Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-15

since Inc puDllcaliOn Oh the baInaIe
boom and the advertisement of Barnard
farms large number of letters have beer
received by the Barnard Improvement So
ciety inouiring about these farms. SOME
dozen or more farms are advertised
prices ranging from s. to SIS per acre
Some OF them are very good farms under
god state of cultivation with good
buildings. Only one farm on the stage
road from Woodstock TO Bethel is i'll the
list and the price of this is not stated. On
the. north road leading from Barnard viii
lage to Bethel where some OF our best
farms are found, none are advertised UNI
der the Barnard boom. The prices asked
for these farms in a good state of cultiva-
tion with good buildings indicate that
they are held at prices of forty years ago
and they furt her show that farmers don't
intend to give away their farms or desert
them without a reasonable compensation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Paige of Boston visit
ed at w. K. Paige's last week.
Mrs. Wakefield and two children OF No.
Danville are visiting her father, Capt. H.
n. Bruce.
A. c. Ellis of Fitchburg, Mass, is visit
ing in town.
Mrs. Rosamond Dean OF Woodstock is
visiting in town.
The friends and neighbors OF the vener-
able Humphrey Wheelock met at his resi-
dence last Thursday to celebrate his nine
ty-first birthday. Mr.. Wheelock is said
to be the oldest person living in town.
The Windsor County Choral Union will
give concert at the town hall next Sat-
urday evening.
There was a big freeze last Monday
morning. The mercury twenty degrees
above zero.
Having been informed by the select
men that the new town hall will be ready
for Farmers meeting on Saturday, Oct.
"a, the committee are requested to meet
next Saturday at s p. m. to prepare for
same. Look out for program next week.
II. n. BRUCE, Chair.
The extensive repairs ON the Universe
list church are nearing completion to the
general satisfaction of the society. Mr..
Blackmer, the master workman, has put
the work through in good shape.
The butternut crop is almost failure.
The beechnut crop is tremendous.
Mr.. Rexford from Richford has been in
town several days looking at the farms for
sale in the interest OF many parties there
who desire to buy II found as represented
in the advertisement and write up. After
looking at farms for day or two he came
to the conclusion that we had fine town
and fine farms here and on the whole
things were really better than the write
up represented. He was convinced that
one could get more profit and comfort
from 5000 farm here than from a $4,000
farm in Richford and he Is sure several
will buy farms here and good men too
with fair amount OF capital.
Willis Lille of Marion. Iowa but form
erly OF Barnard has threshed 800 bushels
of oats from l-2 acres, IL bushel in four
hours by steam power.
The Choral Union will meet at the NJ.
T.. church in Barnard, Saturday, Oct. II,
forenoon, afternoon and evening Besides
the regular corps of directors, DIR. Bailey
of West Randolph is expected to be pre-
sent with his singers and assist in direct
ing the Union. Everybody is invited to
come. Rehearsals forenoon and afternoon,
grand concert in the evening at 80. Ad-
mission free.