Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-23
State of Vermont.
ats News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


John A. l.. Julian. for some time a
reporter ON the Barre Evening Tele-
cram. has resigned his position to ac-
cent a similar one on the Bridgeport,
Conn. Evening Post.
sheriff Wilson has secured from the
Governor the official blanks on which
he will make application for the trans
fer of Mrs Mary Rogers and Miss
Stella Bates from the jail at Benning-
ton 10 some state Institution, probably
the house of correction at Rutland.
The quarters at Bennington are very
small and not fitted Tor the keeping OF
two women.
Seeing note in the daily papers
some weeks ago that Mrs. Roosevelt
had been in New York buying drawn
work for the White House, George X.
Smith of Bennington wrote her that he
was in the drawn work business 10 a
limited extent and asked permission to
submit samples of his work. She con
sented, and as result he last week
received her check for buffet cover
that She selected, not for the White
House, but for her home at Oyster Bay.
Selectman j. 7. Remington of Ben
nington was called to the place OF John
Robinson to look at q lambs killed in
the night By dogs belonging TO some
unknown parties. Twelve of them
were found lying together in heap in
the pasture, some OF them having
been partially eaten. Remington set
tied with Mr.. Robinson for 500. Inc
lambs were remarkably fine ones.
About six weeks ago Mr.. Robinson had
10 from the same flock killed by dogs,
which the town paid for.
The Wilder children, supposed TO
have been lost in the woods In the east
part of Waterbury and for whom a
large party were searching Wednesday
and Thursday of last week. were met
on the road IN Stowe Hollow by Rev.
Mr.. Lucas, OF whom they inquired the
way TO Huntington. The father lives
there and Il now appears that the
older brother thought it advisable to
take the younger one to his father.
They plodded on their way and probab-
ly have reached their destination
The board of assessors finished Oct.
Is the quadrennial appraisal for 1907.
The figures show asubstantial increase
in value OF Rutland real estate since
the last appraisal In 1898. The total
value OF taxable real estate today is
S5.s5S. 430, an increase of S253, 100
over the annual spring appraisal IN
April last. In 1898 the quadrennial
appraisal was 50, 4G4, 10. showing an
increase OF S39l,3l5 during the last
four years. The total value Of real
estate In Rutland exempt from taxa
ton is $685., 600. making the aggregate
value OF real estate in the city S6,ol4,-
O30.
81. Griffith OF Dandy is in the
lumber business on "A larger scale than
ever. lie will cut 20,000,000 feet OF
spruce in his own mills this present
wear. exclusive of what is put into the
mills in which he has a partial interest.
He SAYS the demand for lumber was
never better, and il is impossible TO
ill all orders received. His stock OF
last years logs was exhausted about
the first of September, and he has been
getting up 10000 feet per day direct
from the stump since that date. lie
will use 200 horses handling lumber
and logs this winter, and % yokes OF
oxen are now being used in filling the
winters stock of logs.
The shipment of apples from Brattle-
bOro the present season Will exceed
those of any season in the history oil
the town. Hundreds of barrels are
being shipped every day, and one day
over 200 barrels were sent out. IL
is estimated that the total shipments
will exceed 10000 barrels. The sup
ply of empty barrels at the local gro
cery stores was long ago exhausted.
and new barrels are coming In nom
Boston by the carload every day, and
are readily disposed of at from 80 to 10
cents each The apples bring about
$50 barrel delivered at the railroad,
netting the farmers a little over 81 a
barrel. A large proportion of them
are for European trade. Many farmers
do not find it profitable to gather Their
apples, and hundreds OF bushels WIN
rot on the ground. One Brattleboro
man gathered II barrels of apples nom
one tree this week and another got 10
barrels from three trees.
The proprietors of the old paint
works at the village OF Forestdale, IN
the town OF Brandon, have taken adj
vantage of the shortage OF fuel on ae-
count of the coal strike to develop a
novel industry, which is proving quite
profitable. There are immense de-
posts Of ochre at that place. which ioi
many years has been used as a pig
ment in the manufacture OF paint, but
the proprietors of the works have dis.
covered that the ochre makes an ex
cellent substitute for coal, and they are
now getting il out in large quantities
for that purpose. Since it has become
known that the ochre is for sale in this
way, orders have been coming in IRON
ali over the country. and the paint
works are buster than they have been
before for many years. 4 large mum
Der of Rutland people have sent in or
ders for wagon loads OF the ochre
This fuel acIs in stove considerably
like peat but is more solid, burns slow
er and lasts longer.
5. A. Williams Of Charlotte, who has
always been a great lover of hunting