Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-05-28

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An enormous trout was caught las
week in Greensboro pond. 1t weighe
seven and one-half pounds.
The Republican first. district col.
vention to nominate congressman
to be held at Rutland June Is.
The Boston Globe has arrange,
with the Rutland railroad for a Sun
day newspaper train from BELOW
Falls to Burlington.
Mrs. P. S. Robinson Of West Derb,
is trying to collect 100000 postag
stamps and already has 375, 900. .Sh,
received $4,000 in one day last week
The Vermont Central association o
Universalists will hold its annual SEES
sion with the local parish at Stow,
Wednesday and Thursday, June
and 4.
The Caledonia county court docke
for the June term commencing Tues
day, June 2, is out and contains to
tai of 622 cases. Hon. jonathan Isos,
is to be presiding judge.
Prof. Charles E. Putney has re-
signed as principal OF st. Johnsbury
academy. He has taught Latin and
Greek there for % years and for the
past Ia years filed acceptably the pc.
sition of principal.
The listers of Woodstock have com.
p!eted their work and have recorded a
totql grand list of 1913, 1872. Al, AS against
%26,973.S4 last year, a gain of Sl.36l-
.6l. The number of taxable polls this
year is 1862; last year, GAS.
A travelling troupe of suspicious
looking individuals were recently ar.
rested at Ascutneyville near Cheshire
bridge and taken to Windsor to await
an experience of law. They had in
their possession stolen horses, hens
and COW.
Prof. G. G. Bonett o6St. Johnsbury
has engaged to make eight balloon as
tensions at Lakewood and Lincoln
parks, Worcester, Mass. Two of them
will be night ascensions with display
of fireworks. He will also make as
tensions at the Eastern Maine fair at
Bangor.
The lOlst annual meeting of the
general convention OF Congregational
ministers and churches of Vermont
will be held in the Congregational
church at Bradford June 9, 10 and H.
The convention sermon will be
preached by Rev. V. NJ. Hardy of
Randolph.
The replies received by the execu-
tive committee of the Vermont Press
association in regard to queries con-
corning the desire of the members of
the association as to a summer trip,
favor a simple trip to Will nghby
Lake in lieu of any more extended
excursion this year, and the commit
tee will arrange accordingly. The
trip will be taken in the latter part of
June and announcement of details is
to be made very soon.
Bennington county court will con-
vene for its summer term at Manches-
ter Tuesday, June I'd, Judge Start
presiding. Several important cases
will come up for trial, the principal
one being that Of Mrs. Mary Wether-
bee of Manchester, who is charged
with throwing her three-weeks-old
child into the Battenkill river the
night of Nov. 23d last and who is
now in the workhouse at Rutland
awaiting trial.
One of the pictures in the exhibi-
ion Of the society of American ar
lists in New York this spring was the
portrait of Senator Redfield Proctor,
'ormer secretary of war, which was
painted for the war department by
Robert Gordon Hardie. 1t is one Of
Mr.. Hardie's best efforts and was
painted in his studio in Carnegie hall,
New York City, the senator coming
rom Washington for the sittings.
The picture is simple and dignified,
PAINTED with few tones and is an ex-
client likeness. The jury of the
Pennsylvania academy Of fine arts
las selected it for exhibition in De-
ember. Mr.. Hardie is now engaged
n another portrait OF Senator Proc
or and will soon begin one of Chief
ustice Walbridge A. Field OF the
upreme court Of Massachusetts, for
he bar association
Rev. P. B. Fisk is invited to give
be centennial discourse of the church
a Waitsfeld, his native town, June
7th. The town was settled by Gen.
'enjamin Waite, great-great-grand.
ather of Mrs. Fisk. The centen-
ial celebration came in 1889, the i'd
ress being given by Walter A. Jones,
boy playmate Of Mr.. Fisk and
rought up on the next farm. The
rst Cong'l church, the first religious
rganization in the town, was organ
ed June u, 1896, with eleven menu
ers, who struggled along with regu-
II meetings and occasional preaching
II 1901, when the first pastor, Rev.
lr. Salisbury, was settled, who re-
Iained eight years. In 1901, Moses !
isk, grandfather of Rev. J. B. Fisk,
lined the church and was elected