Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-04
General Vermont News.

The 2sth annual meeting OF the Vermont
Press association has Just been held ia
Montpelier. About 20 members were pres
ent. la the absence Of ". Il. Howe. OF Bur
lington, the president. L. 4. Mutt of Mont
pelieT. one Of the vice presidents. presided
The new members admitted were II. 1. Cush-
man OF the Bellington Banner. I. L. Langley
Of the Barre Daily Times. ID. &. Peck and
John A. Rapeeye Of the Nirgennes Yer
mOnter. W. &. Buck of Randolph,
II. J.. Hindley Of the st. Albans sun.
Frank +. Howe of the Montpelier Daily
Record, and Charles o. Layman,
of the Hardwick Gazette Theophilus Grout
Of Newport was elected an honorary mem
bcr of the association. Letters of regret
were read from q. II. Blake Of Barton. ID.
H., Simonds of Manchester. W. ID. McMaster
Of Woodstock, and Joseph Poland of Mont
pelier, l.. p. Thayer of st. JOhnsbury. &. \.
Forbes of ST. Albans, W. B. Howe of Bur
lington and +. +. Langley of Barre, were
appointed IA committee to look after Il libel
law at the next session Of the Legislature.
and \. j. Humphrey of Poultney. A. H.
Lewis of MOrrsyile. and +. +. Howe
OF Montpelier, were appointed commit
tee To secure an equitable distribu-
tlpn Of the laws at the next session.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: President. Il. \. Perkins Of
Rutland; vce-presidentS, E.A. Mutt OF Mont
l'Il'is H. '. W llltulU OF waterbury. ann
ii. I. Cushman OF Bennington: secretary. l..
b. johnson Of Randolph treasurer. W. c.
Bclnap Of Bellows Falls: executive commit
tee. CT. Forbes Of st. Albaus II. l.. Parker
Of Bradford. and Il. j. Humphrey of Pouit-
ney. general discussion of foreign ad-
vertising followed III which members of the
association wer" urged to stick TO tariff rates
when dealing with advertising agents. The
LOnd bill now before Congress was discussed
al some length and g uaiprity faytral il
\ new development in the affairs of the
Bradford Savings Bank and Trust company
has just been brought to light. 4 minority
of the stockholders appeared by their attor-
neys Z, W. Smith. Paul Lang and J. b. Peck
EFT at meeting of the board OF trustees and
demanded Information AS to the condition OF
the bank. President Hale stated that the
books Of the bank. its securities and all its
ai1alrs were open to inspection. W. VI.
StOckbridge of Boston. who appeared as the
representative of Robert F. Strane insisted
upon the right to be informed upon behalf OF
Mr. Strane ITS a stockhOlder. Mr.. StraineS
stock having been sold and transferred upon
the books of the bank Mr.. Stock ckbridge was
refused. Geo. A. Dickey represented Mr..
Arnold OF New Bedford, Mass. a large
stOckhOlder The meeting was harmonious
and at the request of the trustees a COM
mittee OF three was chosen to cooperate
" III 'lll'lN anu lluht a lIOipN-il luNfSliSd-
tion. The trustees and depOsitors and a
majority of the stockholders have confidence
in the institution and look 70 ward to re-
port Of the committee in reliance that it will
vndicate the bank.
At the annual meeting of the Bellows Falls
village corporation George 4. Weston was
elected moderator. A. H. Brown called at
tention to the fact that the auditors report
showed that one member of the water com.
,f--f. l,.,.1 1.
sum in excess OF the legal allowance, and
after considerable discussion the report was
laid upon the table. Charles L. Howard
and DR.. o. NJ. George were elected first
and second bailiffs by acclamation, but for
the third member of the board there was
warm contest between Charles II. Gibson.
who was a candidate for reelection. and ID.
II. Gray. the former winning by vote OF
2l1 to ia. For fire wardens, Chief A. II.
Thompson and ex-Chief Charles l.. Wheeler.
were placed in nomination. the latter being
elected by Il vote of 296 to 1873 Henry b.
Fitzsimmons was elected second fire warden
by acclamation, and after several names
had been proposed and withdrawn for the
third place, vote to adjourn for one week
was obtained.
The committee. consisting of James l..
Martin. George W. Hooker and John Gal
win. which was appointed at the annual
vestigate the matter of a reduction in in
surance rates, met the local agents and the
committee of the exchange having charge OF
the Windham county ratings in the probate
office, the committee of the eX-
change being composed of L. H. Hildreth
of this city and Henry f. Hess and Arthur
T. Hatch of Boston. The village committee
gave their reasons for requesting reduction
and the matter was taken under advisement
by the committee OF the exchange.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association officers
for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
President d. L. Abel, Orwell: vice-presi-
dents. j. J. Crane. Birdport; and c. NJ.
Remeice, Middebury; secretary, Louis A.
SEitf, Middlebury; treasurer, f. H. Earring
ton, Brandon: directors. Cyrus II. Smith,
Townline; Bryon Smith. Addison Ira L.
Hamblin, Cornwall, c. A. Chapman, Ferris
burgh; legal counselers, Stewart and Wilds.
Middlebury; committee on pedigree, f. n.
Bssell, East Shoeham, C.P. Crane Bridport
and |. I. Stickney, Shoreham.
At the Vermont Bee Keepers convention at
Burlington just closed papers were read by j.
E.Crane, Oh. LOwery and W. Larabee. The
following officers were elected President.
X. Il. Holmes; secretary, NJ. T. Cram. West
BrOokileld; treasurer, II. L. Leonard, Bran
don; vice. presidents j. L. Crane, Addison
George II. Terrill, Lamoille county; ?. W.
Smith, Orange county: V. n. Forbes, Rutland
county. The meeting was very successful.
The time of the next yearly meeting is left
with the executive board.
quantity of rice and the other accessor-
les that are so necessary to give bridal
couples proper start in married life was
saved last week at Milton for better pur-
pose. After the Pratt-Drew wedding, the
apta nnn nf ShpNx f,r 81 I
train SOUTH but We're speeding toward Bur
lington in Il closed carriage at the time their
friends were waiting for their appearance at
the depot.
The Congregational club of western YER
mont. has elected these officers President
W. j. Van Patten of Burlington vice presi-
dent, DR.. j. A Mead of Rutland secretary.
II. E. Bentley of st. Albans treasurer F.A.
Bond of Middlebury outlook committee.
lockwood Barrett of Rutland membership
committee Rev. p. NJ. Snyder of Burlington ::
auditor, II. A. Harmon of Rutland.
The trustees of the First Baptist church at
Brattleboro have given their report on the
appropriations and pledges for the coming
year. 1t was shown that $4OO more was
necessary to paw the expenses of the year. A
committee OF three. S. II. Sherman, A. W.
Roel and II. +. C. Toed, was appointed to
raise this amount and report at an adjourned
meeting, which will be held Feb. 10.
Ernest Wells, oldest son of Amos Wells of
Manchester Centre village. had his neck
broken while coastng on Depot road hill.
He lost control of the sled on which he was
riding and ran into a pair of seds. He was
taken to the house of Albert Cherbonneau
and DR.. Wyman was summoned. He died a
few minutes later without regaining con
sciousness.
The bodies of Fred Bodelt and Tom Bur
neau of Norton's Mills, Quebec, were found
on the bank of brook at Derby, where they
had evidently fallen from the highway.
When found, although their bodies lay on
the bank, their heads were under water and
death had been caused by drowning. 1t Is
thought that the men were intoxicated.
Merrill Forsythe of East Berkshire for