Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-24

NORMAL school contributed materially
20 tne discussion. Such meetings will be
neio regularly throughout the state. in
the hope that practical good may ensue
70 the librarians and school teachers. A
well a. to the pupils.
AT the next annual meeting of the
state Library association, the publicity
committee will award prize Of SO 10
tnat member OF the association who.
through her local paper, has made best
known to the public her wares and work.
descriptions Of interesting acquisitions,
accounts of entertainments and library
benefits of instruction offered to the pub
lie by the library and OF work done in
the schools or districts, in fact, the pub
location OF any item Of local library
interest will count toward the prize.
such collection would prove afterwards
to be to its library in the nature Of re-
port OF its work and q history of its prog
ress. The only condition 10 that competi-
tors be members of the State Library asso-
citation. By applying to Miss F. B.
Fletcher, Proctorsvile, list OF minor
regulations can be obtained.
The first arrest for violation Of the
game laws in shooting song birds to be
made in Barre for some time was made
last week, when Game Warden Henry
Rust captured Harry Spinella in the
woods back of Jones' Brothers plant.
Spinella had ten birds in his pockets
when the warden, who had been on
still hunt for him for nearly an hour, a.
nally caught him. He at first protested
the warden's claim that he was shooting
birds and said that he was only trying q
new gun at target. On searching him,
however, the warden found four yellow
birds and six ground birds in the lining
of his coat. After spending the day and
night in the police station, Spinella was
arraigned in city court and pleaded guilty
to the charge. He was fined $50 and
costs of $3.50, which be paid. The fine
under the statutes is IS tor each bird
killed.
As sequel to the "William Tell''
shooting accident in Rockingham upper
meadows, two Bartlett boys of Bellows
Falls have been arrested, charged with
breaking, entering and grand larceny.
The arrests were made rs the sequel of the
shooting. Messrs. SpauIding and Guild
on reading the story recalled that they
had lost some rifles among other things
from their cottages which had recently
been broken into. They came to Bellows
Falls and secured search warrants and
had the premises occupied by the Bart
let's searched and found two phono-
graphs, three guns. five phOnograph
records, lanterns and much other plum
der, most of W ich has been identified by
various cottagers as property stolen from
their cottages. After an all-night session
of the court, Felix Bartlett, aged IL, was
sent to the reform school during his mi
nority. Fred Bartlett, aged IS, was
bound over to the county court for trial.
About $50 worth of property was re-
covered, some having been sold to local
dealers.
A force of men succeeded Tuesday,
Sept. Is, in stemming the progress of
the forest fire in South Burlington which
broke out the day before in Catlin's
woods, just south of the Ainsworth prop
erty, acquired . few years ago by the
University of Vermont, Burlington.
Just how the fire originated is not
known. It started in q portion OF the
woods which had been cleared. Besides
burning stumps and underbrush, the
flames consumed about twenty cords of
wood which was in readiness to be drawn
away. About sixty rods of fence between
the woods and the university property
was destroyed. The flames also made
some Roadway in the edge of the woods,
but for the most part they were confined
to the cleared section. The house oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Peter O'Clair, al
so in South Burlington, was burned last
week Monday. The fire started in the
wood pile not far from the house. Mrs.
OClair is an aged woman and was alone
in the house. neighbor warned her
of the danger in time for her to escape
The house and practically all OF the con-
tents were burned. There was partial
insurance.
With his heels dragging along the
sleepers, Edward Laws OF Wailingford
was carried for over 10O'yards by train
last week Tuesday and narrowly escaped
death. Laws was passenger on the hut-
land CITY band excursion to Troy and 1t
is supposed that he was trying to alight
from the train as it was pulling out OF
the WalIingford station, when his clothes
got caught in the steps Of the car. Fran
tic efforts we're made by some OF the
Messengers to stop the train by pulling
the bell cord, several trying to pull the
cord at the same time without SUCCESS.
Finally one of the passengers gave the
correct signal and the train was orougnt
TO stop, but not until the mans SHOES
had been torn from his feet and ms rigno
heel literally ground OF. In an eHort 70
help Laws back on to the car pia.io.in,
Harry Simonds, trainman, received pau
fall from the train, getting several scalp
mounds and bruises on his head. He was
somewhat shaken up, but not seriously
;niured. After thorough examination,
the doctor stated that the pulp OF LAWS
RIGHT heel was badly lacerated but no
homes were broken, and that unless some
thing unforeseen occurred be would not
he disabled. Laws was accompanied ~
his son. Harry Laws, who was at the
Wallingford station when the accioen.
occurred and saw his father dragged
along the ties.
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