Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-02

Bishop Michaud assisted in the co
Q secration Of Bishop-elect Hoban
: Scranton, Pa.
The postotilce department has di
continued the following offices: Gosl
en-, special mail TO Brandon.
The Valley Creamery association {
Westminster is making considerabl
over ton Of butter every week.
i Q. D.Owen Of Barton sent two tub
OF butter to Japan in December, an,
has received word that the butte
reached its destination in good condi
ton,
Editor Stone of the st. Johnsbur,
Caled0nian has secured the service
OF John B. Chase, a son of G. M
Chase of the Lyndon Union, as as
sistant.
Mrs. Marcus Roberts OF East Dor
set died March 18th, al the age o.
80 years and six months, in the an
cient house where she was born and
where her entire life was spent.
Miss Grace Wellington, graduate
OF the Manchester seminary, has ao.
cepted the position of Greek and Latin
teacher in one of the best English
schools in Paris, and will begin her
work next fall.
John KEENAN,, father of George
KEENAN,, the Siberian traveller, died at
M0ntclair, n. j., last week Wednes-
day, aged SO years. Mr.. KEENAN,
was a son of Rev. Thomas KEENAN,
and was born in Waterbury, VT, in
1903.
Joseph Miller, Dummerston's ven
cradle town clerk, has completed AZ
years Of faithful service as town clerk,
and was complimented by re-elec-
ton to that office. He was first chos-
en- to the Office in lS49. He is 70 years
of age.
Barnum and Bailey's "Greatest
Show on Earth" is to exhibit at the
following places on the Central Ver-
mont road this summer: Brattlebor6,
July 10; Montpelier, Aug. u; White
River junction, Aug. ID; Burlington.
Aug. ID; st. Adams, Aug. Is; Ma
lone, Aug. II; Rutland, Aug. 20; and
at Ogdensburgh, Aug. II.
The Wardwell collection of miner
ais ard shells, valued at $4,000, will
soon become the property of the city
OF Rutland. Several citizens who
wish 10 keep this collection in Rut-
land, both as memorial of George j.
Wardwell and as an aid to schools,
will give one half the sum required to
buy it OF the executors Of the estate if
the people will raise 80, 800.
The It'll annual banquet OF the Gro
GERS and Meatmen's association of
Burlington was held last Thursday
evening at the Van Ness House and
was the most largely attended and
successful one in the history of the as
ISOLATION, covers being laid for over
200 guests. President Barber occu-
pied the center Of the head table and
beside him on either side were seated
Gov. Woodbury., Rev. Thomas Lynch,
Judge j. w. Rowell, J.H. Holton, the
POSTMASTER, Mayor-elect II. S. Peck,
Alderman j. w. Godell, Editor A.
Armagnac, Hon. w. l.. Burnap, DR..
D. G. Hawley, Hon. Robert Roberts
and J. E. Riley.
The experiment station al Burling-
ton has just issued bulletin 80, having
analyses of ID samples OF commercial
fertilizers licensed to sell in Vermont.
The analyses and guarantees are COM
pared and the valuation Of ingredients
A schedule of trade
values agreed upon by the expert
ment stations of the New England
and middle states is given and dis
cussed. Two more fertilizer bulletins
will be issued in April and May.
The analyses will be posted in the
postoffices. The bulletins, as well as
Ill publications Of the stations, will be
sent free OF charge to any address
upon application to the experiment
station, Burlington.
The board of trade rooms at st.
Johnsbury were crowded Monday
March %, to hear the report
If the committee appointed at the for
ner meeting to investigate the project
If establishing shoe factory in town.
they submitted a general idea of the
ituation, which was that the people
hould form a stock company with
$50, 900 capital, build factory cost
ng about $50, 900, leaving $4,000 as
capital. The manager, Mr..
sterling, is to put in $4,000 worth Of
machinery and manage the business
With a salesman to sell the product.
The speakers were all in favor Of the
Enterprise and committee was APP
,ointed to canvass for stock subscrip-
ions as follows: G. p. Carpenter, o.
J. Abbott, Louis Gingras, Matthew
Jalbeck and C. G. Follensby.
Rev. Calvin Granger of Poultney,