Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-08
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vantage. Eight postmasters were
present, representing the offices at st.
Johnsbury, East Walden, South Wal
den, Hardwick, Barnet, Mclndoe
Falls and Passumpsic.
The 3lst annual business meeting Of
the Spring Grove Camp Meeting asso-
citation was held in Middiebury
Thursday morning. President n. /.
Ball called the meeting TO order. The
treasurer reported a successful year,
with nearly 500 on hand to be APP
piled on the debt of the association.
It was decided to hold the camp
meeting this year, Aug. 23to 80.
A serious explosion occurred at G.
S. SINNERS, Barton Landing, recent
] ly. The pipes of the water-tank
were frozen and as soon as the steam
began to generate, being confined, it
exploded and blew the stove all to
pieces and demolished things general
ly Fortunately no one was in the
room at the moment; If there had been
it would have been much more serious.
4 passenger coach on the regular
morning train leaving Londonderry
for Brattieboro Thursday left the
track mile south of Winhall station
and rolled down an embankment
about 80 #. There were five passen-
gers in tie coach, and only one of the
number, Miss Nina Vale of London
derry, was seriously injured. A brok-
en- rail was the cause of the car leay-
ing the track.
Ii now looks as If St. Adams was to
have a corn canning factory. George
II. Lowell Of Mortified, representing
r. c. Payson Il Co., of Portland, Me-,
is canyassing among the farmers in
that vicinity for pledges that they will
for three years devote certain acreage
to corn, and furnish the crop to st.
Adams canning factory. If he sue
ceeds in securing a guarantee OF 600
acres the factory will be built.
Glow some women arrange their
kitchens is the subject Of a prize COM
petition in the Ladies Home Journal,
in which Mrs. Charles ii. Higgins of
st. Johnsbury wins a % prize. Pic
lures of the prize kitchens appear in
the February number. Ii is worthy Of
note that in these model kitchens hired
girls or men do not appear among the
articles of necessary equipment; at
least they do not show in the pictures.
Fred II. Pillsbury OF Barton is clos
ing up his fur business. He has
bought this season over 200 fox, 229
mink, GOO skunk, IL sable, three OF
ter, over 1900 muskrat, $50 coon
and cat. Furs OF all kinds are high,
especially fox, they having reached
the unprecedented price OF - in mar
ket for some extra nice skins. Fox
are being colored black and used for
ladies' mufis and boas, the long,
fluffy furs being very fashionable.
Among the nominations recently
sent to the senate for promotion in
the regular army were Major Henry
Jackson, third cavalry, TO be lieuten-
ant colonel and Capt. Herbert ). Fos-
ter Eighteenth infantry, TO major.
The navy department has announced
the promotion OF Lieut.. II. L. Mayo,
now at Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco, to be lieutenant-commander.
All OF these officers are well known
and have many friends in Burlington.
The board of state railroad commits
sioners has made public its findings
in the accident at Fair Haven, Dec. Ia,
in which Dr. Clark Smith, an old dem
fist of that town, was killed at the
platform of the ID. 4 II. railroad sta
ton. The gist of the report is that
"From the evidence in the case, the
board finds that, while the carelessness
OF the deceased was the primary cause
OF the accident, the consequences
would probably have been much less
serious If, instead Of the high freight
platform, the low passenger platform
had extended the whole length OF the
station"
A Middletown, Conn, despatch TO
the New York sun says Harry Wells
Ia Middlebury boy assistant professor
in chemistry at Wesleyan University,
has taken up a residence in Prof. At
waters respiration calorimeter and
will remain there nine days. His
food will be either mixed with alcohol
or composed largely OF alcohol during
the entire time. Mr.. Wells will have
a rest for nine days and at the end OF
this period will 90 back for nine days.
The experiment viii be repeated once
after that and the results are expect
/ ed to be much more satisfactory than
the former trial. Mr.. Wells was ex-