Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-01
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a Caution.
Town Clerk E. A. Hatch has received
from IA. @. Thomas Of Stowe. the state
fsh and game commissioner, the follow
ing caution, which is to be attached to
each hunters license issued .-ssThons-
ands Of dollars damage has been done BY
forest fires. Everything is as dry as tim
der. After firing your gun see that there
are no burning wads. II you smoke, do
not throw down a lighted match. Do
not build any campfres for any pur-
pose"
Now If some commanding authority
would issue q caution about brush hears,
or, better still, prohibit the lighting OF
them at all for the present, it might not
be bad idea. People less inclined to
court disaster than the brush-burners feel
like ringing in q fire alarm when they see
ian intrepid neighbor feeding q lively
blaze that leaps heavenward while show
ers of sparks fall in all directions
II there Is any debris in the garden
that cannot be ploughed under for fertil-
izer, it can, without offence, litter the
landscape q little longer until bonfres
are less Of menace.
The six weeks drouth was slightly
fractured Monday night by a good show
er and more rain is promised today.
Sewer Business Settled.
w. s. Teachcut OF Essex junction. con-
tractor Of the Randolph sewer system,
was here yesterday to reach q final settle
ment In the business with the village.
which was effected BY the trustees paying
him s1S3.5s, the balance remaining to
his credit.
The system. for which the village ap-
propriated fl9, 900, was commenced about
Two years ago and was completed in Au-
gust at = total expenditure Of $50, $50.
The difference between the appropriation
and the amount expended is due to ex-
tensions Of the system not at first con-
templated.
These extensions include carrying the
system 1900 feet to the factories Of De-
merritt & Palmer and the White Cross
Mix company; 200 feet back Of Monfa-
que Place to bring the outlet to the river,
which had seen fit to change its course
that much; 1g0 feet to the new O'Connor
block on South Main street and the sewer
on Park street-aggregating in all some
thing like 1880 feet. Alithis is over and
above the extra expense reported last
year
The White Cross Milk company shared
in the cost to the amount Of S225 and De-
merritt & Palmer paid S25. Mrs. Mary
Carr, who is building the O'Connor
block, will also bear her share Of the out
lny-when It is definitely ascertained.
Death Of Miss Clara Z. Dame.
A useful life, given to the practice Of
Christian virtures and the quiet discharge
OF daily duties, was ended on this earth
Saturday afternoon At quarter past one,
when Miss Clara r. Dame breafhsd her
last after q long Illness. The immediate
complicated by organic disease OF the
heart and articular rheumatism. For
two years she had been struggling to
overcome the ills that beset her. but on
! Friday, the 18th ult., came the physical
collapse from which she never rallied.
Miss Dame was born in Braintree, July
1, 1852, the daughter of William and Pru-
dence (McIntire1 Dame. For the last 28
years her home had been with her step
father, Charles Thurston, and since the
death of her mother she had been his
faithful housekeeper as well as a kind and
devoted daughter. She attended school
in Randolph and clerked for some time
in Mr.. Thurston's store.
OF her own family she left sister.
Mrs. Walter Howard, of this town and
three brothers-Edgar OF Randolph,
Frank of Boston and Herbert in Cali
fornia. She is also survived by her step
father and stepsister, Mrs j. B. Adams
of Randolph Center.
The funeral service was held at the
Thurston residence on Randolph avenue
! Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Fraser Metzger
OF Bethany church officiating. BuriaI
, was in Southview cemetery. and the bear
/ ers were Edgar Dame, brother Of the de-
/ ceased, J. B. Adams, Walter Howard and
his son, Fred.
Among the large number present to
pay the last tribute of respect were Mrs.
f. o. Thurston and her daughter, Miss
Nina, of Mortified, Mrs. Dan Skinner of
Waitsheld, Mr.. and Mrs. John McIntire
and Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Blanchard Of
Braintree.