Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-26

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tackled by bull last Thursday while he
was driving his cows from the night pas
ture into the stable for milking. The
nutl knocked him down and rolled him
around but stopped for a moment sud
stepped back to make anot ner charge.
Mr. MeNiel got onto his feet and his call
Tor help was heard by his man, Fred
myers, who rushed in with a hay fork,
compelling the animal to back away.
Mr.. Mcneil had bones in his left hand
dislocated and was injured otherwise.
During thunder storm in MiddIebury
Friday, lightning struck a horse barn at
the Thomas q Weeks feed store near the
depot. horse owned by Frank Stearns
was killed instantly, but half a dozen
other horses in the barn were uniniured.
Some sixty wires leading into the tele-
phone office were rendered useless and
Miss Jessie Marseills one of the operators,
was shocked into Inconsistencies so that
she had to be taken to her home. Miss
May Goddard, another of the operators,
also received a severe shock but was able
to continue her work in the afternoon.
Eugene Carpenter, the four-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter of
Miles Pond, while playing with his toy
express wagon last week Monday, fell
from it and died shortly after. His
mother heard his cries and, rushing out,
picked the little boy up and noticing that
something serious was the matter with
! him, sent for medical assistance. doc
tor arrived in about fifteen minutes but
was too late to do anything, the boy dy-
/ ing in his arms. Last winter the child
was quite i'll OF the wboopiDg cough and
it is thought that his heart may have
been weakened by the illness.
/ G. s. Whitcomb OF Wrightsville, who
raised = check from $3.50 to S43. SO and at
tempted to cash it in Barre last spring,
asked States Attorney Gates Friday to file
information against him and he was ar
raigned in court at Montpelier and plead
ed guilty to forgery. Owing to the con-
dition of Whitcomb's wife. " no is i'll with
consumption, sentence in the case was
suspended for a month and in the mean
time the probation officer will look up
his record with view to placing him on
probation. The check which Whitcomb
forged WAS made out to Mrs. L. o.
Valdez and was signed by o. II. Richard
son Of Montpelier.
The Investigation going on since the
disappearance Aug. 10 OF Charles Roberts,
Remington, shows that he was short in
his accounts about 5000. Roberts is
known to have gone directly from Ben
nington to New York, but traces OF him
were lost in that city. The company will
not be the loser through Roberts as the
young man was bonded to the amount oil
$1,000 by surety company. 1t was inn
possible for the ticket agent at the station
to get away With any large amount OF
money because OF the close checking sys.
tenn maintained in the Office and at the
headquarters of the division in Rutland.
There is a man in st. Johnsbury, who
has the late Russell Sage completely
dashed to the mast on tending strictly to
business. He is Charles ID. Waite, who
has been employed by Z. & 7. Fairbanks
4 Co. for "A years and during that time
he has never had a vacation. Mr.. Waite
was born in Chester in 1871 OF very long
lived parents, who never employed doc
tor. In early life he learned to be 6
painter, but later went to sea. In 1853
Mr.. Waite babe farewell to the bounding
main and turned his attention to othel
pursuits. He married and settled dowT
so completely that be forgot all about va
cations for A years. Now he is going tC
have look at the sea.
Charles I. Holmes OF Charlotte, who
has one of the best apple orchards in Yer
mont, estimates that be will pick between
8, 900 and 1000 barrels of apples this fall
This result will not be brought about by
a fairy wand, but by knowledge of soill
and proper methods of cultivation
Against the advice of his neighbors, Mr.
Holmes purchased several carloads Of lint
last spring, which he spread literally un
der the trees. The ground was Their
plowed aud the operation was repeated
from time to time. While the othel
Charlotte apple growers will have hardly
enough fruit for their own consumption
Mr.. Holmes is getting ready his supply
Of barrels in which to store his bumpe
crop.
! Northfield issto have another new gran
lite firm. Dewar & McMaster Of Barr
have purchased the, shed vacated by j. L
+ Burns when be moved into his new shed
, and are to occupy half Of it. The new
firm has Just purchased a 25-borsepowe
electric motor OF R. l. Britain, which
, will be installed at once and work will b
} begun soon. Mr.. McMaster was formerl.
, employed in Northfield, going to Barr
some months ago, where he has been en-
, gagged in the granite business. The con
Germ will employ one gang of men for tn
present, but the prospects for enlarge
, ment are very favorable. II is also SAT-
/ that it is probable that another new hrn
will occupy the other half OF the she'
J this fall.
Z Articles OF incorporation were fled las
! week Monday in the town clerks ofiic
, for the Enosburgh Falls Milk company
: 1t will take possession OF the Fedora
Packing company plant, which has beef
: idle since February. The new compan,
/ proposes to begin business within
month and will manufacture evaporate
and condensed milk. The incorporation
,, of the new company are Charles K. Hire
, and j. Edgar Hires of Philadelphia, Pa.
and E. Henry Powell, @. W. Marks an
sayles Nichols OF Burlington. The plan
of the Federal Packing company wa
erected year ago at q cost Of nearly go,
/, 600. The Philadelphia men are widel
, known through the root beer which bear
their name.
, While eoasting down the Washington
I street hill in Barre at q rapid rate OF spec
Friday, an electric car OF the Barre an