Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-24

~ alu was aole to reach the street
.htough an outside door, which had besn
ieit unlocked. He was serving sen.
tenee OF seventy-eight days for stealing
bicycle. ''sa''ik
Mayor Burke Of Burlington stated -.
Gently that he was in earnest abon. 49,.
ping the sale Of giant ireeraolers ana
torpedo canes on Independence dav NJ
business place viii be allowed Ia have
THESE explosives on sale, nor III anv ner-
son be allowed to use them. Mavor
burke says that be will see that the rule
is enforced wv
L. n. Allen Of Cavendish was hadlv
burned in the face Saturday. June 10
when turning hot lead into a hole he had
drilled IN rock, there being water NJ the
bottom, causing the lead to Nv out. II il
not known to what extent his eyesiaht
- injured; but the prospects are favora-
Die, as be can move his eyelids and see
some at present.
Dr. r. A. Bishop found 10 his mail last
week Monday $3.50 in cash for the Mont
peiier seminary endowment fund. satur.
day, June II, he received $500 and the
day before s1100. Last Thursday be re-
ceived S2,24y. He hopes to realize SO
600 withinthe next 70 & days. 1t will mean
hard work. DIR. Bishop will ask Mont
pelier men only once.
E. f. Hovey OF Lyndonville had a close
call Saturday, June II, when his horse
became frightened by an automobile. II
ran into hitching rail, throwing Mr..
hovey, who had kept hold OF the reins,
out Of the wagon. His head struck an
iron post. A deep cash about three
inches long was cut in his head and he
was severely bruised.
/ The balloon Massachusetts,. v hich made
an early Sunday morning flight from
4 Pittsheld, Mass, June 10, made a decent
at Dummerston, where the Grew stepped
out Of the basket and enjoyed the lunch
which they had taken with them, the farm
ers OF the neighborhood holding down
the balloon. There was plenty of ballast
left and another ascent was made.
Arthur d. Farwell OF Montpelier, after
forty years of service in one firm, will re-
tire from active business July 1. The
name OF the A. ID. Farwell Co. will not be
changed. The business, which is incor-
porated at $40, 900, is left to the manage
ment of Robert +. Bliss and Charles E.
Kingsbury, who were admitted into
company with Mr.. Farwell in 1900.
p. r. & B. F. Adams have been award
ed the contract for the construction OF
the proposed new horse barn on the state
fair grounds, and also the contract for
the new poultry halt The horse barn
will be 100 feet long by 80 feet wide and
the poultry hall 200 feet long by so feet
in width. All the lumber for both
structures is already on the grounds.
The second fred tag'' day for the bene-
fit Of the Brattleboro rest room, the only
association of its kind in the state, was
held June II and nearly 5000 tags were
sold. The exact amount collected is not
known but it will exceed last years pro.
ceeds, which were 1870. The solicitors
we're mainly members of the Woman'l
club and girls from the high school.
Mrs. John E. Wright Of Middlebury
died last week Tuesday of blood poison
ing. Mrs. Wright a short time ago haC
a pimple on her lip which she prickeC
with a pin with the result that blood
poisoning developed and her face swelleC
almost beyond recognition, the poison
spreading over her neck and chest. Sh,
left husband and four small children.
The total amount OF real and persona
estate for taxation in the city of Burling
ton as shown by the report of the boar'
OF assessors is S15, 539, 039, including ap
proximately eleven millions of real ant
four personal property. The number 0
polls Is ASA. This is gain in real es
tate OF 600, 600, and about the same il
: personal property. The loss in polls
4 1877.
I To encourage the breeding of real Nor
gan horses, c. c. Stillman, son of Jane
stillman, the New York banker, ba
donated a silver cup valued at s125 and
number OF cash prizes, to be offered q
I the Vermont state fair at White Rive
junction this fall. The cup is for th
I brood mare which "conforms most nearl
e to the standard Of the famous Justi
{ Morgan"
+ As the result OF fall froma secon
I story doorway last week Monday, PatTic
!. Richie, a Burlington painter, was II
j iured so badly that he died the next day
He was IN in the morning and his en-
d ployer, A. c. Collins, sent him hom'
I. Ritchie returned, however, in the aftel
e noon, and while standing in the doorwa
q Of the house fell to the ground without
Is moments warning.
n Mrs. Mary Tillotson OF Orange, VII
e was 100 years old June II, gave recel
ton that day at the home of her sol
d q. A. Tillotson, which was attended b
'e q large number OF relatives and friend
ie Mrs. Tillotson is a remarkably we
v preserved old lady and with the excel
s. ton Of lameness caused by fail tw
8, years ago, would not be taken to
( more than so years old.
The human skeleton used in the depar
lf ment Of physiology at Montpelier sem
D, nary, valued at s10O, disappeared sever
r, weeks ago, but nothing was said about
is at the time as il was thought It was take
b. for Joke. Persistent search has iails
be to locate II and the authorities propose
ss assess the students now there sl.42 ea'
to pay for the lost property. AT such
ID proposition many of the students balk.
Sc Or. Henry /. Tucker, Brattleboro
a. health officer, has completed the work
DC inspecting the herds of the farmers al
m 10 ALI those examined in the Brattlebo
NJ district certificates allowing them to co
a tinue to do business in the mi
n line have been granted. The herd
aaa general rule, were found to be in g