Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-02-06


q AT meeting OF Dr.. Munson's Poi
ulist party at Burlington last week, \
Z Y. Powers, ex-policeman and "a DO
tic OF beer" who runs a restaurant o
J Church street, was nominated fl
mayor. Only 70 votes were cast. I'll
whole affair was i farce.
4 The executive committee OF the Vel
mont prohibitionists has agreed
/ hold a mass convention at Montpelier
May It'll, to nominate state officer
and elect delegates to the nationa
convention at Pittsburg, to reorganiz
county committees and reform count,
organizations.
Harry Tyler of Shelburne has prob
ably one Of the choicest collections o
antique crockery in the state, consist
ing Of some lao pieces of rare chin,
and other ware, ranging in age from
so to l2S years, among which are sew
eral historical pieces valued at from
$50 to $50 each and Lafayette punch
bowl lbs years old.
No trace has been found Of Joseph
Wade of Poultney, who has been
missing since Christmas. lie proba,
bly, fell into the river and his body
was carried away in the high water.
AS the river is now covered with ice
it is impossible to find the body and
it will very likely be carried away
with the spring floods, leaving the
mystery unsolved.
About 20 men have presented their
names as candidates. for the u. V. M.
ball team. Capt. Dinsmore says the
team will be strong one, the weakest
part being in the box. Pond and
Daggett of last years team are not in
college, SO that new material needs to
be developed to assist Dinsmore, the
only one Of last years pitchers in train
ing.
The Welsh Cooperative Slate COM
pany recently organized at Fair Ha-
ven is the second company of Welsh
Americans to embark in the milled
slate business. The first and original
was Griffith, Owens ~ Co..
in 1877. They have worked
their own quarries and milled their
own stock for period of Is years
with gratifying success.
The trustees of the Brooks memo
rial fund of Brattleboro have just i'm
ported from Germany for the use Of
the public library Kretschmer e.
Rohrback's valuable work, "The
Fashions of the Nations" which dates
back to the old Egyptians, picturing
Ihe dresses and habits of all classes,
'egal, ecclesiastical, noble, military
md civil, both male and female, up
o the nineteenth century. The work |
S printed in German and contains I04 !
,olored plates with about 1000 full
ength figures, representing historical
arranged in chre biological
rider.
Charles F. Sears of Bennington has
historical record that he prizes quite
tightly. 1t is memento of the Har-
ison campaign of 1910 in the shape
i piece Of heavy cloth or print, on
which in regular intervals, about nine
inches apart, are log cabin scene and
picture of William Henry Harrison.
The intervening spaces between the
lectures are filled with flowers. Be
ide the cabin is barrel labeled "hard
ider.' For what purpose this cloth
yas used is not known. 1t was found
y Mr.. Sears in trunk formerly
wned and used by his father, Benja-
lin Sears.
John Purcell, a peddler of Benning-
IN, received word by friend that an
ncle Of Purcell, whom he had never
zen, had died in the East Indies and !
ad left fortune of Sl50,00O to d.
ide between six heirs, of which he was
ne. A week or two later he re-
lived a letter from a cousin residing
| Ireland confirming fhe news and
ating that it looked as if everything
as all right, and giving him the
lme of a law firm to write to. This /;
} has done and he is now awaiting /
| answer. The uncle who died was
I'm in the county Limerick and s
hen young went to the East Indies, !
here he amassed fortune and where /
, died. He had three sisters, one of \
EN- being the grandmother of Pur-
Il, who are all dead, so that if the n
Dry of the fortune is true it will fall v
their heirs. 3
George Leonard of West Rutland, "
ed 81 years and 10 months, died /
II week Wednesday evening. Mr.. il
,onard was the father of four boys G.
a three girls. All Of the sons are ii
We, the Oldest being 65 years of age.
I. Leonard is survived by 80 grand y
ildren and " great-grandchildren. al
+. Leonard's wife died about three al
ars ago at the age Of 80. They had CT
ed together as man and wife for GA
ars. Mr.. Leonard was born in Ger rc
my and at the age Of 3 years was M
ought to Canada by his brother and in
iced in charge of sea captain. He la
S at one time government inspector
meat and was wealthy. Until with at
a faxv re VIC ha cnttlI road cnuopnp | a,