Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-20
State of Vermont.

;. usws Condensed and Rewritten
Us for Our Readers.
: H. Pearson of Coventry was serious
a'..a,sd Iy being thrown from his wag-
t!r.ntIr sustaining broken nose,
IN i feared his skull may be frac-
ured.
II. Fitch. a well-known farmer living
.bs Mendal district, Brigewater
I.ars committed suicide Aug s. by
Citing. The deed is attributed to con-
tnusd i'll health.
r,a postofice in Rocking ham has been
r'.,nt;nued, Since the fire early this
-. many families bad moved away, and
y T. snartment accordingly decided to
T..outinue the office.
Rsr. W. H. Hayes, who has been pastor
,,tbe Congregational church, Windsor,
y, The uast four and one-half years, has
tented call to become pastor of the
r,,gregational church in Lisbon, N. H.
n viii begin his labors there the first of
September.
yosb S, Walker of Clarendon has
,,onubt suit in Rutland county court
.rsinst the Vermont Marble company to
saver q 900, claiming that sand from
ma mill damned a brook, flooding his
mssdow in West Rutland SO that it no
bnger is fit to raise hay.
vspdals entered the marble and granite
.bops of ]. W. Goodeu of Burlington one
,i,bt last week and three stones bear evil
ssnee of having been struck with some
heavy instrument and injured in such a
manner that, while they were not per-
nauently disfgured, they will have to
i refnished.
Collector of Customs G. Il. Darling an
uounces that the customs collected in the
district of Vermont during the month of
Juy were So, S51.01, while the value of
M merchandise exported during the
,,me period was 1912, 4S3. During the
month of July, 1907, the duties collected
amounted to $40, 1864.
A herd of eighty grade Jersey cows has
bssn shipped from White River junction
by Mr.. Durgin to go to Ohio. Mr.. Dur
yin has heretofore made large shipments
trum White River valley for the same des-
tnation. The prevailing price is about
40 and it is understood that they sell for
shout s75 upon their arrival.
The reports of they Vermont soldiers
home, Bennington, for the first ten days
Of August show the following data
Average number present, SO; average
present and absent, 80. During the pc
rod there were three discharged and one
. simitted. Sixty-two answered the roll
call the morning of Aug. 10.
Fay Loukes, an employee of the st. Al
bans Gas Light Co., in st. Adams, was
badly scalded on the right arm Monday,
| Aug TO- Mr.. Loukes runs the COM
pressed air boiler and in some way the
plug blew out, throwing boiling water on
bis arm and clothing. He is confined to
bis home as the result of his injuries.
Lieut.-Col. Lee 8. Tillotson of ST. Al
bans has been elected as successor to F,
Howe, who recently resigned as lieu
tensnt-colonel of the First regiment oil
infantry, Vermont National Guards
Capt. F. B. Thomas of Company H of St
Adams was elected major to fill the va
cncy caused by the promotion Of Major
Iillotson.
Corjanus Proboski was severely hurt
while working on the electric crane al
the Fowler marble mill Tuesday. Aug. IL
He was riding on the trailing truck ano
walked to the opposite side. The fore
part of his left foot overreached the edg'
rail at right angles to the main track, thu
foot was burst open near the joint OF th'
big toe and the man was thrown to thu
ground.
At meeting OF the Presbyterian
church in Barre last week. a unanimou
call was extended to the Rev. j. d. Nc
Kenzie of Lancaster, Ont, to become pas
tor Of the church, to succeed the Rev. w
c. MacIntyre, who left there thre
months ago to accept a call from tn
church in Ogdensburg, N. Y. 1t !
thought likely that Mr.. Mckenzie vii
accept.
A telephone message to Beecher Fall
"a postoffice in Canaan) reports that JONI
N. Strong, the actor, of New York AM
Syracuse, is lost in the Canadian wood
at point near Averill pond. A posse O
men is searching the woods for MIN
Considerable alarm is felt as large bear
inhabit the forest which stretches mort
into the province of Quebec for over
hundred miles.
Last Thursday morning as L. c. Kay Q
L. C. Clark's stock farm in Sheipurn
was driving colt on the race track I
show him to Mr.. Clark, the colt becam
heightened and threw Mr.. Ray over tn
fence. Both bones in one arm and on
Or two ribs were broken and posslDl
there are other injuries. Mr.. Clark
once took Mr.. Ray to the hospital IN Bul
hngton IN his automobile.
The portrait of Judge James z. Barret
who for thirteen years was supren
court judge in Vermont, has been r
eeived at the state house, Montpelier, an
will be hung in the supreme court room
It Is the gift of Rush P, John A. ana
Allen Barrett, the three surviving son
Judge Barrett was born in STAFFORD Ma
IA, 1914, and died in April, 1900. L
was first elected from Woodstock.
Fifty fresh air children from New Yor
are at the old Taylor farm, east OF Ma,
chester village. They are all boys, elgl
to fifteen years old. The Rev. Vlncel
Raw of the Congregational church ther
who has been most active in raising fun'
Tor entertaining the lads, planned an q
tomobile ride to Arlington with Ia"
fete at Manchester on return. Many
the summer visitors furnished cars L
the TRIP.
The horse of Henry 7. White OF Jel
enc Center, driven by his son, Cneste
was frightened by an automobile, own
and driven by DR.. j. E. Taggart OF bu
hngton last week. The buggy was Owe
turna5 o,a .1.,.1orcbJu 1on1aOod. {