Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-12-22


feif 25-cent pieces are in circulation il
Bennington. The spurious coins ar
about Is grains lighter and trifi'
smaller than the genuine. The look
and ring are good, but the milling j
defective and several of the letters ar'
poor.
| Reuben Davis and wife OF Soutl
SALISBURY have had their son and
daughter, aged IA and Is respectively
taken away from them by the HUI
name society. Mrs. Davis, the step
mother, took fiendish delight in sub
jecting them to the severest discipline
They were never allowed to remain In
the house during the day nor were
they allowed to sneak in the house
nor to eat at the table.
Following are the new officers OF
the Vermont Morgan Horse Breeders
association: President, Hon. c. S.
Page, Hyde Park; vice presidents, G.
X. Larrabce, Montana, and L. NJ.
Chapman, Middlebury; treasurer, Jo-
seph Bartell; secretary, w. A. Ran
dali. A committee of one was APP
pointed from each county in the state
/ to promote the sale and encourage the
product of the Morgan horse. The
membership of the association is rap
idly increasing.
There was meeting of the state
board of normal school commissioners
at Burlington Dec. II for the purpose
OF electing officers and mapping out
work for the coming year. The fol-
lowing were present: State SuperiD-
tendent Of Schools Mason s. Stone OF
Montpelier. Prof. w. +. Howard OF
Middlebury college, #. w. Pierce Of
Chester and +. A. Bagnall of ST. AL
bans. Prof. w. f. Howard was elect
ed president of the board and f. w.
Pierce secretary and treasurer.
The recent quarterly reports OF the
Bennington banks show these insti-
buttons to be in a prosperous condi-
ton. The first National, which has
had remarkably prosperous career
for more than quarter OF century,
will declare 10 per cent annual divi-
dend. This per cent or one even
larger has been maintained for many
years and the stock OF the bank sells
at high figure. The bennington
County National will declare the
usual per cent dividend and the
Bennington County Savings bank 4
per cent.
Last week William Howard OF
Bondville captured his fourth bear
this season. He usually goes to his
traps CARRYING nothing but club,
with which he beats the bears to
death. Recently, while out with
companion, they came across bear
that had got caught in trap, and
was not much wounded. Securing a
rope around his neck, they started for
the village. The bear did not care
about going, but while the companion
pulled on the rope Howard kept prod
ding behind. Bruin finally became
mad. and selling the rope in his teeth,
began drawing it and the man that
had hold of it, toward him. The
man became frightened and dropped
the rope, and as Howard had nothing
to defend himself with, the bear made
its escape.
A large portrait of Gov. John S.
Robinson, the only Democratic gov
crnor Vermont has ever had, has re-
Gently been hung in the state gallery
at Montpelier The portrait, which
is considered good one, was painted
by James H. White OF Bennington,
and was the gift of the widow. Mrs.
Juliette Robinson, now in the s9th
year OF her age. The resolution of
acceptance from the Legislature con-
tains an expression of thanks to Mrs.
Robinson. Gov. Robinson was born
in Bennington in 1904, and was chos-
en- governor in 1853. The legal at
tainments and high order of talent of
Gov. Robinson placed him at an early
day in the front rank of his profess
sion, the law. He died in Charles
town, S. c., in 1860, while attending
the national Democratic convention,
where he was chairman of the delega-
ton from Vermont. His grave is in
the old cemetery at Bennington Gen.
ter.