Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-01-26
NEWS I'm TOWNS ABOUT


Mrs. Eastman and Miss French visited
schools in Woodstock Friday.
Chss. Stafford was in town 3 few days re-
Gently, Going little work at his shop.
II. b. Parkhurst killed a rooster recent
ly which had i've cartridges in its crop.
Mrs. Ii. L. Brownell Is quite III with
pneumonia and Is attended by Dr. Clough
OF Bethel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hubbard OF Roches-
ter visited their son, DIR. Hubbard, last
Thursday.
James Hatch has the honor of being The
first cash contributor TO Henry Putnam
and family.
Horse racing is the topic OF
among the gentlemen who have leisure
for discussion.
Mrs. NJ. A. Eastman entertained her
pupils Saturday evening, treating them to
maple sugar served on snow.
Miss A. e. French has taken the school
at East Barnard, superintendent Miller
not being able to continue the WORK.
Geo. Riley slipped and fell on the ice
Saturday night, dislocating his shoulder.
Or. Hubbard was called and MIR. Riley
says be did first class job.
Luck seems to be against Frank Fair
banks, be having lost two cows from
tuberculosis IN the past week and In ali
probability will lose more soon.
Our venerable townsman, d. 5. Perkins,
who has been seen upon the streets 80
often this winter, is now confined 10 the
house with the grip and is attended by
DR.. Hubbard.
Among those who are victims OF the
grip this week are r. l.. Fairbanks, Mrs.
n. p Chamberlin, Mrs. Ella, f. X. Morgan,
Myrtle and Roy Wheelock, q. r. Wheel
ock, Mrs. Laura Bull and Mrs. Walker!
The sociabie at the hall was well at
tended and the address given by Rev. l..
A Read was a pleasure to his listeners.
There will be another in two weeks and
an enjoyable time is promised. Be sure
and come.
Another old landmark has gone. The
dwelling house Of Henry Putnam was
consumed by fire Thursday night. Nearly
all OF the household goods were burned.
The fire was caused by the burning out Of
chimney.
While John Manning and wife were
calling on a neighbor Sunday afternoon
his house caught fire from pail OF ashes
and would have been consumed had II
not been discovered by Willie Newton in
time to save IL.
Rev. Z. A. Read will address the young
people next Sunday, it being Young
Peoples Sunday. The Y. p. 9. u. will
hold its service at 12:45 p. M. Topic for
discussion, ado Need the Union? Does
the Union Need Me-" Leader, Miss
Wilson.
Asa Adams, tho has for several weeks
been a great sufferer, passed to higher
life Thursday, Jan. 10. Funeral services
were held at his home Saturday, Rev. Guy
Lawton officiating, and interment was
made at North Pomfret. Mr.. Adams
leaves a wife and six ehildren-three sons
and three daughters-to mourn his loss.
OF family of nine brothers and one sis
ter, only one brother, John q. Adams, OF
Royalton survives him.
The Windsor County Agricultural So
ciety held its annual meeting last week
and elected mostly the old board OF Off
GERS. They also voted to keep up their
mem bership with the National associa-
ton. There is nothing strange about this
for that august parent body looks after
the interests OF all the mem ers, keeping
all profits to themselves. They fine own.
ers, drivers and horses right and left,
Wholesale and retail, but the tracks all go
free. Woodstock has made great efforts
to eliminate drunkenness and gambling
from its grounds and by dong this 1t
has succeeded in getting better class OF
patronage, although last year few cases
OF DRINKS were noticed. The Union Agri-
cultural or Words fair held at TuD-
bridge, being the last one o. the season,
has always required more vigilance on the
part of its officers to prevent drunkenness
and preserve order than any other in the
state; vet the earnest efforts OF the man
agement to make a clean, successful ex-
hibition showed itself In the fair OF 1898.
There was no intoxication in sight, no
rows nor disturbances OF any kind and
not hing to annoy a man IL his wife and
children accompanied him. Some OF this
might be attributed to the success OF state
r Ulcers in clearing out noted rum holes q
1 few days before the fair, which undoubt'
ed y saved the officers OF the association q
world OF trouble. II memory serves me
right more than one hundred bottles OF
T liquor were taken from the hotel in Tun-
/ bridge, condemned and destroyed just be-
I fore the fair OF 1897. And right here lei
/ me say that one OF the worst obstacles
which horse owners have TO contend with
at the county fairs is rum. Drivers and
swipes that keep clear of it are the excep'
ton, not the rule. Managers OF the
Worlds fair are to be congratulated upor
/ their success in running the exhibitions
/ with so few arrests, and making payments
1 in full for all premiums, purses and bills
I as in 1898, with only one day OF good
weather. No other society In my expert
ence can show better. Long live tn,
Worlds fair
ICE RACING IN BETHEL.
Wonders will never cease and the unex'
pected often happens.
Miles Cassidy owns and lives on the
Gen. Joseph Foster farm, which the gen
eral occupied when be was one of the frs
settlers in Barnard. Miles is a dairy farm
er and knows good COW on sight. Hi
wife can make tubs of as fine gilt-edgeC
butter as any dsirywoman in town.
Mr.. Cassidy likes a good horse anC
owned mare sired by the noted brood
msre sire, BAY Lester. Through the in.
fiuence OF friends, be bred her to Kent
$3.50, and the product was bay Ally. Thi
co grew to good size and fine appear
ance. Again Miles sought for a top
notcher and chose Bradlaugh for bis ideal
Here was inbreedipg, as the grandsires OF
both sides were sons OF Hambletonian 10
the great fountain head of all the sensa
tional fast horses of the present day. Tn
result was that Miles got bay horse col
in every way right and he considered him
self lucky man.
The colt grew up on coarse stock ha,
but had more vim, spirit and enterprise il
him than the cows lad, so be was sole