Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-12-21

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e meet popular favor. The air is plain
tive and melodious and the title of tn,
D song is "My Pretty Vermont Girl.
The words are by Walter +. Mullen
: clerk in the Plaza hotel, Boston.
/: Dodge Wheeler Keith, a native Of
, Montpelier and for nearly half cen.
: tury resident Of Chicago, recently
: died in that city. He was about 50
or 81 years Of age. A wife and one
daughter, Julia Loomis Keith, sur
yive him. Mr.. Keith was one of the
leading merchants in Chicago and
since he went to that city had been
remarkably successful.
Elhanan Andrews, the famous
pocket peddler, has been found guilty
OF 80 first offences of selling liquor,
for which he must pay a fine OF 800
and costs or serve three years in the
house Of correction. For keeping to
sell, he must serve at least 20 DAYS
and in default OF 800 fine and costs
must serve three times as many
days as there are dollars in his fine.
Michael Dacre, while cutting lum-
Der on Pillsbury mountain, near
Willoughby lake last week, saw
three caribou and six deer. They did
not seem shy, but appeared to under
stand that the open season was over
and that they had undisputed rights
to be there. The caribou must have
strayed there from Canada, probably
driven out by hunters and lumber
men.
DR.. Clark Smith Of Fair Haven was
caught between the cars and the de-
pot platform there last Thursday as
be was alighting from a moving train.
lie was wedged so eighty that it was
impossible TO get him out until the
platform had been cut away. lie was
dead when released. He was sixty
eight years Of age. During the war
he was assistant surgeon with a New
York regiment
c. l.. Smith Of Montpelier has pre-.
sented to City Clerk Merrill a novelty
in the way Of Il paper knife which he
made with his own hands. The
knife is made from the shin bone of
a deer, which Mr.. Smith captured
during his recent hunting trip in
Maine. The handle OF the knife is
formed from the bone Joint while the
blade has been worked down thin and |
is handsomely polished.
There were three fire alarms report |
ed Monday evening Of last week at
Bennington. In the Pratt house on
South street fire was started by the
explosion OF lamp and go in cash
were burned. A fire in the laundry |
OF Thomas Kee on North street start
ed from a defective chimney. A fire
in the rooms of DIR. II. S. Goodall on
Main street was caused by the lamp
exploding. The losse s were all tri-
fling.
Eastman OF Brattleboro, 1928, pub
lished a small history Of Vermont of
40 pages, which is very scarce. After
10 years search, the Middlebury Col
lcge museum has secured a copy,
which completes its collection Of all
Vermont histories thus far known.
There have been q histories pub
lished, besides earlier sketches includ.
ed in other volumes. The oldest
found thus far was printed in Dublin
in 1857.
The Vermont Federation of Wom-
ems clubs has issued its year book for
ls99-l900. These Vermont towns
furnish clubs in the Federation: Bar
re, 49,; Bennington, Brattleboro,
Enosburgh Falls, johnson,
(2); Middlebury, Morris
vile, Royalton, Rutland, (2); ST.
Johnsbury, Waterbury, White River
Junction and Boston, Mass. The
fifth annual meeting OF the Fedora
lion will be held in Rutland October 7;
10 and 20, 1900.
A member OF the family of G.. l.. !
Bassett Of Rutland was using some !
,antharides for blistering and placed /,
The preparation on the mantel shelf. I
IL happened that some stockings be- ,
longing TO Mr.. Bassett lay on a chair .
near by and portion OF the drug fell
On one Of them in such a way as TO
bring the place, when he nut on the :
stocking, on the instep Of the foot. :
lie wore the stocking all the next day :
md at night found blister on the
loot. Blood poisoning is feared. q
\ sensation was caused in Brattle- O
loro recently when Sheriff Mcclure '
.eryed the papers in TWO suits for Il
slO. 900 each in favor of Fred II. /
Durgin against Charles Clark and his $
ather, n. G. Clark, for alternating his /
yife's affections, a Grim con case
against the former, and q charge Of ]
.iding and abetting against the latter. c
Mr.. Durgin is the daughter of Land Il
ord Richards of Winchester, former p
Y OF the American House Of Brattle- +
'oro. 4
Work on the receiving tomb at
iorning Side cemetery at Brattleboro c,
viii be continued during the winter. Il
| tent l25 feet square, inclosing the al
ntire structure and heated with two c,
lrge coal stoves, will be used during ot
he winter by a large number Of men t.
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