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

as operator was due in part, ct least, to
excessive speed. Mr.. Shaw says that the
withholding of licenses from such opera
tors might be a wholesome lesson to the
Automobiles OF the community.
Elmer Bickford, clerk at the Montpeli-
err House, and Henry Fisher narrowly es-
capped drowning April while driving
from Middlesex to Montpelier. Below
Green Mount cemetery the water was
four feet deep in the highway and when
they drove into it, the water came into
the buggy and the horse was nearly
swept of its feet. The young men shout
ed Justify for help. Assistance was sent
down from Montpelier and they were ex-
tricated from their perilous predicament.
A stone slipping resulted in G.
Gamache OF Barre breaking his collar
/ bone Wednesday of last week. Mr..
Gamache was working at John Browns
granite shed and was attempting to pry q
piece of granite over with an iron bar.
| he had the stone partly over when it
slipped and slid, bringing the bar onto
his shoulder with a terrible pressure. He
attempted to hold the bar, with the result
that the collar bone was snapped in
twain. He will probably be disabled for
some time.
The death of 14-year-old Ivers Clark
from a gun shot wound through the
heart occurred in his fathers sugar orch
ard at Orleans Barton Landing) Sunday.
1t is believed to have been an accident,
although one difficult of explanation.
The doctor who viewed the remains said
that the gun must have been handled
with great carelessness. A short time
ago in carrying a rifle, Ivers shot it of
aud put q bullet through the house, so il
is recognized that be was none too care
full in handling firearms.
The attachment on the property Of
Warren g. Doolittle Of Brsttleboro in tbs
suit brought by Mrs. Angelina Larrow o.
HoIyoke, Mass, in which Mr.. DoolittlS
was charged with conspiring with his
daughter to ALLEVIATE the affections of Mr.
Larrow was reduced last week from $50,
900, the amount of the suit, to s12, 900
Mr.. Doolittle claimed that the attach
ment tied up his business as a lumber
man. The court ordered that in case Mr.
Doolittle wanted to give a bond fol
s12, 900 the attachment should be re
moved.
Ralph B. Andrews, son Of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Martin Andrews OF Putnamsville
na0 narrow escape from utatn oakutuhg
April 8, at the mill near his home. HI
was descending a ladder when he sudden
ly became dizzy and tell from nearly tn
top Of the ladder to the ground, a dis
lance Of % feet. He struck on his bacl
and shoulders and when found was un
conscious. No bones were broken, bu
his back was severely wrenched and hi
shoulders bruised. Unless complication
set in, it is expected he will have an earl
recovery.
Alden A. Brown, a former patrolman il
Montpelier and for several years a black
! smith at the stone sheds there, commit
! ted suicide last Thursday by hanging
| Brown had been drinking heavily OF late
He had been mentally unbalanced be
cause of the excessive use OF intoxioatin
liquor and preparations had just bee
: completed to commit him to the stat
I hospital for the insane at Waterbury e
s treatment. When Brown was in hi
: normal condition he was a respectabl
' citizen and stood high in Masonic circles
, He was so years old and left wife an
g two children.