Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-10-07
General Vermont News.

Company of Barre will realize about
5000 from their Held day.
Major Charles Woodbury.. who has been
III at Ahni,"n, Ala, i better.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Bail Of LyEdonyille is dead
at the advanced age of 30 years.
John Shedrirk left Bristol 80 years ago and
has just been back on his first visit.
Tie Vermont State Federation Of Women's
clubs i meeting at BrattleborO Oct. ..
Isaiah Benson Of Woodstock has pair of
Hostein oxen that weigh 1900 pounds.
Hay is selling at Bristol for Sc ton de-
liVered. Potatoes bring 80 cents a bushel.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt of
New York have been visiting in Shelburne
Falls.
st. Johnsbury has voted to build brick
schOOlhouse in Summeryille not to cost over
$1,000
The Granite City Poultry association will
Aold lis third exhibition at Barre Dec. 27,
y and %.
Snraks cut the bellows in Marr & Gordon's
tool shoop at Barre recently. The damage
is about $50.
Mrs Susan Francis. wife of the late Will
liam Henderson of Burlington, is dead after
briet illness.
Jason Powers. formerly prominent in the
affairs Of Burke has recently died at Eaton.
+. O.. aged II.
II. l.. Whitehead. formerly of Vernon, has
been appointed II referee in bankruptcy in
North Dakota.
While hunting recently W. r. Enright Of
Berlin was shot in the hand and will lose
his index finger.
Clare Turner OF Barre who was killed at
Providence, r. l.. in a railroad accident, had
$1,000 accident Insurance.
John {. Barclay of Barre has returned
after an absence Of nine years, during which
time no one knew where he was.
The Traction company of Burlington
have begun work building another line to
Winooski over the lower road.
The Salisbury furniture factory at Ran
doph is rushed with orders this fall and is
employing about 40 men. 1t has large ex-
port trade.
Major II. d. Fillmore of the Vermont reg
mrnt has so far recovered from his severe
illness As to be able TO return TO his home in
Bennington.
Rev. l.. d, Temple of the Baptist church
at Brattleboro has resigned and call has
been rendered Rev. r. o. Sherwood of South
NOrwalk, Conn.
sucking colt, by Bradaugh out of the
noted brood mare Laura, formerly owned by
John A. Moore Of Barnard, was sold at Wa
terbury fair for S225.
The Roxbury creamery paid its patrons
II cents for the August butter the Randolph
cooperative creamery Is 3-4 cents. the Brig
ham creamery - cents.
Ned Alexander. a Berlin painter. fell 80
feet from Il roof with a ladder recently, de-
molishing a clothes reel in his flight, but
escaped without "A scratch.
The Cotton Manufacturing company of
lar haG lNr larc
orders for it, goods from California. where
it Is building up large trade.
Extensive improvements are being made
at the scale shops in ST. Johnsbury and the
prospects for a busy winter at the scale fac
tory, in all its departments were never
brighter.
The society event of the season at Windsor
was the recent marriage OF Miss Mary,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs C. W. Proper to
Albert +. Bans. popular young business
man of Randolph.
W. A. Edison Of Wiliamstown is dead. 1t
will be remembered that a few weeks since
Mr.. Edison team ran away while he was on
his way home from BroOktield and that he
was dragged on the ground for over mile,
injuring him internally.
AlansOn Luce of Montpelier is so years
old, yet he got up recently at o clock in
the morning and went to Ottawa on the ex-
| cursion. He returned OF an early train,
| but was not satisfied and went to the North
| field fair Oh the same day.
| 4 bill drafted by resident of Berlin to be
| presented at the coming session of the legis-
| lature provides that when taxpayer pays
taxes in two towns to an amount equal or in
| excess OF poll tax he may send his chill
| dren to school without paying tuition in
| either town int the district where his property
| is taxable.
Mayor Senter of Montpelier has two thor
| oughbred Irish settlers who are brother and
| sister. One afternoon as soon as the law
was off the sister was found to be missing
| from her accustomed haunts. but little
later she made her appearance proudly bear
| ing Il plump partridge over her shoulder
which she had gone forth and captured un-
| aided
1t was Quartermaster Hermann c. Green,
| NermOnter. who stood at the wheel and
steered the Gloucester when she sank the
Spanish torpedo boat. He is only 81 years
old, and it was he who manned the wheel
during the entire battle at Santiago. while
Captain Wainwright stood on one side of
him and Lieutenant Huse on the other, all
| exposed to the shot and shell which the
Spanards so Intellectually fired at the little
craft
Evan Evans boasts of private menagerie
| He is willing, however, to dispose of it to
any aspiring Snowman who will take it
| away" SkunkS to an uncertain number,
| presumably a mamma skunk and several
babies, have crawled through the cold air
ilue of his store furnace and taken up
| comfortable abode where it is good and
warm. He is in Il quandary just how to ex-
| tricate them without -. Meanwhile cold
weather is coming on.
The statement that Manchester was the
only town in Bennington county that could
| boast OF having soldier in the regular
army brought prompt denial from Pownal
and the names of four persons in the regular
army are mentioned the two Blanchard
boys, Daniel +. Proud and Claude Reynolds.
| The first two are in the infantry, Reynolds
is in the artillery and Proud is a member of
the signal corps. Col Merritt Barber, who
was chief of General Merritt's staff, and
| who is now stationed at Governors Island,
n. Y, is a Pownal boy.
Miss Lucy s. Ruggles, who died recently
at Bennington, aged 80, was a sister of the
| late General Ruggles of the confederate
army. For many years she was a teacher
in several schools for young women in the
| south. She came to Bennington to reside
about ~ years ago, and for u number of
years she was very frequent contributor of
poetry TO the local papers. During the past
few years she had been almost totally blind
and lived alone. 1t is reported that she has
left handsome property that will go to
Massachusetts institutions
minister in town not thousand miles
away from Poultney surprised his audience
| by reading the following announcement from
the pulpit: The regular session of the Don
key club will be held as usual after the close
of the service. Members will line up just
outside of the church door, make remarks
and stare at the ladies who pass, as is their
custom. Any member known to escort a
lady to church like man and sit with her
like gentleman will be expelled from mem
Oership." The application was to the point
and the effect was marvellous.