Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-01-23
State of Vermont.
Its News condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

Barnet, has resigned, Els resignation to
take effect May 1.
Rev. Charles Childs OF South Acwortb,
n. H., who recently accepted call to the
Baptist church at Brookline, began his
new duties Jan. 10.
Rev. Charles w. Dealtry began his La
bors as pastor of the Baptist church at
Grafton Jan. 5. Mr. Dealtry came to
Grafton from Middleboro, Mass.
Rev. c. a. MacDaniel has resigned the
rastorate of the Christian church in
Woodstock, the resignation to take effect
April 1. he has preached there for about
three years.
Tie mill and box shop of l.. Baker d
Sons, East Richford, has been closed for
about three weeks, something that has
not happened before for fifteen years.
About fifty men are out of employment.
Jerenish Brown, Rutland hos.ler, is
under arrest, charged with larceny. Car
penters working at stable where he was
employed had been missing tools some
days and it is said that Brown has stolen
little by little enough for full outfit.
Fire early Jan. II practically destroyed
the Parshurst building. The damage IL
estimated at IS, coo, with an insurance of
about 1000 The building contained a
grocery. meat market, undertaking
rooms and dwellings. One family mar
rowly escaped death.
Byron Clark of hyde Park, a nurse at
the state hospital for the insane st Water
bury, and an inmate are 10th i'll of scarlet
fever. Some six or eight weeks ago,
there was scarlet fever at the hospital, bat
it was thought that The progress OF the
disease had been stopped.
Herman, the nine year-old son of Orrin
Williams of Fair Haven, probably will
die as the result of coastIng accident
Friday night. Turning out for a team,
he ran into an iron pipe and his skull was
fractured. An operation was performed
and pieces of bone and portion OF the
brain were removed.
Edward Cantor of Bristol and Harry
Yattaw of Vergennes were taken Jal. IA
to the house of correction at Rutland by
Sheriff Olin Smith. Cantor will serve
ten months and Yattaw three months for
furnishing liquor. Both men were con-
victed during the present term of Addi-
son county court.
G. Vogini of Barre has started for Italy
to claim his share of the fortune of s4o,-
900 left by his uncle to be divided among
three nephews. Mr.. Vogini has been en-
ployed as a stonecutter at Barre and was
married about year ago. His wife and
child will remain in Barre, as he expects
to return there in the spring.
John Martin, aged %, who was work
ing for G. II. Hubbard on West hill in
Williamstown, while chopping in the
woods Jan. 16, was struck by d falling
tree which pinned him to the ground in
such manner as TO crush his legs. The
bones in one leg were driven through the
flesh severing an artery so that the man
bled to death.
At an eisteddfod held at Columbus, O.,
recently, Thomas P. Edmunds OF Poult-
ney received prize of S25 for the best
short story. Robert w. Roberts, former
ly of West Pawlet, directed the male
chorus which won the first prize of 400
and gold medal for the best rendition
of Edward Germans 80 Peaceful Night"
and 1.-THE Fisherman" by Price.
The Frost Veneer Seating Co., New
port, has been Obliged to lay off another
set of men. This time fifteen were sent
home, which makes about sixty that have
been laid off since the first week in De-
cember. prouty & Miller have been
obliged to shut down their mill near the
round house. This firm now has only
one mill running out of three in New
port, and that one is working but eight
hours a day.
The Rutland improvement league an
nounces the securing of a new industry.
1t is the Bryant d Gary box factory
which is to be moved to Rutland from
A subscription paper is be-
ing circulated to raise 81 900 to carry the
deal through. The firm employs about
is men. Small wooden boxes with slid
ing covers are made and it is understood
that several Rutland men are interested
in the business.
The Patch Manufacturing Co., Rut-
land, which is now running nine hours a
day, has just been awarded the contract
by j. +. Manning, as general manager OF
the Colorado Yule Marble Co. of Marble, /.
Col, to furnish the concern a big con-
Segment of marble working machinery /
The contract is one Of the largest which |
has come to Rutland in recent years and /
calls for twenty-five saving gangs, three |
rubbing beds. a diamond saw, a circular
planer and large lathe.
Melinda Barrett of Woodbury. was in /
Montpelier city court Jan. IL and asked /
that information be filed against her for /
cruelty to her three-year-old |
child. She had been previously bound |
over on the charge. When the informa-
ton was filed against her, she pleaded |
guilty and was sentenced to not less than |
4 year and not more than a year and three
months in the state prison. Then she |
was placed on probation. She is the |
mother of seven children.
By skilful presentation of arguments /
against vivisection, Miss Lena A. Britton /
Of Springfield has won prize of $500. |
It was awarded to her by the American
Humane Education society in COMPETE
ton which sought to gain essays both for |
and against vivisection for general distri-
button. The prizes were awarded on the
merits OF the essays alone, the names of
he writers being unknown to the judges
until after their decision was made.
The boys and girls confined in the state
industrial school at Vergennes have just
issued new publication, entitled,
: Echoes from the Green Mountain State
Industrial SCHOOL, 1t is in the form of
! monthly news sheet. Superintendent
J. N. Barass found that the paraphernalia
,f the school included parts Of an old
printing press and font of type. Charles