Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-19

Randolph was called the Green Mountain
4 Aegis, and think the first paper bore The
date OF December 2, 1858. 1t was published
BY Mr.. William III. Durham, who came
from do not know where; but have an
impression, somehow, that he was ma
tive OF BrOokfeld, who was practical
| printer and not much else.
4 The paper was domiciled in two small
half-story rooms over Judge Weston's law
ohice-the building afterwards occupied
BY the late Samuel Bass as a residence
which seemed quite large enough for the
purpose. A few months after the paper
was started, William Hutchinson of Peth
purchased an interest in it and removed
TO Randolph to assume editorial charge.
During the following summer, think it
was, Durham q Hutchinson erected a
building adjacent to their former quar-
tiers, removed their printing Office to the
upper part of 1t and established book
store on the first floor, it being the first
store OF the kind in town. Not very long
after becoming established in the new
place, Mr.. Durham sold his interest in the
business to Mr.. Abner Morse OF Bethel,
| and the name OF the paper was changed to
the Green Mountain Herald. The journal
continued under the same name and man
agement until shortly after the Free State
excitement in Kansas, when Mr.. Hutch
inson was seized with the 'Kansas fever, !"
and the whole business was sold out--the
printing material to Daniel Tarbell, who
at that time was sort OF Jay Gould In
Vermont, owning property all over the
state, and the bookstore to Samuel Bass.
Mr.. Hutchinson went to the then young
Territory OF Kansas, and the paper came
TO an end.
In the year; 1856, the firm OF Perkins &
Cobb (Albert II. Cobb, son OF Samuel
Cobb, Esq, who was for many years man
ager Of the Weston farm) published a pa
per bearing the name OF the Green Noun
Tain Farmer. Mr.. Cobb soon left the con-
Germ and after a short struggle Mr.. Per-
kins sold the subscription list flor which
he was never able to get anything) to the
Green Mountain Freeman at Montpelier.
Soon after the demise OF the Farmer, Mr..
Tarbell removed the press to Sandusky,
where he published an organ for the Spir-
itualists.
Randolph was then without paper
nearly three years, when Messrs. A Dbott
q Greeley, who had formerly been en-
ployed as printers on Mr.. Tarbell's paper
III Sandusky, brought an old press and
material from Woodstock and started
paper having the name of the Independent
Statesman. After few months, Mr.. Gree
ley became sole proprietor and changed
the name OF the paper to The Ingtes,de,
and after few issues under that title the
concern collapsed. Whether it was the
name, or something else, that killed it, no
one could tell. As the press had not been
paid for, 1t was hauled back to Wood
stock, and Randolph then remained with
out paper, think, until its present able
exponent, the HERALD AND NEWS, came
into existence.
An effort should be made to collect as
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papers that have been published in RAN
dolph for preservation In the public libra
~. A thorough search through garrets
and other repositories Of Anticipated plum
der, in Randolph and the adjoining towns,
ought to unearLh great many Of them.
II would be the means OF rescuing from
oblivion many important and very valu-
able items of local history, and the files
would be greatly appreciated by future
generations"
ssMultltudes Marveled,
Saying, II Was Never SO Seen in Israeli"
The deaf see, the blind hear, the dumb
walk, the lame talk, and the Scribes and
Pharisees are COMPOUNDED since the /
Jacksonville healer came to Randolph.
No lepers were cleansed, because there
were none here; and no devils were cast |
out, because the clergy had attended to
that little matter themselves.
During Friday and Saturday we seemed
to be living in the year A. ID. 30, and 1t .
was distinct shock to hear the newsboys
call the daily papers and make no mention ,
Of the Jerusalem Herald or the Gennesaret |
Gazette. The streets were thronged with
people taken with divers diseases and tor
lnents, and every train brought more mis-
cry from the adjoining towns.
4. hlrA 49,
" enjoy Fourth OF July celebration In
years, can now hear the grass grow. A
few tongue-tied women were SO affected
by the treatment that their tongues fairly
run away with them, and their families
would welcome deafness as blessed re-
lief. A great many professed to have been
two dollars-and few near
sighted mortals have become SO far-seeing
hat they claim to know who will be the
next Democratic president. As no one in
his generation expects to live long enough
10 verify their assertions, 1t is impossible
10 say whether these last named cures are
genuine or not.
In truth, however, this Bradley Newell
s no fraud and really did do some won
lerful things. He is tall, splendidly-
developed man, with coal-black hair and
beard and an open, ingenious expression
II cOuntenance. He makes no pretences
II being able to raise the dead, or OF trans
orming the feeble-minded into Daniel
Nebsters. On the contrary, he Is singu-
arly honest and sincere, and shows his
rood sense by preserving intact the mod
lest department OF the svillage black
ninth" in spite Of his sudden notoriety,
which in the case OF weaker nature would
lave been sure to lead to such inordinate
elfesteem that other people would be
nxious to clay hands" violently on him.
With evident sympathy for their suffer-
ngs, he takes each patient by the hands
nd strives to relieve the pain by impart-
ng to the diseased body some Of his own
energy. The influence he ex-
rts would seem to be electrical; for the
,atient must stand while being treated,
nd rubbers, silk-lined wraps, or clothing
i any Insulating material, must first be
emoved. As he held their hands, some
the sensation as prickly, some
s feeling OF warmth; while others felt
lothing at ALL Again, some thought the
ensatiOn similar to that produced by a
,attery. fthe hands are held for long
i time than three or four minutes, the
ceiling becomes exceedingly disagreeable.
In every case, he first takes the patients
" both hands; then, If the treatment is
or deafness, he places his fingers in their