Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-14


Edward Allard, confined n connie -,
at North Hero, made his escane safnrfsv
might, Jan. 2. Allnrd was 70 lave 49,,
tried e tue term d Grand Isle eourl,
court opening January u on the charcs
81 tnett and resisting an officer. The
Way he escaped from the jail tgna -
walking out when bis cell and the o,,f-
slde doors were left unlocked. JaiIer
knight gave the prisoner bis supper ana
forgot to lock him ia. AlIard va, aae,
that evening and traced the next sav Am
his tracks disappearod on the 10 t.,,-s,.1
the New York shore. ''r'e
James Mclane was struck hv f..,, :,
Jericho last Thursday night and received
injuries from which be died two hours
later. MI McLane. who conducted
heat market was returning from his
weekly trip to Willisfon ana had
reached the Still Hill crossing when tt,s
accident occurred. The engine strner
near the forward wheels Of the cert
freeing the horses uniniured. Nj. Nc
Lane was thrown about 80 feet ana in
lured about the head. He was soon FL
moved % the station and later to hia
home, where be died soon after.
There are about one thousand postcards
az the Burlington posfofice that viii IL
sent soon to the dead letter Office. follow
ing another bundle Of the same Kind sent
few weeks ago. These are cards rpailed
u violation OF the postal regulafions.
Most ei them contain tinscl or are en-
CLOSED ia an envelop through which the
address may be seen on the capd. These
have one cent stamp On the card instead
Of on the envelope which + against ~
rules. They also reqRire two-cent
stamp. Many cards have no address.
'"rhe report OF the dare marriage in
4roton Christmas night was. 10 saw The
least, premature," Gays The Grotou
Times. "The incidents up to the report
cd ceremony were accurate IN the main.
although the farmer part OF Mr.. Lam
phere's business WAS pure Imagination.
Preparations for the marriage were made.
but just before the ceremony was "a ~
performed, the pastor was notified that
his presence was not needed. A cor VAS
slipped somewhere and whether matters
viii De adjusted and the marriage per-
formed future developments alone will
reveal.n
Il. L. Reynolds OF AIburg Springs, So
years old and unmarried, committed sui
eide Jan. by hanging. lie obtained an
ounce Of laudanum ostensibly for his sis
tefs Mrs. Ada Patton, with whom he
lived, saying she had a toothache. Later
ms body was found In the horse barn,
hanging from a beam. Apparently he
had taken rein from a harness which
broke. Theindications are that be took
the poison purchased before be resorted
to another method OF ending his life.
The man had appeared to he IN good
health and the only motive possible sug-
gestcd is that be had been worrying some
or late regarding money matters.
The town Of Andover appropriates but
SIS annually for the purchase OF books
for lis library Of from 1900 to 1000 vol
ume7, and yet in the last wear the libra
rians gave ont 1862 volumes and 20o5
magazines. When statistics read like
this they excite comment. Here is a H.
brary spending its appropriation care
fully, interesting and increasing the I
number ofeits patrons, giving entertain /
ments to meet expenses, forming a club
TO bring the children IN, and maintains
ing a branch library. This indicates that
Andover has splendid s'library spiritn
and the right sort OF librarian. Her au-
nuai report notes gifts OF some eighty
volumes and three hundred magazines. T
People like 20 give 10 q library which ia +
serving the public to its utmost.
There viii be no contest Of the viii OF 4
The late Mrs Sophia Pease Of Hartford by 4
which she bedueathed her entire estate to I
Goddard seminary cf Barre, for the trus-
tees Of the seminary and the attorneys for +
the only heir-at-law, Mrs. Mary Peass,
haif-aiater, residing at Lawrence, Kan,
have reached an agreement whereby the (
sum OF 81, 900 will go to Mrs. Mary Pease
and. ia addition, the sum Of $500 is given
to q nanesake OF the deceased woman's /
husband IN Portland, Oregon. This lat
ter person was not an heir-at-law. but
there was found with the deceased's pa
pefa 9 request that 5000 be given to
Charles e. pease OF Portland, with the +
additional request that the $1,000 be Civ
en- % the half-sister in Lawrence. That +
viii leave about $4,000, It is thought, to (
the seminary, which may possibly be APP 4
piled toward the new science building
which the school proposes to erect.
The r. r. Patch Manufacturing COM
pany Of Rutland has started a club room {
for the men employed in that factory /
who are obliged to bring their dinners.
For this purpose the company has taken (
two rooms which have been renovated I
and tables ana chairs installed for the 4
Of the men. In addition to T
kitchen, that the men may heat food II /
they choose. The rooms are heated by 4
steam and are on the south side Of the +
house. Games are provided, as well as
all Of the technical magazines, and the /
daily papers will be installed soon IN or
der % make the rooms AZ pleasant az pos
sible Tor those who live too far away to
20 home at noon. The men have taken
hold Of the idea and the move Is highly 1
The entire lower floor Of
the house in which the present rooms are +
situated viii be devoted to this purpose
in the near future.
Two men were severely injured Jan. 2
Ia Rutland when a new foundry elevator, 4
which they were testing at the Howe
scale works, fell nine feet to the ground 1
aud they were buried under heavy load
OF pig iron. The injured men are James
Nj. Hinchey. a foreman Of the machine
shop and Moses r. Anderson, assistant /
foundry foreman. Hinchey Is So years