Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-04-08
State of Vermont.
tts News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


took the first place in the oratorical
contest at Colgate university Thurs
day night.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Democratic club will be held in Mont
pelier April Ia. A banquet will be
served in the evening.
The total value of goods entered at
the custom house in ST. Adams last
month was S36l,39 The total duty
assessed was S64, 1884.
Ephraim Wilder's house at Shafts
bury was burned Friday night. A
large part of the household goods were
saved. The house was insured for
$500.
Miller Mcbride Of Middlebury, a
five-year-old boy, stuck the blade of a
jackknife into the ball of one of his
eyes Sunday, the 2sth, and will lose
the sight.
AT postoffice caucus held in New
bury last week G. A. Andrews was
chosen by vote of y to 80. Many
women were present and asserted their
legal rights.
William Heonick, aged u, fell into
a receptacle filled with boiling sap at
the sugar camp of II. j. Taplin in
MiddleseX Tuesday Of last week and
was scalded so that he is likely to die.
Prof. A. B. Peirce, formerly princi-
pal of Goddard seminary at Barre, has
gone TO Franklin, Mass, and taken
his position as principal of Dean
academy TO which he was elected last
/ fall.
o. J. Walker, SO, who died at Bur-
lington last week, was a member of
the wholesale grocery firm of o. j.
Walker Il Co., and had been engaged
in that business in that city for over
so years.
Rev. Elmer Hewitt, with one excep-
ton the oldest Universalist Clergyman
in Massachusetts,, died last week from
old age at South Weymouth, Mass.
He was born in Pomfret September
Is, 1905.
OFT Styles of Stowe met with bad
accident recently while drawing logs.
The road was icy and as he failed TO
stop his team to put on runner chains,
both horses were thrown down bank
of about 20 feet, killing the horses.
The Estey Organ company has
bought the organ key manufacturing
business of Milo Whitney of Boston,
and the removal of the plant to Brat
tleboro is now in progress. This will
give employment to about Is or 20 adj
ditional hands at the Estey shops.
A small panic was created at a
squirrel hunt" at Dunmerston Il few
nights ago. The "hunt' is a little
parlof entertainment. As a young
lady was rehearsing an original poem
she came to "What kind of squirrel, >
a squirrel was let loose by an enthu-
siastic small boy. He ran around
the hall several times, much to the de-
light Of the boys, but the ladies
were climbing to the highest point
attainable. lie was caught after some
hard work
While cutting timber in the woods
on Friday Fred Rogers of Mt. Tabor
Heights met with an accident which
may result in his death. He laid his
double bitted AK down while he went
to get drink of water, and tripping
on twig fell face downward on the
sharp blade. His face and throat were
badly cut and his windpipe almost
severed. He was six or eight miles
from a surgeon, but one finally ar
rived and dressed the wounds. He
has possible chance of recovery.
Ex-States Attorney l. n. Chase of
East Fairfield will know soon whether
he can draw the balance of his salary
which was held back for non-perform-
ance of duty. At the September term,
certain prominent citizens of Frank.
lin county protested to Judge Thomp-
son against the granting of the certiii-
cate which is given by the judge TO
states attorneys, testifying to their
faithfulness of services during a court
term, claiming they could show rea-
sons for Withholding it and asking
FOR hearing. The hearing was held
April 9th.
Rev. Calvin Granger of Poultney
celebrated his 92nd birthday recently.
Rev. Mr.. Granger was born at Ran
dolph on March &c, 1905, and was
pastor of the East Poultney Congrcga-
tional church for % years. He is the
oldest Congregational minister in the
United States with one exception and
hoe bnan in tho ministry A wears
Mr.. Granger distinctly remembers
Lafayette, Clay and VanBuren and he
heard Webster deliver the Grafton at
the unwilling of the Bunker Hill mon
ument. lie is in good health and
sound mind and bids fair to live for
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