Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-12

General Vermont News.

Major Hoar OF New York was in Bethel
recently in connection with the Norton gold
mine. Some time ago Mr.. Hoar was induced
to come to Vermont and examine this mine.
He took back several specimens to New
York and the assay was SO favorable that he
purchased an interest in the mines and will
take charge Of putting in the new crusher
Tor the company. The discovery of gold
here has brought large crowds TO the section,
and as soon as the snow disappears
operations will be begun. A vein OF
gold bearing quartz has been found running
through Warren Green's property. Beside
the Norton Gold Mining company. another
company has been chartered TO develop
mining property here. The Gay Hill Min
ing company, with capital Of $500. 900. has
been formed, and has purchased Green's
property. Twelve years ago O. ii. himball
of Bethel loaned "a cask to man. Last
week the man got through with ii and re-
turned 1t, an act of honesty which needs
mention.
Mrs. Orcutt Bixby of Chelsea recently
found some old jewels upon brace beam Of
the old part of the house where new ad-
dition joins. which strangely enough were
overlooked by the men when repairing. Re-
moving from the beam what looked like q
short piece Of leather upon which were
strung four long beads, it proved to be
piece of an old newspaper, brown with age,
and pushed through four gold wires. The
jewel part Of one set appears to be of ham
nered gold the other set is plain. A close
examination of the paper reveals the fact
that it is the remnant of a newspaper printed
in Windsor, Vt, in 1905. To whom the
jewels belonged and how they happened to
be placed there, will probably always remain
mystery, but Mrs. Bixby certainly has some
interesting souvenirs.
n,h ,f
taken to st. Johnsbury and lodged in Jail in
default of payment of taxes amounting to
S9s. Mr.. Blair does not take kindly 20 tax
paving, and has been thorn in the flesh Of
the tax collectors for many years. He is re-
puted to have II generous portion Of the
world goods, but is not inclined to share
with the public even to a small extent. The
listers have been obliged to lind what prop
erty they could in his name, and then double
his list, with the idea OF getting as near the
real condition of things as possible. Mr..
Blair declares he will stay in Jail rather than
pay taxes.
4 hired girl who has acquired the art of
Sentriloqusm scared a family in Newark
out of their wits few days ago. The people
in the house gave it out that they lived in
haunted house and got the residents in the
vicinity so scared that shout would cause
them to jump about 20 feet and look over
lltlI SHOulutIs' IuliN tA ptttluR 10 see u
ghost. In the house strange noises were
heard at all times Of day and night, but after
II lot of hard work the neighbors rounded up
the phantom.
Vermont city elections have resulted as
follows Burlington, Hamilton 5. Peck
Rep was reelected by vote of 957 with
scattering. There was no Democratic can
didate. Rutland. 7. W. Clement (Rep.) was
elected mayor without opposition by vote
OF 1882. Barre, Mayor John W Gordon
Rep was reelected over Harvey Hersey
by a majority of 1871. Montpelier. George
Ii. Guernsey (Rep.) was elected mayor re-
ceiving 432 votes. Vergennes, Mayor Frank
w. futile (Rep.) was reelected.
S. A. Smith of Guilford on arriving home
recently found that his dog had not returned
with him and so telephOned to the night
watchman at the shop to see If he was there.
On getting an answer in the affirmative, Mr..
Smith requested that the telephone be placed
near the dogs ear. whereupon he gave the
whistle he always uses in calling the dog
home. The faithful animal could hardly
contain himself until let out, whereupon he
started for home in lively manner.
The marriage of Mabel Barden only
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Adams Barden Of
Wells. to John V. Bush of Coesburg, Iowa,
which occurred in Wells few days since,
has a touch of romance connected with it,
A correspondence having been commenced
several months ago, photographs were ex-
changed and an engagement followed. The
couple never met until Mr. Bush came
TO claim his bride. They have now
gone to their home in Iowa.
The largest amount of money ever sub
scribed by the students has been pledged az
a meeting held in the interests of the bast-
ball team. Nearly 81 200 was pledged. II
teams to be invited are Montepelier semL-
ary. Goddard, st. JOhnsbury academy, Nel-
mont academy st. Adams, Burlington ard
Rutland high schools and possibly the Rut-
land classical institute.
H. C. Lakin. Charles X. Caring, Samuel
A. Reed and George L. F.Guernsey of Windsor,
climbed AScutney recently, on their snow
shoes. The old path on the east side of the
mountain was followed rs far as possible,
and snow was found all the way from four
to 10 feet deep. The summit, however, was
mostly bare, having been cleared in many
places by the heavy winds.
Little Leila McIntire, the Vermont child
who made such a record singing juvenile
songs is making rapid advancement on the
professional stage. Early in the season she
received call to join the Waite Opera
company, and was one of the leading at
fractions. Last week she made her New
York debut on the vaudeville stage at keith's
tUicH bQuults
The following Vermont pensions have been
granted Additional, George Haskell of
Stamford original, Joel I. Nichols of Rut-
land increase, Oliver E. Coon of Milton,
stephen o. Tillotson of Bakersfield re-is-
sue, William b. Hatch of Morrisville.
Mary +. wilkins, the novelist, was the
recent guest of honor at the reception given
Oy the Daughters of Vermont at the Ven
dome in Boston. Miss wilkins spent several
years of her early life in Brattleboro, her
father being u merchant there.
Rev. James L. Beach, 80 years of age, the
Baptist minister at Chester, died in Harri-
son, n. j. He was the organizer of the First
Baptist church in Harrison, and went on
from Vermont on visit.
The summer court of the Vermont Soci-
city of Colonial Wars will be held at Ben
nington, probably in June, during the ses-
sion of the department cncampment of Yer
mont q. A. r.
VICARI0US AT0NEMENT.