Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-15

~ he was not addicted to the use OF
liquor.
The minor bondholders Of the defuncr
Columbian Marble Quarrying Co. Of Rut-
land have petitioned the chancery court
to remove the receivers, Lieut.-Gov. John
A. Mead, President H. n. Field Of the
Rutland County National bank aud New
man K. Chafiee, charging malfeasance,
fraudulency and neglect. The principal
criticism IL directed against Lieutenant
Governor Mead. It IL alleged that be
used fraudulent means to obtain the first
mortgage bonds and made President ].
II. Manning the tool to accomplish this
purpose. The petitioners ask that the re-
ceivers be discharged without compensa-
ton for two years work and that investi-
cation be made with a view to force them
to refund the money lost by alleged mis-
management.
The annual fern-picking season is on In
the mountain towns in the southern half
Of Bennington county, and although the
buyers have this year cut the price from
81 to rs cents hundred bundles, there
are small girls and boys in Woodford end
Stamford who. are daily earning from e
to IS. The ferns are tied in bundles OF
twenty-five. packed in crates, and shipped
to several points in Massachusetts. where
they are placed in cold storage and re-
tailed during the winter to florists at
e2.5 thousand. Experience has taught
the flower dealers that box Of blossoms,
no matter how choice the varieties, al
ways runs q chance Of proving unsatisfac-
tory,as in box by themselves the flowers
look cold and artificial, and Il Is to re-
move this effect that the ferns are used.
I Mrs. Eugene Moulton was burned to
death Saturday, Oct. 8, BY flames from
the kitchen stove at her home in East
Concord. She started to put 9 stick OF
wood in the FIRE in the morning when the
flames ignited her apron and spread at
once to Der dress. Mrs. Moulton ran out
/ into the shed after some water and then
decided to go outdoors and roll in the
/ grass. In the meantime the flames had
made such Roadway that before she could
put out the fire every bit of clothing had
been burned except her shoes. and the
grass was burned where she had rolled.
/ She lived until / 80 o'clock in the after.
noon and was able to tell her mother the
distressing circumstances OF the accident
Mrs. Moulton was % years old and ID
survived by her husband and parents, the
latter residing in Lunenburg.
A soldiers monument is soon to be
erected in Milton. II will be Of light
Barre granite, 10 feet, inches in height,
with a square base snrmounted by 3 sol.
der facing the south. Bronze tablets
will be placed on the four sides with the
names aud inscriptions. One side viii
be inscribed. Erected 1909 by the towr
of Milton in honor of the boys in blue
i who gave their lives at their country,
call, a" and will contain the names OF "a
soldiers who died in the service. Another
tablet will give Equal honor to thoss
that offered their lives to their country in
her hour Of peril" followed by about 17C
names Of soldiers credited to Milton on
the army rolls. Work will be begun on
the foundations in q short time and II II
expected to have the monument ready for
dedication next Memorial day.
The W. c. 7. U. state conventional
Newport last week was attended by 12t
delegates. The officers elected were:-
President, Mrs. g. Davidson Of Newt
corresponding secretary. Mrs. NJ. L
Pearson Of Coventry; recording secretary,
Mrs. Ella B. Turner Of st. Johnsburyi