Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02

dressing mail to those in military
camps throughout the country t
write plainly upon the letter or par
Gel the company, regiment and state
as ".John Doe, Company d, 10th Hi
nois Infantry, Falls Church, Va"
There are now lO7 boys and 2S girls
at the Vergennes Industrial school. AL
are reported to be in good health
! During the past week Barre and Enos
burgh Falls have furnished two boys
each, Montpelier and Burlington one
each and girl has come from Bur.
lington and one from Brandon. Three
boys have gone out on furloughs, one
each for Swanton, Newport and
Fletcher.
Miss Laurl Williams of Chicago,
whose engagement to Gen. Merritt is
announced, is the daughter of Nor
man Williams, Vermonter by birth,
who gave Woodstock its library. He
is one,of the foremost lawyers of Chi
cage, allied with great business inter-
ests and one of the most pGblic-spirit-
ed citizens of his progressive city. The
engagement, by the way, is said to be
a love affair, though he is widower
OF 81 and she only 20.
The case of the United States
against J. A. Laporte OF Lyndon has
been on trial in the United States
court at Montpelier. He is charged
with sending a registered letter
through the mail stuffed with waste
paper instead of 500, the amount
which he claims was inclosed in it.
The case was worked up and brought
to trial against Laporte by James
Bullman, United States postoffice
inspector, Laporte, was acquitted.
The Vermont Baptist Sunday school
convention was held at Montpelier
May 81 and June /. The general
subject of the convention was educa-
tional. The leader of the great
Christian Endeavor chorus choir.
George II. Somerby of Boston, had
charge Of the singing. Among the
speakers engaged were DR.. Gumbart
of Boston, DIR. Grant OF Concord, N.
H., A. S. Greet, the famous chalk
talker, and DIR. Spaulding of Boston.
Peter Naylor of Brandon plowed up
a cutlass in his garden, which has the
appearance of having been in the
ground many years. 1t has blade
about Is inches in length. The han
die, which was once evidently of wood,
has an iron guard to protect the hand.
Some are OF the opinion that this is a
revolutionary relic, while Others be-
lieve that one of the Spanish crew
who used to work the Burch hill sill
yer mine was the possessor of the
weapon.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Soldiers Home is Frenchman,a vet
eran of the Mexican war;. He goes
by the name of Joseph Stone and halls
from Montreal. Stones grandfather
came from France with Gen. Lafayette
and fought under him in the rcvoln-
tionary war. Stone, who is "a years
old, was in the command of Gen.
Scott in the Mexican war. He is in
excellent health and regrets that he
cannot enlist in the present war.
Col. Myron M. Parker OF Washing
ton was offered the command Of one
of the ten regiments of immunes to be
raised by the United States with the
rank OF colonel. Col. Parker had a
splendid record in the war of the re-
bellion, enlisting at the age Of Is and
serving throughout the war as mem :.
Der of the First Vermont cavalry, and
he would fill the position offered with
credit to the country and himself. He
has, however, felt constrained to de-
cline the appointment.
The Bellows Falls strike has ended.
The company claims that the idea
was not TO make the machine tenders
work harder, but 10 keep them
through the noon in order to avoid
accidents which are very costly when
they happen on the machines. A
room will be furnished for the men to
eat their dinners in, the helpers being
sent beforehand to the mems homes
for them. They will also get II full
hours pay for this time. Most of the
New York help hired after the strike
have been returned.
Edward Hodgson has cheated the
state Of Vermont and will not serve
1872 days in the workhouse, although
the United States supreme court said
he would. Hodgson died few days
ago in New York state, so his sensa-
tional case is at an end. He was a
liquor seller in Addison county and
the court OF that county imposed a
sentence which was carried to the
United States supreme court for the
purpose Of testing the constitutional
ty OF the Vermont liquor law. The
case was lost and Hodgson has been
out on bail, awaiting the final action
OF the Addison county court.
The State Epworth League conven-
ton will be held in Burlington June
81, % and %. The evangelist of the
convention will be the Rev. s. Parker
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