Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-03

tuFed ms jaw Dolie.
Will 4. Schustrr, the Bratlltboro
baritone,i i, located FOR the winter with
the Castle square company at the
grand opera house in Philadelphia.
VIM. LAWN OF Braitleboro has
signed a contract vi ,h Madam Lillian
Nordica TO sing in series Of 10 con-
certs, the first of which will he given
in Omaha. Neb ID c. IL.
George w. ThompOn of Woodstock
scratched the back of one hand the
other day, tearing off some of the
skin. Tie wound was deemed trifling
and he paid no attention to it, conse-
quently blood poisoning set in and
his condition is serious.
SwaI ton is to have big hotel and
the residents are exceedingly happy
thereat. Work Oh the excavations
has already been commenced and il
is expected that the structure will be
pushed right along, being such good
thing, until its completion.
Several head of young cattle on f..
L. Browns place in Vernon were pois-
oned recently by eating bran ia which
paris green had been mixed for the
purpose of killing bugs. The bran
was mixed in a kettle where the cat
tie could have access to il.
Eugene A. Smith of Montpelier has
in his possession a curiosity in the
/ shape of letter written in 1914 from
jackson Township Mo-. by Lewis
Churchill, MiddleseX. This was be-
fore the days OF envelopes, and the
/ postage on this two-page document
was % cents.
Seven registered imported IIolstein
COWS from a herd Of - owned by
/ VIM. NJ. Smith of Chester We're found
to I've suffering from tuberculosis by
State Examiner G. NJ. Winslow last
Saturday morning, Nov. y, and or
dered killed. The herd was consid-
cred one Of the best in the state.
Lawson n. Fuller, New York's
noted horscman, succeeded recently
in lowering the world 5 mile record
for siX-in-hand teams, reducing ii from
three minutes TO 2:56 -. Ii is in
teresiing TO note that of the six horses
that made the great race against time,
| five OF them are Vermont horses, hay
ing been raised on Mr.. Fuller's farm
il. this state.
Milton Jennison of Westminster
had an unpleasant experience recent
/ ly. lie started to row across the Con-
necticut river in small boat in the
night and collided with log which
could not be seen IN the darkness. The
BOAT was overturned and sank, but
the boy managed to climb upon the
log and was saved from drowning.
The boys cries attracted his fathers
attention and he was rescued after
having floated down the river about
half mile.
The December term of court for
Addison county opened Tuesday,with
Hon. James NJ. Tyler of Brattleboro
as presiding judge. II does not look
as though the term would be a long
one. There are only 50 cases on the
law docket, % on.the chancery. On
the old docket there are eight divorce
and six criminal cases. There will
probably be ten more criminal cases
by the grand jury. There are 80
cases on the court calendar, three of
which are for divorce and II cases
are on the jury calendar.
Mr.. Cecil Palmer, the leading ami
NAL artist of this country, is at the
Billings farm in Woodstock for a few
DAYS. in the interest of the Breeders
Gazette, drawing from life Q group of
the celebrated Southdown sheep, also
the heifer, Lily Garfield, champion
in the butter test at the Worlds fair,
and Gqrfield's Black Princess, which
were exhibited at the annual farm
show in Madison Square Garden, New
York city, last week. Mr.. Palmer is
making these pictures for the Christ
mas number Of the Breeders Gazette.
The largest sale of real estate that
has been made at Woodstock for %
years took place Saturday, No. 81. 1t
was the factory and real estate of the
late Solomon Woodward. The Roy
al manufacturing company of Jersey
City, y. j., paid S39. 400 for the prop
erty. 1t was originally mortgaged to
A. Z. Stewart and at his death be-
came the property of Judge Hilton
Of New York. The factory was never
operated by the New York parties.
Its sale was conditional on the cleo
ton of Mckinley. Four years ago
there was the same conditional sale,
which fell through on account OF
Cleveland's election.
Thursday afternoon of last week
Chas. Brown, Jr., of sudbury and
wife were out hunting for rabbits. 4
rabbit was soon started up and
Charles fired, missing the rabbit, and
the dog started after the rabbit and
Charles stopped to load his gun. Mrs.
Brown went TO look in the direction
taken by the rabbit and dog. Upon
getting in sight of her, he started to
run and tripped and fell. the gun be-
ing accidentally discharged, the shot
striking Mrs. Brown in the arm and
side. DIR. Baker OF Brandon was