Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08

her son by getting q team TO speed the
youngsters on their way. The boy u
high strung lad and had been working IN
the quarry at Fowler but had been Ct
home for a week. The girl 10 tie daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs Columbus Davis. |
She is reported to have packed her trunk |
and put Il out the window where Retteli
could get 1t and take ii away. Her going
away gown vas newly purchased and TO
aIIay the surprise of her family ct her
dress. Miss Davis donned q long coat and
saying she was going down street hied
herself with Rettell to Ticonderoga.
The local committee Of st. Albans is
making elaborate preparations for the eel
ebration of the tercentenary Of the dis
covery of Lake Champlain. Monday, July
s, v III be st. AIbans day, and enough at
tractive features will be given to make
the occasion a memorable one. One OF
these will be an address by General Ben
nett Young of Louisville, Ky. On Octo-
her 19, 1864, General Young, then lad
/, OF 10 years, led a Confederate detachment
OF soldiers which raided the ST.. Adams
banks, terrorized the whole surrounding
country and carried away into Canada
$3.50, 900 in gold and currency. An invi-
tation has been. extended to General
Young by the governor OF Vermont, the
mayor OF the city and the COMMITTEES in
charge of the celebration. Another fea-
ture win be duplication Of the st. Al
bans raid, General Young reviewing.
Harry Gay. IS years old, was arrested
at Thetford Mines, Que, Friday and was
brought to st. Johnsbury that night. Be
cause OF his youth Gay was taken to the
Avenue House for the night and placed
in q room on the third floor, in which
there were two beds. He occupied one
and two officers the other. They locked
the door and put the key under the on
GERS pillow, and because of the hard
chase Gay had given them the two men
were extremely tired and slept soundly,
9 When they awoke next morning theiI
y prisoner had disappeared, and with him
, ESQ taken from Deputy Sherin V. A.
Rand's pocket. He is supposed to hav'
9 escaped by way OF the fire escape. Gay il
q charged with forging and utteriBg two
checks amounting to s15 on Lee Daniel
} Of Woodbury. last fall. One was cashec
2 by the HArdwick bank aud another wa
= sold to q friend in Woodbury.. The boy
J. father resides in Woodbury..
Green Mountain boys and girls OF al
ages gathered at Paul Revere hal
y in Mechanics building, Boston, Frida.
e night as guests OF the Vermont clu
y Of Boston, who gave "sugaring-off'' par
r ~ to 500 people In the outside CORR
e doris and adjacent halls we're long table
> loaded with good things. All sorts o
d maple delicacies and cider, doughnut
< and apples were there in abundance
, The sugar was boiled down and served o
H. snow. While the sugar was bein
n Z
Is stereopticon views illustrating th
o. growth Of the sugar-making industr
3 since the Indians first Shove
e white men how to gather sap. Presider
n Isaiah r. Clark OF the association mad
an address OF welcome. After III
e- "spread," President and Mrs. Clark an
p Gen. Charles x. Darling and Mrs. Z.
d. Benton led the grand march, with 200
ne line. Dancing continued until mi'
90 night.
n In his horse barn last week wedne
'l- day, Charles Tull, q prominent farmer
81 Panton, committed suicide by shootin
nt himself with a shot gun which be hs
70 borrowed from a neighbor. The muzz
a. Of the gun had evidently been placs
,ls close to his right cheek as that portion
ne his face was blown completely OF by Il
'rH discharge Of the weapon. Mr. Tull wei
n to the barn TO attend to his horses as U
OF ual, bis wife not noticing any change
his actions or demeanor. shortly afte
I'm she heard the report Of the gun and, fes
ey ing something had happened to her hu
on band and not daring to investigate 4
tn herself, telephoned to q neighbor vi
Of found her husband dead in the bar
ed Mr.. Tull had been in poor health for
mt year and it is thought that in sudd'
II. at OF dependency he was led to take
ss- life. He was q well-to-do and suecessf
ed farmer and as far as is known witho
ad any financial embarrassment. He was
as years OF age.
~ The plans Of Gershom Romano Rice
ne Brattleboro, the Civil war veteran,
oe years old, to marry Miss Minnie Dool
On tie, aged IS, which were held up by q 2
All tition of Mr.. Rice's son for the appoir
'ut ment OF guardian over his father,
III received another setback, when Judge
F. Schwenk decided in probate court til
nd Rice was not capable of caring for hi
Of self and property, and was in need Of
ate guardian. Rice Immediately appealed
IN county court. The decision does not
ne. him from getting married, but he said
ed court that he should not ask q woman