Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-10
General Vermont News.

and partly melted stones have been taken
from the outlet "a few rods below what was
once the mouth Of the crater. but is now
known a. the "ola pond" This has within
the memory OF some OF the present inhab-
itants OF Halifax. been pond 0f water of
two or three rods in diameter
hut il has now dried away and
leaves and decayed vegetable matter have
been washed into it from the few acres of
higher land partly surrounding it. until
the basin is filled with black muck soil
lightly turfed oyer. Recent heavy rains
have washed the decayed leaves aud light
soil away for quite a long distance down the
mountain side, disclosing the cinders and
stone which can be picked upin large enough
quantities TO satisfy even the most skeptical.
Colonel George +. Warng. Jr., commits
siOner of street cleaning ia New York city,
will be present at the meeting Of the Yer
mont State Sanitary association to be held
in Rutland Dee. II. Col Waring. ON the
evening Of the l7th, will deliver a lecture On
The Proper Disposition of Sewage in
Small Towns. The association will prOba
bly, be in session only one day instead of
two. as announced some time ago. The
program will undoubtedly be ready for pub
licdtion by the last of next week. The assO-
citation was recently organized. and is re-
ceivinG hearty support from people in vari-
Gus parts OF the stat" who are interested in
public sanitation. Here is list Of the
officers President. Fletcher b. Proctor (;
vice president. II. d. Holton of BrattleborO;
secretary +. II. Crandal of Burlington !;
treasurer. DR.. 4. c. Bailey of Randolph;
chairman. Of the executive council, w. VI.
Stearns of Rutland.
The statement made recently by New
York newspaper to the effect that the heirs
Of the famous Carver grant which in
cludes 1000 900 acres OF land in Minnesota,
had established the fact that the act Of the
Nawdawi-sie Indians in deciding the land to
Captain Jonathan Carver was ratified by
King George III. ami the Continental Con
greSs aroused fresh interest in the
case among the BrattlebOr0 heirs
to the grant and they are now
confident that they will be able to establish
their indisputable title to the land upon
which has been built the cities OF ST. Paul,
Minneapolis aud others of less Importance.
The case was reviewed at length few
months ago. soon after the original deed Of
the land 10 Captain Carver was found on file
at Chillirothe. Ohio. Since that time hun
dreds Of certified copie, of the deed have
been sent to claimants in various parts Of the
country.
D. +. Bryant. who lives in Bellows Fails,
had narrow escape from death recently.
He wa, in the cellar digging a trench for
celery when the whole side of the cellar
wall cayed in and completely covered him
with dirt and stone. 1t was about 10. 80 a, IN.
when the accident Occurre and as he was
alone in the house he was not found until
his son, q. II. Bryant. who is Il fiagman at
the crossing leading to the upper paper mills,
returned at noon for dinner. The son heard
groaning and going down cellar found!the pile
of stone, but could see nothing OF his father.
He had to dig through two or three feet of
stone, before he could find the head OF the
buried man. He then summoned assistance
and the unfortunate man was released. Mr..
Bryant is II years of age, but. strange to
say. no bones were broken. Although badly
bruised and cut his complete recovery seems
probable.
Enathan Sweet, receiver of the Lebanon
Springs railroad, has received permission
from the New York railroad commissioners to
open the Lebanon Springs railroad in Sec
tiOns. and that portion of 25 miles between
Bennington and South Berlin, \. Y, has
been opened. Two trains a day will be run
each way. and close connections will be
made with the Fitchburg road at Peters burg
Junction. The road has been closed to
traffic since July 30, and its opening will be a
great benefit to the travelling public. Funds
enough have been raised to put the rOadbed
in good condition.
Harrison H. Kicker, native of Mont
pelier, died recently III San Francisco, at the
age OF 69 years. He was a son of the late
Isaac Kicker, and was one of a family of II
children. During the gold excitement of
1919 he went to the Pacific coast, going
around by Cape Horn in q sailing vessel that
required six months for the passage. He
was for several years engaged in the mining
| business in California, and at one time was
reported to be very wealthy. He has not
| returned to Montpelier since he left early SO
years ago.
The Bennington county court convened
in Bennington Dee. I, Judge Taft of Ben
nington presiding. There are SO cases set
for jury trial. The more important criminal
cases on the docket are Wendell Rice and
George Mack Charles Jepson and Ella Rus
sell, accused OF adultery; Frank Hinsdill of
larceny, and Solomon Millington OF man
slaughter. There are % cases to be heard
by the court, II of which are divorce cases.
Sheriff Wilson has drawn the iurymen, the
panel comprising 81 names.
At the recent election Sergeant Major Will
liam c. Spofford of the third battalion, YER
mont national guard, was elected second
lieutenant of COX, First regiment, Benning
ton, vice Johnson resigned Lieutenant
SpOfford is "a graduate of Norwich univer-
sity, class of 1897 and held the same position
in the corps of cadets connected with the
university.
| The 26th annual session of the Vermont
state grange is being held at Springfield
| Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Dec. 8,
9and 10. A public meeting was held We'd
nesday evening in the opera house. Thurs
| day evening Springfield grange exemplifed
the first degree, followed by the lecturers
| hour.
President Waldron of Chester of the State
Humane society is after the Norwich cat
| farmer who raises the animals for the Dart
| month NnnIinnl StuIanta will
to suppress the new industry. 1t is claimed
that many of the animals are used by the
| students for the purpose of vivisection.
While hunting on Florida mountain near
! Bennington, recently, party of young men
| came across four black bears. They killed
| one and wounded another which succeeded
in getting away. The one they shot was in
fine condition and weighed l40 pounds.
Slas l.. Griffith of Dandy has ordered
25O,0O0 more trout eggs from Plymouth,
Mass , to be placed in his hatchery in Mount
Tabor. This will give him a total of $50, 900
eggs and u lot of fry is expected from the
hatchery the coming season.
Elmer Backus the IL year old son of Jas.
Backus, was killed by freight train at
| West SwantOn recently. 1t Is supposed he
was attempting to ride on the top of the
cars of the way freight and fell Off a car
loaded with wood.
new tale mine has been discovered in
Stockbridge, on the farm of Henry Goodell,
on South hill. 1t has been bought by Frank
Durkee, who has sold his tale mine near the
Pittstield town line to II Boston syndicate for
$4,000.
Work on the Barre & Montpelier electric
railroad has been closed for the winter, and
the men have gone to their homes 1t is
problematcal when an electric railroad be-
tween the two cities will be in active opera
ton.
Henry Maoney, at Bennington. while
probably intoxicated pulled heavy oaken
barn door over on to him and crushed his
| skull. He was found dead.
J. D. Bates, son of Hon. II. C. Bates. of