Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-08
STATE OF VERMONT.
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g.,.s team, which Is composed Of
F..rHar. while the father OF the
sgs Bg.s Hs umpire.
q. iaurb aauuhi parade Of Brattle-
-r,r.s wss held saturday, June 26,
NJ ramm0n. The First regiment
~ yes concert and $50 little people
e. r,uaed Boo carriages.
4. tss taraa-vear old daughter.o OF Mr..
"a. rBrens Baker OF Middlebury,
.- ,,,w wagon in which she had
49, No. ulay one day last week and
w, her IsEt arm above the elbow.
t,srs SHsrer the telephone lineman
t.4Iv burned by the live wire at Mont
~. tba other day, had the injured leg
.,,if,te4 about six inches below the
IN saturday. The belief was enter
,ss8 tbat BE would recover.
large hay aud stock barn and ell the
..,sg,IdIngz on the farm OF George Bost-
~ Dr.. 90 Waltham, were burned
f,s,.ssv aIth nearly All the farming
.,.s.ls and dne horse. The origin OF
~ Ar Is unknown. The loss is eatimat-
sHgO10, partially insured.
an stafford, Barre painter, narrow
/, mrsrad death last week by plunging
H. ladder on the roof Of the building
q Fbieh be was at work, TO the ground,
,s.tsnco Of nearly 40 feet. He suffered
,s-asen ankle and severe sprains but
rmrsntly NO serious injuries.
FINDING a match ON the sidewalk while
saving Christine Bartholomew, the
tTsyetrold daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
es.iBs Bartholomew, while visiting IN
n, Haven. ignited her clothing and was
s,ioB.'y burned about the chest. arms
m8 head. Her condition is critical
Rev. j. X. Williams completed Sunday
Jane 90. his services as pastor of the
rarl church at Peaeham, of which be
had been To charge for twenty-five years
Hs7l years old and will nov give ~
ls.gs work, probably remaining in the
t5fu where be has been located so long
Despite the protests Of the board Of
lnds IN Montpelier and Barre, the new
ir.sub0ne rates went into effect July !
these include O toll Of Ave cents on al
messages between the two cities which
hgs always been free. The matter will
brought to the attention OF the publ,
service commission.
Harry, the iour-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mn. Fred stevenson OF Bellows Falls
"a drowned In a cesspool on the Robin
son farm In Westford, Mass, Sunday
June n, The family were visiting a
he home Of Mrs. Robinson, a sister o
NJ Stevenson, and the boy, while play
ag, removed the cover OF the cesspoo
riho1t attracting attention and fell in
The nine-year-oid son OF Mrs. Mag
GAM o. Barre, while prematurely cele
hating the Fourth by the discharge o
PERCUSSION caps, was quite severely in
aftd Friday by the explosion of one o
ths CAPS 10 bis face. II was thought a
Ont that both OF his eyes had been blow
ont, but 1t was found that both eye
could be saved and that the burn on hi
hcs was about the extent OF his injury.
", A. stowell, general manager of tn
Montpelier & Wells River railroad, mar
r0gly escaped serious injury while a
work 10 ibe compauy's carshops at Mont
V.H Thursday, being hit back Of the ca
Ut.oard which flew from a cireula
Wahind him. He was rendered IN
mci0us for few minutes but asid
,nu broken ear-drum it is thought b
fH DOT injured. Mr.. Stowell is II year
3D.
The Union Congl church OF Worcester
Mass, at a special meeting June 2s
unanimously voted to extend a call to tn
asiorate TO Rev. F. A. Poole of Barre I
succeed Rev, Dr. Frank Crane, resigned
HH NJ Poole was born in Boston an
prepared for the ministry at Hartfor
theological seminary. He Is 80 years 0
a3s He vas called to the Barre churc
p 1901 from East Weymouth, where b
Dad served two years.
AgHraut has been issued for the 81
'st Of Andrew Whitcomb of Searsbur
charged with assault upon Alexands
BISHOP OF the same town. Bishop is th
io"n road commissioner and Whitcom
7m 10 bis employ. The men disagree
over wages and it is alleged that th
alfsd man hit his employer with a sma
aal and after knocking him dow
Jumped upon him. Bishop suffered thre
0ioken ribs and a cut on the head bt
will recover.
Slate Tax Commissioner j. E. Cushma
sports that the revenue from corporatio
ala eollateral inheritance taxes for I'll
current year will amount to 1870, 00i
Lne hnal tax figures show an increase {
scout 5000 over last year and approx
uaIey $4,000 more than was ever co
s''sd In two years time previous to M
Ol'hnan's advent into Office in 1900.
l'ss The state taxes amounted to $g15,3
lnd in 1900 to S466,2 total for tw
Years OF 1881, 822.
Leon Coburn Of Barre attempted suiciC
ssl Thursday by shooting himself with
..'calihre revolver. The bullet entere
NV leit shoulder, but his aim was poo
ma flesh wound was the only result
sonufn was probably in a state of mo
oluiiy or dementia at the time he fire
y. y, slot, 1t is said that he has bee
thinking considerably during the pa
@o months and that he had been subje
y MS OF melancholy. He is 20 years
age and painter by occupation.
Jerry Iaro Of st. Adams, aged
ears committed suicide last Thursdi
" taking paris green. His son wei
1one trom his work about noon al
ounl his father in q room upstairs in
'peeenless condition and very ILL II
aa1 TOOK the dose Of poison downstai
lu went Immediately upstairs to b
,eOm' Laro had been employed Ia Il
gulfl Vermont roundhouse, but lost b
El-e some time ago and had since be-