Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-11-14

mills, Charles S. Lord, started the enter
prise with view to lettering the social
and mental sides of the women en-
ployees. There will be a library and read
ing rooms, with lectures and informal en-
tertainments.
A barn in the rear of the residence of
Mrs. Mary Humphrey in Rutland, owned
by r. G. Gilmore, was Quilted by fire
Nov. 6. A driving horse belonging to
Mr.. McMurray was suffocated before it
could be taken from the burning build
ing and a quantity of furniture valued at
5000, also belonging to Mr.. McMurray,
was destroyed. The horse was valued at
$3.50. The loss on the furniture is par
tally covered by insurance. The cause
of the fire is not known.
Leslie H. Thornton's store in West
Barnet was burglariZed Nov. 4, checks
amounting to between 5000 and 800 and
cash between $500 and 5000, besides S75
in postage stamps, being taken, also all
the private papers, securities and mort
cages belonging to the estate of George
P. Blair and securities and valuable pa
pers which other individuals had stored IN
the safe. 1t was blown open, probably
by experts. 1t is thought that the burg
larry was committed by the same gang
which is operating about the state.
The barns and out buildings ON the Da-
vid Fields farm in West Milton were
burned to the ground Nov. 4, together
with all their contents except the stock,
although one horse and several hogs per-
ished. The house was saved only after
very hard work. The fire was caused by
an overturned lantern in the upper part
of the horse barn. The buildings were
the property of H. o. Clark of East
Orange, n. j., and were among the larg
est in town. The loss is set at IS, 600,
which is hardly covered by insurance.
Postmaster George H. Walker of West
minister recently received a curiosity in
the shape of a letter which was mailed at
Bellows Falls Aug. 10, 1865, and adj
dressed to Miss Sarah A. Wetheren Mrs.
c. E. Rice). The letter was found in
mail car recently below Keene, n. H., by
Henry L. Lewis, who Immediately for
warded it to Mr.. Walker, requesting him
to find the owner or some near relative.
Mrs. Rice was glad to get the letter, al
though it took forty-two years to travel
from Bellows Falls to Westminster.
Considerable excitement was caused at
the gravel pit near the new lake in Nor
risville the other day when large stump
and a tree caved and slid down about ten
which became frightened and backed
over a twelve-foot bank into the lake, the
water being about eight feet deep. The
horses were cut free from the heavy wag
on and made to swim nearly twenty rods
before they could be landed. The team
was one of several that were drawing
gravel and belonged to Charles Earl.
The family of Thomas Thebarge of
Bennington had narrow escape from be-
ing asphxyiated Nov. with coal gas. A
stove had been set up in the house during
the day and when the family retired at
night, through a misunderstanding the
hampers were closed before the gas had
burned from the coal. During the night,
Mrs. Thebarge and two of the young la
dies in the family were taken i'll. a
physician was summoned about O'Clock
in the morning, who found three pa
tients suffering from severe nausea. No
permanent ill effects are anticipated.
Bellows Falls is to have a new indus
try, the board of trade having secured the
Oxford Linen Co., a large corporation,
which has leased the Casein company's
mill, having over 20, 900 feet. The COM
pany will install machinery and manufac-
ture linen, crash and oxilate. 1t will en-
ploy when running full capacity about
GOO people. chiefly girls. The mill will
be started about March l and the com
pany proposes to expend $50, 900 for ma
chinery. This will be the first plant in
the country to make linen from strictly
Amer lean yarn.
/ Elizabeth H. Hascall, aged II years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Hascah
of Rutland, died Nov. of meningitis,
which resulted from an injury to the head
received while bathing at Lake BomoseeD,
Castleton, last August. The girl dove
from spriDg-board, her head striking
hard on the bottom of the lake. Her
mind had not been right since that time
and few weeks ago she became i'll and
had been rapidly failing ever since. She
was member of the senior class of the
high school and was an athletic girl, al
ways taking prominent part in sports,
such as skating, tennis, rowing and
swimming.
That the death of Col. Leverett II.
Walker, United States army, commander
of the coast defenses in the vicinity OF
Boston, was due to the fifteen-miIe horse
back test ride ordered by President
Roosevelt, which Colonel Walker made at
Fort Ethan Allen, is the declaration of
Dr. Ben II. Metcalf of Winthrop, Mass,
who was called in to attend Colonel
Walker. He was too late to save his life.
The colonel had been suffering from heart
trouble for six years and the ride I'M
doubtedly fastened his death. The rea-
son Colonel Walker did not ask to be ex-
cused from the ride was the fear that he
would be retired.
Walter Brown of Mortified did not en-
ter into the merry pranks of Halloween
and so resented the frolicsome spirit of
the night that he took a stick and struck
among some girls who were running
across his premises. According to his
own story, he hit Rosa Odette on the hip
and he admits that he was technically
guilty of assault. In justice court he
pleaded guilty to a charge of this nature
and paid fine of So and costs. Had he
known the party was composed of girls
Mr.. Brown said, he would have been the
last to treat them so roughly, but in the
darkness his first impression was that
they were boys after property to destroy
or carry away.
Napoleon and Arsene Laliberty of st.
Johnsbury, aged IA and Is years, respec-
lively, who were out on bail on the