Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12


credit on the designer. Charles HenkeI.
The organ will be placed in lodge room
~ California and il is designed to match
the furniture OF the lodge room. The
lodge members had their rooms fitted up
entirely with furniture made from
weather beaten fence rails, and the front
OF the organ was designed to be in har-
mony and was stained to match old rails.
The organ front was hand carved
throughout.
That there is good feeling between en-
ployer and employees at Carroll s. Pages
hide house and Office at Morrisville is evil
dent from the longtime service of his
help In the hide house are six who have
been employed there twenty years and
over, one man having been there 26 years.
In the Office, one employee, Miss Dorcas
Sawyer, has been there 81 years, and
three others have been there thirteen
years and over. The best record Of ell is
that Of Ferdinand Gauthier, who has
been In the senator's employ 81 years as
general utility" man.
The Rt. Rev. j. NJ. Cloarec, administra-
tor OF the diocese OF Burlington, fell Fri
day afternoon while making his rounds
calling on the sick, and suffered a frac-
ture OF both of the ankle bones of his left
foot. His foot caught in a piece OF wire
and he fell TO the ground, wrenchinR the
foot so that the bones were fractured.
His condition is as comfortable as could
be expected and apparently be suffered no
i'll effects from the shock. Although be
will doubtless be confined to his room for
some time, he is able to sit up and attend
to the duties of the diocese.
Perley Young. 10-year-old Barre boy,
narrowly escaped killing himself last
week Monday afternoon while doing ac-
robatic stunts on the Berlin street bridge
over the Stevens branch. With his conf
/ panions he engaged in a speed contest
over the iron side rail and made a misstep
while running. He fell 25 feet into the
water and barely missed projecting rocks.
His fall was broken by water, which was
over his head in depth and was hauled
out by q. Razzai, who secured a rope.
The lad was more scared than anything
else and quickly recovered and seurried
\ for home.
AT the 18th annual convention Of New
England photographers, held in Boston
last week, A. A. Bishop Of Newport won
two first prizes-a gold medal for the
grand portrait and first prize in the por-
trait contest, where each contestant must
meet with the approval Of the judges. 1t
is considered a great honor to win prize
in this exhibition, as the judges are ex-
perts and the prizes are withheld il there
is no photograph which meets with the
unanimous approval of the committee.
Mr.. Bishop was elected vice president
from Vermont.
The third seasons work Of the Green
Mountain Missionary institute was
opened in Fairfax last week Monday with
a good attendance. This institution is
Observation-Disclosures, the Baptist and
Congregational churches being united in
it. The work for the week was very in
teresting and instructive, with addresses
by some OF the best speakers in the state.
The afternoons were devoted to recrea-
ton, with tennis and boating. The an
nual meeting of the institute is an occa-
sion of much enjoyment in the gaining oi
missionary intelligence and for the rest
tul surroundings.
The condition Of James Mikeles, who
shot Mrs. e. @. Mascot at Barre, July
%, afterward attempting to take his OWL
life, and who has been at tbs Barre hos
pital since, Is steadily improving and
States Attorney Benjamin Gates expects
, he will be able to have a preliminary
hearing in his case within a week. 1t il
understood his friends have retained s
Hollister Jackson as counsel and it il
probable before anything but binding
over proceedings have been held thai
Mikeles will be sent to the state hospita
for the insane at Waterbury for observa
ton and examination.
Postmaster J. q. Brown is making {
card index Of all the patrons OF thu
Montpelier postofice whether they re
I ceivs their mail by carrier, at the post
Office CT by rural free delivery. WheI
this system is inaugurated each person OF
the route OF the carriers and each rente
Of a box at the postoffice Will be given
card with the request that they notify tn
postofice Of a change of address or an.
! additions to their families to whom mai
: will be addressed. Montpelier Is tn
second postofice in New England t
J adopt this card system. There is n
money available to pay the expense of !
? which is borne by the postmaster.
Ascutneyville has been without electri
light through the falling of an II, O0O-vol
transformer which in some way ignite
< the cross arm Of 40-foot pole, burnin
;, the wood and allowing the transformer
q fall. Last week Wednesday Mrs. Tuttl
saw the hCtiuGuA Anch ASNt~~
! streams Of what seemed to be burning o.
i rush along and threaten to set the farr
's buildings on fire. With her infant chill
= in her arms, she ran o mile to where be
i husband worked and then aided him |
Z putting out the FIRE, which burned ovt
, an acre Of ground. The transformer wa
q on the power line running from the Ca'
;. endish plant to Claremont, n. H., and T
l. duced the current from 1000 to ISL
re volts.
l. Kenneth c. Taggart, brother OF Q. v
n Taggart, superintendent of the electr
T. light plant at Burlington and linens
r, employed in the department, is in crit
Sc cal condition at the Mary Fletcher hosp
r, tai in that city where he was taken aft
Z being thrown from q wagon in runawi
r, late Saturday night, July 81. 1t
ne feared that dangerous consequences ms
sy result from a bad blow on the back
W his head where he struck as he re-
In a runaway accident Taggart, wi
q was sitting in one Of the rear seats, W