Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-05-21
State of Vermont.
lie News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

Rev. Leonard Aldrich has resigned his
-ssfo-ate at Ira and accepted call to the
Pant st church at HydeviIle.
An appropriation of $4,000 has been
made bv Congress for the erection of
nrblic building in Brattleboro.
Four thousand bushels of potatoes have
bsep shipped from the Bristol station the
mast ten days at 65 cents busheI.
BENJAMIN Beattie of South London
derry was separated from 5000 in Boston
last week by crooked horse trade.
Miss Estella Goodrich and Miss Grace
KiubaIl of Greensboro landed twenty
Mound trout from Caspian lake, Green's
boro, May 10.
Gov F. D. Proctor has appointed w.
F Hammond of Middlebury a member of
the state fair commission to succeed Jo-
seph BattelI of Middlebury, resigned.
The house of Adolphus Turcotte of ST.
Adams was searched Friday night for liz
nor. and 1873 half-pint bottles of whis-
kew and gin were discovered under the
cellar stairs.
Exor Mitchell, while employed at An
drew Miles mill in Albany Wednesday,
Nav 6, was killed almost instantly,
hoard flying from the saw and striking
him in the bowels.
Miss Sadie Newman, "a years old.
adopted daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r.
Cutting of Newport Center, committed
suicide by hanging Saturday, it is sup
posed as the result of quarrel with her
lover.
Louis Tstro of Underhill, veteran of
T;r;I war w hn att on,os1a t.,-/>
weeks ago by cutting his throat, took
paris green Saturday and died from its
effects Tatro, who was about 20 years
old, is survived by wife and several
children.
Harry Columbia, a stonecutter in the
sheds of Bonazzi & Bopazzi at Barre, re-
ceived bad wound in the thigh Friday
morning from piece of flying steel. An
artery was cut and the man lost quanti-
ty of blood before a surgeon could be
found to dress his wound.
Rev. E. c. Fisher of Westminster has
accepted a call from the New Britain
avenue mission of Hartford, Conn.,, to be-
come its first pastor. The mission has
recently passed under Congregational con-
troll, and hence the call of Mr.. Fisher, a
Congregationalist, to its pastorate.
Henry j. Snow died May 10 at his
home in Montpelier from the effects of a
cat scratch. Five weeks before pet cat
slightly scratched the back of one of Mr..
Shows hands and blood poisoning which
developed caused his death. Mr.. Snow
was native of Williamstown and was so
years old.
The finding of the bones of Mrs. Lucy
E. Lord in the outskirts of Readsboro
village recently clears up a mysterious
disappearance which occurred in May,
1906. Mrs. Lord was about 90 years old
and IN very feeble health. Identified.
ton of the bones and scraps of clothing
was only possible by her rings.
While fishing on the shore of Lake
Memphremagog near the Clyde river,
George Gotta, lad about II years old, was
struck by a bullet which penetrated his
right lung. Mystery surrounds the acct
dent as no one in the vicinity is known
to have had gun at the time and no
report was heard. The physicians be-
lieve he will recover.
reward of 500 is offered to the person
discovering the body of Ovat Inkie who
was accidentally drowned in the mill
pond of j. Y. Stevens at Belvidere, April
Is. Owing to the extremely high water
which prevailed at the time, it is thought
possible the body may have been washed
down into the Lamoille river. The re-
ward is offered by H. NJ. Guernsey of
Belvidere Center. by whom Ovat was en-
pIoyed.
The steam sawmilI of j. r. Darling at
East Corinth was destroyed by fire Tues
day night, May 20. The cause of the fire
IS unknown, but there was no evidence of
It's having caught in the engine room, as
that end was the last to burn. Mr.. OAR
ling has stil over 100000 feet of lumber
to saw but will probably hire portable
mill to finish. The loss is fully $4,000,
with insurance of 81. 500.
While Arthur ButtIes, son of III. S.
Buttles of Brandon, was fooling with
32-caliber revolver recently, the weapon
exploded, the ball passing through the
flesh just below the left shoulder. The boy
was cleaning out drawer in his fathers
feed store when he discovered the re-
volver. His screams brought assistance
and he was removed to his home, where
physician dressed the wound. 1t is be-
lieved that the accident will not result
seriously.
County Fish and Game Warden Will
liam 81. Taft of Bristol and Deputy
Warden Guy Damon of Middlebury took
TO the Addison county jail May 10 SIX
men charged with illegal fishing and hav-
ing set lines in their possession contrary
to law. All were from New York state.
They were arrested at French's creek IN
Addison and are alleged to have been
fishing some weeks. They had camp
and annoyed the property owners by
burning fences for wood.
An important step in the campaign
which the Vermont state board of health
Is conducting against the sale of adulter-
ated food was taken Friday, when the
state board voted to instruct DR.. L. +.
sprague of Burlington, state inspector OF
food, TO seize and destroy all articles OF
Iood which on analysis have been found
to be below the standard established by
the statutes. This will give DIR. Sprague
the right to enter any store and seize any
such articles of food, in any amount.
In Montpelier city court Monday,
May II, Mrs. Sarah Peake Cochran
pleaded not guilty to a charge against
her of keeping house of ill fame, but