Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-05-13
General Vermont News.

4 ,,,.t .its.i ia K..r,.a,p.- after brief illness
f with erg Sipela~ ga the head. NJ haath vas
uur uf the prominent hu-Ine-> men ga that
rity. lle hfgau 10 clerk ln hi- father store
when be- was about ~ wears old aud went
into business with his father. {. a Booth. Ia
hi lss1. when they bought the hardware
. bu-ius-- Of ". r. Bixbg a son aud Mr.. Booth
ha- continued ia that business since that
time. tie was a member 81 ~. iauls .pi,-
CORAL church aud had been a Ke>iry man sew
eral years. Hr was prominent Mason,
bring past high priest IF Jerusalem chapter,
Ne. ? aud was also grand royal arch cap
tain ~ the Grand Chapter OF Vermont, In
March last he was rletted one Of the city
aldermen. lie l. survived by "a widow and
twodaughters. the Misses Hattie and Marion
Booth. also hy two brothers. Capt Charles
A Booth Of the Seventh United State in
fautry and Judge John IL. Booth Of fiatt>-
burg aud one sister, Mrs. 4. h. Clark oi
Reese Bud, ;. u.
4 Newfaue woman Is entitled to the honor
81 being called new woman. She has
recently moved from Denver To- lIttleiun.
Colorado. into a large new barn into which
she had good doors. windows and chimney
built. with view To- occupy until house.
could be flushed. Nrighburs tell her she
ha~ accomplished more ia eight weeks than
they have in wears. She suggests that her
yocationmay have come to herIn Keeping sew
eral men ana six horses busy. Buildings have
been moved. fields plowrd, 800 trees. mostly
fruit. set out besides 20 locust trees about
the driveway aud edge of the farm: alfalfa.
oats. wheat and clover >own and the garden
planted. An artesian well has been sunk
$40 feet at "A cost of 1875. With all her
home duties this nineteenth century woman
has part In local clubs, benevolent, literary.
patriotic and church societies and has even
been elected treasurer nf a ditch COMPANY,
which is an important organization ia that
irrigating country.
The war has cagsrd "a substantial revival
Of the WOODEN industry in this state. The
United States government has contracted
among other things with the Burlington
Wooden company for 100000 yards of
blue cashmere yarn. 1t represents the
largest order the company has ever re-
ceived 1t will keep the mills busy 10 hours
per day for ~ days. The delivery calls for
500 yards per day at the expiration OF
a days and at the expiration Of
20 days the delivery will be in
creased to 1900 yards per day.
The order is for regulation indigo sky blue
cashmere, - ounces to the yard aud six
quarters wide. The orders placed by the
government Indicate that Il large army will
be sent to Cuba as the fianneis are to be
light weight. The government ha, hereto
fore purchased very cheap materials IN
clothing Indians. but in the future the very
best - ounce cloth will be bought for them.
Samples are being made by the Burlington
company
Tba foIIoyin,, ,otal fr,r, tho SnIJi.r.,
home will be of interest. Henry " Downs,
aged "a wears. is dead He served three
months in Company u. sth Massachusetts
infantry: nine months in Company A. lith
Massachusetts infantry. and one year in
Company 4 "a Vermont infantry. and wa, al
mitted to the home March -, lo9s, from Ben
nington. His burial was in the home cemetery.
Henry ". Smith. late Of Company A. LIST Yer
mont calvary. who died Jan. / 4 SOS has been
buried in the Home cemetery. He was al
mitted from Richford. Sept. Is, 1897 The
membership OF the home Is now loN. with
nut little prospect OF any decrease during the
next year. Twenty-Five OF the - h"dS III
Inc hosptal ar" occupied. Nuprrlhteh-
u"ht corey, VINO mas been on rfhtrAr@ t"r
several weeks on account Of ms old army
wound Is better
Announcement is made of the intended
marriage of A. +. Childs of Bennington To
Mrs. Clara Stone Sherman oil Ca>tletou.
The ceremony Will take plar" IN the tnur'h
oI the hedctm"r In New hhNeu, conn,
where Mrs sherman Is temporarily living.
/ ne fplscpPHI service VIII he USED Win
ring Tor each. NJ prospective bride VIII
DE given away by her son WI" Is student
III laIc college, Mrs. sherman l. daugh-
Ter OF the Hte Rev l.. IT, stone, a former
prominent congregational clergyman 81
vermont. Her hrrt husband was well
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lac Northheld News has the following IN
relrrenre toa former wrli-6n"wn Bellows
rams boy VINO graduated al N"rWeh HnlNer-
~tN previous 10 his aPsHhtmrut a. au "Ili-
Ger IN thr army: Lieutenant l.. \ shuttle
worth. I'm Infantry. I. >. A., WI" mas been
stationed al Nhipple Barracks, Arizona, for
the past three years. ma been ordered 10
i'n, wy .',,' " ..n
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MISS Eulth MARTIN, formerly "I 'NVihSN-
VINE, mas recently maze herself famous a. i
harPlst at the casino in VIENNA, Austria A.
thiIu MISS Martlh LOOK up tue >tudE OF the
Nloilh ana piano anu showed early signs OF
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