Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-07
State of Vermont.
'ts News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


Our Readers.
Rutland has raised over 81, 1000 70
Cuban relief.
A bear weighing 255 pounds wa
Killed at the power house in Stow,
last week by b. G. w. Marshall.
The Barre city council has practical
ly agreed on having plans drawn III
Tor rebuilding the old building, us
ing the shaky and cracked walls tina
arc still left standing.
Byron Smith, 81, died Tuesday o.
last week from meningitis at Addi
son. where he was prominent woo
dealer. lie was the representative
from that town in the legislature Of
1886.
On the evening of March 10th the
golden wedding OF Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Wallace was celebrated at the
home of theirsdaughter and son-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Dodge, at Waits
River.
VIM. T. Smith, 60, who died sud.
denly at st. Louis recently, was pres
ident OF the Lackawanna Trust COM
pany Of Scranton, Pa, and prominent
in the business affairs of that city. He
was a native of Middlebury.
BY the will of Ann E. Porter of
Newburyport, Mass, LOCO is given
10 the public library ut Springfield in
memory of Charles Edward Porter
and son, and $500 to St. Marks
church at Springfield for a memorial
window to Charles f. Porter and
wife.
Thirty-eight men were made citi-
zens of the United States before City
Judge M. Il. Smile at Montpelier last
Friday evening. They foreswore al
legiance to the king of Italy and
queen OF England and solemnly
promised that they wonld preserve
the integrity Of the Union. An even
half dozen received their first papers.
Frank Hartman of Worcester,
while saving lumber in the mill of NJ.
j. Bailey last week Thursday, had
two ribs broken and his lungs pune
tured. He was bending over the saw
at his work, and the board was
caught and carried along. Ii swung
in such a manner as TO catch him on
the right side, knocking in two ribs
which protruded into his lungs. 1t
is also thought he suffered internal in
juries.
Judge George w. Harmon of Ben
nington, one of the most prominent
citizens in Vermont, died Tuesday of
last week. He was born in Pawlet in
1872, but lived in Bennington SO
years. He was prominently identi-
fled with the banking interests Of that
section. lie was counsel for several
railroad corporations, and was the
oldest member of the Vermont bar in
both age and practice.
A Montpelier young man with
stomach like pneumatic tire and
with a yearning for raw oysters
wagered that he could eat six dozen
raw oysters. He made the attempt at
the Capitol cafe Friday evening and
swallowed 50 with ease. At that
point his stomach refused to hold
them down and he threw up what he
had eaten. He then started in to
his task and downed three
more oysters. The other party in
the wager then claimed that in not
holding all the oysters at one time the
eater had lost his wager and the af-
fair ended in disagreement.
Col. w. Seward Webb of Shelburne
has offered his steam yacht, the FL
frida, to the war department for use
In case OF war with Spain. The Ell
frida is Col. Webb's private yacht
and is now hauled out at Shelburne
narbor. She has not been in use since |
1896. The yacht has speed of about
IL miles per hour and was built at
Del. She has had the
est of sea service, having been used
DIV DIR. Webb in a cruise along the
Atlantic coast when he was a resident
)f New York. The boat was brought
% Lake Champlain through the ST.
Lawrence and would have to be re-
paired and taken out that way If the
,ffer is accepted by the war depart I
nent. She would probably be used
Is dispatch boat.
The Vermont Agricultural Expert
nent Station has just issued bulletin
%, containing the analyses and valu-
.tions of thirty-six leading brands of
fertilizers, with remarks
their trade values and the
and agricultural values of
fertilizers. This is the
irst of three bulletins upon this sub
ect to be issued during the spring
months. These, as well as other bull
etins and reports of the Station, are
ent without charge to any address
lpon application. Such as desire to
AVE their names placed upon the
mailing list to receive future issues
Without further notice should add
his statement to their request for the
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