Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-05

years old, Mr.. Cobb is still in good
health, but resigns on account of the
poor health of his wife. He has held the
Office of deputy sheriff and jailer for SO
years. In point of service, he is the old
est iailer in the county and one of the
oldest in the state.
Deputy Sheriffs Noble Sanford and
Fred Ranley went to Brandon last Thurs
day and attached the stock, farm build
ings and horses of l. n. Chase of that
town, to the amount of $4,000. This ac-
ton was brought about by the complaint
of Herbert Potter of Middlebury to recov-
err for the loss of the famous stallion,
"Crempest" which was accidentally killed
at the farm last spring, the result of fall
ing into trap door. II the case is not
settled, a suit will be begun in the June
term of Addison county court.
Henry Boyd, farmer living in West
Charlestown, committed suicide Friday
afternoon by drowning himself in a
spring back of his farm buildings.
There was only two feet of water in the
spring and Boyd, who weighed nearly
$50 pounds, held his head under the
water and it took the combined strength
of three men to pull him out, SO tightly
was he wedged in. A strange coinci-
dence of the affair Is that Boyd's father
committed suicide in precisely the same
manner in the same town last October.
A Dartmouth college student suffered a
painful accident as he was boarding a
train at White River Junction Monday
night, Feb. "a. His ring caught on a
screw and he was dragged by the ring as
far as the bridge which crosses the Con-
necticut river to West Lebanon, n. III.
His life was saved by the flesh parting
from and being stripped from the bone.
The flesh and ring were found as the
train was backing to the station after the
accident. The train was held until the
wound was dressed and the young man
continued to Boston where he will have
surgical treatment.
The first instalment of the Public Stat
utes, which volume has been four years
in preparation, has been received at
Montpelier. 1t is a book of ], 702 pages,
about 400 more pages than the Vermont
Statutes contained. The cost has been
S2.2s volume in addition to the 400 cop
les for free distribution. There are to be
$500 bound volumes and 500 that are un-
bound. The price has been fixed at 20 a
volume. The legislature of 1904 entrust-
ed the work to w. A Lord of Montpelier
and Fl. K. Darling of Chelsea. The leg
islature of 1906 added Guy w. Bailey of
Essex Junction to this committee.
Wayne, the five-year-old son of s. J.
Dana, fireman at the power house of the
Mount Mansfield Electric Railway Co. at
Stowe, had narrow escape from death
Friday morning. The little fellow was
not allowed to enter the building, but
strayed in that morning in some un-
known manner. The child sat down on
a belt, the engine being shut down at the
time. Just as the machinery was started
again, the father and another employee
saw the lad and rushed to save him. Al
though they saved him from death, the
child was drawn between the belt and
pulley of the dynamo, his right arm was
broken and his body was badly bruised.
Arthur M. Merrifeld's chair stock and
basket factory in Williamsville, ten miles
north of Brattleboro, was burned with
its contents Saturday night, also COW
cred bridge on the main highway. The
buildings caught fire near the smoke
stack about 6 O'Clock. The loss will
probably reach $4,000. The mill had
three floors and gave employment to 80
men. A large quantity of unfinished
stock and lumber was burned. The mill
was the principal business place in the
village. 1t was partly insured. The
highway bridge was about 80 feet from
the mill. 1t had been in use about so
years and its destruction means loss of
about $500 to the town.
Charles Wilkinson, who was arrested
Friday night, Feb. Fl, on complaint OF
James Hodges of Ripton, charging Wiki
inson with the theft of u fur coat, a
sweater, briar pipe and an axe while
working for Hodges, was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace F. M. Foote in Mid
dlebury the next afternoon. He proved
to be an interesting criminal. He refused
to be defended by any lawyer and refused
to plead guilty to taking the articles. He
would only say that he took articles and
intended to return them as soon as be
went to the town OF Ripton. Justice