Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
VOL XXIV ISLAND POND. w. FRIDAY. DECEMBER s 1896
General Vermont News.

At the secret session Of the state grange at
Burlington, these officers were elected;
Master. G. J. Bell East Hardwick overseer
Il. W. Pierce. BrattlebOro: lecturer, Il. Il.
Gulusha, Jericho; steward, l.. Il. Morse,
Randolph; assistant steward. VI. Is. Roberts
Rupert; chaplain. .C.J. LOwrey, Jericho treas
urer, +. b. Pier Rawsonyille: secretary, ID.
D. Howe, Burlington; gate keeper, A. f,
Lawrence, st. JOhnshury: Ceres. Mrs. c. j.
Bell Morrisville; Flora, Mrs W. q. Mason,
Rupert; lady assistant steward, Mrs. VI. b.
Roberts, Rupert; executive committee, l.. NJ.
Cragin, Springfield G. f. Smith of Norris
vile.
q. A. Terrill has been appointed fourth
class postmaster at Underhill Centre,Nt.
Daniel d. Howe has resigned his position
as superintendent of the state agricultural
college farm to take effect January 9Th. The
board which consists of President Buckham,
Crosby Miller, Ex-Governor Ormsbee, q. 5.
Fassett and Hon. Cassius Peck have held a
meeting and 1t is understood that Hon.
Cassius Peck will be Mr. Howes successor.
Follett Brothers have just completed their
new lime kilns at North Pownal. There
are three of them, with capacity of eight
tons day. Two are to be kept in opera
tion, the third being kept in case of.an emer-
gency. The kilns are under the direction
of the firm, one of whom visits them every
day.
Supt. NJ. J. Dimond of the Epping county
farm at Brentwood Is actively bestirrng
himself for re-appointment by the county
commissioners, and his four years record
is greatly in his favor. There are a
number of candidates, it is understood, for
the position, Dame Rumor locating two of
them in this town, one at Exeter, one at
Newmarket and one at Derry. 1t is claimed
that the Derry man has already secured the
the influence of One-third of the new board
in his favor.
1t Is announced there is good reason to
believe that Governor GrOut will be re-
spectfully invited to consider the appoint
ment of Lieutenant Henry W. .Hovey, US A.,
to the Office of assistant inspector general
on his staff, to succeed Captain Tutherly,
L. S. A.. whose tour of detached service has
nearly expired. Lieutenant Hovey is the
cOmmandant of Norwich University during
his tour of detached service and his ap-
pointment was particularly pleasing to
! the guardsmen. Lieutenant Hovey is not
"a West Pointer. but began his military
career as a guardsman in New York state
and then enlisted in the army and worked
/ his Wav up to first ieutenant's commission.
| During his brief residence in this state he
/ has evnced a deep interest in the National
| Guard and has succeeded in making him
| self very popular with its members His
] own tAptGltutt ttS a lullltldlilhh pCNuildil ~
| fits him for an instructor of guardsmen, and
! considerable influence will be brought to
/ bear upon the governor to appoint.
The Rutland fire department has adopted
/ a new smoke mask. which is a wonderful
/ invention. 1t is designed to permit fremen
| to enter burning building without danger
of becoming stifed through smoke. The
mask is made of leather with fine
rubber cloth on the edge to make it fit
] 20 thn funa In pf hn
mask is an isinglass and also an aper-
ture in which is a moist sponge. To test it,
a small room was filed with dense smoke
and the sulphur, cayenne pepper, rubbers,
old shoes, etc, that We're burned made
! things very uncomfortable even on the out
side of the building, yet two men provided
with protectors staid inside over ten min
utes.
Preliminary surveys are soon to be made
for the Ely Gopperfleld Railroad Company
which will connect the copper mines of Ely,
| STAFFORD and Corinth with the Boston and
Maine and Central Vermont railroads The
! citizens of White River Junction are trying
to secure for their town the location of the
smelling works soon to be erected. No other
large producers of copper are as near the
market as the Vermont copper mines, and
with proper railroad facilities these mines
will have great advantage over other
mines.
Norman G. Foote of Cornwall. l3 years of
age is an expert gunner for one of his years.
A few DAYS ago he shot bird measuring
four and a half feet from tip to tip of wings,
the like of which no one around had ever
before seen. 1t is thought to be specimen
of the American rough-legged buzzard.
paper publishes an account of the ad-
ventures of reporter who went to Baltimore
to find out why no presidential election was
held there this fall. The account says that
the ticket agent at Bellows Falls had never
heard of Baltimore and implies that what
the agent doesn't know about a geography
would fill several volumes. 1t was discov-
cred that the first selectman W. r. Bryant,
and the constable, W. A. Kay, were both can
didates for the Legislature and that Bryant
got more of Batimores vote than did Day
and that Day for revenge neglected. to post
call for November election, and consequently
no election was held. Altogether the pop
ulation of Baltimore is about 60 and there
are only II voters, three of them democrats,
they seem to know "A thing or two about
politics.
The following Vermont postmasters b We
been commissioned Norris ID. Wilder, at
Brownsville Annette Bailey, Il. West
Bridgeport.
Vermont pensions granted Frank Bur
nett of st. Adams.