Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-16

Fire the evening of Dec. 9, completely
Quilted the house of George Frechette on
LeClair street in Winooski and caused q
loss Of several hundred dollars. The
alarm bell was mistaken Tor time for
the evening curfew. The fire was found
to have originated under q stairway and
was probably caused by defective wiring.
The Frecbettes were away at the time.
In LamoiIle county court Friday, Will
Hackett, young travelling photographer,
charged with statutory rape, pleaded gull
~. He was sentenced to not more than
three years nor less than two years at
states prison. NJ. j. Whitney, charged
with forgery, pleaded. guilty and he re-
ceiVed a sentence to Windsor OF not more
than two and one-half nor less than one
and one-halt years.
The teacher OF Fair Haven school who
undertook to wash the dirt from the
faces Of two school children incurred par
entail wrath. The unwashed will be Civ
en- one more chance to keep their own
faces clean and, this failing, will be
barred from school. The children are
from a family Of fourteen, living in a
one-room. one-story house, the children
sleeping in the loft.
John Knox, coIored servant Of George
Washington, FIRST president Of the United
states, is buried in the southern part Of
Thetford. at the close Of the Revolu-
tionary war, Washington gave Knox
some money and told him h go North to
find home. He engaged in farming in
Thetford and died there, his body being
buried beside those Of his two wives, in
soil which be owned.
While Thomas Dewitt of Brandon WAS
driving down the street, his horse, which
was smooth shod, fell on the ice, break
ing one OF its hips. II was necessary to
shoot the animal. This was the second
horse Dewitt has lost within month, the
other one getting injured by falling
through a sluieeway, so that 1t bad TO be
killed. The town of Brandon paid him
1900 for the loss OF the first one.
A fractions broncho, driven by twelve
year-old Holden Farrar OF Montpelier, re-
fused to 60 past a watering trough near
the highway and backed into the Wi
nooski river where the water was several
feet deep. The lad went into the water
under the horse but managed to get out
without assistance, and, the icy water
subduing the broncho, a little later the
plucky lad rode him past the trough.
While at work on valve of station
airy engine in Montpelier city hall, Ed
ward Preedam was badly scalded about
the face and neck by a blowout. Lime
had been added to the water used in the
boiler and some OF this entered bis eyes,
making the injury unusually painful.
This is the second accident with which
Mr.. Preedam has met within the short
time he has been working at the city
hall On the first occasion he broken one
finger and lost part OF another.
Elisha N. Dunbar. n West Dauville
miller, was struck Dec. while walking
between two trains near the st. Johns
bury.depot He was passing alongside
freight when the southbound express APP
preached. He was struck by the cylinder
head OF the engine and knocked down,
receiving severe bruises about the hip,
arms and head. He was taken to the
Brightlook hospital, where an examina-
ton showed that no bones we're broken
and it is believed be will recover.
The house in Putney occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Murphy was destroyed BY