Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-01-06

Ne nearby. Immediately there was an ex
e plosion. and the room was oiled v IT'D frl
p and smoke. Mr.. Spooner finally succeed
Ie ed in smol hering the flames bot banl.
II burned his hands in so doinR.
One of the best stables aud auto garagel
e IN the state has just been completed By
d W. d. Woolson OF Springfield. The
e building is freproof and in design re
4 sembles a huge castle with tower anc
e turFets The main entrance il closed
9 with door weighing i,40O pounds. In
the upper story are several furnished
} rooms and a den, to be occupied by the
: owner. A shop with power and electri-
I cal apparatus has been provided for
{ Hazen, oldest son OF Mr.. Woolson.
e II has been found that the injuries sus-
I tanned by Tom Parkhill in the fall, which
: he received while playing basket ball in
Burlington, are more serious than was at
I first suspected. One OF the bones in the
: shoulder Is badly splintered and has
slipped out OF place. Owing to the swol-
len condition OF the flesh, this was not at
; first ascertained. An operation was per-
, formed and a portion OF the bone re-
. moved. He is now in the Mary Fletcher
hospital and will remain there some time.
State Tax Commissioner j. f. Cush-
man has Just received a check for
s6ss. 81 in payment for taxes on the
White River Valley railroad up to
the time the road was sold and re-
organized under the name Of the White
River railroad, covering the period from
1901 to 1902 on the gross earnings and
the annual license tax from 1901 to 1904.
A hearing on this question was held in
New York city last fall, at which At
torney- General sargentNappeared for the
state.
While under the influence OF an ugly
jag early one morning recently, John
Perry Of East st. Johnsbury forced his
I aged mot her, brother and sister to Heek
refuge behind barred doors, then broke
the barrier and compelled them to flee to
the home OF Frank Hovey, half mile
away. The mother travelled the entire
distance in the snow with no other pro-
lection from the cold than nightgown.
The officers we're compelled to use force
in subduing Perry, who is a powerful
man.
The Rutland County National bank
stock holders voted Dec. % to reduce the
capital stock OF the institution from
1900, 900 to 800, 600. and the Baxter Ma
tional bauk voted to reduce its stock from
$500, 600 to 800, 900. The county bank
voted to pay back stock holders at the rate
of S125 a share. The vote on the merger
of these two banks was postponed until
this week. II lie generally believed that
the small stockholders will defeat the
proposition, which lie said to be Glenn
ent move.
The barn Of John w. Buemond on the
Rockingham road near Bellows Falls was
burned Dec. 20 with all its contents.
Mr.. Baemond had left the barn only ten 4
minutes before the flames we're discoy-
cred. and 1T that time everything about /
the premises seemed to be all right. All
the hay and farming tools, with 400
chickens and 40 hogs, we're burned up.
The cause is attributed TO tramps. The
barn was one OF the oldest landmarks in
Rockingham, having been built over 100
years ago
o. L Martin, state commissioner OF
agriculture, says that practically all evil
dences OF the San Jose scale In this state
have been wiped out and that there is lit
tie or nothing TO fear from that source
now. II was not true, he said, that the
scale was known among the trees Of Bur
lington. II did appear, be said, among
some currant bushes there some time ago
but that the matter was promptly reported
and received proper attention with the re-
suit that the germs were practically ex-
terminated.
Few people realize the extent to which
Christmas post cards are sent each year as
greetings to friends. In Rutland, over
100, 900 were sold during the present
season and Of these the Woolworth and
10 cent store sold over so, 600, all at retail.
II was not at all unusual for one person
10 purchase 80 cards, which cost only a
cent or two each. The sales at the other
stores ranged from 5000 to 10000. Last !
year the Woolworth store sold $1,000 and
before Christmas the entire stock in the
,ity was closed out.
The chef at Hotel Burlington in Bur !
inRton, when preparing big turkey for
Christ mas, found a note from two little !
Jericho girls, Misses Irene and Agnes I
and years old, respec- /
lively. The note, which was written by I
heir mother, made the request that sled Z
,e sent them by the purchaser of the d
bird. IT also stated that the turkey had {
'aused the children much trouble during 4
he summer. MI. OOtAhtueT r
ent the sled by express, with a note Of '
Christmas greeting. a
William Christie, a freight conductor
Employed on the Grand Trunk railroad, q
vas instantly killed at Island Pond Dec.
10, by being struck by mail train. His T
,eck was broken and bis chest crushed. h
lie had Just checked of his train prepar- :
tory to leaving and was walking along a
he tracks beside his train. Being heav- @
ly muffied about his head, on account OF ]
he severe cold weather, he failed to hear A
he approaching train. He was 45 years g
4 age and leaves a wife, who is blind, n
nd six small children. /,
The buildings OF q. f. Carlton in
Vindham were destroyed by fire Dec. %. =
dr. Carlton went to the hay NOW to Q
itch down some hay and hung his Ian .
ern on a nail. He does not know wheth-
+ it fell from there or exploded. A gem
raj alarm was rung but the barns we're y
turned and the fire was in the kitchen Q
where the water was before many reached II
here. The cows, hens, sheep and calves
vere burned. The household goods were "