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

Mikelo Teleppo, the young Italian,
who was indicted for the killing of Luigi
Tinelo at Bennington. May 20, was taken
10 Manchester last week Monday aud ar
raigned before Judge <. II Waterman in
Remington county court. His counsel,
Edward d. Bennett OF Bennington, en-
tered plea Of insanity and asked that
Ieleppo be sent to the state hospital for
the insane at Waterbury for observation
Judge Waterman granted the request.
There is a prospect that the Jersey,
which for long time has been the popu-
lar COW all through Caledonia county aud
that section Of the state, will be sup
planted. Gilman Bros, one OF the larg-
est firms Of horse and cattle dealers there
abouts, have shipped to Chicago dealers
twenty-five carloads Of Jersey cattle to be
sold in the West. The cars will be
shipped back with larger stocks, Dur
hams and Holstiens, with which the
farmers Of that section will experiment.
Preseelle, the young hypnotist, who
has repeatedly entertained audiences in
Vermont with his teats, will probably be
seen on the smaller circuits no longer.
He has been the greatest success OF the
season at the Fifth Avenue theater, New
/ York, Keith's circuit, and his engage
I
next season at a salary of $1,000 a week
The metropolis regards Prescelle as in
class by himself among hypnotists.
Prescelle's home is in Barton.
A singular accident occurred to James
Stapenhill OF Franklin one day recent
ly. While trying to draw an empty car
fridge from a revolver. loaded one ex-
ploded, the ball entering the left hand,
on the inside OF the wrist, going in, out,
and in again, finally lodging in the base
of the finger. AS the ball could not be
located a. home, the boy was taken to st.
Adams, where the ball was quickly found
by the aid of the X-ray and extracted
from the upper side OF the hand.
Frank Hand, who resides near Mont
pelier, has a 6eat which recently gave
birth to five kittens, which are all at
tached, or, RS one has put it, enc kitten
with five heads and tails. Mr.. Hand
went to the barn as usual to care for his
horses and, seeing what looked like five
kittens lying beside their mother, he
reached down and picked one up but they
all followed in the upward movement and
then he saw that they we're all attached
by means of kind OF gristls through
their sides.
A. II. Frost and son, George L. Frost of
New York city, with B. W. Longeway,
superintendent Of the Frost Veneer Seat
ing Co. Of Newport, have consummated q
trade whereby over LOO acres of timber
land near Sutton, Que, is transferred to
the Veneer company. In making an esti-
mate OF this land, it was found thstthere
were 1900 acres of hard wood that had
practically been untouched. The veneer
logs will be shipped to the factory at
Newport, while the others will be sawed
into lumber on the premises.
Joseph Manseau of Winooski received
a painful injury while at work in the
screen shops last Thursday. He was OPP
Grating a ripping saw when in some man.
ner his left hand became caught in the
machine and three fingers were torn OF.
The wound was jagged and necessarily
a very painful one. Mr.. Manseau was
taken to the Mary Fletcher hospital al
Burlington. He is the director OF Man
! seau's orchestra and plays the violin
The accident will iDcapacitate him from
the performance OF his musical work.
The June bulletin of the Vermont STATE
board of health, just issued, shows tina
1 1872 examinations were made at the lab
. oratory OF hygiene during the first quar-
! ter Of the year. Out of SO samples o
Q the state, AZ samples were found to be be
: low standard. Out of So samples Of fooC
+ stuhs only six were found to be below
q standard. One sample of drugs was re
ceived, which was found to be adulterat
ed. Nineteen samples of liquor were re
: ceived, five samples being standard, eigh
IS below standard and six With no standard
= The Barre assessors have filed with tn
a city clerk their report for the year 1909
I 1t shows a substantial increase of 2,1l6.
r az in grand list, due largely to big gail
e in personal property assessment, the tota
y grand list now being $50, 1850. 1her
n is also a gain of 55 taxable polls, MAXIM
$3.50, all told. The real estate increas
a over 1905 is 1851 and the persona
k property increase is S141, 9O7, while at tn
J. same time the offsets for debts owint
,. have increased 1851, 352.O3. On the basi
l. OF $3.50, the tax rate, the revenue to tn
J. city will be 81, s67.7 larger than for las
r year.
y Robert McAllister Of Waitsfield lost
q valuable horse recently because of the an
imal's fear of automobiles. Mr.. McAlli:
10 ter was driving the animal hitched wit
D. another when a Rutland machine az
!. proached. The horse danced about an
" then fell into the road in such a manne
;. as to break its leg. The owner went
II a neighboring house and, securing gur
D. shot the injured animal. He then aske
20 the driver OF the machine il he didn
be think he ought to share the damage; br
the autoist said he didn't consider hin
. self to blame at all. The horse wa
4 worth 5000.
al Daniel Henley and Oscar Aldrich, bot
it OF Richmond village, were accidental
n shot Sunday by a revolver belonging
ID Aldrich and which Henley was examii
to ing Aldrich was shot in the back, II
n bullet lodging in his left lung. Henley
a injury is a minor one, the bullet passin
Through one hand. Both men were
,s the home Of a Mr.. Field and Aldric
- showed a revolver recently purchased {
"a him to Henley. Henley took the gun,
- 3s-calibre Colt, when, in some unaccoun
:. able way, the revolver was discharge
n, The bullet went through Henley's han
i and into Aldrich's back.
X The question Of the location Of Il
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