Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-07-02
State of Vermont.
IL News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

hook fastener.
Harry Owen OF Fair Haven fell A
feet into q slate quarry recently bu
was not seriously injured.
Old potatoes brought only cents
bushel in some Vermont towns recent
~, about one-half the price Of a quar-
OF rawberries.
| The people OF Stamford are circu
lating q petition asking that the track
OF the North Adams, Mass, electri,
railroad be extended to that town.
| Z. w. Russell Of Stowe has writer
q play, entitled Good Bye Sweet
heart, (which will soon be played witt
the aid Of several ladies and gentlemen
OF that town.
i y Dora Fisk, a Proctor woman, was
sentenced for three years to the house
Of correction for burglary in The city
court at Rutland. She pleaded guilty
to the charge.
A Rural Improvement society has
been organized in Woodstock, which
rents lawn mowers to residents to keer
the lawn plots in front Of their houses
in trim. A woman is at the bottom
of tile scheme.
The fishermen who swarmed ia
lyoil's pond when the fishing opened
IN June nearly drained that fishing
resort OF all the pickerel there. 1t is
esliinated that about half the town
went fishing on that day, and that be-
tween two and three thousand picFer-
ell were caught.
st. Adams entertained 5000 visit
ors on Wednesday at the celebration
of the day of st. Jean Baptiste. BY
long odds it was the most successful
celebration held in St.Albans in many
years. The mass of visitors of course
were from Vermont, but there were
great crowds from Northern New
York.
The Boston News Bureau says: at
is now understood that the Central
Vermont road will pay July | the in
terest on the $1,000, 900 consolidated 5
per cent bonds outstanding, calling
for $4,000. The fact that the July
interest will probably be paid has
caused the bonds to advance from so
to ST."
Frank Wakeman of North Troy was
badly bruised and narrowly escaped
serious injury in an cncc unter with a
3-year-old bull one day last week. The
animal knocked him down and would
have used him roughly if his dog had
not arrived on the scene OF conflict
and called the attention Of the animal
to other matters.
Bradley G. Newell has bought the
Sadawga Springs hotel in Whiting
ham,als the farm on which the springs
are located, and will erect thereon a
bottling establishment for bottling the
water, which is noted for its medici-
nal qualities. He already has offers
from several persons who wish to
handle the business.
Charles S. Sherman, one Of tile prin-
cipal business men in Rutland county,
dropped dead at his home at Castleton
Tuesday. Fifteen minutes later his
sister, Mrs. Moses Jackson, who was
with him, also expired. Mr.. Sherman
was 70 and Mrs. Jackson rs. At one
time Mr.. Sherman was one of the
marble dealers in the state.
L. L. Wetherbee Of Bellows Falls
has come into the possession Of
choice relic-the old brick box which
was first used in collecting tolls at the
toll bridge. Mr.. Wetherbee's great
great.grandfather was the builder OF
the bridge and this relic has always
been kept in the family, being until
in the possession Of Mrs.Lucy
Wood of Hyde Park, Mass.
A fatal accident somewhat Inarred
the jolly day at St. Adams last
Wednesday. Isaac Hillaker, aged AZ,
Of West Swanton was struck by the
Montreal express near Niger" cross
ING at about o'clock, his head being
nearly severed from his body and one
eg broken. He was widower and
eft four children, all minors. Hilla.
Ser is reported to have been intoxi-
,ated when the accident happened.
The buildings on the Akley place,
III the road from West Wardsboro to
West Dover, recently bought and re-
paired by John Little of Rutland and
for few weeks past by Mrs.
Dourgan and others of Rutland, were
lestroyed by fire last Wednesday even
no while the whole family was at
5rout's pond. The origin of the fire
8 thought to be incendiary, and u
mans track was followed for some
distance, but with no satisfactory evil
lence.
The Windsor county summer school
0 be held at Springfield July 20 to
August has the following list OF in
Superintendent Henry M.
daxson, of Plalnfeld, N. j.. arithme-
ic. busy-work and school manage
nent: Supt. Walter P. Beckwith OF {
ADAMS, Mass, reading and language;
,upt. Louis P.Nash Of Gardner, Mass, ,
history and geography; Prin. Homer {
J. Bristol OF Saxton's River, psycholo-
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