Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-04-18

Snlppeu ~ POUNDS OI maple sugar y
. Benguella, Central Africa.
General Superintendent f. w. Bald.
win Of the Central Vermont railroad
is taking vacation trip to Mexico.
Francis Burke, who recently died al
his home in Rutland, was 100 years
old March Is, and was resident OF
Rutland for about ID years.
A Building and Loan association
has been organized at st. Adams with
capital stock Of S65, 900, which has
already been subscribed for.
4 A. j. Markham, the well-known YER
mont campaign singer, who has been
singing in the West for several weeks,
is now filling an engagement in Bos-
ton.
i Herbert A. Hines of Rutland, fore
man in the casting department of the
Howe Scale works, fell while coasting
on bicycle the other day and broke
one leg.
The Tooth annual meeting of the
general convention of Cong'l ministers
and societies of Vermont will be held
in the old "First Church"at Benning-
ton Center in June.
The Brattleboro creamery has made
during the past year lS0,Sl7 pounds
Of butter; average number of spaces
per pound, 3.47; average price paid
patrons, 2l.ll cents.
A broken journal caused the derail-
ment of a locomotive and ten passen-
gers near Charlotte, Tuesday. Wreck
ing trains from Rutland and st. Al
bans cleared the track.
Wilder & Co. OF Victory have en-
ployed SO men during the winter.
They recentlysgot out an order for q
100000 feet of logs for the paper mill
concern at Fair Haven.
Frank Rossi, who broke jail in Barre
March l4.h and was captured last
week in Groton, Ct, has been placed
under 81 200 bonds for his appear
ance at the September term of Wash
ington county court.
Amasa Harris of Lyndon shipped a
pair of oxen the other day that
weighed over 5000 pounds. He pur-
chased them four years ago, at four
years old, when they weighed little
over 5000 pounds.
1t is now asserted that the creature
that has been posing as the Champlain
sea serpent is beaver, and that he
was seen at the head of Cumberland
Bay last fall lying on the ice and bark
ing like dog. Next.
M. Merrifeld's steam woodworking
and basket mill at Williamsville, near
Brattleboro, was burned April s, by a
supposed inccndiary fire. The mill
was comparatively new, and the loss
is about $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
C.Smith of 236 West Monroe street,
Chicago, would like to learn of the
whereabouts of one Robinson, who
was postmaster in some small town in
Vermont under Grants administers
ton and whose son has recently died
in Chicago.
The Vermont Fish and Game league
held meeting at the Pavilion, Mont
pelier, Thursday afternoon. Eighteen
new members were voted into the or
ganization, also 800 were appropri-
ated to the "Leach' committee for the
purpose of increasing the varieties of
game birds in the state.
Thomas Dunn has bought the old
town house at the Castleton town
farm. Some of the planks were from
II to l6 inches wide and l6 feet long
and three inches thick. The beams
were 40 feet long and lOxl6 inches.
They were of pine. In taking down
the house an old penny of 1903 was
found.
The annual meeting and banquet Of
the Sons and Daughters of Vermont
in Springfield, Mass, will be held the
evening of the 10th, Patriots day. Gov.
Woodbury., Lieut.. Gov. Mansur and
Pres. II. Nj. Arms of the National
Dairymen's association will be among
IiC opSuhSic. Liz dosOClullOIl CUIl-
tains 400 members.
A new counterfeit silver quarter has
lately appeared in Brattleboro. 1t is
of series of 1898, and is so nearly
like the genuine that it takes an adroit
expert to detect it. The curious thing
about it is that it contains, about as |
much silver as the genuine quarter
does,and as this is only about 10 cents,
it will be seen that the counterfeiters
are making a very good thing out Of
it.
The officials of the Vermont acade-
my at Saxton's River will undergo
several changes next year. DR.. Geo.
Williams, for seven years principal,
and Charles Howard, for four years
professor of mathematics, will resign,
and Lieut.. George Gatchel, the gov
eminent official, will be removed, as
his term expires. Miss Mary Barry,
first assistant of the Bellows Falls
High school for sixteen years, will re-
sign, her place being filled by Newton
Clark, member of Dartmouth class
OF '95. Vermont a,ademy has seven
fine buildings and extensive grounds.
Other buildings will be erected soon.
jeremiah Wood Dimick, a carpet
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