Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-13
bury from Rutland and Mrs. A. M
Vaughan of this place.

bury from Rutland and Mrs. A. NJ.
Vaughan of this place.
H. NJ. Totman is adding to his green
house . cooling room, sx10 feet, for the
storage OF cut flowers. II viii have Q
large basin to be flied with ice during
the hot season, and in cold weather the
room can be shut on from the heating APP
paratus Of the conservatory. A Wittboldt
Mechanical Watering system is also being
installed SO that by turning wheel at
on end Of the place . shower of water will
fall all over the greenhouse without the
exertion or waste of hand sprinkiing.
The contrivance will save at least quar-
ter of the water used in the old watering
process.
H. w. Lewis. for the last three years
Townshend, has been engaged for super
visor of the Randolph Union district
comprising the "A schools of Randolph,
Braintree. and Brookneld. Mr.. Lewis Is .
York state man and . graduate Of Colgate
university. He had been reelected prin-
cipal of Leland and Gray seminary the
coming year but resigned that position to
accept the supervisorship of the Ran
dolph Union at . salary of 1880. He
will be here next week to map out his
work and will move to this village some
time in September.
Mrs. Lizzie Smith, for several years
resident Of this village, has gone to
former home in Alton, n. Y. having
taken her departure Monday with Clare
mont, N. H., and some other places ~
stopping, points en- route. She will prob
ably not be in Randolph permanently
again and her removal is much regretted
by those who have learned to know and
value her as q friend and neighbor. Her
daughter, Essie, is still in town but
sometime in the fall intends to enter the
Albany Business college. The Kelley
house, of which Mrs. Smith had charge,
has been left in the care of Mrs. Belle
Griswold.
Lilo htnino Strikes on School ST.
During the shower of Tuesday after
noon. lightning struck the southwest
corner of the B. @. Bass house on School
street, broke through the slate shingle
and darted about in an astonishing fash
ion for the next few minutes. The house,
which was recently sold to Eugene
Briggs of Granville, is occupied by r. A.
Dunn and family on the first floor and
James Oney and family ON the second
floor.
From the roof, the bolt entered q clos
ct, tearing Its way through the plastering
of the outside wall, ran into an adjoining
hall, removed some plastering there and
turned the sleeve Of . raincoat wrong-side-
out without burning the garment. In
the parior, on the other side OF the hall,
il made . hole, like . bullet hole. above .
picture on the outside wall and went
down into the Dunn's parlor below, trac-
ing its crooked track on the paper.
Mrs. Oney was lying on the bed, whose
head stood next to the closet, and she
seemed to be lifted bodily by the shock
and thrown into an opposite corner.
When she came to . realizing sense Of
things, she was doubled up in the corner
and it was some minutes before she re-
gained control of herself. A small hole
was made in the east wall of the bedroom
above the place where Mrs. Oney was
thrown, and Q second hole was found in
the next room, Just the other side Of the
connecting doorway.
The lightning then Travelled out to
the kitchen and jumped through the
north wall over the sink.
The bolt that went down into the
Dunn's parlor smashed q large mirror,
set Ore to the lace curtains at corner
window and, then dividing, part OF it
made an exit through the front wall over
the siIlcock, while Q ball Of electricity
rolled out to the kitchen and played over
the floor before finally disappearing.
Ralph Dunn and John Storrs, Jr, OF
Ware, Mass, were at the piano in the
parlor and distinctly felt the shock.
Mrs. Dunn and John Storrs, ST., OF Ware
ct ood near the sink in the kitchen and es-
capped the lightning playing around
them.
twas q miracle that none Of the people
in the house were killed OF even badly
affected BY the shock. Mrs. Oney, who
came in closest contact with the light
ming, thought at first that the trouble
was ali ownstairs and was rather sur
prised, ON looking around her rooms, to
discover what Q center Of electrical activ-
ity they had been.
Fire was found, after q little, to be
smouldering in the wall under the roof
where the bolt nrst struck, and Ralph
Dunn, climbing up on . long ladder, put
out Q blaze that threatened to destroy the
house. Besides the curtains, burned ct
the window in the downstairs parior,
couch and the carpet near the window
were scorched, and holes were left In the
walls Of the room that the lightning had
darted through. Some clothing in the
closet upstairs was also set on fire.
Clspboards were torn on the front OF
the house and three or four large holes
were made in different places on the ex-
terror. The amount Of damage to the
building il estimated from ESQ to e75.
At the Marcott & Hayes mill, lightning
followed the telephone wire into the
ONCE and burned out fuse that dropped
onto some bags in . corner and set them
on IRE. The smudge Of burning canvas
gave warning OF trouble before the flames
could cause more loss than the bags.
The lightning worked havoc with the
service Of the Randolph Telephone ex-
change, causing i've lines to drop and
burning out about thirty fuses. 1t fol-
Low ed the wire from the School street
house into the central ONCE which was
blue with smoke and . fearsome place in
which to linger. In connection it may
be we'll to impress upon people the dan
gerous folly Of attempting to telephone
during An electrical storm, and the wise
policy OF keeping At safe distance from
live wires when lightning flashes and
thundar rolls. The New. England system