Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-12-22

mills were located IN various places
throughout the township, upon streams
and, perhaps, a thousand feet of second
class lumber could be sawed in p
hours, provided il rained enough to
produce power then,i a farmer expect-
ed to use few boards, he was obliged
to get the logs to the miller long before
he wi he'd to use the lumber. Our
mill privileges are now reduced to two !;
the first and largest is that Of Lynde &
Cheney where from 10000 to $4,000
feet of lumber can be sawed in 10 hours,
aud now if farmer wants thousand
feet of boards, he Just rolls off his logs
in front of the saw-carriage and by
the time his team is at the board-way,
a pile of No. sawed lumber is ready
for him to take home. This is one Of
the many industries that are carried on
in this extensive business establish
ment where from ID to 20 men are en-
ployed. The other mill in operation
is owned and managed by j. B. Brock
way and is situated a few yards north
of Millville. 1t is run by water power
alone, but this iudiciously managed al
lows the proprietor to do a vast amount
of business of various kinds. If the
contemplated railway is built to the
lodges in the near future, greater de-
mand than ever for mill work win be
made.
Our schools, in some instances, have
dwindled to almost disorganization for
the want Of scholars, but now those
few, who were poorly provided tor,
will no longer be neglected for efficient
teachers are TO care for them and bet
ter places are to be provided for our
schools.
Fifty years ago no newspaper pub
lished in the town greeted our eyes to-
day one OF the spiciest, pleasantest and
cheapest eight-paged, sixty-four-col-
umned, weekly periodicals, THE WILL
LIAMsTowN HERALD, is numbered
among our many blessings.
And now, what is the reason that
affairs in our town are not in the same
sluggish state of years ago! Our an
swer is-The building and incoming of
the railway few years ago. No great
er changes have been wrought in busi-
ness than in the minds Of some of our
citizens. When the railroad was first
mentioned TO them. their countenances
changed, their eyes had delirious
look, and when it was decided to have
a railroad, some of our people moved
away, others threatened to 90 but did
not, and to-day they are not crazy but
appear quite reconciled. People are
not apt to starve where business is good.
Danville farmers talk OF the shortage
of hay and are now selling at the barns
at prices varying from $40 to Sl2
straw, from 81 toS 5.
A. L. Edwards of Newfane had the
toes OF one foot crushed and was other
wise hurt by being run over by freight |
wagon at Brattleboro on Monday.
A number of New York horsemen
have been in Danville the past week
looking after fine horses. 1t is report
ed that the sum of 5000 was offered for
one span and refused.
Elisha May has been appointed by
Gov. Fuller director of the Vermont
State prison and the house of correction,
to succeed Seneca Haselton of Burling-
ton, resigned. Mr.. May will prove an
interested and energetic director.
Who will be postmaster under the
Cleveland administration is question /
which will be discussed in Vermont viii
lagos and hamlets during the next few
months. In the State, there are thirty
five presidential offices with salaries
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000, and
525 other offices which pay from $50
to $500 year.
Monday Miss Alice Darling slipped
on the sidewalk and fell, injuring one
arm quite severely. Thursday morn
ing Mrs. Abiah Hill slipped on some
ice on her piazza and fell, ,inhicting quite
severe injuries to her head and shoul-
ders, cutting cash over her left eye
and dislocating her shoulder She was
taken up and carried in but was un-
conscious for some hours.
A new publication issued from Bur-
lington is called ''The Sawdust GA
zette" and is published in the interest