Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-12
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Hiram A. Huse of Montpelier hai
held the position OF state librarian
since 1873.
IL. +. Cutler OF Burlington wa
reappointed vice-president of Vernon
at the recent convention OF the New
England Photographers association
held in Boston.
Governor stickney has appointed Z
p. Carpenter OF West Waterford dele.
gate at large to the Farmers National
congress which will meet at Sioux
Falls, 5. d., Oct. 10.
Col. Albert Clarke of Boston. secre.
tary OF the Home Market club, has
been elected chairman of the indus
trial commission TO succeed the late
Senator Kyle Of North Dakota. Col.
Clarke is already member of the
commission.
Frederick Holbrook of Brattleboro,
Vermont's Oldest living ex-governor,
has been invited to take part in the
celebration at Dartmouth college next
month of the anniversary OF the
graduation of Daniel Webster. He
will not attend, but will send his
personal recollections of Webster's
visit to Brattleboro and to Stratton in
1910.
The oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs j. II.
Aiken of Benson is TO be assistant
principal next term of Troy conference
academy at Poultney, and the younger
one. w +. Aiken, VINO was lately on
the staff of the Burlington Free Press,
has accepted the position OF head
instructor of the English department
OF the Moody schools at Mount Hermon,
Mass.
Last week DR.. NJ. J. Wiltse was
elected director of the state laboratory
OF hygiene, to succeed DIR. J.. Ii. Lins-
ley, whose death occurred last winter.
DIR. Wiltse is a graduate of the medi-
cal department Of the U. v. NJ. and
had been assistant to DR.. Linsley since
the establishment of the laboratory, and
since his death has acted as director.
c. S. Currier, Barre city engineer
since the incorporation OF the city and
superintendent of water works since
the city bought the plant, has resigned
both offices. This action is supposed
TO be the result Of the resolution Of
censure which the city council passed
recently for allowing the pump to
freeze last winter His successor will
be chosen soon.
Col, Geo. T. Chafiee of Rutland and
his family started last week on their
trip around the world. Theyw went to
Buffalo by way of the Rutland and
New York Central railroads They
will 90 to Chicago by way of the
Central. TO Denver, Col, by
the Rock Island route and to San
Francisco over the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad. From San Francisco
the party will take steamer for Japan
Sept. u.
Among a number of men admitted
to the bar at Washington, ID. c., re-
Gently, was Arthur G.. Andrews, for
merly of Mortified. Mr.. Andrews is
a graduate of the Mortified high
school and of Norwich University. He
attended college at Ann Arbor and lat
er took a position in the treasury de-
partment at Washington. This he re-
signed and resumed the study of law
with firm of prominent lawyers in
Washington.
Leslie Mortimer Shaw, present
governor of Iowa, is Nermonter, |
having been born at Morristown.
November ?. 1913. He was graduated |
from Cornell college at Mount Vernon,
Iowa. in 1874, and from the Iowa
College of Law in 1876. Since 1873 he
mas been engaged in the practice of
law at Denison, la. He is president OF
4 bank at Denison and also of the
bank OF Manila. la. lie was speaker
for the Republicans in many cam
Daigns and first gained national
prominence as Mckinley advocate
IN 1896. Ii is announced that he is to
be a candidate for the presidency.