to
leave the Mary Fletcher hospital, where he
was recently operated on for appendicitis,
and much longer time before he can re-
sumo his pastoral duties, though his I'M
provement has been as rapid as was ex-
pected, and his ultimate recovery IS
thought to be certain.
Jennie. the infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Pearson OF North Walden, met
with a serious accident few days ago.
Mrs. Pearson put the baby in Low rock
ing chair " lille she stepped to the door.
When she returned, the little girl had fall
en- from the chair, striking on her fore
head and fraeturIng her skull. As re-
suit, the child is paralyzed on one side ana
if she lives must always be cripple.
The last legislature passed an act regu-
lating the practice OF dentistry, which
was amended so as to exempt the extrac-
ton OF teeth leaving it so that anybody
can do that. A humorous result OF this
clause was recently shown in Rutland
when a blacksmith from Salisbury applied
to Or. Thomas Mound OF Rutland for a
pair Of second hand foreeps in order that
be might pull teeth in his home town.
The honeymoon OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Brace. who were married at swanton re-
Gently, was disturbed Saturday when
Brace was arrested, charged with the theft
OF his wedding outfit At the trial, the
bride proved to the satisfaction OF the
court that she mad furnished the pants for
the momentous occasion, paying for them
70 cents. The respondent was discharged.
Fire March DIST in the chair shop OF l..
q, Fullam & Sons Co., Ludlow, badly gut
ted the interior OF the fouT-story building
and caused a loss estimated at SUN.
This is practically covered by insurance.
Several young men were at work IN the
factory In the evening smuggling chairs over
a gasolene flame. The gasolene took fire
and the workmen had to run out OF the
shop. Twenty men are thrown out OF en-
ployment.
Concerning the establishment OF
branch Of the Y. NJ. g. A. at Fort Ethan
Allen, for which an attempt has been
made to raise funds, Col. Wallace, the
eommandant, does not desire TO prevent
the establishment of the branch but says
that he does not think the post needs any
assistance in this matter. He says the
men are well provided with amusements
and he does not see what the y. NJ. =. A.
can do there.
&. j. Ferguson OF Burlington, superln-
tendent OF the Vermont Anti-Saloon
League, has received a complaint that IN
two towns men who had liquor licenses
or who hoped to get them secured the
license ballots at the recent town meetings
and marked cross in the Eyes column
and then handed them TO the voters as
they PASSED to the polls. The charge Is
being investigated and legal action VIII
probably follow.
Frank Pieeioli OF Barre died March goth
from the effects OF blood poisoning con-
tracted from small blister on one hand.
The blister panied him so that he opened
il witha needle. Soon after painful
swelling came on one finger and an opera
ton was necessary but when the nnger
had almost healed and ne was thinking o.
going back to work one leg began TO swell
and another operation was necessary.
Death resulted, however,
Several women in Montpelier have re-
ceived from Mrs. w. ]. Bliekensderfer oil
Hartford, Conn, who figured so conspicu-
ouslv in the Mary rogers case few weeks
AGO. letters urging them TO contribute TO
the fund now being raised 70 bring MIS-
Rogers case to the supreme court on ap-
peal at the MAY term. In these letters
Mrs. Blickensderter says few postage
sfamps or a twenty-five-eent piece, II no
more can be given, viii be gratefully re-
ceived.
1t is proposed to build new memorial
hall for the New England kurn Hattin
Homes at Westminster,to cost slOOO9. Inc
present school room Is entirely IN an
attic, the floor being level with the caves,
so that ii is extremely hot IN summer and
cold in winter and II Is poorly llghtea
and poorly ventilated all the time. Thirty
five bows are in the same building with
the Superintendent and helpers all the
time. and there is no place in which the
BOYS can play in stormy weather.
In the annual report OF the Rev. Edward
NJ. Fuller, secretary and field worker Of
the Vermont State sunday school associa-
tion.appears the somewhat starting s.A.e si
ment that only % per cent OF the total
Protestant population Of Vermont IS en-
rolled in the Sunday schools and this,
notwithstanding the fact that more than
100 church members have been added
during the past year. Al the present TIME
there are 676 Sunday schools in Vermont,
with a total membership OF 57,091.
/. l.. Pearl has sold his interest IN the
wooden mill and pants factory al Johnson