Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-05-12

flames could be smothered. The RICH
hand was also severely burned.
} Benson has a veteran, Dr.. John B
/ Mahana, who was one Of the captors 0
! Jefferson Davis. president Of the Confed
crate States. He was a member OF Com
: pany II. 4th Michigan cavalry, ant
! Joined with others in his company in tax
ing the famous leader OF the Confederacy
Davis had on manis shawl and woman
veil ana was trying to pass as Mrs. Davis
mother. Mrs. Davis was with him.
Mrs. Hannah Hadaway, one Of the old
est il not the oldest person in Vermont
died Saturday morning at the home Of bel
daughter, Mrs. NJ. ID. Flower, in Yves
Rupert. Mrs. Hadaway observed her lois
Dirt hday anniversary in March and wal
at that time In vigorous condition OF mint
and body. After she had passed the cen
fury marx she continuously read the daily
papers and could do so comfortably with
out glasses.
After thoroughly investigating the sit
uation and fumigating all the buildings
Health Officer Lindsay lifted the quaran-
tine at Montpelier seminary Saturday
evening except at The north boarding hall,
where II young people are still kept I'M
der surveillance. The epidemic OF diph-
liberia there has been in very mild form.
Hardly any Of those affected have been
confined to their beds and none have heen
dangerously i'll.
The members of the street and water
committees OF the Barre city council, to
whom had been referred the question OF
/ establishing an eight-hour work day for
the employees in these two departments,
has reported that the time to make such a
change as this is " hen the annual appro-
priations for the departments are being
ixed as the change would make a differ
enee in the expenses of the departments
OF at least $1,000
Ernest, the nine-year-old son OF Judge
and Mrs. e. W. Gibson Of Brattleboro,
broke his left leg above the knee last
week, in a peculiar manner He was
playing ball with his father upon the
lawn at their home, when bis father at
tempted to touch him out with the ball
and stepped upon the boys left foot, pin
ming it securely to the ground In sud
denly attempting to whirl around, the
boy fractured the bone.
A horsebarn belonging to Lewis Bean
and located in Westfield was burned
April 80. The origin of the fire is mys-
terry, as none OF the family bad been in
the barn since the Gay before. Neighbors
rallied and saved the COW barn and. silo,
located nearby. The loss, in addition to
the barn, consisted OF several harnesses,
chains. robes, blankets and about $50 sap
buckets. There was about Si00 insurance
on the property destroyed.
Workmen are engaged at Speedwell
farms in Lyndon. setting out 700 young
apple trees. There are twenty varieties OF
apples to be grown in this orchard. The
owner, Theodore n. Vail, proposes to
start the orchard for the purpose of de-
monstrating to the farmers Of that vicini
ty what can be done in the line OF fruit
growing aud the experiment is one
which will be watched by the progressive
farmers Of the " hole state.
The tramway shed at the slate quarry
OF Aud a Conger at South Poultney was
struck by lightning May 3 and this
building and the slate shed we're burned
to the ground. The buildings were each
100 feet long and the stone sheds con-
tanned large amount of roofing slate.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000, par
tally covered by insurance. About so
men will be thrown out of work until the
new buildings can be erected.
The four-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene ST. Charles of Proctor fell
down stairs MAY / and broke her right
arm and, less than an hour after, the five
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Arg /
land, who live in the next house, had his
left arm broken. The little fellow /
climbed up and put one arm on the win.
dow sill, when the window, which had
been up, but insecurely fastened, fell
without warning, catching his arm and
breaking it.
The Free Baptist church in st. Johns
bury was opened May 1 with settled pas
tor for the first time in nearly two years.
The pastor is the Rev. Elmer Z. Phillips,
" no came from Sheffield. His parents
we're Spiritualists and he was brought up
" ithout religious instruction. He be-
came an infidel but was converted to
when IS years old. He is
chaplain OF the Grand Lodge of Vermont,
Good Templars, an Odd Fellow, Forester
and Granger.
A man giving his name rs Andrew
Cowens, who said he was an electrotyper
in New York city and was trying to make
bis way to Derby Line, where his mother
lives, was found Friday morning in the
barn OF Fred E. Gates at Montpelier so
weak from hunger that he was unable to
stand. Mr.. Gates supplied the man with
food and learned from him that he had
been hiding in his barn nearly a week.
Arrangements we're made to send him
to his destination.
The first logs in the annual drive OF the
Paper company have ar
rived in Bellows Falls, the drive having
been let into the Connecticut river from
he Ammcuoosuc river. The river is in
.he best condition as to height, and one
81 the earliest and quickest drives of years
IS promised. Last year the amount
brought to Bellows Falls in this way by
he company was $500, 900 feet, but this
year the amount put into the streams has
been 10, 500, 900 feet.
Fire destroyed the power and boiler
house, a wooden structure about 80 by 80
'eet. at the Pittstord Italian quarry of the
Florence Marble Co. April %. 1t
Is thought that the fire originated from
formation of gas blowing open the rear
ioor OF the boiler ana allowing the blaz-
ng back current to escape, which was
xithin two feet of the rear Of the building.
The interior damage TO the pipes, valves.
hosting power, wire rope and water