Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-07

- = - UtiFAu8 70 nus Iafm from Plain
held village recently. his horse suddenly
went lame. The driver got out and
looked the animal over, finding bullet
mole IN the upper part Of one hind leg.
Inc horse was put in the stall and
few days later, in wing down. IRE horse
snapped OF the bone of the leg vt the
point where the bullet had penetrated.
The break Was in such q place that the
animal had to be shot.
Lawrence w. Peters. aged rs, COM
mitted suicide Dec. % in a boarding
house at Alexandria, Va. after shooting
his sweetheart, Jennie W. Beaudette, II
years old, silk mill worker. The trage-
dy is said to have been provoked BY isal-
ousy. The woman probably will recover.
She is the daug liter Of Joseph 8. Beau
dette OF Hartford village. Mr.. Beaudette
i now working in q lumber camp at
Bridgewater and was the former proprie-
tor OF the Mascoma House at Lebanon,
where his daughter lived with him. Since
then she has been reported as living in
Winooksi, from where she Is said to have
eloped with Peters. although nothing is
known of him at her former homes.
Forty-six business men Of Barre en-
tered last week with the state board Of
railroad commissioners q formal COM
plant Of unsatisfactory passenger train
service between that city and Montpelier.
The complaint is in several counts, the
most important of which are that passen-
gers from Barre for points on the main
line OF the Central Vermont are obliged
to wait a. Montpelier from 20 minutes to
an hour for train connections and that
passengers from the main line for Barre
have to wait even a longer time before
they are brought to that city. The petit
ton asks for general shake-up Of the
time table between Montpelier and Barre.
The board has taken the petition under
consideration.
While playing with several Of his TEL
low newshoys near the Montpelier Jour
nal Office, where they were waiting for
their papers. Ralph Williams was quite
severely injured Dec. 20 by being struck
in the abdomen by one OF the other little
boys. The boys were chasing one anoth-
er about the building aud finally young
/ Williams ran an the stairs leading to the
apartments OF Clark Roberts, but the rest
OF the boys followed him, and a boy
named Sweeney, II is said, struck him
With great force in the pit OF the stomach
with bis head. Ralph was rendered un-
conscious and was carried into the Jour
nal Office, where every means within
reach were tried to revivs him, but with
out result. Internal injuries are feared.
Fred Burditt, a carpenter and small
farmer Of Sudbury, aged about 40 years,
committed suicide New Years day by
blowing on nearly the whole Of his head.
The weapon used was . double-barrelled
shotgun which Burditt exploded by
punching the trigger with yard stick.
He had tied a rope around his neck and
fastened 1t to the woodshed rafters SC
the headless trunk remained upright.
Burditt shot himself back Of the left eaI
and all his head was blown Oh with the
exception OF the lower part OF his face
A few years ago, be and his wife had sep
arated and Mrs. Burditt had since died.
He had been very respondent Of late and
had lived alone on a small farm at the tor
Of Millsr's hill aud worked occasionally
as a carpenter.
Owners OF cattle in the vicinity OF Rat
land are doing everything to stamp on
bovine tuberculosis. Temple Bros. o
Rutland and John H. Mead of West Rut
land are having their calves vaccinateG
! by what Is known as the Bangs method
which originated In Copenhagen. It I
claimed that this treatment makes tn
calves immune to a large extent. In OF
der to prevent the communication OF tn
disease to the calf from its mother, tn
I milk from the mother is pasteurized be
! fore Il is fed to the calf. Temple Bros
have had their stables thoroughly cleaned
z and the interiors have been sprayed will
formaldehyde and the stables which wer
/ not sbeathed have been whitewashed
/ Metal feed boxes, which may be takeI
out and sterilized frequently, have ais
] been Installed.
. Practically all the stone sheds in Mont
pelier and vicinity are closed so as h
, have their sheds cleaned out to begin OF
! the spring work. Few of the sheds vii
start full-handed when operations are re
3 sumed. Business Is very duh amonl
) them and few of the Arms have an,
, spring orders Of any size on their books
t One frm which has been in the habit 0
! having $50, 900 worth OF orders on it
e books at this season had only $1,000 4
r begin with after New Years. Man.
!, " holesalers and iobbers have been hold
/, ing back their work for lower prices ant
some Of the plants declare they viii shu
5 down rather than take orders at some o
e the figures demanded. The feeling
!, prevalent in stone circles that it will b
1 early spring before business resumes MOI
NAL condition.
9 Tho fourteenth session Of the Vernon
a Dairy school opened Dec. % in Morril
r hall, the new agricultural building b
!: Burlington, and will close Saturday
(, Feb. 20. The registration will approach
4 twenty-five from different parts Of tn
+ state, q number slightly less than attend
/. ed the school last winter. The course
;. designed to meet a demand for a shoi
e and practical training in the handling Q
k milk and the manufacture Of milk prod
Q ucts 1t is open to all creamery work
q ers, dairymen, to school teachers, wome
+ as we'll as men. The new building Is o
peoislly adapted to dairy school work.
! has 900 feet Of floor space and Is thol
ougbly equipped with apparatus and ms
:, chiDary. The school is in charge 9
= Prof ]. L. Hills, dean Of the depart
4 ment, and Professor Washburn. expel
q dairyman.
: Purle stockwell, an employe Of II
d Brnttleboro street railroad, was seriousl
Il Injured Dec. ~ while engaged in repaii