Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-08-18

.Om6tlmes uughlnlys
Cotiagers along the shores Of Lake st
Catherine are up in arms against the list
ers Of Well aud Ponltney. They CLAIM
that their property is appraised for taxa
ton at practically its market value " bile
other property in these towns is listed
much lower. They are in favor Of apply
ing to the legislature for the creation OF
q new town comprising all land within
one eighth Of a mile from the lake shore.
In this limit there are ninety cottages and
four hotels. 1t is proposed that the new
town be called Lake ST. Catherine and
that its aim be the best ruads and the
lowest tax rate in Vermont.
States Attorney BENJAMIN Gates OF
Montpelier is OF the opinion that there is
no law in Vermont to prohibit the exhi-
bition of the Jeffries-J ohnson fight pic
ture, as it is Questionable whether they
can be classed with immoral and immod-
est pictures which the law prohibits
showing. At a meeting OF the civics de-
partment OF the Woman's club resolu-
tons were adopted opposing the exhibit
ton OF the fight pictures in Montpelier
on the ground that they are not proper
for children to see, and that, as showing
them in larger cities is prohibited, they
also should be prohibited In smaller
| cities.
By waving arms and attracting the at
tention OF the engineer of q freight train
on the Bennington branch OF the Rutland
railway Aug. II, three boys who were sit
ting on a fence beside the tracks prevent
ed . serious IL not q fatal collision
through failure on the part OF the crew Of
a passenger train to obey orders. Passen-
ger and freight came together about half
a mile north OF the village. The engineer
OF the freight had, however, caught sight
Of the boys on a fence and had brought
the train almost to a standstill when the
collision took place. The passenger en-
CINE was partially wrecked and IL re-
CURED about three hours to clear the
track.
Mrs. Ida Stiles of P~ittsford was awak-
ened late Wednesday night, Aug. 10, by =
noise in the house.and, on getting out Of
bed, discovered q bright light down
stairs. She immediately went toward the
light and, on entering q room below, was
confronted by a masked burglar. Mrs.
Stiles left the house by q rear door to
summon %neighbors but on her return
with assistance the man had fed. Moth
ing was missing from the house and it is
probable that the burglar was surprised
at his work before he had made any pro-
gress. Entrance to the house was effect
ed by cutting out a pane<of glass. Mrs.
Stiles was able to give the officers a good
description of the man.
George Boles, the seventeen-year-old
son OF Oliver Boles, who resides about a
mile out OF Woodstock on the Pomfret
road, accidentally shot and killed himself
Friday evening. The young man had
teen hunting w~oodchucks with a shot
gun ia the afternoon, and, returning
homeward, stopped at the Buck farm near
his home, where two young Russians
with whom be was intimate, live by
themselves. They also had been hunting
woodchucks and had left their rifles I'M
der a window outside the house. Boles
picked up one OF the rifles and it went
of, the ball entering his face under the
right eye and lodging in the back of the
skull, killing him instantly.
Myron Savage, an elderly man and
Civil war veteran, met with a serious &C.
cident Aug. s while at work for Guy
Clough, a West Windsor farmer. The
two men were unloading some grain,
Savage being in the barn loft, aud when
he had finished his work, Clough placed
a ladder up for him to descend upon.
had barely got started down when
the horses Of the grain started, NOV
ing the ladder. Coming so unexpectedly,
caused Savage to lose bis balance and
fell backward down 10 feet, landing
a stake in the wagon. The stake,
about tvo feet high and two inches in
diameter, pierced the mans right lung
and protruded from it. He was not
killed.
The sixth annual convention OF the
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers associa-
ton closed a two days session in st.
Johnsbury Aug. IL. Congressman Foster
at Burlington addressed the convention
ond said Congress was wrestling with an
old age pension system and be believed in
time every government employe owe 20
would receive a pension. The following
officers we're elected -. X. Carpenter OF
St. Johnsbury, Pres; J.. H. Beckwith of
vice-president T. J. Stewart OF
Morrisville, secretary; A. R. Garvin OF
North Craftsbury, treasurer; J. c. Car
of Irasburg, Burns 1. Osgood OF
Gsysville, delegates to the national con-
The next convention will be
held in Rutland.
William L. Gokay, proprietor OF a
Bennington drug store, and Harvey b.
his clerk, were seriously
Aug. II while drawing gasoline
with which to supply an automobile.
The two men had taken hold Of the bail
Of a can to carry it out into the street,
when the fluid caught fire and splashed
over them, burning the skin from both
wherever unprotected by clothing. Dav-
kept hold OF the can and carried it
into the yard in the rear Of the building.
His clothing was aire and his injuries
would have been fatal but for the heroic
OF Mrs. Miller and her daughter,
Miss Grace Miller, who tore of their
and wrapped them about the young
nan, smothering the flames.
Henry Charles Chamberlain of Win
Mass, ran away from his home
he other day to follow the circus. He is
,nly IL years old and is said to have been
|, runaway before. He reached Burling-
on with the circus as a dishwasher and
here he concluded he bad had enough
circus. He managed to beat his way on
he cars az far as Pittsford and then
it to Proctor; there he fell in
a young son of Milo @. Spears, who
.ooI- No.. 80 Ne home whera he was