Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-08-11

A 4O-fOct steam launch, known as the
Water Wagon, run on Lake Bomoseen as a
public conveyance and owned BY Capt.
Charles Brown OF Castleton, ran into a
row boat from which o. L. Pond, aged so
years, and a companion were fishing for
bullpouts late one night last week and
cut the boat in two. The launch carried
a gaslight but the boat was anchored and
the men had no light. Mr.. Pond, after
he had chung to half OF the boat for some
minutes, was rescued by Captain Brown,
who jumped into the water. His fishing
companion swan ashore. There were u
passengers on the launch. 1t was not
damaged.
Two heavy suits against railroads have
been filed for the September term Of the
Windham county court. Henry Grover Of
Grafton, as next friend of his minor son,
Julius Grover, has brought suit for $50, 900
damages against the Boston & Maine
railroad, the suit being for injuries al
legged to have occurred in September,
1908. The other case is for SIS, 900 dam
ages against the Rutland railroad by Lila
w. Ingram Of Newfane, administrator Of
the estate of Arthur g. Ingram Of Rock
ingham, who suffered the loss Of both
legs Oct. 80, 1909, the members being
severed by an engine of the defendant
company while Mr.. Ingram was employed
as q Boston q Maine brakeman in the
railroad yard at Bellows Falls.
Brattleboro is assured q new industry,
as the chair plant which has been in OPP
Grafton in Keene, n. H., is to be moved
to that place. The business has been
steadily growing until now IL Is necessa-
~ to have larger quarters and greater
manufacturing facilities, and the COM
pany has purchased LAND in Brattleboro
with 800 feet frontage and buildings, Civ
ing them ample room for their business
at present and an opportunity to enlarge
1t still further IL necessary. The factory
will probably be running by the FIRST OF
November. At the start, from 20 to 80
hands will be employed and within a
year the number will be considerably in
creased. To the industries committee OF
the board of trade is due the procuring.of
the new industry.
Last Thursday afternoon the Baptist
church at Jericho was discovered TO be
on fire. The ringing OF the church bells
gave the alarm and a crowd soon gath
cred. At first the church was thought to
be doomed but the bucket brigade and the
chemical fire extinguishers brought the
fire under control. II had been confined
to the hallway leading into the Sunday
school room and to the cupola. The loss
to the church is but q few hundred dollars
and is covered by insurance. Some think
the building was struck By lightning as
there was a severe storm about 80 min
utes before the FIRE was discovered. The
other opinion is that the fire started in the
room under the stairs where the kerosene
is kept and was caused by spontaneous
combustion.
The threatened strike on the part of milk
producers in Addison county has gone in
to effect. A large number Of the farmers
in that vicinity and ~neighborinR towns
have refused to take their milk to the
milk car. Only about one-half the usual
amount was delivered last week Monday
and the farmers claim that many more
will drop of. The trouble was expected,
as several meetings have been held by the
farmers, and Representatives Of the Bos-
ton Dairy Co. we're on hand. They imme-
diately communicated with the president
OF The ccmpany at his Boston residence and
he advised the farmers that he could not
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month. but that il they would continue
to SUPPLY him with milk, be would give
a satisfactory raise September 1. The
farmers will hold q meeting and decide on
a course of action.
For the tournament of the Vermont
State Firemen's association, to be held in
Burlington, Aug. 10 and IL, there are IS
hose entries and Ave hand engine entries.
The tournament proper will be held Aug.
IL, while the convention will be on the
preceding day. The hose company en-
tries follow 81. r. Durkee Hose, Fort
Edward, n. Y; /. c. Allen Hose, Fair
Haven; {. c. knight Hose, Fair Haven
Volunteer Hose, Vergennes; ID. F.
sprague Hose, Port Henry, N. "; Battell
Hose, Middlebury; Torrent Hose, Stowei
Miller Hose, Hoosick Falls, n. Y Ran
dolph Hose, Randolph; Eagle Hose,
Claremont, n. H.; Defiance Hose, Ticon-
deroga, N. Y; W. ID. JeIers Hose, Ii
conderoga, n. Y; Sterling Hose, john
son; Essex Junction Hose, Essex juno
ton; Lafayette Hose, Winooskii Stearns
Hose, Winooski; q. X. Sherman Hose,
Port Henry; City Hose, Barre.
Carl Grossman, consular agent at Proc
tor for the Austro-H Hungarian empire, has
evolved a piece Of mechanism that be con-
fdently claims solves the problem OF per
petusl motion. The apparatus Is so sim
pie. Grossman says, that he wonders Why
nobody thought OF the same principle
long ago. Water is what makes the
Grossman machine go aud, therefore, be
has dubbed the apparatus an aqua-suto-
motor. Grossman declares that his ma
chine is started by the opening OF a valve,
which causes water by gravity to set the
apparatus going, and the water IS used
over and over again. The machine then
will continue to move indefinitely without
assistance from any other source, be SAYS
and Will only stop running when the
valve is closed. Grossnian is an educated
man. speaking many languages, being a
graduate OF one Of the best universities in
Europe.
The police and sheriff departments Of
Montpelier and Barre have been notified
to keep a sharp lookout for Louis Restelli,
the Quincy, Mass, murderer. IL was in
timated that he bad fed to Barre and was
being shielded by friends there. The
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