Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-30
NEWS I'm TOWNS ABOUT
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home a new Vose piano.
The Ladies' Mite society meets at the
church parlors this Thursday afternoon
Work on the highway was completed
Friday. This is about week earlier than
usual.
Mrs. Chas. Burke went Tuesday to Bug
Yards Bay, Mass, where she viii join her
husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Eastman spent Sat-
urdsy and Sunday with their SON at North
/ Hartland.
Miss Martha Mellish OF Woodstock has
been spending few days with Miss Lucy
Hammond.
win Gsmbell is home from Montpelier
seminary where he will remain during
the summer months.
The Y. P. c. q. topic for next time will
be sources OF the Nations Strength
] Leader, Mrs. z. Davis.
Guy Putnam is at home and expects TO
remain until fall, when be will return to
his school in Woodstock.
A number OF our scholars have lately
taken the examination for entrance to the
Woodstock High school.
Rev. Guy Lawton and W. F. Davis at
tended the Epworth League convention
at Burlington last week.
Miss Leopa Adams, who graduated last
week from Goddard seminary, is al home
for the summer vacation.
MelYin Billings is dangerously i'll with
/ typhoid fever. At the time Of writing
there is no change for the better. He is
attended By DR.. Clough of Bethel.
A number Of the schools iD town closed
/ last week. The remainder will close this
week. 1t may well be said that the VII
lage school has the banner register.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark OF Manches-
ter, y. H., called on friends in town last
week. Mrs. Clark was formerly Miss Jen-
ME Dean, a Barnard girl. Mr.. CLARK is a
son of Chester CLARK OF Royalton-
Col. and Mrs. G. r. Ashworth arrived
home Friday Of last week. Mrs. Ash
worth will remain at her fathers during
the Summer, while the colonel will return
to Fairfield, n. Y, the work al the semi
nary being under his supervision.
At the annual reorganization OF the
Universalist Sunday school last Sunday
the following officers were elected: -
Superintendent, Angela French; assistant
superintendent, o. 0. Adams; secretary,
Gertrude Wilson; treasurer, Lillian
Adams.
Henry TotmaD of Hill Top Dairy farm,
Pomfret, was at the Bradlsugn stables a
few days ago. Mr.. Totman has fine Jer-
sey herd OF COWS and takes his milk TO
Spear & Wilson's creamery in Woodstock.
This nrm seems to be giving good salts
faction both in Woodstock and Barnard
and its patronage is increasing.
The quadrennial appraisal of real estate
for 1895 will be returned to the town
clerks Office Tuesday, July. 5th, and all
those rho feel aggrieved can have until
Friday night to make an appeal to the
beard OF civil authority By notifying the
town CLERK and one OF the listers. The
town clerk shall give notice OF a meeting
OF tire board TO hear complaints and their
decision will be final.
E. A. Buck OF Berlin visited with w. c.
Danforth last week. Mr.. Buck owns and
lives on the Fairmount fruit farm near
Berlin Pond. He Keeps large herd OF
cows and takes his milk To a creamery. He
says he can get more money out OF it with
less work than in any other way. he says
there Is no more tuberculosis among the
COWS and thinks there Is not much In his
town. Mr.. Buck cuts more than 100 tons
OF hay ana says he has great crop this
year. On this farm there are fifty thous-
and young grated apple trees and acres
are being cleared now for other crops.
The maple and apple worm are doing but
little damage in bis vicinity, leaving q
prospect of great apple crop.
Levi Hszen, a civil engineer of Hart
ford, has spent days in the town clerks
Office looking up old records. His object
is to survey and establish lines and bounds
OF the famous Lskota Park. Here are
about a thousand acres of lsnd that, before
they became the property OF this Lskots
club, lay comparatively worthless a hun
dred years after the settlement OF Bar
nard. Now, with all the improvements
and the expense laid out around Lakota
lake formerly known as Luce's pondlth
land Is considered of great value. Hence
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run the lines. Mr.. Hazen has spent a long
life in bis profession and although the
frosts of more than eighty winters have
left their mark. yet mis- brain remains
clear. When this job Is finished we shall
expect meets and bounds TO be correct.
1t is now reported that the National As
ISOLATION of Horse Racing, through its
Board of Review, has explained that blind
rule in regard TO races of less distance than
a mile With the help of Pres. johnson
they mean to be understood that In the
case of a horse making time in a public
race at any distance less than mile, that
time shall &c considered : bar II al milk !
heats On any track belonging to the Ma
tional association. This decision will ef- /
fectually prevent hereafter colt races OF /
hslf-mile heats as il would throw the win |
ner out from all classes but free for all /
Many OF the Oest horsemen in the United I
States fail to comprehend the logic OF this I
construction and wonder at the nasty. I'M
wise action OF last February's congress 4
and their now feeble explanation. Asso- 1
Citations so far have found it extremely 1
difficult to al their classes-so much 50 |
that the Great Vermont and Northern New 4
York circuit have been Obliged to declare 4
OF and we attribute much OF the lack Of 1
supportito the fact OF so much tinkering 4
with the rules ana laws by the few who Il
control the National association. Rut-
land and White River Junction were short
in all classes of early closing stakes and Il
have shut the books These are well man
aged tracks and should either go il alone
or join the American.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Elwin Clogston and W. II. Bacon OF
visited W. c. Danforth
last week. Mr.. Clogston owns and lives
On the old Judge Paine farm between Will
Jamestown and Mortified. Judge Paine
vas father to Gov. Paine. who was insfru-
mental in the building of the Central Yer
mont and was its first president. Here
be governor was born and brought up on