Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-24
State of Vermont.
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Cal, some time during the summer.
An effort is being made to have d
postofiice established at Colchester
Borough to be known as North Col
chester About 30 families would us,
the office, who now go TO West Milton
five miles away.
j. A. Harrington of Yergennes has
two pieces of the old galley Congress
commanded by General Arnold in
the naval engagement with the British
fleet, October ID, l776, of Fort
Cassin. The Congress was run
ashore and sunk in the Ferris bay.
The directors of the Fairbanks
Scale company have chosen the same
officers as last year. They are Frank
lin Fairbanks, president; ;. \. Brown
of Boston, vice president; II. y. Turn
er, general manager; Henry Fair
banks, secretary; John G. Clark,
treasurer.
Between 40, 900 and $4,000 trout
fry have been placed in four brooks
in Chittenden county within a week.
These brooks are located in Milton,
Westford, Jericho and Underhill. A
deposit Of lake trout, .l5,000 in num-
ber has been placed in the lake of
Colchester Reef.
Br'er Harris gets off this one: ''Bur-
/ lington is 10 have a bathing establish
ment built this summer on the city
lake shore, with a toboggan slide from
/ the roof into the water. The fact is
so full of suggestions and morals and
texts that comment would be quite out
of place"
The cheese factory at .Iosselyn Han,
BridgeM alter, commenced running
Monday. May 18th, with NJ. ID.
Searles of Greenfield, Mass. as cheese
maker. Only part Of the patrons
are ready TO bring their milk this
week, bur about 400 pounds Of milk
are now received daily.
Windsor county court convened on
Tuesday of this week, Judge L. H.
Thompson presiding. The regular
docket is unusually large, containing
1870 cases, of which % are State cases,
30 are divorce cases, and Il are in
chancery There are also 81 new en-
try cases, Of which six are for divorce.
The extra morning and evening
trains over Woodstock railway COM
meneed Monday morning for the sum
mer season, The morning train will
leave Woodstock at 5:35, arriving al
White River junction al 7:l4. The
afternoon train viii leave White Riv-
er Junction at 4:l5 and reach Wood |
stock at ASS. The running time Of
the regular trains will remain un.
changed.
Wallingford's free library building, |
the gift of Gilbert Hart Of Detroit, /
Mich, formerly citizen of Walling- /
ford, is nearly completed The libra
~ will start with 1000 books. 900 I
of which will be given by Hart The
dedication exercises will be held on or
about July !. The building and site,
with the Furnishings. will cost. when
completed, in the neighborhood OF
$40. 200.
The grand encampment Of YER
mont Odd Fellows elected these Off
GERS: ID. l.. Sanders of Montpelier.
grand patriarch; Louis Green Of Rut-
land, grand high priest; ID. Wallace OF
st. Adams, grand senior warden;
Charles w. Farr of 81. Johnsbury,
grand scribe; ID. W. Dudley of Mont
pelier, grand treasurer; l.. G. Burn
ham of Burlington, and II. l.. Parker
Of Bradford, grand Representatives to
grand lodge of the United States
The Dartmouth hotel in Norwich.
made famous under its former man
ager, Geo. Ii. kibling, who was sen
fenced TO over 80 years al hard labor
for selling lager beer, was again the
scene of a liquor raid May 18th. The
Law and Order League had a search
served on the proprietor. +.
NJ. Hunt, which resulted in the seizure
IF a large quantity of beer in bottles
md kegs. Hunt appeared before Po- /,
ice Justice Ruggles, pleaded guilty
md was fined $3.50, which includes
'osts. 9
The Burlington Clipper is response /
Die for this story: ''The town liquor \
agency in "A certain Vermont town
vas conducted a few years ago by {
nan who owned large garden. Pre- i
-ious to his incumbency Of the Office |
md owing either TO his other duties (
n to his laziness, the weeds had held
ull sway in this plot of ground. y
some time after the newly-appointed .
gent had begun measuring out the 4
,ints and half pints, it was generally I
loted how much improved the gar |
len looked. Weeds gave way TO {
npitimate offspring of the soil. and
he premises assumed a much tidier L
spect all around. Neighbors were !
urious TO know the reason of the /
hange and some were so inquisitive
S to watch the garden. Constant es- v
homage revealed the fact that nu- c
nerous unsavory characters visited a
he place and, after calling at the d
ouse, repaired to the garden, put in
alf an hours hard work against the l
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