Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
NEWS In TOWNS ABOUT


George Hathorn spent Saturday and
Sunday at home.
Parties from Randolph picnicked in the
park Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lee Cady of Bethel
were in Town Sunday.
Lucy Flowers OF Hartland spent Satur-
day with friends in town.
The Y. P. c. U. topic for next time will
be "The promise Of childhood"
Mrs. Eta Tolbert OF Plainfeld, N. H., is
visiting her mother, Mrs. d. n. JENNIE.
A. w. Billiard has finished work In
town and returned to his home in Gays
vile.
Louis Moves Of Caveudish has been Wis
iting at his brother Charles for short
time.
The Ladies' Mite society will meet at
the church parlors Thursday afternoon,
June 16.
e. L. Wills OF Brookfield, with the fast
pacing mare Kit Campbell, 2:2S was at w.
o. Danforth's this week.
The steamer, Mary E., is once more seen
on Silver lake, having made her first voy-
age on Wednesday OF last week.
Mr.. Cooley, the maker OF the engine be-
longing to the launch, was in town last
week putting 1t in working order.
Frank Fuller, who is employed in an
asylum at Worcester, Mass, has been
spending a short vacation at home.
A. w. Ballard has lately finished a book
case which has been placed In the Univer-
salist church, 1t being gift from the Y.
P. c. u.
Mr.. and Mrs George P. Hunton of
Claremont, N. H., have been staying at
the Silver lake House. Mr.. Hunton was
formerly resident of Barnard.
Scott Longley, the noted fish warden OF
Stock bridge, was at w. 9. Danforth's on
business last week. Mr.. Longley is q war
veteran who was fearless in his duty.
Cbildren's day exercises will be OBJ
served In the Universalist church Sunday,
June IL, at the hour of the regular service,
Up. m. "The Ladder of Life" will be pre-
scented by the children.
Spear & Wilson's new creamery is hav-
ing fine patronage and the village is filled
with milk wagons every morning. After
many years OF successful inventions to
tighten the farm work OF men, one comes
at last to help the women.
Two weeks ago your correspondent an
nounced that Chas. Thayer had come to
town for the summer. We wish to correct
the statement. He has come with the in
tention OF making Barnard his home. Mr..
Thayer is first class workman, as is also
A. d. Abbott, who has lately settled in
town. Why not give our townsmen your
patronage as well as to look elsewhere for
help?
Mrs. Emily and Charles Williams have
sold their farm to Asa W.Kenney of Lake.
wood, N. j. This is the well-known Zurie
Kenney place where Calvin Fairbanks set
tied in early times, founding the Fair
banks family That was once prominent
in Barnard but now has no descendants.
We hardly think Mr.. Kenney will ever
occupy again the home of his boyhood,
but there is some satisfaction in keeping
it in the family.
The listers have commenced their quad
rennial appraisal OF real estate, which is to
be completed by the first Tuesday in July.
No doubt there will be changes made as
many OF the back farms are virtually aban-
doned, with buildings dropping down and
land growing to bushes and brakes. As a
general thing they are SO isolated from
schools that they are hard to sell, even at
low price, and but few would rent a
place where the opportunities for school
things into consideration these back lands
are of so little profit to owners and are so |
fast on their hands that 1t seems right and |
proper that they should bear but a small |
portion OF our taxation. No more disas-
trous change could have happened Tor
Barnard than the present school law. The
great advance and Improvement in educa- |
ton does not seem to materialize or be
appreciated by parents and taxpayers.
There are some districts kept up in good |
form with excellent schools, but they |
hardly realize that, indirectly, they pay |
for the downfall OF these abandoned farms.
My attention was called by Barnard
horseman to an article taken from the |
Chicago Horse Revfeic in relation to the
theory advanced by some cranks In breed
ing that crossing our trotting bred mares
N 10
make an improvement in our light har-
ness horses. What an insane idea When
we think OF the millions OF money and
years OF time spent by our wisest breed
ers to bring the American trotting horse
up to its present standard-admitted as
the most elegant driving horses known
by the nations OF the earth and now COM
handing fabulous prices from foreign
buyers-to go back twenty or thirty years
and breed a mixed lot which nobody
wants is certainly the idea Of crank. The
fortunate man who owns richly bred
trotting mare that can now outstyle and
outspeed any other breed and Is really an
ideal horse Tor himself and the envy of his
neighbors, would be suicidal horseman
to mix this blood with something not 80
good. No one would think for one mo.
ment OF introducing Durham to improve
the breed OF a fine Jersey herd. Neither
would he procure a eoarse-wool ram to
better the wool OF pure merino.
Alfred d. Abbott from Rutland has
bought the Sam Wood farm, SO called, sit
uated in the noted Mount Hunger dis
trict. This place was settled over 80 years
ago by Samuel Wood, Jr., OF Brookfeld,
Mass. Mr.. Wood proved to be a good
farmer. He was an honest, industrious
man who, by his managing ability and
strict economy, made one OF the best farms
in that neighborhood and constructed
good buildings. He also raised a large
family. This property was left for the use
and management of his son, Samuel A.
Wood, at whose decease 1t was to go to his
children. Sam, as be was familiarity called,
was man of good education and a great
worker. But few men in Barnard had the
strength and ability to turn of more work !.
than Sam Wood before intemperance
made him wreck. The farm that once
had the care and cultivation OF the father
now shows the terrible neglect of the son.
Consequently Mr.. A bbott became the hap !
Ply possessor of 120 acres of good land for
the nominal price of s275. He has torn
dnrU0 the lie modal