Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-29
MontpeIier1 is annoyed by petty

Montpelier VIII nave iio"
building.
The average tax rate in Vermont
i about ll2 per cent
The Governor has designated FRI
day, April 6, as Fast Day.
4 lodge of odd Fellows will be IN
stituted in Plainfeld, Wednesday.
James Weld of Lyndonville was
found dead the other day in a sugar
house.
Vermont sells each year, outside the
State. about S6,0O0,0 900 worth OF DAIRY
products.
The case Of State vs.. II. II. Pitkin
of Fairhaven has been set Tor lIlal
I April 10. He was indicted for pro
curing malpractice which resulted IN
the death of Eva Shaw.
Charles II. Wells, Barre boy, now
in Tufts college, is author OF play,
entitled "Me and Otis, which Is
soon to be brought out by college
juniors.
Miss Nan Joslyn, a popular men-
Der of the Senior class of Goddard
seminary. died Monday, March 10Th,
of typhoid fever. This is the first
death in the school in three years.
A daughter was born Sunday, the
/ 18Th. to Calvin Townsend and wife Of
/ Montpelier. the weight of the child
being one and one-fourth pounds.
The child is apparently all right and
Is doing well.
The following fourth-cla,s post
masters have lately been appointed:
L. a. French, vice L. ;. French re-
signed. ut Barnard; G. l.. Ball, vice J..
An. Kezar, removed, az Fletcher.
Mrs. Ross. wife Of Principal Ross Of
the Vermont Episcopal institute al
Burlington and daughter of the late
Dea. j. J. Howard Of Benson. died ON
the 18th inst. She had been i'll two
years with nervous prostation.
At the annual business meeting Of
the Vermont Poultry and Pet Stock
association the other day in st. Johns
bury, :. W. Corse Of Montpelier and
George Davis Of East Montpelier were
elected vice presidents. The associ-
alton now numbers So members and is
steadily increasing in growth.
Ex-AIinister Phelps is rapidly re-
covering from his recent illness. lie
is able to be- about the house and eX-
poets TO be sufficiently strong to drive
out in few days He expects to re-
sumo his lectures in the Yale Law |
school and tothe Senior class in the |
academic department after the Easter
vacation.
Gen. Kingsley, Rutland. new may
or. saws in his message that the city |
government is "a success. The debts
of the municipality, lac summarizes a.
follows: School, S27 .647 Sc; water. S34, =
1913. -: water extension, 800. GOO: late |
village of Rutland. 81 ,299.27: refund !
ing warrants. 81 800: town of Rut-
land, Sl03, 929. 92-total, S3l0.3I0.7s. /
The rate Of interest paid on the debt /
is from four to six per cent.
The air brakes on the midnight ex-
press TO Boston did not work Tuesday /
III ~ - AAtlif AtiAb Altt NAUtlbAl UA
sex Junction and the train passed
through. crashing into a freight train
partly ON the siding and /
partly on the main line. Three emp
ty freight ears were overturned and 1
broken considerably, and the engine.
Filield. and the baggage car OF the
passenger train We're damaged some
what
At the first visitation Of Bishop
Hall al Middlebury, Rev. :. b Blunt's
Young child was baptized, using the
Weeks family baptismal robe. The
history Of this robe is traditional. Ii
S made Of white figured silk. 1t is
about yard square and apparently as
white and glossy a. when new. Ii i
over $50 years old, came down in the
families of John Alden. the Pilgrim
o the Weeks family. and afterwards
% the sheldon family. II i said TO
nave been brought in the Mavfiower.
md to have been used at the baptism
# leo persons.
Mason ;. Stone of Montpelier met
he principals of the STATE Normal
choois and their assistant teachers m
Saturday. March 18th.
together they talked over matters i'm
general relative 10 these schools and
with regard Ia systematizing the work
u all. There We're present besides
,lr Stone. Principal Edward Co
liant and Misses Mary ;. Putnam
Hd Mary l.. Gates Of the Randolph
Normal school. Principal II. r.. Lcav-
nworth and Miss Helen NJ. HIGGINS
i the tastleton Normal school. and
'rincipal \. II. Campbell and Mis-
Annie /. Thompson Of the johnson
Normal school.
Luther Knapp of Mortified. who
"a convicted and sentenced 10 the
tate prison for four years. in Octo-
er. le92, for robbine seth Silloway.
NJ Nnn. II. D.