Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-04

town Monday.
Mrs. F. H. Gates returned to Ware
Mass, Tuesday.
j. G. Mann is spending the week IL
Boston, buying goods.
Mrs. b. C. Briggs of Hartford was in
town the first OF the week.
Mrs. A. A. Smith is to spend the coming
winter with her sons in Florida.
Mrs. B. w. Wilcox OF Windsor is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. e. A. Thomas.
S. NJ. Flint shipped "A calves paying 4c.
155 lambs, 4c., and hogs, 1-2c., Mon
day.
George Dumas and family went to
Richmond Saturday for visit OF few
days.
Randolph narrowly escapes being beat
en- in the matter OF electric lights by
Rochester.
Mrs Lora F. Michaes and child Of
Spokane, WASH, have been guests at Il
A. Hatch's this week.
Mrs. Will Flint went to DR.. Mayo's in
Mortified Saturday to have a cancer re-
moved from her face.
While q. e. Abbott was piliDg wood
Monday forenoon a large block fell, Sc
verely injuring his left foot.
Mondays and Tuesdays rain was most
welcome, although the fine fall weather
nad been enjoyed TO the full.
Rev. G. w. Morrow gave his talk on
abraham Lincoln" at q parlor entertain
ment given by Horace Pease at Hartford
Friday evening.
Mrs. Emma Peake and four children oil
Burlington and Albert Benedict OF South
Royalton we're guests at Eugene Ward
ner's over Sunday
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town last week and sold bis place on
Maple street to Emma s., wife OF Charles
View Of Woodstock.
At meeting of the vestry Of st. Johns
church Monday evening, Nov. LIST, j. w.
Gabrielle was elected treas urer to succeed
j. w. Burt, removed from town.
w. l.. Engren of Rutland purchased 81
calves for the New York market here
Tuesday, paying BE-, which is a better
figure than farmers have realized for a
long time. Mr.. Engren stated that If he
could secure satisfactory freight rates be
would purchase here every two weeks and
buy hogs as we'll as calves.
Mrs. Eliza Soper, mother of Henry G.
Soper, died at her home in Mortified
Monday at D. m. She would have been
92 years old next February. She visited
her sons, Henry and the late Edward,
here frequently, her last visit being only a
few weeks since. Old age was the cause
of death. She was the widow OF John l.
Soper ard was the last of family OF fl
teen children, all of whom lived to grow
up and rear families. Henry Soper, viii
Soper OF South Royalton and Mrs. E. w.
Howe OF Mortified are the children who
survive.
Recently, a couple OF hounds owned by
John Hutchinson were following fox in
company with some hunters " hen the fox
approached a flock OF sheep belonging 10
Louis Spooner. The fox lodged through
the flock to throw the dogs off its track,
but they pursued it some distance. Re-
turning a little later, one OF the hounds
made for the sheep as though to worry
them. Mr.. Spooner's boy seized shot
gun and fired and the dog decamped.
Though struck by the charge the dog was
not much injured but seemed badly
scared. Mr.. Hutchinson sued Mr..
Spooner for 80, alleging that his boy had
ruined the hunting instinct of the dog.
An interesting point was raised, bat Mr..
Hutchinson finally withdrew the case on
the defendants offering to pay the costs,
so that it will not be legally determined
what the hunting instinct OF fox hound
is really worth or whether il can be ruined
in the wsy alleged.
A local telephone service would be
great advantage in this place. II 20 or 80
OF our business places were connected, 1t
would be much easier to do business. The
saving in time and shoe leather would
easily make no the cost OF the system.
Hamden Mcintyre is ready to install
such a service at a charge of not TO exceed
flS per instrument, all set up. This pays
for the system, which would become the
final property of the takers and the only
fixed expense thereafter would be the
maintenance of an exchange and what re-
pairs were necessary. Tue exchange
could easily be arranged for, and there is
good reason for believing that outside
service over one Of the three lines coming
in here could be secured on reasonable
terms. Mr.. Mcintyre would be pleased to
talk with any who are interested, but as
there is no money in the scheme for any
body at these prices, nobody can afford to
spend much time in working it up. There
ought to be a spontaneous demand among
our business men for ii that would make
the task of organizing an easy one.
Parties from the national fish hatchery
at st. Johnsbury visited Caspian Lake,
Greensboro, recently, for the purpose OF
securing trout spawn. When trout are
spawning, il is their custom to seek shall
low water. They are then taken by seines,
their eggs withdrawn and they are re-
stored 10 the water without injury. This
wear, however, the Greensboro trout did
not come to the shoals. In fact, the orig
inal native trout did not appear at all and
II is feared that they have been mostly
killed out by the larger and somewhat
coarser trout that have been bred in the
lake in recent years, their parents having
been introduced in some mysterious man
ner. These large trout were finally To-
Gated in 40 feet of water and 81 OF them
were caught in traps in two nights. From
two OF these alone 20,CC0 eggs we're taken.
There will therefore be plentiful supply
OF eggs, some 10000 of which will be
placed in the Greensboro hatchery and
the balance the government hatchery may
use. Those interested in Greensboro fish
ing will regret the loss OF the native trout,
which, though smaller, were somewhat
better eating. The variety now prevalent,
cooked.