Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-23
VERMONT NEWS

D. d. Banister, an Amsden farmer,
has lost % chickens and 10 turkeys by
thieves in the last two weeks.
Blueberries will be an unusually short
crop in Bennington and vicinity. 1t is
presumed that the June frost caught
the blossoms on the bushes at the criti-
cal stage and as a result the berries are
exceptionally scarce.
R. E. Colomb, who had teen at large
for a week, after escaping from the
state hospital for the insane, was loca-
ted and arrested at Swanton Tuesday,
being taken back to Waterbury by Su-
perintendent D. D. Grout.
The international Explosives Co.,
Inc, has leased the Rich building, so
called, in Swanton AMI it is being re-
modelled for early occupancy by the
company, recently organized for the
manufacture of percussion caps, deto-
majors, primers, fuses and explosives.
Lewis Gotta, of Waterbury, fell on a
stone and died of strangulated hernia
before an operation could be performed.
He was rs years old and is survived by
his wife, II years old, eight children,
10grandchildren, and seven great-graud-
children.
Rev. A. Edwin Martin and seven Will
mington boy scouts started Monday for
two weeks hike from Turner's Falls,
Mass. Their itinerary was to North
Adams by the Mohawk trail, thence to
Williamstown, Bennington, Somerset
dam, Haystack mountain and camp at
Lake Raponda.
Lyman Payne, who was moving from
South Londonderry to East Jamaica,
dropped dead in the road as he was 60
ing with the last load of goods. The
load proved too heavy for the horses to
draw uphill, and as Mr.. Payne was
tightening it he was seized with heart
failure. He was 81 years old.
An automobile owned by Mrs. S. G..
Collins, of Orange, shot down over a
20-foot embankment at a place where
the road was being repaired near Tops
ham, and landed right side up. In the
car were Mrs. Collins and her son, Mark.
They were somewhat shaken up, but
not badly hurt, Mrs. Collins suffering a
sprained knee and her son an injured
ankle.
Berwick Company Files Papers.
A new corporation, the Hotel Ber-
wick, Inc, of Rutland, with capital
of $50, 900, filed papers July II. The
incorporators are William H. and
George j. Valiquette, and A. ]. Boyn-
ton, of Rutland.
Fruit Growers and Grange Picnic.
The sixth annual summer meeting of
the Vermont State Horticultural society
will be held July % on the fruit planta-
ton of Darrow and Aiken at Putney in
cooperation with the field meeting and
picnic of the Putney Grange.
Little Boy browns While Bathing.
The 12-year-old son of the late Harry
Sprague, of East Randolph, was drown
ed in Bridgewater while visiting his
grandmother. He went bathing in a
pond nearby, it is understood, and, al
though one swimmer, was
drowned. The boy was one of five chill
dren of the late Harry Sprague.
State Meeting of Rural Carriers
The eleventh annual convention of
state rural carriers will meet in Ran
dolph July 81 and %, with headquarters
at "theMaples, the meetings being
held at Grange hall.
The officers of the association are:
President, Burns l.. Osgood, of Gays
vile; vice. president, E. H. Sargent, of
East Thetford; secretary, T. j. Stewart,
of Morrisville; treasurer, C. B. Batchel-
der, of Lyndonville; executive commit
tee, E. s. Robinson, of Morrisville, A.
A. Webster, of West Glover, and c. H..
Stratton of Enosburg Falls.
vermonters May Learn to Fly.
The services of George A. Gray, avi-
ator, for the maneuvers of the Yer
mont, militia at Fort Ethan Allen, Aug.
2 to II, were secured through the efforts
of Adjt. Gen. Lee S. Tilotson of St.
Adams. Mr.. Tillotson, who sent an in
vitation to the Aero Club of America to
send at aviator if possible, has received
notice that Mr.. Gray will come free of
charna in the hone tat he NAV intarast