Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-02


The 18th annual session of the grand
lodge of Vermont, New England Order
of Protection, was held Tuesday of last
week in Burlington. There were 40
members present, aside from Supreme
Warden Levi Z. Shaw of Boston and
Supreme Medical Examiner DR.. Her
bert Chase of Cambridge, Mass. The
reports of the secretary and treasurer
showed the order to be steadily grow
\ ing. There are at present 10 lodges
in the state with a membership Of
| 1893
II. G. Royce of st. Adams and SEN
eca Hazelton of Burlington have been
| in Montpelier comforting with State
Librarian Huse in relation to publish
| ing a digest OF the Vermont Reports
OF Supreme Court cases. Messrs.
Royce and Hazelton were appointed
commissioners by Gov. Stickney TO act
with the librarian in this matter, as
provided by Act No. rs, entitled IAN
act relating to digest Of the Vermont
Reports passed by the last general
assembly.
The Vermont Free public library
committee is sending to librarians OF
town and city public libraries through
ont the state list of $50 recent books
published with recommendations to
the librarians to purchase. The books
have been very carefully selected and
contain the names, prices and publish
ers of 20 books of art, useful and fine;
20 of biography, 40 children's books,
80 of fiction, so OF history, literature
and science, 20 OF theology, education
and sociology and 20 of description and
travel
The Battenkill Lumber company will
build a standard gauge railroad one
half mile up to Connors mill, and
spout from there to the top OF the
mountain. They expect to run down
this wooden spout about 80 cords OF
wood an hour and, when loaded on
the cars, thence shipped to the pulp
works. A new electric light plant, u
big chair shop, novelty works, new
hotel at the depot, with from 200 to
800 men cutting trees on the East
mountain, viii make business "hum"
at Manchester.
Merritt NJ. Harris of Lyndonville is
expected home from South America
in Nav. He left home last July, ar
irving at Cuenca, Ecuador, Aug. 81,
where he has been director Of the
model school in the Pedagogical insti-
tute of the University of Azuay. He
reports the valley of Cuenca to be rich
i'm natural scenery with profusion OF
choice flowers, but the people as a
rule are ignorant, superstitious and
averse to foreigners. Mr.. Harris
resignation takes effect May /. Be
fore leaving Ecuador, he will visit
Cotapaxi, the highest volcano in the
world, and other famous peaks of the
Andes.
The following petitions in bankrupt
CIV have been filed: Oscar ii. Greene
of st. Johnsbury, laborer, liabilities
s54I. So. assets Sl09.2l, exempt; Ma
poleon Vasseur, laborer of Essex, LA
| bilities S125.14, assets 800, exempt;
w. L. Ross, shoe dealer of Rutland,
was filed last week; liabilities are
$40. 397. 46; assets Sll, 1882, OF which
1920 is claimed as exempt. OF the
assets 5000 is stock in trade, Sf,-
S73 IS in open accounts and the re-
mainder of the property is in smaller
amounts. Patrick OConnor, quarry
man OF Williamstown, liabilities,
$3.50. 10: assets, sos. Alex. Dickie, a
granite cutter OF Barre, liabilities, $50
90; assets, 500.
William Haswell. proofreader in the
Transcript Office at North Adams,
Mass. has been in the printing busl-
ness 81 wears. He comes from a fam
lilv of printers. His grandfather
started the first successful newspaper
in Vermont, the Vermont Gazette,
published at Bennington from l1S3 to
lis5O. Until 1919 the paper remained
lin the hands of the family. but lived
only a year after il was transferred;
1t was there that Mr. Haswell learned
the printing business. and much OF ms
life has been spent in New YORK
offices. Mr.. Haswell was publisher OF
the Poultney Bulletin, the newspaper
printed previous to the origin OF the
journal.
The people of Waterbury were
shocked last Thursday by the news
that Frank b. Taylor, highly respect
ed citizen, had attempted to take his
life by hanging in his barn. lie was
discovered by his wife, who succeeded
in cutting the rope before life was ex-
tinct. but the cords in his neck were
broken and he died within few hours.
. Mr.. Taylor had been in very poor
health for some months. 1t is thought
that his act was committed during a
temporary alteration Of mind. lie
was to submit to an operation for the
removal of a tumor from his stomach