Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-10

fair. The proceeds will be turned into
the treasury of the Washington fund.
The Baptist church at Vergennes has
extended a unanimous call to the Rev.
A. NJ. Watts of East Boston to become
its pastor. 1t is expected that he will
accept the call and begin his work at
once.
Ira Humphrey of West Burke lost five
cows the other day. He was driving
them across the railroad track when a
wild engine running backwards struck
the herd and literally ground them to
James b. Pitts OF Shrewsbury received
what is considered fatal injury Oct. l.,
when tree which he was chopping down
fell suddenly, striking him on the head
and knocking him unconscious to the
ground.
Without warning, A. Murray of Mont
pelier was showed by two men through
the plate glass window in the store of
Smith & Cummings, in front of which
he was standing the other evening. One
of his hands was badly cut.
The sawmiu and butter box factory of
Mills Bros. at Orange were burned Oct. 8.
A large number of butter boxes and a
large amount of lumber were destroyed.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss is partially covered by insurance.
Chester Hawkins of Vergennes is
seriously ill at the Mary Fletcher hos
pitaI, Burlington, of blood poisoning in
one knee. The disease was contracted by
being kicked by COW. The young man
has undergone an operation, but his con-
dition is considered critical.
As Joseph Hooker of Forestdale, aged
four years, was whiting a piece of wood
last week Saturday, his knife slipped and
went into his right eye, cutting it serious
Iv. He was taken to the Mary Fletch-
er hospital, Burlington, where they are
IL hopes to save the eye, although the
sight is gone.
The Holmes Iron Co. of Rutland, with a
capital stock of S25, 900, has filed articles
of association in the office of the secretary
of state, Montpelier. This company is
formed for the purpose of operating
foundry and machine shop, manufacture
ing engines and boilers, and dealing in
iron and steel.
Fire Oct. in the machine shop of the
Highgate Foundry company at Highgate
Falls destroyed the machine shop build
ing and all the machinery and castings.
The loss is $4,000, with insurance OF
=, 200. There was no fire protection and
the people had to work hard to save the
surrounding buildings.
Six cases of diphtheria have developed
in the Putnam House, Bennington. The
patients are the proprietor's wife, Mrs.
p. c. Cornell his little daughter, Paul
inc, three of the dining room girls, and
one OF the regular boarders. All possible
caution is being used to prevent any
further spread of the disease.
Murray Thompson of Colchester was
robbed of his pOcketbook, containing
about $50, while boarding train at the
Cenua Vermont station at Essex June
ton last week. As Augustus Poland of
UnderhilI was buying hogs at the depot
the day before, his poclletbook, contain
ing about so in cash and some papers,
was stO en-.
A choral society of thirty-two voices
has been organized at the state hospital
for the insane, Waterbury, and will be
drilled by George H. Wilder. The con-
dition of Mr.. Wilder, who has been at
the hospital for treatment for the past
few months, has improved sufficiently to
enable him to take up his music work in
Burlington and Waterbury again.
An appeal has been made to President
Roosevelt to revoke the order requiring
dutia5le freight over the Central Yer
mont and Canada Atlantic railroads to be
entered at the st. Adams, instead OF the
SwantOn. customs house for examination.
Formerly six officers were stationed at
SwantOn and now there are only two,
one having been ordered to Montreal
recently.
Colonel Hathorn of Ludlow drove to
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There seemed no suitable place to hitch
his horse, so he embarrassed the animal
and put him in a vacant stall. When
Colonel Hathorn was ready to return
home, he went to the stall and found that
the judges, thinking the animal was on
exhibition, had awarded a premium and
bestowed a red ribbon.
The Vermont bar examinations were
concluded Oct. 8 and the examining
board announced the following successful
candidates Harold z. Whitney. Her
mon E. Eddy and w. D. Smith, all of
Brattleboro; Hugh Henry of Chester,
John C. Sherburne of Bethel, w. A.
Graham of Eardwick, William r. Far
inaton of Brandon, J. a. Wilcox of Lud-
low and Frank A. Start of Bakersfield.
Louis Devino, q contracting painter of
Winooski, while at work at the Chace
cotton mills Oct. ?, net with a painful
accident, barrel of tar becoming over
heated and bursting. Mr.. Devino was
struck in the head by a stave, and cash
about four inches long and in depth
reaching to the bone, was cut in his head
from the ear down the cheek. His face,
head and shoulders were also badly
bruised and he was covered with hot tar.
The Gem Pure Food Co. announces that
it has decided to locate its plant in
Morrisville, providing the board of trade
will give one acre of land in addition to
that already pledged the company, make
the street running parallel with the rail
road one rod wider, and extend the vii
lage water to the site of the factory this
fall so that it may begin work Immediate
Iy. The necessary funds for the purchase
of the additional land have been
pledged.
The work of re-decorating portions of
the interior of the state house at Mont
pelier is practically completed. This
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