Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-16
VERMONT NEWS.

was frozen with hail stones winch Tell
there during a recent thunder storm.
The hail stones were of unusual size,
some measuring an inch and a quarter
in diameter.
Andrew Thornton, of West Rutland,
had two kittens on exhibition that have
only three legs each. One leg on each
kitten extends for a short distance
|, from the body. The kittens appear to
be in perfect health.
Henry Enders, son of George Enders,
of Hinesburg, met with a serious acct
lent while moving, when his feet We're
caught in the moving machine, nearly
cutting one of them off. The horses
jumped and he was caught in the knives.
At the home of A. J. Stearns in Hart
land is a large red rose bush which be-
longed to Mr.. Stearns' mother and
which has been bearing roses for over
: 70 years to his knowledge. 1t had this
year over 80 full-blown and partly open
ed buds at the same time.
After losing several chickens from
his hen yard, H. K. Pettee, of Brad
ford, set two traps at the entrance of
one of the coops and the second night
caught an owl measuring four feet and
eight inches from tip to tip of his wings.
Each foot was was caught in a trap.
Elmer A. Darling, of East Burke, the
we'll known New York hotel man, is en-
pertaining some distinguished visitors
at Burkelyn Hall, East Burke, this
week, Count and Countess Festetics de
Tolan of France, who have been in
New York since the outbreak of the
hostilities.
A night hawk has built a nest and
Matched her young in a pile of brick and
stone in the railroad yards at Lyndon
vile, within 10 feet of the roundhouse,
and close to where people are continual
ly passing at all hours, The hawks
color blends perfectly with the rubbish
about and persons standing 15feet away
would fail to see her.
Articles of association have been fill
ed with the secretary of state, Mont
pelier, by the Barre Retail Merchants
l Association, Inc, for the purpose of
improving the industrial and financial
condition S of Barre and vicinity, to ex-
tend and enlarge opportunities for re-
tail trade, and to provide means to ad-
5 vance and protect the welfare of its
l employees and members. There is no
? capital stock.
Dwight Comstock met with a serious
l accident in Westminster while riding
A on a load of coal drawn by a pair of OK
en-. Someone on the load threw a piece
of coal at the animals. which gave a
plunge that sent young Comstock I'M
der their feet, where he was trampled
upon, and then the cart passed over
him. His collar bone was broken and
J. his spine injured. He is at the Rock
ingham hospital.
There were 2720 more registrations of
automobiles in Vermont up to June LIST
this year than there were last year.
Since June LIST, registrations have been
A coming in about 80 a day. These fig
ures are gathered from the year book of
the Automobile Club of Vermont, Just
issued. The highest number in the book
9999. The book is fuee to all the mem
bers of the club.
The>small daughter of Mrs. Vevier of
Brattleboro wandered nearly a mile
from before seven o'clock on a recent
5 morning, and the mother was guided to
the place where the child had been
found by a small fox terrier, which had
been with the child and unnoticed when
she was found. The dog led the mother
in a direction which she felt sure must
be wrong but which she followed.
5 Albert Badger, the 16-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Badger of Barre,
had a little girl on the handlebars of his
bicycle and was pedaling the highway
: near Galway farm on west hill when the
fore wheel struck a stone. To save the
child from injury, Badger purposely
lost his balance in depositing her in the
grass by the roadside and then fell from
the wheel, striking on his left arm,
breaking it at the elbow.
, The village of Johnson has for a long
time felt the need of local banking ia
%cilities and a move has been made in
that direction by securing a charter
from the legislature. State Bank Com
missioner F. C. Williams, of Newport,
has fixed July 20 as the time for hear
: ing the petition. The petition bears
t the names of Is of that towns repre-
sentative men, and it would seem that
, there would be no doubt about the pc
tition being granted.
Charles A. Upper, aged So years,
who died Thursday at his home in Fer
, risburg of acute Bright's disease and
complications, although handicapped by
the loss of his right hand, when he was
10 years old, learned telegraphy and en-
tered the employ as station agent and
operator for the Rutland railroad at
Ferrisburg October Is, 1895. Today
there are only six agents and operators
older in the service than he. Mr.. Tup-
per was agent at Center Rutland one
wear. at North Ferrishuro fo,,r vaara