Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-15

three months in the Far West. Colonel
Parker received news Friday Of an ex-
teusive fire in the mills Of the Parker q
Young Co. Of Lisbon, N. H., Of which he
is president. At last accounts the dam
age will be in the vicinity of $4,000.
In Montpelier city court last week,
Robert Sweeney. aged 9, son of Mrs.
Mary Sweeney, was arraigned on the
charge Of stealing money from cash box
in the Cross bakery. He was sentenced
to the industrial school for the remainder
OF his minority, with the further provi-
sion of a term in the house of correction
il he does not behave there.
At meeting of the Montpelier school
board held last week Wednesday even
ing, the resignation of Principal B. c.
Rodgers OF the high school was received
and accepted. Mr.. Rodgers will leave
Montpelier about May 1 and will go to
Franklin, Mass, where he has purchased
a Photographic business. Mr.. Rodgers
has been in Montpelier only since last
September.
Prouty & Miller, of which firm Gov
ernor Prouty is a member, will have de
livered at Newport 5000, 900 feet Of hard
wood aud 4, zoo, 900 feet Of soft wood logs
the coming season. This is considerably
more than usual and is required by the
| increase OF business. The steamer John
A. will not be used this season and al
towing will be done with the new gaso
lene tug.
Owners of cottages at Lake Bomoseer
have suffered from the lawlessness o.
men who have been fishing through tbs
Z san IL he inf n Smith rn
ports his cottage was broken into and
/ the contents thoroughly bransacked
A small house near the cottage Of DR.
g. T. Phillips was torn down and used
/ for firewood, as was q large amount o
lumber which was stored under the Get
tages.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Rettell, the younl
Brandon couple who eloped last week
and were married in Ticonderoga, n. Y.
have returned and are living with tn
groom's parents, as the parents OF tn
bride have forbidden her to return to he
home. The BRIDES age is said to be 1
and the groom 81 years. After donninI
their wedding garments, they left thei
clothes under a covered bridge on tn
way to Leicester Junction.
Clinton Cary. the ten-year-old son o
Mr.. and Mrs. George Q. Cary OF st
Johnsbury, fell while playing in tn
barn Saturday, April 3, striking on
large wire that was used to bale hay, AM
the wire was driven two inches under hi
scalp, making a very ugly wound. Whei
found by his mother, the wire appeare
to have been driven through the boy
head. II was very rusty, but no seriou
complications are looked for.
At a meeting held in Mortified to dis
cuss the probability of the disbandment G
Company F, LIST Inf, V. n. G., commit
tee was elected to secure enlistments an
! ascertain il the required interest coul
not be aroused. The trouble arises fror
the fact that there are not a sufficieu
number OF eligible men willing to emil:
and attend drills. Many young me
have left town the past year as the ston
! cutting industry has been less active.
States Attorney II. B. Shaw OF Blu
lington has recommended to Secretary
State Guy w. Bailey that an operator
automobile license be withheld from A
bert T. Henderson of Burlington in vie
: of the fact that fatal accident last d
cember when Mr.. Henderson was actin