Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-14
The Chester High school cadets have

Testament in q gOOu sIatc VI pIcsciNa
ton. which was used over 100 years
ago by the first Congregational minis
ter located at Lunenburgh.
The mass meeting Of the Young
PEOPLES Christian Union OF Vermont
and the Province of Quebec convened
at the Universalist church at st. Al
bans last week.
Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks OF st.
Johnsbury, wife Of Col. Fairbanks,
died last week at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. j. Z. llerrick, in
Springfield, Mass.
A herd of fine Jerseys owned by }.
c. Colgate of New York and kept at
his summer residence near Benning-
ton was the other day found to be in
fected with tuberculosis, and thirteen
of them were killed.
William Lathe, who shot Mrs. Bars
tow at Barton and who escaped from
Jail Jan. goth, was captured Friday
in Troy and recommitted. lie went
to Canada but came back to Troy to
visit friends. He was surprised in
his room and had no time to escape.
Bids for the heating and ventilating
apparatus for the public building at
st. Adams have been opened in the
office of the supervising architect OF
the treasury. The lowest BID was
80, 1867 by Samuel |. Pope Co. of Chi
cago.
The Vermont revised statutes Of
1894 will be in effect Aug. |, 1895, at
which time it is expected their print
ing will be completed, as well as the
session laws of 1894, which are to be
part of the volume. In the meantime,
the law will have to be found in the
old Revised Laws and subsequent ses-
sion laws.
Fred Blake of Bradford was the
victim of very serious and painful
accident Saturday, Feb. I'd. He was
under temporary wood shed in com
pany with three Others, when the
shed broke down, covering them in
the ruins. Luckily no one was hurt
except Mr.. Blake, who suffered Sc
we're injury to his spine. His lower
limbs were completely paralyzed.
The dwelling house, store and barn
of Francis |. White of Eden Mills
burned last week. The town clerks
office was in the house and everything |
except the contents Of the safe, which |
was supposed to contain nearly all |
the record books, was destroyed. A
strong wilma prevailed and Stones
hotel caught several times but was
saved with but little damage. Loss,
5000; insurance on goods, 81 900 and
on building, $1,000.
The 3Sth annual festival of the Or
leans County Musical association was
held at Newport last week with Prof.
H. G. Blaisdeli of Concord, N. H., as
and Martha Dana Shepard
Of Boston, pianist. The chorus num-
bered $50 and was the finest chorus
ever gathered at the beginning. 1t
readily and difficult music
was handled. Singers were present
from st. Johnsbury, Richford and
and there was large sale
Of seats for the concert. A most sue
cessful convention was held.
Nelson Pratt, aged II years, was
found dead in his dooryard, two
miles out from Worcester, Thursday
with his arms and legs fro
zen. He left a store in Worcester the
night before to walk home. When
MS wife looked out in the morning
'he saw his body lying in snowbank,
lis hands crossed over his heart. 1t |,
vas bitter cold night, and it is sup
posed that his exertion brought on an
attack Of heart difficulty just as he
uttered his yard, which caused death.
he leaves a wife and one child.
DR.. o. o. Powers Of Highgate
waived examination Thursday morn
NC and was held for the grand jury
n $1,000 bonds. c. r. Lyon, @. l..
Iinds, G. G. Sheldon and James
lama of Highgate signed the bonds.
Dr.. Powers was arrested charged n
With malpractice in the case of Estella
loughton. He was held in $1,000
'onds by Justice Hall for preliminary
Examination. Dir. Powers was repre-
ented by Col. A. A. Hall and ID. w.
steele. This is just half the bail in
which Miss Lydia A. Stevenson was .
leld to answer the same charge.
A St. Alban paper gives few in
eresting figures in connection with
he Franklin County creamery at that
lace. During the year 1898, AZ, 1885,
SO pounds of milk were received and
made into l,927,S2l pounds of butter. :
n 1864, the milk received weighed
5,755,29S pounds and 2.l24.376
pounds of butter were made. This is
n increase of 3,620,l06 pounds of
milk received and 1866 pounds OF =
utter made. These figures reduced 8
tons mean that over 2O,426 tons of 1
milk were made into over GAS tons of =
utter. To carry this butter to mar
et would require train of IS cars.
The excitement at West Pawlet
yer the recent riot is undated. Five
I the ringleaders in the attack on I