Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-10
demned herd are being slaughtered and
disposed of In the same way.

demned herd are being slaughtered and
disposed OF In the same way.
The sugar season has begun ahead OF
time this spring and sap has been spout
/ ing out of the trees at great rate ever
since last Thursday. It ran beautifully
Friday and Saturday and turned Sunday
into sweet day OF something besides rest
for the sugarmakers. Already a. pound a
tree has bean made by the early tappers,
and II Is wcrth Us gallon at RETAIL
q. A. Webster has 1000 trees tapped
and has madel27 gallons of maple honey.
Willis Howard has the buckets hung on
800 trees and began to boil yesterday.
A. d. Ladeau is gathering from $50 buck-
cts on $50 trees and six gallons of syrup
made; while F. B. Thomas, who began
sugaring the Bird, has 10 gallons of syrup
from go trees. About 100 gallons have
been taken IN at the sugar market.
Mrs. Peter O'ConnelI and Mrs. Jerry
OConneli, accompanied by the Iatters
husband, rsturned Monday night from
Newport, r. J., where they had been
summoned by the sudden death of their
brother, John Cushing, who was killed
Friday afternoon by falling from the run
OF coal wharf to a barge below, a dis
lance OF about 25 feet. Mr.. Cushing was
painter by trade, a1d had gone to work
on the coal yard last Thursday morning
under his half-hrother, Edward Henry,
with whom he made his home. In turn
ing out to pass a coal bucket, as he was
walking along the run, he lost his bal
anee and fell on to the deck OF the barge,
fraeturing his skull. Had he been is
inches farther out he would have gone
overheard into the water and his life
would not have been lost. He never
spoke after be struck and died as he was
being hurried to the hospital. Mr.. Cush-
ing, who was 30 years OF age, was unmar-
ried and is survived only by his two sis
tiers and half-brother. Another half
brother, Thomas Henry, died in Newport
year and eight months ago. The funer- /
alswas held Sunday afternoon.
Ladies' night with the Young Mems
Christian brotherhood took the form of
mystery banquet at Bethany Parish house
Tuesday evening, when some 40 yonug
people found food for thought as we'll as
to please the palate in the following
menu:-Bouquet water (soup); submarine
wigglers, July 4th (fsh); barnyard
pheasant then); maDgled Irishman
Aud5ueu pOlhUoJ, what some people DON'T !
know (beans); garden truck (vegeta bles);
dough-balls trolls); no grounds for com
plant (eoffee); Chilli sauce lice cream;
a girls failure (cake); cold liquid (water.) /
The unique table decorations were spruce |
treelets with cotton Stimulating snow on
their branches. The "after-effects" were
10 the discussion OF "Whether the Parish |
house should own the moon" which, at |
its full, hung in the room and shed the
beams Of an electric light upon
the company. Introductory remarks !
were made by President Harold Gaylord |
and then the subject of the lesser lumin-
airy was debated by q body OF distin-
guished scientists in strange and impos-
ing attire. The affirmative side was TAX
en- by DR.. Ernest Wardner, researcher OF
celestial bodies; Supt. Arthur GaIarneau,
ancient philosopher; Col. Storrs Clough,
United States geolcgist; while in the neg
alive spoke Capt. Ralph Dunn, aerial nav
gator; Hon. Gilman Gay, distinguished
astronomer and Prof. Paul johnson. cele-
brated mOon-gazer. Both sides were so
IDLY argued that 1t was impossible to de-
tide. the question. Games followed the
debate.