Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-02-24


:. one given last May. The association al
y ready numbers over 800 members, al
though only one year old.
q A bold robbery was committed las
a week Tuesday mig ht at Fort Ethan Allen
: when thieves took jswelry and money ts
$ the value OF s1,O25 from the locker o.
J Sergeant Q. J. Lewis, eolored, OF TrooT
g M, Tenth Cavalry. The sergeant is the
: proprietor Of restaurant in Winooskl
: and was away on business during the
night. When be returned in the morn
J ing, he discovered his loss. The property
! consisted of a watch, s65 in money, snd
: various articles OF value collected by him
in recent trips around the world. Capt.
II. W. Parker, in command Of the troop,
was notified Of the robbery and efforts
have been made to discover the thieves,
but no one has been convicted OF the
crime yet.
A recent issue Of The Boston Herald
contains bali page article on certain
novelties OF the Montpelier high school.
Among other things, especial mention is
made OF the use OF chairs and tables in
stead OF desks in some OF the rooms, a
feature that practically originated in tie
! Montpelier high school and Is Just begin
Z ing to be considered in the educational
/ journals, although II has been in opera
tion there for several months. Pictures
are shown Of Superintendent Browns
cOmbe, the chair and table room, the
high school buRIe, fife and drum corps
sud other interesting scenes, bringing
out several points in which Montpelier's
high school stands far ia advance Of
many OF its neighbors.
Farmers week hieh ended at lie Uni
yersity Of Vermont, Burlington, Friday,
was a most successful undertaking.
Throughout the five days the kesntst in
terest wGs manifested by the attending
farmers and the attendance steadily In
creased from the first day. Professor
Hills said that Farmers week next year
will he held at the same time. bulle-
tin will soon be gotten out by the COM
missioner OF agriculture containing abb
stracts OF all the addresses delivered dur {
ing the week. They will be given in full
in the regular annual report OF the COM
missioner. One Of the facts indicative OF
the popularity OF the university lectures
among the farmers is that many who
were there last year came again this
time.
Bartholomew Thomas Murphy cf Rut-
land, aged 35, painter, has been bound
over 10 the grand jury and lies 10 Jail
awaiting trial on the charge OF tigRmy.
The complainant is Mrs. Edna Holeomb
Murphy Of Westport, N. ", who claims
she was married to Murphy at Port
Henry, n. ", April 4, 1907. Murphy
has been living at Rutland With Eliza
/ eth Duncan Murphy Of that city, whom
be married there Nov. Is, 1908. lie told
he city clerk at the time that it was his
first marriage. The Westport woman
says that she lived with Murphy for six !
months and then left bin because he
would not support her and he bad such I
Jealous disposition that be was always ac- ,
,using her OF some misdeed and once
threatened to poison her. {
Except for the timely rescue by his
mother and sister Friday little Isadore
Levin, son of Mrs. A. Levin Of los HYDE
street, Burlington, would have been
burned to death. As ii happened, how
sver, Isadore escaped with two badly
burned hands. Isadore, four years old, !
wandered into a bed room and found
ZONE matches in pocket Of his brothers.
,oat. OF sudden small FIRE was start
ID and soon the window shades, a suit OF
,lcthes and a bed quilt were burning
nerrily. The mother and sister noticed
he smoke and ran hurriedly from room :
o room until they discovered Isadore sit {
ing in the midst OF cracking flames. {
sadore, still unconcerned, was taken
rom his precarious position and q physi- a
ian was summoned to ease the pain of {
he blistered hands The fire Was ex- \
inguished by Mrs. Levin. {
As the result Of the inspection of many d
4 the business blocks in the city Of Barre g
hree weeks ago by the engineer of the I
tate board of health, J. w. Votey of Bur '
Dgton, as to whether the blocks had o
roper fire escapes and exits, the local
eRlth officer, DIR. NJ. d. Lamb, has re- Z
sived a notification from DIR. II. ID. Hol- L
1n OF Brattleboro, secretary OF the state g
GARD Of health, that the board had de- g
ded to order fire escapes placed on seven <
locks in that city. The blocks are the n
blanchard, Bolster's four-story block, II. 4
/. Worthen, Angelo Scampini, ID. NJ. il
lilies brick block, j. w Gordon and L. II
I. AyerilI. Doctor Lamb said that there pl
robably would be other blocks in the city II
-dered to be provided with fire escapes 81
ter, but the state board only acted at IN
lis time ON the blocks having lodge o.
IONS or balls on the second, third or CO
urth floor. ca
The annual meeting of the Vermont -
ate Bankers association was held at =. -
oodstock Thursday with about fifty y. -
embers present. The feature of the aft -
noon meeting was an address delivered
I Hon. X. NJ. Scammon, one of the
nix commissioners OF the state of New
smpshire, on banking and the policy of
G banks OF his state. The election OF
8cers followed, with the following re-
1t: President, c. F. Chapman Of Wood
,ck; vice-president, F. H. Harrington
Rutland; secretary, l. NJ. Russell Of
bite River Junction; treasurer, E. L.
ellis OF Orwell; executive committee for {.
o years, c. p. Smith OF Burlington, w. ]
Roberts Of Manchester and c. F. Lowe
Montpelier. In the evening q sump-
BUS banquet was served by the Ottsu-
echee Savings bank Of Woodstock and
fine list Of speakers was provided for
occasion.
= p. Subway, proprietor OF the Ken 4
ok House in Putney, was before Judge
W. Gibson in the Putney court
Irged with keeping intoxicating liq {
illegally. A raid was made on his