Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-09
STATE OF VERMONT.
US News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

uAst ehurcn az Dandy, has resigned his
pastorate and will go to Maine to preach
Vermont gets s26, 900 Of the "a 600 OOo
appropriated by Congress for the militia
which has been allotted among the several
states and territories.
The Odd Fellows Of Rutland are talxino
OF huilding an Odd Fellows temple In
that city. The lodge now has a men,
oership Of about 500.
Miles 8. Hoyey, st. Johnsburv,s veta,-
an cooper, has completed 4 mammotb
tub, eight feet in diameter. seven feet
deep, with a capacity of 8 900 gallons.
The village of Lunenburg will use It for
reservoir.
Henry c. Wilcox, who had a refresh
ment stand at the Addison county fair.
was so badly stung by bees that he had
to give up the job. His hands we're terri
bly, swollen and customers apparently
deserted him.
The Dandy Mirror, q weekly news
paper printed by Charles 5. Baker, which
mas been discontinued since June, is to
be revived. The plant win be moved
from Rutland to Ludlow and the first
issue will be made Sept. is.
Miss Blanche Carlo OF Montpelier was
in a crowd at the entrance OF the Com
ique theater recently when a smoker
turned quickly and the end OF his lighted
cigar was iammed into one of her eyes.
Both eyehalls and lid were burned and
It is feared she may lose the sight.
Owing to the breaking of a pole on
which he was at work in South PouItney
Sept. /, Thomas Fox, 9 lineman employed
by the Cooperative Telephone company
Of Fair Haven, fell to the ground, being
severely hurt about the head and injured
internally. He will probably recover.
Rutland is perhaps the first city in
Vermont to have a taxicab service. The
/ Premier Automobile Co. of that city has
20 horsepower Ford taxicab which
will be used until the business warrants
more machines. The charges will be
about the same as for horse-drawn
vehicles.
William A. Shakespeare OF Rutland,
brakeman on the way freight. was bad
/ ly hurt st Leicester Junction last week
| Monday while coupling cars. One leg
was crushed. He was hurried to the
/ Proctor hospital in a special car. The
accident delayed the northbound mail
train nearly an hour.
Castleton has a level Main street we'll
adapted to auto speeding, but the village
does not intend that it shall be uted for
that purpose. The chauffeur Of Hunt
ington Smith, Jr., tried throwing wide
the throttle with the result that he " as
arrested and made to pay total of
! $3.50 in fine and costs.
/ A Ford runabout driven by John
ColweIl. caught in a rut near Pittstown
Corners last week Tuesday and turned
turtle. The occupants, Mr.. CowIey
and George Worthington, Jr., OF Ben
nington Corners, we're not injured except
4 for few minor bruises. The machine
was pretty well demolished.
! George w. Wood worth, about so years
old, q we'll known resident of Underhill,
vas found dead OF alcoholism Saturday
morning in the rear Of saloon in Win
ooski. Death ensued early in the night.
Woodwork was formerly deputy sheriff
in Underhill and represented the town in
/ the legislature at one time.
Karl Forsell OF Montpelier is training a
coop OF Belgian homing pigeons for long
flights. He begins by taking them to
Northfield or other nearby towns and
from a distance OF ten miles they will
reach the home station in fifteen minutes.
Mr. Forsel intends later to take them
to Boston for a 20O-mile flight.
The house and barns OF F. y. Rood,
who resides on Hampshire hill in Worces-
ter, were destroyed by fire Aug. 27. A
defective chimney was the cause and a
no neighbors were near it was impossible
for Mr.. Rood to save his buildings. In
surance for $1,000 was carried but th'
loss is nearly double that amount
Guy w. Bailey, secretary of state, stated
that the automobile fund to be divided
among the several counties of the state
now aggregates about S25, 900. This vii
soon be distributed and later in thu
season another division will be made o
money received as automobile income
after Sept. 1.
Edward Muzzey Of Stowe has beer
found guilty of starting q forest fire anS
sentenced to pay q fine and costs amount
ing to S25. MuZzey, in ignorance OF the
law, set fire to a stump In July, and thu
fire smouldered for several weeks unit
famed by high wind in August 1t re
quired a force of men to get it unde
control.
Fire was discovered in the Reed hous'
In Pittsford Sunday, Aug. 30, while thu
family of Mr.. and Mrs. John L Pickne!
we're eating dinner. The fire started
around the stovepipe and quickly spread
to the roof. The hose cart was calle'
out and the fire was extinguished. IN
damage was several hundred dollars, GOV
reed by insurance.
H. N. Davis, station agent at Highgate
was assaulted and badly injured by rob
Der Friday evening as he was closing tn
station. He made such an cutlery befor
being rendered unconscious that tn
robber was frightened away withou
getting any booty. The robber rushed q
him, beating him over the head and bac
and breaking his jaw on both sides.
Uber Blair Of Burlington, an age
carter, fell from his wagon recently an
received injuries that probably will caus
his death. He was unconscious IN
greater part Of the day, two OF the wheel
having passed over his chest. Blair wa
starting to drive to the funeral OF his SIS
ter. Mrs Fannie Muir Of South Burline
ton, when he was seized with faintin
! spell.