Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-02-18

retinted All the walls Of the auditorium and
painted the woodwork, saving the church
the wages Of a frst-ciass decorator for
some weeks. The church viii have re-
dsdicatory exercises in 9 week or two.
A very peculiar accident occurred Feb.
TO Mrs, August BriIlion OF Bennington.
She was engaged in fixing the fire in her
stove and while doing the work made use
Of poker which became nearly red hot.
On removing it from the stove she placed
Il on the hearth to cool Her three-year-
old child was nearby and seized the irons
holding It vertically IN bis hands When
the mother stopped doWn to raise the
hod Of coal the hot end OF the poker
struck her eye bah and she received q
most painful injury. In company with
her husband she went to Albany, n. Y,
to consult an eminent oculist. It was
the opinion OF the Bennington physician
who had charge Of the case that Mrs
Brillion win not lose the sight Of the eye.
Eugene Bordo Of Burlington had q
narrow escape from drowning Tuesday,
Feb. o, while delivering groceries for E.
Q. Bordo. Bordo was crossing the gang
plank to one OF the canal boats laid up At
the Robinson-Edward Lumber company's
wharf, when he stepped OF from the
plank and Tell to the ice. He was carry
ing a 1O0-poun1 sack Of sugar and the
combined weight served TO break the ice,
which was two inches thick in that place.
Two men on one Of the boats handed him
pole, by means OF which he kept his
head above water. They were not, how
ever, able to pull him out until ten min
utes later, when . third man came to
their assistance. When Bordo was taken
from the water he became unconscious,
but no serious results are anticipated
from the ducking.
Stella Tillotsou Of Stowe. II years old,
learning that q young man who had been
paying her attention had turned his
affections In another direction, committed
suicide Sunday, Feb. z, BY taking stFych-
nine ct Centeryille, where she had been
assisting 10 the home OF Chester Hol-
brook for about q week. In the morning
she said she was not feeling we'll and
would take q walk and call at the home
OF a neighbor, Alonzo Wheeler. about q
mile from the Holbrook house. Arriving
there, the girl was taken with oonvul-
sions and when doctor was about to be
summoned she said 1t was no use as she
had taken poison. Che died before med
ical assistance could reach her. The
strychnine was some that was used for
catching foxes and was kept In a cup
board in the room occupied BY the girl.
What turned out to be g very narrow
escape from death occurred last week
Wednesday at Berlin when Frank
Barney, a blacksmith Of that place, was
struck by a rolling log and quite serious
IL injured, Barney was engaged in pill
! aukI hn
was running at the farm of Arthur Co
willie, when one Of the logs from the top
Of the pile became detached and came
rolling down upon Mr.. Barney. who
stood at the bottom Of the pile. He was
looking toward the ground when the log
started and was only aware OF the acct
dent when he saw it within . few feet OF
him. He had no time TO run and the log
struck him squarely on the bridge OF his
nose, breaking it badly and bruising his
face generally. He was thrown to the
ground and the log passed to one side
without rolling over his body.
Bellows Falls was suddenly enveloped
in darkness one morning last week.
Every electric light went out, the ma
ahinery run by the large Forest power
plant. owned BY the Fail Mountain
Electric Light and Power company, in
stantly stopped and the mystery en-.
shrouding the cause was As dense as the
darkness itself. Finally the electrician
discovered that large rat In running
across the back OF an oil switch had coms
in contact with main line carrying 2, 800
voltage and his body becoming com
pletely carbonized had formed q shori
circuit, blowing out the main fuse, al
occurrence possible only in power house
or on a main line of high voltage. Thu
carbonized rat has been on exhibition 81
the company's Office. The gases and
fluids Of its body having been eliminated
} II was so small that 9 box 3 by q.
inches and one inch deep afforded j
plenty OF room. The oil switch prove.
} an efIectual but rather expensive rat trap
| as replacing the machinery ruined by tn
; accident will cost the company abou
, R300