Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-24
State of Vermont.
It's News Condensed and Rewritten
Tor Our aesders.

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morning, Dec. -.
There are now y cases Of typhoid fever
in st. Adams, but OF that number there
has been but one death.
The state board Of library commission
ers reports 173 Vermont towns with pub
lie library service and 70 without.
The UniversaIlst society at St. Johns
bury has received the gift Of slightly
lot from Mr.. and Mrs. b. I. Staples to be
used for building a parsonage.
The senior and junior classes Of the
Chester High school will realize about $50
from fair and play given recently,
which Is to go toward a Washington trip
fund,
Rev. Charles f. Van Setback, pastor Of
the Baptist church ct Pownai, mas re-
signed. his resignation to take effect Jan.
/, when he will take charge Of the church
in Fairfax.
According to a statement issued recently
bv state Fish and Game Commissioner H.
q. Thomas. the number OF deer killed in
Vermont during the open season was APP
proximately 2,137
Montpelier seminary has just received a
Christnas Gift of $4,000. Including this
WIIfs Lnt oNuOOA ANn AN+NAF%1 @~~tFN~-
$4,000 and $4,000 in month. The name
Of the donor is withheld.
Orders involving the movement of
about 20, 600 soldiers Of the regular army
during the next twelve months include
the ordering Of the Tenth cavalry tnow
in the Philippines) to Fort Ethan Allen.
The Woodstock Inn entertained the
past season $40 automobile parties, which
stayed over night. The number OF tour
lists who came in their machines and
stopped for q meal would doubtless swell
the total to nearly thousand.
The Italians OF Rutland have pstitioned
for the appointment of priest, speaking
their language, to take charge Of the
Church Of Our Mother OF Sorrows which
was .dismantIed with the arrest Of Father
Crociata. who is nos serving prison
sentence.
The news item in regard to the twenty
seven-pound child born to Mr.. and Mrs
H. L. Herrick OF Hardwick has ELECTED
the information that there is record in
the American Text Book Of Obstetrics Of
child weighing twenty-eight and three
quarters pounds at birth.
peter LeClair, who resides in Barre
and who runs a blacksmith shop il
Washington. met with an accident Dec
IL, which It is feared will have serious re
suits. Mr.. LecIair vas working arounS
horse when the animal kicked him il
the stomach, knocking him senseless L
the foor.
AS. Mrs. E. e. knights and her mother
Mrs. White. were returning from Eas
WaBingford last week Tuesday, thei
horse took fright near a school house q
a snow tort built by children and befor
the occupaats were aware Of it the hors
took the ditch, throwing them both on
and fnjuring Mrs. White quite badly
MRS. Knights escaped with only feV
bruises.
Dr. Robert Weir Of Rutland superin
tended the killing OF the. 20 cattle Of th
Vermont Marble company's herd whicl
were found to be affected with tuberculo
sis. About % OF the cattle. were found 1
be IA very bad condition, There or
about 5000 more cattle in the herd to
tested, but the work has been held ,u
through the failure to procure tubercuul
fromsthe state. =.
Levi Partridge, Who shot Ray Coome
at Glover Dec 5, and whose bail wa
placed at $4,000 on the charge OF murde
in the second degree. secured bondsme
and was released from, the Orleans coun
ty jail. at Newport He and Mrs Par
fridge are now at the farm in Glover. ]
is understood q special term OF the gran
jury win be held and the case tried a
the March term Of court.
An effort Is in progress among th
Hebrews Of Burlington to raise fund
for the erection Of scboolhouse In tina
city for the instruction OF their childre
ia the Hetrew faith. The Hebrew Hol
society stands back OF the plan an
about $1,000 has already been raised.
Is expected that at least "a, 900 will b
raised BY spring and work will then b,
gin. The building will coEt at leas
$4,000.
The sehoolhouse at Thetford Hill wa
burned Sunday morning, Dec. 10, wit
all the books, wood and furniture, IN
Guiding q good organ. Tho buildin
as one OF the landmarks Of the towr
bat In excellent repair and larger tina
the average Of the schoolhouses
town. The insurance was $3.50. whic
was small. School was resumed with n
interruption in one Of the rooms Of II
academy.
While Mrs E. W. Ross OF BurIingto
was cooking q "a eory meal with chain
dish Dec. IA, her. clothing caught fire an
she ran to the clothes press in search Of
blanket, so that she might extinguish Il
flames. She found the blanket but ina.
vertently set some dresses and 9TH
clothes hanging in the closet on Ere. II
damage was confined to the clothes in Il
closet and some scorched woodwork az
wall paper.
Richard Stone and Jerry Stone OF Da
by, father and son, the former being
years old, have brought separate suits
Rutland county court against August
W. billiard and Carlos Kilander of Da
by for an alleged assault. The older ms
asks $4,000 damages and the other 600
It is alleged that the defendants we
to the Stone place and threw stones at d
plaintiffs, striking both Of them, t
father being more seriously injured.
The body of the six-year-old daughl
of'Mr. and Mrs. Fred o. Holden OF Chi
ter Depot was taken to Northheld ID
week Monday for burial. The child "
cripple and while moving about the 3
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