Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-01-13

e seems that the fiFst injury left il in tina
: condition and the second put ii back il
I place, as he is now able to use bis arm
more freely and the soreness is rapidly
disappearing.
Miss Lois Schiilhammer, eldest daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John ScbiIlhammeI
of Jericho, was married without the
knowledge of her relatives to John Davis,
colored. The ceremony was performed al
! the home OF w. E. Buxton by the Rev.
, Frederick Emerson, resigned pastor OF
the Baptist church, following the refusal
: OF other local clergymen. Mr.. and Mrs.
Schillhammer are well-to-do and highly
respected residents OF that town and their
daughter is a member OF the Methodist
church and prominent in its activities.
Davis was brought TO Jericho from Balti-
more when boy BY the late Mrs. Evelyn
Sargent. For the past year he has acted
as mail messenger between the postofice
and railroad station.
Herbert II. Bishop, q mail clerk on the
Burlington-White River Junction run,
nearly lost bis life rs the result OF a mis-
take in taking a dose OF ammonia, which
he supposed was medicine. The accident
occurred in Cambridge, where Mr.. Bishop
had gone 10 attend a Masonic meeting
He got up in the middle Of the night and,
without striking q light, took a dose of
what be thought was medicine. The
ammonia nearly strangled him and he
was rendered unconscious. A nearby
physician was hastily summoned and APP
piled measures of relief. Bishops throat
and mouth we're badly burned and his
stomach to a lesser degree. he is not
able to articulate distinctly and can take
but little nourishment.
George Bouchard, employed by the
Robin Hood Ammunition company at
Swanton, injured BY an explosion at the
cartridge plant Tuesday, died OF his inju-
ries Wednesday of last week. The shot
shell cartridge loading machines are in q
small low building and it was while sup
plying the machines with powder on the
roof ofthe building that the accident
happened. The machine was not in
operation and was practically uniniured,
the force being upward through the roof
opening, cutting Bouchard badly and set
ting his clothing on fire. 1t is hard to de-
termine the cause, but during brief con-
scious period the injured man stated that he
slipped as be was pouring powder in and
it is believed the explosion was caused by
conclusion.
In the January number OF The World
To-day, appears an interesting article en-
titled, Gan Aerial Railroad" written by |
Miss Ivah Dunklee OF Denver, Col. The
November number of the same magazine |
contained a finely illustrated sketch upon |
"Frontier Days" in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
which has brought forth much favorable
comment by commentators throughout
the country. Miss Dunklee is Vermont !
girl, native Of Burke, and for several |
years was a contributor to Boston periodi-
Gals and became we'll known in southern
New England as an entertaining writer
upon a variety OF subjects. During the
past few years she has made her home in
Denver, where her brother, George F.
Dunklee, is a leading lawyer and another
brother, Harley K. Dunklee, is promi-
nent physician.
Henry G. Brownell, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. W. Brownell of Burlington, has
been selected by COMMITTEES composed OF
President NJ. q. Buckham OF the Univer-
sity Of Vermont, President John M.
Thomas OF Middlehury college and the
Rt. Rev. A. G. A. Hall, bishop OF Yer
mont, to hold the next Rhodes scholar
ship from Vermont. Four other candi-
dates qualified, one being from the Uni
yersity Of Vermont, one from Middlebury
college and two from Dartmouth. Mr..
Brownell took his examination for the
scholarship in January, 1908, and gradu-
ated from the University OF Vermont six
months later. He then went to Canton,
China, where he has been teacher in the
Canton Christian college. He will come
to Burlington in June and 60 to Oxford
in the fall for the three years. course.
The appointment is worth $1,000 year.
Michael Pastula, nine years old, has
just been convicted in Rutland of numer- .
Gus thefts there, dating from Dec. 4, I
" hen he stole S25 in bills from the
money drawer OF the Surprise Merchan- !
disc store. Last week be tried it at the !
same store again, hiding until the store ]
was closed for the night and then riding
The drawer. This time he only found
Two 81 bills, which he took. He was sur ;
prised at his work by the manager Of the
ltore, who noticed a light on and entered !
70 put 1t out. He escaped from the back !
ioor, but il was soon learned that be had
been discovered In the Woolworth store 81
Dec. %, with bis blouse full of trinkets d
\ hich he had taken from the counter, q
md q book, which he had stolen from an
,ther store, was also found In his posses
ion. He will be dealt leniently with :,
his time, but the next offence means
rip to the reform school at Vergennes. n
Following closely on the report OF the !,
,ublic service commission in the Shearer Ii
ccident case, calling attention to the n
dangerous condition Of the electric wires o
n Montpelier and suggesting that the Al
natter was worthy OF further considers
ion with q view Of putting them under al
round, John Shearer, lineman for the c
yermont Telephone q Telegraph Co., has s.
Irought q $4,000 suit in Washington B
ounty court against the telephone COM r
any and the Consolidated Lighting Co., L
: ho are held jointly liable for the injury B
10 received June 20 last, when he had B
ne leg burned so badly it had to be am
utated. The electric wire which was @
ttached to the telephone pole broke Is
rom it's fastening and few up and struck p
nearer on the heshy part Of the thigh. ai
lis leg was wound around the pole
gainst ground wire 90 that the leg act in
d as a conductor for all the electricity in Ii
be wire. ith