Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-26
State of Vermont.
-. News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

+rsveled from Denver, Colo, 4
Bristol, making the entire trip alone
Miss Macandice Howard, who Ii
l;ying at the home of c. C. Doty II
Rradford. celebrated her 92d birthday
last week.
Al the auction sale of the Riverside
MOTEL property at Montpelier last week
3 II. Deavitt bid it of for $3.50 foI
5. A. Moss.
A workman in the Windsor shoe
sbop. who said that he was 'd-n glad
President Mckinley was shot, has
been discharged.
Y. w. Davis has been elected
manager of the Phoenix, the monthly
magazine published by the students OF
Montpelier Seminary.
The 55th annual fair OF the Windsor
County Agricultural society is held in
Woodstock Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday OF this week.
Henry Prime OF Bristol. who was
stricken with paralysis recently, is still
ia a critical condition. Mr.. Prime is
the oldest man in town, being in his
92d year.
DR.. l.. NJ. Bingham Of Burlington
was in Stowe last week and during his
STAY there conveyed the Gov. w. IL.
bingham homestead TO be used as the
site for the new public building.
GOV. w. w. Stickney. Col. j. c.
Coolidge. Senator W. r. Dillingham;,
Hon. ID. j Foster and Senator Redfield
Proctor went TO Washington 10 attend
the funeral of President Mckinley.
Glen Wilkins OF Hyde Park put a
knife ring fakir out Of business
recently by making a ringer almost
every trial. When the game closed
up Wilkins was nearly - ahead Of the
game.
Alta meeting Of the directors OF the
Rutland Street Railway Co al their
Office in Rutland il was voted toreduce
the fare to West Rutland 20 cents.
This change viii 60 into effect on OF
about Oct. /.
There are 65 caddies employed on
toe golf links of the EkwanOk club at
Manchester. and Il often happens that
this number Is not sufficient. The
bows earn about dollar a day and can
keep their places only by correct
department.
At the union service az the opera
house In Barre last week In honor OF
President Mckinley, fully score Of
the known members OF the Barre
Anarchist colony were present and
occupied seats as near the front as
they could get. They did not 90 into
the opera house In a body but by ones
and twos az intervals.
In Orleans county court in the case
Of Edward Latham vs.. Missisquoi Pulp
company OF Sheldon Springs, which
was recently tried. the jury found for
the plaintiff TO recover 81 400 damages
and costs. The action was 10 recover
damages for negligence on the part OF
the defendant in exposing the plalntifi,
who is a boy. 10 the dangers incident
10 the cog wheels in the running gear
Of pump.
An interesting autograph letter Of
Abraham Lincoln's. addressed TO
senator Lyman Trumbull OF Illinois,
under date of January 10. 1865, on the
question of the admission OF United
States senators from the state OF
Louisiana, then partially recognized
under q free state constitution, was
recently sent 10 the University library
In burlington by George 7. Bradstreet /
OF Washington. ID. c. II Is clean 1
and clear specimen alike Of Mr..
Lincoln's chirography and of his force
Of expression.
Nine years ago DR.. Goodenough,
feshy man residing in West Derby,
died OF an apoplectic shock and was
buried in the cemetery at that place.
Before the burial the body was em-
balmed by G.. III. Green Of Newport.
The body was recently exhumed Tor
the purpose of placing i in another
when il was discovered 10
be in the same condition as when
buried The features were natural, LINE
cheeks not sunken and the flesh OF the
whole body as hard and firm as at the
time OF death.
The birth of daughter to Mr.. anu
Mrs. Peter Ashline of Richmond last
WIN OBSERVES AAtAh
notice. This daughter is the hlth
living, having two grand
fathers and two grandmothers, one
great grandfather and three great
and one great, great
A curious incident Is
that the day this child was born, the
on the paternal side gave
birth to a son and about a month since
he grandmother OF the maternal SIDE
gave birth to a son.
A well on tue farm OF A. V. Taylor
IN Plainfield has been filled up, the
water being condemned by chemist
It Burlington. Samples were tested
because of so many persons IN MS en-,
Dloy being taken sick with typhola
ever. There have been two this year.
hree last and other summers until tne
lumber has exceeded ten persons: IL i
exported that former occupants OF INC
arm had drained their sink into thus
we'll. but Mr.. Taylor knew nothing q
and the water tasted all right as ne
lad cleaned it ont.
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