Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-07-12

popuidf Al the Darracks. HIS condition Is
considered favorable.
An accident with fatal results occurred
in Springfield recently. horse owned
Dy DR.. Il. /. Smith was sent to the
| blacksmith to be shod. The man who
was sent from the shop for the horse was
cautioned that he must not ride the
horse as 1t was not safe, but the man,
who had been among horses all his life,
/ persisted in riding the animal. The
horse threw the rider, crushing his skull
and also being itself badly injured. The
man lived only few hours.
Prof. Clark p. Rowland OF Drury
college, Springfield, Mo-, has been chosen
| principal of st. Johnsbury academy to
succeed Principal d. Y. Comstock. re-
signed. Mr.. Rowland was graduated
| from Yale in 1915, taught two years in
the military school at New Haven, was
sixteen years principal Of Tabor academy
at Marion, Mass, and thirteen years
I principal OF the academy at Drury college,
which position he has Just resigned to
accept his st. Johnsbury appointment.
The body Of Charles d. Turner, aged 81
( years, OF Pownal was found on the side of
/ the track one mile north of Pownal sta
| ton, early July 3. The body was horribly
mangled and both legs and one arm were
cut of, and the portions were scattered
along The track for one hundred yards.
Turner had been to circus at North Pow
nal in the evening and after it was out
strayed away from his companions and
apparently started to walk home. He was
known as a sober, industrious young man.
The old Scott homestead In South Yer
non was destroyed by fire early the morn
| ing of June p. The origin Of the fire is
unknown. The house was occupied by Z.
Wade Of Boston, for the summer, and the
\ family we're away at the time. Nothing
was saved The house was a landmark.
/ The first owner was Ebenezer Scott of
I Revolutionary fame who built it, and il
was the home Of three generations Of the
Scott family. The building was in a good
state OF preservation at the time OF the
| fire.
Mrs. Albert Demeritt OF Morristown was
| terribly burned July /. While the family
were eating dinner Mrs. Demeritt's clio h.
/ ing was found to be on fire and it is sup
/ posed it must have caught from the fire
when she was preparing dinner, burning
/ slowly and for some time before II was dis
covered. The flames had gained such
Roadway in her clothing that she was ter
ribly burned about her legs and abdomen
before the fire could be extingushed. Her
case is considered serious, the wound on
the abdomen being the most dangerous.
At the close OF business Saturday, June
30, Hugh Henry Of Chester, who had
| served as pension agent for the district OF
| New Hampshire and Vermont through
/ two terms, completed the work Of that Of
| flee and Grosvenor Curtice Of Hopkinton,
1 his successor, took up the duties. Mr..
! Henry and his family have made th.r
/ home in Concord for eight years, A re-
| ception under the auspices OF T.. T.. Sturte-
want post, q. A. r., was rendered them
| June 20. Mr.. Henry and the members OF
4 his family will again take up their resi-
dence in Chester.
District Attorney John y, Moran OF
/ Boston, at his own expense, has engaged
| Hon. Felix W. McGettrick to examine
and put in shape the testimony given
/ before the committee on rules OF the
/ legislature 10 the bribery inquiry which
/ resulted IN the expulsion Of Representa-
/ tive Frank j. Gethro. Mr.. McGettrick,
! formerly well known as a lawyer and
/ Democrat OF st. Adams, removed to
| Boston two years ago. He was endorsed
/ for this important duty BY all the Judges
/ OF the supreme court OF Vermont.
The 18th Vermont Regiment association
/ held IL 18th annual reunion July at Col
chester and dedicated a bronze tablet in
| memory OF Lieut. Col. William d. Mum
son. The oratio1 Of the day was delivered
/ by Col. Albert Clarke of Boston. Al the
/ business meeting the following officers
were elected: President, j. II. Lyon, Col
chester; vice president, G. p Ihayer,
I Bostoni secretary, Il. W. Libbey, Essex
Junction; treasurer, II. ". Allen, Bur-
/ lington; executive committee, o. 5. Tom
| linson, Huntington; VI. }. Leach, VOL
colt; A. c. Fay, Milton.
Joseph st. Jock OF St. Johnsbury was
! badly burned Friday while filling the
tank Of his automobile with gas pline. he
| ATTEMPTED TO I'm the tank without putting
out his lights In some way the volatile
fluid spilled over the lamps and immedi-
ately everything seemed to be on hre.
Mr.. st. Jock rushed out doors and eXtln-
guished the flames by rolling IN the damp
grass. He was badly burned about the
/ face and arms and suffered intensely. The
| two companions who were with him eX-
| tinguished the fire in the garage and one
| of them had his hands burned when he
carried the gasolene can out OF doors.
Edward Larock, William Dolback and
Charles Doner started 10 cross the river
below MiddIebury village July in boat
but il was capsized by their too close con-
nection with the overflow, and all were
thrown into the river Neither DoIDaek
nor Donor could swim, but Larock was
GOOD swimmer and after a hard struggle
managed to get them by the hair OF their
heads and get them across the bottom q
the upturned boat Doner was insensible
Al the time. Larock managed to swim
ashore with the boat in TOW and saved the
outfit. Iarock is a veteran OF the war with
spain and has seen service in the Phhl-
M r. Hammond Of Middlebury has
been appointed an expert in animal nus
bandry and designated as the person m
charge Of the Morgan horse breeding eN-
periments to be carried on IN Burlington
iointlv by the State Agricultural college
and the bureau OF animal industry al
Washington. Mr.. Hammond has been for
four wears manager OF the Bread Loaf
stock farms OF Middlebury. UP TO TINS
time the board of inspection which has
toured the state in search OF Morgan
mares FOR use ia the breeding has secured
eleven ana has ceased is work. One OF
bese mares Is now at the breeding barn
and II Is expected that all viii be there
ana Ire work OF breeding begun in about
thirty days.
Ten people had a narrow escape al Man
chester Depot Friday when two iiat cars
an the Manchester, Dorset Granville
railroad. loaded with huge blocks OF mar
No crashed into an empty combination
coa..h and baggage car, which had JUST
been vacated. All the passengers had leit
- - ,,,,d No oua WAS injured. but had