Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-07-14

tannery site. the four acres situated west
erlv and known as the Chase meadow ana
the tenement house known as the Brooks
house. He has purchased several carloads
of machinery for the new tannery and IS
completing his arrangements for building
as rapidly as possible.
school supt. E. f. Wilson conducted
examinations in Bethel last Thursday
which we're taken by four applicants Tor
teaehers' certificates, two OF whom were
from Massachusetts, Miss Ida Blossom OF
Cliftundale and Miss Josephine Iinkham
of Lowell. There were nine candidates
taxing the examination for the payment
az high school tuition by the town school
district. seven of whom were unsuccess-
full candidates OF last year.
F. r. Jenney OF Church street keeps his
cat and kittens in the room in the mouse
back of the kitchen. A hungry SKUNK
on toothsome viands bent looked INTO
that room Monday evening. 1t Is under
stood that the skunk proposed dining on
kittens and the mother cat objected quite
strepuously. There must have been q
mighty struggle. The cat won out but
the skunk used his favorite weapon OF de-
tense anu 'On3 my A1N
permeates those premises.
Alvan NJ. Chadwick Of Eau Claire, Wis,
il in Bethel and Randolph this week look
ing IN his birthplace. He is son OF the
late Luther Chadwick, who lived IN
Bethel near the Randolph line on the
east side of the Branch, and he was born
in Bethel April 16, 1885, but can find
no record OF his birth in Bethel records
and il not able to locate the farm upon
u HIGH he was born. When he was lew
wears old his father moved to Illinois and
this is his first visit to Vermont since
then.
Howard A. Gray, a stone cutter at the
Woodbury. shed, bad the misfortune July
/ to have bit OF steel from the pneumat-
q drill lodge in his right eyeball. Last
week he went to the hospital at Hanover
and then to see Or. Twitchell OF Buriing-
ton. He was advised that the sight OF the
right eye was permanently gone ana that
10 save the other eve the destroyed eve
ball should be removed, and on Friday ne
went to Montreal to have the operation
performed at the Victoria hospital.
About a year ago the Granite Cutters
union established disability fund for
such cases as this and each member OF the
union contributes SOC. a year for this pur-
+ pose and under its provisions Mr.. Gray
will draw $500.
/ Eugene A. Fisher had several hair
breadth escapes while taking bis family
on a pleasure trip by auto to Barnard last
week. As he was climbing the steep hill
into Barnard village the machinery broke
and the machine back-tracked down the
hill at a rapid pace. Mr.. Fisher had nc
means OF stopping the machine, but re-
tanned control OF himself and OF the ma
chine sufficiently to guide il in the road,
and when at be foot OF the hill, upon the
Gaysville road where the grade rises quite
rapidly after crossing a narrow bridge
Then Mr. Fisher sent to Bethel Tor his
surrey TO bring the party home and on
the way home one of the wheels came of
With his customary good luck, Mr.. Fish
er came out Of this mishap With no injury
to the party.
Mrs. sarah A. Sturtevsnt has been en-
gagged IN 3 novel method OF street i'm
proyement, that of having the street il
front OF her home sprinkled with oil
This is a method that has been used will
success in larger places, but is new K
Bethel. she procured two barrels o
crude oil OF Rockefeller's company ant
had the road from the steel bridge TO tn
W. r. r. r. crossing sprinkled. Thi
covered space 100 It. long by 20 It
wide. The cost was 1925 for the oil il
boston and $3.50 Tor freight and truck
age. This was done July and from
present appearance another coat will no
be necessary this year and there is not th
least bit OF dust. Other residents OF tn
, village are watching this lady's expert
ment with interest and il successful vii
no doubt follow suit.