Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-03-14

line. Mr.. Ryan seems 10 be a man OF mis-
fortunes. lie had set OF farm buildings
burned in sharon two years ago and n
short time ago valuable horse OF his died.
The Jury list from this town as finally
completed al town meeting is as follows:
Grand Jurors, A. A. Storrs, George A.
Rogers, ID. q. Torrey, NJ. ID. Brown, Amos
Leavitt, r. Selden rewksbury, Clayton Il.
Dunham and Fred l.. Davis; petit jurors,
L. II. Abbott, Frank Greene, NJ. A. Brink,
+. ID. Tolan, John w. Sharpe, Morris Ell
lis, G. y. Waldo, Ben |. bearing, h. q.
Bundy, George +. fortier and w. {. la
rock.
Charles Mengino, a qusrryman on the
Ellis quarry, had a narrow escape from
death Wednesday OF last week. A stone
weighing 500 lbs. slipped from the grout
pie and fell, striking Menginc on the
back OF the head aud knocking him over.
The stone finally landed upon his hand
as II lay stretched out, cutting of one fin
ger. DIR. Greene was called and sewed up
The deep cash In his head and amputated
two more fingers that were badly crushed
by the stone.
Among the laws passed by the 1906 leg
islature was one making certain town OIL
ces appointive under the selectmen in-
stead OF elective at the town meeting.
Under this act, the selectmen have APP
pointed ID. g. Torrey, l.. II. Abbott and l..
NJ. Heath fence viewers, Z. Z. Morse
poundkeeper and Z. ID. Cushing surveyor
OF wood and inspector OF lumber and
shingles. The Office Of inspector OF leath-
er seems to have been legislated out OF ex-
istence. The town clerk has appointed
Carlos o. spsulding assistant town clerk.
The school directors OF the town school
district met for organization Saturday
and elected 4. Selden Tewksbury chair
man and Il. l.. bearing clerk. II was
voted to unite with other towns in the
employment OF superintendent il
suitable arrangements can be made, and
the chairman OF the combined boards OF
the town and village districts were APP
pointed committee to confer with other
towns. The salary of the superintendent
would be about $3.50, and of this amount
the state pays $1,000 and the towns COM
posing union pay the balance. BY an
act passed by the last session of the
legislature, illegal school" learning for
the town share OF the state money!
must have an average attendance OF at
least six pupils for 26 weeks during the
school year. This provision cuts out the
so-called Mouatain district in Bethel,
and there will be no school maintained
there the coming year. The pupils will
be transported to the Camp Brook school.
Death Of Frederick II. Kelsey.
Frederick IL. Kelsey died at Lowell
March s, following an operation for gall
stones and complications, which operation
was performed about two weeks earlier.
He was born in Warren, Vt, June %,
1851, the son of Daniel and Julia
| (spauldingl Kelsey. The family moved
to Bethel IN 1865 and his father bong hit
the premises at the foot OF the hill near
the old church on the Randolph road.
January 1, 1873, young Kelsey went to
work for Thomas !. Hale at White River
Junction. Mr.. Hale was publishing the
New England Observer, and Mr.. Kelsey
accompanied Mr.. Hale when the latter
moved his establishment first to Keene,
N. H., and then to Concord, N. III. In
1891 he entered the employ OF the c. l.
Hood Co. at Lowell, MSS, and soon took
charge OF their advertising department
and for many years past has had the sole
oversight over this large branch of their
business. He is survived by his wife,
who was Miss Mary Wilson Woodhouse
OF Iowa, and by a sister, Mrs. Harrison
Powers, Of Barnard Mrs. Powers, ac-
| companled by her daughter, Mrs Edward
| Macie, left Saturday to attend the funeral,
which was held at st. Johns Episcopal
church in Lowell at 2:3O Sunday after
noon, The interment was in Concord
beside the remains of his first wife.