Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-17

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The value of merchandise imported
into the customs district of Mem
} phremagog for January amounted I,
81, 1874, 1916. and the duties assessed
thereon to S982,753.
Congressman Grout has recommend
ed Dir. ID. p. Webster for appoint
ment as postmaster at Brattleboro
David A. Perrin for postmaster al
White River Junction and Geo. l.
Clarke for postmaster at Island Pond
A woman named Eva Powell wa,
found hanging from ladder in Me.
chanics Lane, Burlington, early
Saturday morning by newsboys. An
officer was summoned, She was TAX
en- down and found to be still alive.
She has been i'll for year, and it is
thought dependency caused her to
attempt suicide.
The three-year-old daughter of
Thomas Gosselin of Richford got hold
of package of paris green Monday
of last week and had swallowed a
quantity of the poison before discov-
cred. Remedies were promptly adj
ministered and the little ones life
saved. This is another lesson as to
the necessity for placing poisons be-
yond the reach Of children.
The postoflice fight at Vergennes is
getting to be intensely exciting.
There are five candidates for Post
master Donnelly's shoes and nobody
knows who will get into them. The
candidates are Thomas Mack, Milo a.
Everest, John Norton, G. 4. S. Pierce
and N. j. McCuen. Congressman
Powers is likely to have his hands
full in arriving at satisfactory decis-
ion.
In the year ls47 seven young men
from Barre went TO Lowell, Mass. 10
work at their trade, that of carpenter
and joiner. They are all now living
and in Barre, excepting one. They
are p. G. Patterson, Merrill Patterson,
Henry Upton, Elijah Wood, Luther
Wood, j. S. Robinson and b. 0.
Wood. Their ages range from &c to 80.
The one who does not reside in Barre
lives in Berlin.
Seventeen old ladies, whose united
ages were |, ia years, were gathered
last Friday afternoon in the hospita-
BILE home of Mrs. 5. j. Jones, No. 2
Eastern avenue. in Barre. The party
was given by Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Sarah Gurley and the "girls" in
dulged in such delightful New Eng,
land bygones as ''rolling the platter"
Seats CRADLE" ''fox and geese" and
other games Of long ago. An old
time supper was served at o'clock,
and it Is regretted that the dining
scene was not preserved by the pho
tographer's art. Their average age
would be 60 years.
Ephraim Eaton Hitchcock, New
York millionaire who died recently, |
was the financial hacker Of the Truth |
Seeker, journal Of free thought, al
though he was regular attendant OF
the Presbyterian church, and all his
life passed as strictly orthodox in his
religious belief. Mr.. Hitchcock was
born in Westfield, VT, in 1882. In
his youth he was bound out, and re-
ceived 500 as his stipend when he
was q years old. For some years he
was i'm business in Vermont and Can
ada, but in 1860 he went to New
York and engaged in the manufac-
ture OF hatters' fur, the firm of Hitch
cock, Dermody & Co. becoming one
of the largest manufacturers Of the
same in the country.
Mary. the 16-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Murray of Bur-
ington, " no has been in love with a
young man by the name OF William
Tatro for some time past, decided to
,lope with him and last Friday the
.wo left for parts unknown. Mr..
Murray objected to his daughter keep
ng company with him for the reason
hat he had heard that Tatro was
married man and had left his wife.
Mr.. Murray is worried over the where
bouts of his daughter, although it is
presumed that the ''pair" are in
White River Junction where Tatro
ormerly worked. Tatro was en-
)loyed In the freight yafu Ior snort 4
line and boarded at Halcey's on
south Champlain street.
A shocking accident occurred at
Milton Tuesday morning Of last week,
when Charles Gordon, the l6.year-old
on of Mrs. Hattie Gordon, was run
,ver and killed by the cars. Young
lordon had been working at st. AL
,ans Bay and jumped on freight
rain, either at st. Adams or Georgia,
O get ride home and was thrown
IF the cars near Georgia bridge and
un over. Parts of his body were
trewn along the track from there TO !
he switch, just above the depot at
Milton, where part Of the body was
ound. The clothes were torn into
hreds. The remains were put in the
'ault until an inquest could be held
" the selectmen. Young Gordon
vas in the habit of catching on trains