Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-26


ing in Waitsfeld. this spring.
Stephen Woodward Of West Dal
vile has eve which recently ga.
birth TO four lambs, all black
j a barn belonging to Walter Bake
OF Bridgewaler Center, contairin
about eight tons of hay. was burne
recently.
An order has been received at til
scale shops at st. Johnsbury 10
10000 union platform scales from th
Chicago Branch house.
Frank A. Bonds clothing store a
Brandon was robbed last week of ;
few suits Of clothes and other article
Of wearing apparel. There is no elen
to the burglars.
The Boston Herald says: "Thai
Vermont butteline factory down il
Rhode Island il 4 base libel on til,
name Of one of the greatest but 81
states in these parts
Vermont is progressive. A ciga.
rette club is said TO be the laiest
among Bratlleboro ladies. What the
object Of The club is 10 encourage Of
suppress we don't know.
Ex-Gov. Page OF Hyde Park wears
a broad snile. Cause why? He's
got another grandson. With two
SONS and two grandsons, "Page' and
"Green Calf Skins" are likely to con-
tinue synonymous terms for couple
Of generations at least.
Jamas z. Sawyer, Yale '97, son
OF II. A. Sawyer, has been unani-
mously elected chairman Of the board
OF editors of the Yale Weekly Record.
since his freshman year Mr.. Sawyer
has been more or less identified with
literary work. Some time ago he was
appointed on the board of the Record.
The board of railroad commission
ers will have public hearing ut Lud.
low Thursday to investigate The rail-
road accident near that place Febru.
airy 18th. They will hold public
hearing at Middlcsex April lst to IN
vestigate the death Of Dwight Oar
ling, who was killed by a train there
some lime ago.
Now the good people Of Middlesex
claim that the high water winch re-
Gently did so much damage in thai
village was caused by the dam at The
Vilcs electric plant. Talks of law
suits were quite frequent short time
ago but the excitement at present i
for nobody knows whethel
it was the dam or not.
Tom O'Brien, the American buncc
steerer, has been convicted in Pari,
Of numbering s'kid' Waddell, another
American swindler, and sentenced 10
imprisonment at hard labor for life
O'Brien had worked his game success
fully in different parts OF the llniled
States and it has been claimed thar
he was the man who swindled two
Addison county farmers to the ex-
tent OF several thousand dollars a few
years ago and also entraplRd I:
farmer al Shelburne, Mass.
Joseph Wood, ,Ir., of Barre was
surprised the other daS
when George Towne asked him 10
pay fine OF $40 bird for shooting
in the Hcrsey grove. L
,eems that u pair Of these birds had
)ecn building nest and Mr.. Wood,
the state law in regard to
partridges between January
lst and September 18th, had shot
hem. Mr.. Towne, who is state
warden, notified Mr.. Wood that he
would have TO pay or suffer the con-
sequences. Mr.. Wood decided TO
lay.
One OF Vcrmont's largest granite
firms, ii is reported, is soon to change
rom lis present location in Ilarlwick
+ ii does there must be m expendi-
ure Of from $4,000 to $40, 0o0 before
he firm can do any work. The rail-
Dad to the quarries is To be finished /
IS soon as the snow is gone and the
works of the new company are to be /
eady by June LIST. 1t means almost
loublc the present population Of the
'illage, the erection Of "A large numbeI
# new dwellings and The opening OF
new business establishments
# various SORTS.
Charles Winters, the l5-year-old
on Of Charles II. Winters of Rutland,
Eft his home Monday morning Of
lst week without informing his par
nts and had not returned last week.
Ioung Winters bought q ticket for
roy, n. Y, Tuesday afternoon Of
,harles Bennett, the ticket broker,
ut the conductors say that no ticket
Ike that sold by Bennett was taken up
N Wednesday. Numerous kilograms
D surrounding cities have brought no
answer. Young Winters
boy Of good habits and, so far as
is parents know, had no reason for
,aving home. When last seen he
ad on a light-colored macintosh
I'D brown derby hat. II
The young physicians Of Rutland
ave formed an association to estab-
sh free dispensary. The object is
, furnish medicinal care to the poor
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