Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-04-23
NO. 2.
General Vermont News.

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covered three DAYS. The officers Of the
association are President Charles II. More /;
clerk. ID. 4. Clark treasurer. L. L. TOwner !;
general secretary. Walter Thorpe physical
director. Francis st. Lawrence. The direc-
tors are L. A. Sherburne. A. +. Niles. ID. ii.
Dodge. A. J. Howe, G. W. Parmenter, II. ).
Cotton, q. L. Taplin, VI. s. Stone I. Dewey.
The trustees are ". L. Adams, I. Marvin
and J. V. Brooks, and c. Z. Deming is au-
ditOr The building. with the new annex. is
very hOmelike inside "A meeting OF the
Vermont school teachers has just been held
here. A banquet was held, ProL W. +.
Ranger Of Johnson acting as tOastmaster.
Among the prominent educators OF the
state present were Ms. Stone, Martin S.Nilas
Of Montpelier. Allan d. Brown OF Norwich
University, Northfield s. X. Parker, Water
bury: W. C.Hopkins, South Royalton; o. ID.
Matthewson Of Spaulding high school, Barre:
Charles l.. OrtOn, Stowe W. B. Parsons,
Swanton G. G. Hunt. Derby Line Francis
A. Bagnall. st. Albans :. W. Robinson,
Woodsville: 4. J. Wilston, Lyndon Centre
Z. A. Blossom. Bradford W. p. Kelly, st.
Johnsbury: Daniel Y. Comstock, St. Johns
bury: Charles l.. Curtis. South ROyaltOn; !;
". f.. Ranger, st. Johnsbury: EN-. Conant,
Randolph L. Z. Neil, Bakersfield c. ii.
Morrill, Bakersfield p. G. Hoyt, ,Middlebury ;
5. II. Erskine, Rutland.
General Horace X. Ide Of st. Johnsbury
has Just died at BrattiebOro. General Ide
was native of Barnet and was 81 years old.
On September II. 1861, at the age OF 10, he
enlisted in Company F Of the lst Vermont
cavalry, and in December of the same
year he was transferred rs a corporal to
Company d. He re-enlisted in January 1864,
and was made first sergeant in May and
lst lieutenant in November of that year In
July 1862, he was taken prisoner, receiving
his parole the following September. He was
twice wounded. in October. 1868. and in
September. 1864. For gallant service he
was commissioned captain in May 1868, and
was mustered out in June Of that year. He
was elected quartermaster-general OF the
Vermont militia by the Legislature for
term of years. General lde married Maggie
Hidden. sister OF George Hidden OF Brattle-
boro and they have one son, Philip, stu
dent in Boston hospital. General Ide was
a brother Of Henry c. Ide of st. Johnsbury.
who was until recently chief justice Of
Samoa. His father is Jacob lde Of ST. Johns
bury.
The University OF Vermont baseball team
ended its spring trip at Philadelphia with a
defeat at the hands OF the University of
Pennsylvania by score Of IL to l. The
Nermonters played 13 games on the trip. OF
these they won four and lost nine. The
game scheduled with the University of New
York for last Friday was prevented
by rain. The Vermont team won
from Fordham college at Fordham,
y. Y. Manhattan college at New
York. Seton Hall college at South Orange,
/ \. j., and Il military academy near AleXan-
/ dria, Va. Ii lost two games TO the University
OF Virginia at Charlottesville, Va. and game
/ each to Georgetown university at Washing
+ ton. Washington league al Washington.
! Princeton university at Princeton, Nd, New
/ York university at New York and the Uni
yersity Of Philadelphia. Its next games
/ scheduled are with Dartmouth at Hanover,
/ y. H., on May and ..
/ While the records Of the Masonic lodge at
/ Poultney were being looked over a few days
/ ago book was found giving AN account of
/ the old lodge, which was established at East
/ POultnoy in 1907 ana numbered y members.
/ Through the anti-Masonic strife in 1926 the
! lodge was suspended and the last record is
/ in ls2G The lodge was subsequently, organ
/ lied and numbered 81 members. Among the
most prominent members was William Mil
! Ter, who held high position. Miller was
the founder of the sect of MilleriteS or
/ Second Adventists, and in 1888 began to
| lecture on the speedy second coming of
! Christ and prophesied the end of the world
| in 1873
There is an estate. but of what value it is
not known. awaiting the heirs of John Fal-
/ lon. who died recently at the Heaton hos
/ pital in Montpelier. He was admitted to
the institution bearing all the appearances
( of Il tramp, but when his clothing was
searched IA large sum OF money was found.
! 1t is also discovered that he had deposits of
several hundred dollars in each of the Barre
savings banks. Before he died the nurse
says that he showed her a key which he
said belonged to a box containing $4,000 in
money. There is also evidence Of Fallon
| owning or having owned real estate i'll this
state and a farm in Ireland.
The following is the assignment OF school
| teachers at Fairfax: Annie :. Morse district
! No. Miss Sheridan. district No. . Ellen
| Wagner. district No. 3; Lottie J. Smith. dis
trict No. A. Edith Hall. district No. 5: Jennie
Baisdel, district No, I; May o. Clark, dis.
trict No. 8; Annie Davis. district No. 8
Annie s. Howard, district No. II: Maud
Laughlin. district No. IS; Mary Wheeler
district No. II; George :. Palmer, district
No. Is.
Martin S. Villas. of Winooski. graduate
of the University of Vermont in 1894. has
been engaged by the Montpelier school
commissioners to supply during the remain.
der of the year, the position of principal o.
the high school, made vacant by the deatl
of Professors. J. Blanpied. This will give
the board an abundance of time for cOnsid
ering numerous applications for the perma
hands.
The Bethel electric light and power com
pany has received the report Of the eng
neer employed to ascertain the horse power
available at the proposed dam. An average
depth of water of two feet was found, Civ
ing at this stage of the water 1908 horse
power 1t is estimated that at low watel
there would be at least one-third this amount
of power, which would be ample for al
present needs of the company.
A man has been getting his board free il
the eastern part of the state by representinl
that he wants good farm. He looks over
farm, decides to buy it, and agrees upon the
price. He then says he will receive the
money in a few days, and the farmers board
him free. When the swindler is ready to e
he gets his host to carry him to another
place, where he plays the same game. He
usually borrows a small sum of money al
each place. He has engaged farms in An.
trim, Roxbury and Westmoreland n. H..
and was last heard of in Westminster.
Vermont lodge of Odd Fellows at Mont
pelier has already made extensive prepara.
tions for the grand lodge and the grand en-.
campment which meet in that city May 1S
10, and 20. The local merchants are coop.
Grating for extensive operations along the
line OF march over which the uniformed
ranks will pass the second day of the par.
ade, and the services of the Montpelier mill.
tary band have been engaged.
The Brattleboro choral union has elected
these officers Honorary president, ex- Gov.
ernor Frederick Holbrook; president Z. c.
Crosby; vice-president. f.. l.. Parker secre.
tary, Miss Eva GowinG; treasurer, Mrs
Fremont Hamilton; executive committee, j
Il. Hall The next concert will be given OF
the 29th when Cowen's Rose Maiden" viii
be presented with William LAWN as tenor.
A good story is told of Marlboro farmer
who is in the habit Of entering a store al
Brattleboro and sampling the confectionery
to the annoyance of the proprietor The