Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-02

uuopt6aAs EAle uUfbc Was QuiGbA1 GaAAA8
grass BY the side Of the road.
Word has been received that Rev. w.
J. M. Beattie, rector OF the Church of the
Good Shspherd in Barre, was the victim
Of an accident in franklin Center, Que,
recently. Mr.. Beattie was engaged in
hanging . swing for some children when
be lost his hold and fell from the tree to
which he was tying the rope. In falling,
he struck across a. limb OF the tree and
three ribs were broken In his right side
and his shoulder was injured as he struck
the ground.
The automobile traffic Is now the
heaviest that Manchester has ever ex-
perienced and nearly fifty cars are some
nights quartered at the Orchard park gar
age. In addition to those who pass the
night or longer, there are many luncheon
parties each day at the Equinox House,
80 that there is hardly q day now when
there are not twenty-five parties regis
tered. Thirty-ive parties OF automo-
bilists arrived at the Equinox House
Sunday, Aug. %.
State Cattle Commissioner Harry s.
Wilson died last Thursday at his home
in Arlington after an illness Of several
weeks with diabetes. He was SO years
of age and was born in Rockingham.
He went to Arlington to live a years ago
and was sheriff of Bennington county for
| fourteen years. Mr.. Wilson was APP
| pointed state cattle commissioner by
Governor PIoetor in 1906 aud was reap
pointed by Governor Prouty. He leaves
his wife and one son.
Leo Muzzy died at the home Of his son,
David Muzzy, on the road between Nor
ristown Corners and johnson Sunday,
| Aug. %, OF old age, being 100 years old
Dec. 8 last. Mr.. Muzzy was born in
Canada but had been a resident Of YER
mont since early manhood and had re-
sided in Morristown since 1865, with
the exception OF short residences in
Stowe and johnson. de had enjoyed
remarkable health until last May and re-
tanned his mental faculties until two
weeks before his death.
At Intercity park, Montpelier, Satur-
day, there was q 16-miie foot race be-
tween Pat Dineen OF Boston, champion
Marathon runner Of New England, cham
pion six-dPy go-as-you-please runner OF
the world and winner Of the Marathon
race at Burlington, and Nicora, Poricelli,
Buzzi and Smith, the four best runners in
Barre. The race was for prize OF $500
and Dineen won easily. Only IS 4 miles
we're run as Smith, the last Barre runner,
was able to make but little over one
mile because of . bad ankle.
Fred, the three-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Dompier OF Brattleboro, wal
seriously injured last week Monday BY
falling into pail Of boiling water. The
grandmother Of the child was carrying
water from the kitchen to another room
and, the door being closed, she set tbs
pail ON the floor while she opened it.
The child came in unnoticed and, stun.
bling, fell backward into the pail o.
water. He was scalded severely, thu
burns extending from his chest to hi
knees. He is in q critical condition.
The Robin Hood Ammunition company
of Swanton is making plans for erecting
q new and up-to- date plant, consisting o.
. . main factory, warehouses and hal
score Of other buildings necessary to thu
, prosecution of the business. II is ex
, pected that the entire plant will be com
pleted and ready for occupancy about
Jan. /, 1910, and then this company will
be in position to handle the greatly in
creased business which appears to be II
, sight tor them, and the possibilities o
this company for the future are practi
! caIly unlimited.
I'll A strange drowning accident occurre'
: at Chester Friday when Mrs. Mari
: L. Reed Of Boston, who was passing
few weeks at the home of Frank d
: Martin, fell into Eve feet and half o
water in the pond Just back of the hous
and lost her life. Mrs. Reed, who wa
|. II years old and who was forced to wal
) with g cane on account of lameness
1 went onto the rear verandah of the hous
!. and it is thought that, while leanin
e over the railing to gather some clothe
from the clothes line, she lost her balanc
and fell into the pond.
n Harry Daniels, aged % years, com
i mitted suicide Aug. % at the home @
/. his parents, who reside on the farm Q
3 Emerson LaDgdon in New Haven. Youn
1 Daniels is said to have been drinkln
. and had suffered considerably fror
a epileptic fits. He Was relieved Of thes
dts for few years, but had had a recuI
renee Of the trouble during the pas
, month and since then had been in a me
:, ancholy condition. He had taken cor
: siderable paris green before he fred til
: 32-calibre rife, the ball entering the nee
!. on the right side and severing the iuguls
= vein.
! Last Thursday in that district OF CaveT
!, dish known as Twenty Mile Stream, o.
Cured the dedication of historic table
marking an encampment on the famou
&c military road completed about 100, e1
;. tending from Crown Point on LAX
u Champlain to Charlestown, N. H., the
q known as Fort No. 4. The funds for til
u occasion were contributed by citizens
. Cavendish and those whose old home tis
y bound them there. Among out-of-tow
{ guests were A. NJ. Fletcher OF Proctor
q Vile, William Smith OF Springfield, 81
Gov. William W. StickDey OF Ludlow an
v Fletcher d. Proctor of Proctor.
a The body of Harrison Parent of Danb
a was found Friday in the barn belongin
y to Charles Mulligan lying on an oil
mattress with the head lying partly und'
q one arm. The face was considerably di
le colored but there are no evidences of for
y play. Parent was on the streets intox
l. Gated in company with several other mel
1t is thought that he was taken to the oil
Or barn by his friends to get him out Of Il
N way for the time being until be coul
(, sober up. It is not improbable, from Il