Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-12-19
state of Vermont.
v.,,s Condensed and Rewritten
i'' for Our Readers.

81 ~, MorrisVille library uuIih I'm
pVr animal "kake" walk OF the
,, ny of Vermont was held De-
~ seward Webb and family have
- - Sbelburne for New York, where
thew will pass the winter.
Sor Jobn G. Mccullough has been
aiected director OF the Atchison,
Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company.
The body of a spike-horn buck deer,
,.tiv eaten by dogs, was found by a
Pa orty of hunters near Rutland recently.
Tbs appointment of George n. Dale
ofIsland Pond as consul at Coaticook,
0 ~ - was confirmed by the Senate
. Monday.
Tho water at Berlin pond, Mont
,oiers water service, is said to be the
iowest il has ever been at this period
OF the year.
The matter of night mail service be-
tween Alburg and Boston is being
strongly agitated along the Rutland
and Fitchburg railroads.
LOT Of furs recently seized by GUS
toms officers was sold at Burlington
is.t week bringing about $3.50, the
market value of the furs.
The Montpelier city council has de-
n cidel that all coal dealers shall weigh
tbeir coal from one set of scales, which
sbaIl be designated as the city scales.
n F. Cabot has intimated TO the
trustees that he will resign the treasur-
ership of the Vermont Savings Bank at
Battleboro Dec. 81. The reason is
his advanced age, 81 years, and his de-
sire for more leisure.
Judge Charles II Darling, who as
Dmed his new duties as assistant sec
retarv Of the navy December l6, has
been presented with q past masters
level by the members OF Mt. Anthony
Masonic lodge Of bennington.
The thirtv-second annual meeting of
tbe Vermont Dairymen's association
" viii be held IN Montpelier January z,
q s. and 9. Speakers of great prOmi-
nence have been invited 10 be present
and q large meeting is anticipated.
Mrs. Frona (Hale) Liebich has gone
+ 10 East Aurora, N. Y. and entered the
4 shops Of the Roycrofters under the di- I.
& rectlon Of Ebert Hubbard. IL is I'M
derstOOd that Mrs. Liebich will be en- /
n ployed in the bookmaking depart
ment.
. Owing TO the increase of business at /
at iartrfr
II deputy collector and inspector has /
been appointed making the force now
E there number five Carroll F. Brush /
Il Of Cambridge has received the new
Fl appointment.
N A G. Brown, baker, of Burlington
f has kept an exact account of the num-
E Der Of pies he has baked during the
4 past year and the count is 1900 In
4 pund numbers. Brown is also bak-
ing from Is to 100 dozens of cookies
each week at present.
4 Congressman ID. j. Foster has intro
dueed bill Tor a new public building
at Burlington to cost. including site,
not over S20O,000. There is provision
IN the bill for selling the present pub
nc building and applying the proceeds
TO the new structure.
Two wills were written in Burling-
ION about a month ago in both of
which the Humane society of that city
Is made residuary legatee, after the
payment Of few small requests. The
society will ultimately come into pos
session OF a valuable estate.
The food fair held in music hall in
~ Johnsbury last week was success
iul beyond the most sanguine expec-
tatons. One night zoo single tickets
We're sold at the door. which added 10
ne large number of season tickets
represented, filled the hall and many
people we're turned away.
Grace Hutton, the l7-year-old Barre
gH who had been missing nearly a
week, was found hidden away in the
apartments OF F. Bowman. She gave
20 explanation of her conduct, but said
que was not kept against her will.
bowman was arrested and Is in Jail.
eaarged with rape. His bail is fixed
al $500.
John II. Flagg Of New York city is
yul alter an illness of two years dura-
soh. Mr.. Flagg was native of Will ,
iIl.ngion, where he began the study of :
Jaw, -y aiterward going to Washington.
TugIe ne became secretary OF the
intel states Senate He was for ,
lumber oi PEI, Of years attorney for the Stan
GARD Oil company.
M n. +. Wheeler, tax collector at
na'le river Junction, has published
9 ~ OF the sale at public auction Jan.
t tli is02' OF Billings Park and the ;
slllaings thereon to satisfy a claim for /
NV. 49, against the Billings Park associ- I
=, s,iou' The last two state fairs held at
~, ,5e PARK proved improbable and ran l
cue association in debt. ID
s, Stories of arsenic or strychnine poi
5o nI were in circulation i'm Middle
P PfI. IN connection with the death at
s',t'. !, M last week of Carleton Guptill.
49, nv 81 years, but according to most
d 5yi,anle accounts the man died from
w v.i,lA u too much "beef. iron and
Inn Three companions. John Race.