Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-01-19

The late Gov. Fuller's collection OIL
tuning forks, which includes more
than 300 specimens from all over the
world, and the first tuning fork ever
made, cost $4,000 and is said to be
the largest Of its kind in existence.
A prominent citizen of Brattleboro
who is in the habit Of paying his wa
ter tax yearly in advance to save the
bother of quarterly bills, asked the
collector TO change his receipt ac-
cordingly. 1t was done so as to read
paid to Jan. /, 2oll, or lOl years.
Prof G. II. Perkins, state geologist,
is having the exhibits in the museum
in the statehouse rearranged so that
visitors can see at glance what in
the way Of mineralogy there is in YER
mont. Previously the exhibits were
Jumped together, but they will now
be reclassifed and easy to be under
stood.
The Gath annual meeting of the
Ayrshire Breeders association will be
held in the parlor of the Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel, New York, Wednesday,
February !, at o'clock p. m, to hear
the reports Of the secretary and treas
urer and for the election of officers.
l.. 5. Drew, South Burlington, is the
president and G. NJ. Winslow, Bran
don, is the secretary.
5. w. Fitch, butter maker in the
Waitsdeld creamery,die Jan. 3 from
blood poisoning. A short time ago
he made slight cut on one hand
with a knife, and not considering it
OF any importance took little notice
Of il for several days, when il began
10 be inflamed and became very pain
fnl. II grew worse rapidly and final
~ resulted in his death.
Aaron II. Fellows, a teacher in
the Long Island business college, was
last week arrested on the charge
OF being implicated in the robbery
Of -, 600 worth Of government bonds.
The bonds were stolen nine years ago
from his father Nicholas Fellows OF
Waits River The arrest followed an
attempt to dispose of the bonds at
Toronto. Montreal and Boston.
A little daughter of John Marshall
OF Evansville recently had very Gu
riOus trouble. One morning when
she got up she could not speak, re-
naming in that condition until two
mornings afterwards when she could
neither talk nor open her eyes. This
two days longer, at the end
OF which time she found that she
could both talk and open her eyes.
George A. Brown, the night errand
boy in the Rutland Herald Office, was
brought before United States Commits
sioner George +. johnson in Burling-
ton Thursday and charged with open
ing letters from the postofllce and
forging a signature to money orders,
which were afterwards presented 10
be cashed. Brown waived examine
ton and bail was fixed at $500. He
went 10 jail.
In accordance with the provisions
OF the act passed by the general as
sembly requiring applicants for Ii
oenses for medical practice in Yer
mont to come before board OF eX-
aminers, examinations will be held in
at the Van Ness House
January is, April II and October Is.
The board Of examiners are DIR. III. &.
Tinkham Of Burlington, DIR. c. w.
Of Rutland and DR. w. n.
Pratt Of Shoreham.
Reading has a mysterious disap-
pearanre case. Willie Peoples, son Of
Alexander Peoples, who is proprietor
81 the Maple Grove hotel, has been
missing since Dec. 10. Two days be-
fore man and woman, who gave
heir names as MIR. and Mrs. I. Bough-
ION. came 10 the hotel and advertised
70 give an entertainment. On the 18th
Willie, who is lad OF Is, took team
md started to drive the Boughtons TO
N. IA. He was TO return
he same day but did not and since
hen nothing has been heard of him
pr the team.
Edward A. Miller, the brother OF
Miss Emma A. Miller of Newark, y.
J.. who sold the poison holder SO
identified with the now
iamous Cornish poisoning case in New
York, was in Burlington recently. lie
: travelling salesman for the Boy |
len Shoe Company of New ark. His
lister. Miss Miller, is the stenographer
n the store Of Hartgegen 4 Co. OF 4
Newark and recalls perfectly the sell
no OF the article in which the poison
vas sent to Cornish. Che also states
hat she would be able TO identify the
purchaser.
That Vermont Ia suffering from
-cnuino visitation Of toe grips evil
lent from the reports from all parts
4 the state. Not a town Is exempt
rom Il. Montpelier has 400 cases,
la.re nearly the same, Rutland over
900. Burlington SEQ or 600, Bellows
tails over 100, St Johnshury, New
,ort, over 100, and smaller towns in
proportion. Unless the victims are
areless and catch cold when conva-
linz, tho discs 80 ia much miluer |