Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-01-04
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers

our heauerS.
Middlabury people were awarded
seven prizes at the Columbian Expo
sition.
The treasurer Of the town of Jericho
ID. A Rood, is said to be 81, 900 short
in his accounts.
The Windsor County Agricultural
society will hold its annual meeting
Thursday, Jan. llth, at Woodstock, in
the townhall.
Burlington has oycrdrawn its APP
preparation for the relief of the poor
and the Overseer is agitating the mat
ter of charity ball TO secure more
funds.
Carl Adams of st. Johnsbury slip.
ped and fell from ladder last Thurs.
day morning. while oiling some ma
chinery in Wilder's chair factory, and
fractured his left arm.
John l.. Reyes, who was formerly
located at Pierre, S. d., and is well
remembered in this vicinity, is now
in Chicago where he is interested in
the sale of catarrh cure.
Gen. T. S. Peck of Burlington has
compromised with his creditors for 20
cents on dollar. He became involv-
ed in financial difficulties by being
surety for the obligations of friends.
The News and Advertiser. publish
ed at East st. Johnsbury the past
year by Charles A. Chapman, has been
changed to the 81. Johnsbury BUSH
ness Life with Mr.. Chapman as man
ager.
Frank Parks, the Chinaman who
pleaded guilty to aiding the SNUG
Cling of Cinnamon into this country,
completed his sentence Of two months
imprisonment at Burlington last
Thursday.
MyrOn f. Wilson, father of the pub
fishers of the Bristol Herald. at one
time publisher of the st. Adams DEM
ocrat and foreman i'm the Messenger
composing room for long time, died
December 25th.
Thomas p. Smith of Castleton, for
merly deputy sheriff of Rutland coun-
ty, and now special prosecutor for
Castleton by appointment of the Gov
ernor, has been tried for selling liquor,
and fined. lie gave bail and appeal
ed.
A lace thread company offered
prizes amounting to 1000 for the
best fancy work made from its thread,
and Mrs. Jennie NJ. Matthews of Mid
received fourth prize, $50 in
gold. There were 2,054 exhibitors
who showed over 5000 pieces.
George ID. Rand, who is now at
Winter Park, Fla, is associate editor
Of the lrrigator, one of the three
journals in the United States devoted
TO the interests of irrigation. Mr..
Rand was at one time Joint owner Of
the Caledonian, and he has not for
gotten how to write readable articles, |
IS the columns of the Irrigator testify.
The Factory Point National Bank |
It Manchester Center has resumed |
business after IA temporary suspension |
,wing to the destruction of its quar-
ers in the recent fire. the safe has |
,cen opened, its contents found intact,
md the bank viii not lose dollar.
ave the necessary loss incidental to
of business and inconven-
ence.
A. b. Stark read the item in the
Jaledonian about the big spring pigs
hat some Of the farmers were raising
nd is naturally proud of his year
ing steers. They were born in May,
S92, and now weigh nearly 1000
pounds. Mr.. Stark has been offered
$40 for the pair, but is going to keep
hem and lei them grow a while long
II. They were late calves. but have
lready developed to good size.
The Grafton Cheese company re-
emily held u meeting at which Gov.
FULLER, Colonel Hooker and others
we're present. The time was taken up
With singing, speech-making and So
liability. At the proper time, Judge
Walker, with Il big knife, cut big.
heese into a thousand pieces. more or
sss, and distributed the pieces freely
0 the crowd present Capable judges
the cheese excellent. and
II wish success and prosperity to the
ompany for Years to come.
The practice of dehorning dairy
attic is having vigorous boom in
Woodstock just now. and the services
t 5. X. Hapgood of Reading have
cen in demand by several represen-
alive farmers who generally count |
ne cost intelligently before taking an
Important step. Among them are ,
mos Dole n Son, X. A. Seaver and ,
rving Gilbert of Taftsville: \. T..
Wood, J. X. IIoadley and II. +. Ja- /
nth, who is ON the Henry W. Walk ,
+ farm in South Woodstock. Several i,
theirs have decided To treat their
Dws in the same way. Men whose ,
Dws have been dehorned say that the !
nimals frequently went to feeding /,
thin five minutes. 1t seems incred-
bic but the testimony is everywhere
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