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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12
Hale and Hearty at Ninety-one.

William Holmes celebrated his OILS
birthday Monday evening, after his usua
manner of inviting in as many of hi
neighbors and friends as his cosy HON,
viii accommodate. About 20 We're pres
ent. Warm fluctuations were rendered L
Mr.. Holmes and as pleasantly acknowl
edged. But for a slight lameness, caused
by recent fall, he is as hearty as he hai
been during the entire ten years since h,
located in Randolph
Letters and a poem received from among
the 81 descendants OF Mr. Holmes nov
living were read. BY request, the host
told the eventful story of his life, begin
ming with his boyhood in Merry England
1t was a touching tale, and one that would
do all good to hear. Mr.. Holmes spent 4
long period in trade in Boston, and was
associated with the leading anti-slavery
spirits of ante bellum times, when it was
unpopular and even dangerous to be
known as an abolitionist.
Mr.. Holmes formed an attachment 10
Vermont during a visit. and located in
Randolph to spend his closing years. He
has beautitied the little gem Of a home
that he occupies on South street. assisted
by his devoted daughter law, Mrs.
Mary Holmes.
Dainty refreshments were served, and a
very pleasant social hour followed. A
short poem was read by Rev. Homer
White, composed by him for the occasion,
as follows:-
In this fair, Joyous month of June.
The fairest Of the wear.
When songs Of birds in sweetest tune
Charm every listning ear.
When flowers riot in the field
And make each garden CAV
When youth with all thar life can yield
Enjoys its time Of play;
Long, long ago, this month Of flowers.
Almost a hundred years,
There came into this world 81 ours
This world Of smiles and tears
A babe whose tiny feet should tread
For ninety years and one
The path Of life where'er 10 led
Through shade or In the sun
Wen has he trud the varied wav.
In sunshine and On storm
Well done the duties 81 his dav
And kept his heart sim warm.
In health we greet him, and for am
The richest blessings PRAY
And as the shades Of evening fan
Wish him heightened day.
May he the century marx attain
ANA when there sounds the can
To come up higher, twill be gain
VI greater things for small.
o. may his future an he june
With gladness filled the hours
TIL he shall hear the angels tune
Amid eternal flowers
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12
A card.

By resolutions passed at a meeting of L.
S. Grant Post, No. a6, q. A. r., the Post
tenders thanks to Rev. V. NJ. Hardy, to
ans and to the ladies OF East Randolph for
their assistance and hospitality on Me-
mortal day.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12
RenuhIican Caucus.

The republicans of Randolph are re-
questtd to meet at Dubois a Gays hall
Saturday, June 2lst, at p. m. to elect nine
delegates and alternates to represent them
at the Orange county convention at Chel-
sea June 25th Per order
REPUBLICAN Town COMMITTEE.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12
AGENTS Wanted.

Use Royal Poultry Mixture,a guaranteed
cure for Cholera and Roup and a wonder
full egg producer. Royal Lice Killer, the
greatest insect destroyer known. Try
them, that's the test. Call or address p. j.
Blanchard, General Agent, Randolph, VT. If
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12

public money, s5i7.9i; town buttons,
si6660; private buttons, s331 80. There
was sS7292 on hand at the beginning of
the year. OF this, 800 was applied
toward the district debt. At the end of
the year it was necessary to borrow
S603.s1 to cover the years deficit.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12
A Card.

We desire to express our sincere thanks
for the very many acts of kindness shown
during our recent bereavement.
Mrs. EMILY SAULT.
Miss CARRIE A. SAULT.
LEON II. SAULT.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-06-12

wish to thank all neighbors and friends
who have aided and sympathized with me
in my bereavement. GRO. &. HATCH.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

called "The Grass Widow" in which she
was to appear at the Savoy next year.
Mrs. Laimbeer's is now not far from 80
years old, and her maiden name was
Clara Sutton Stephens.
When she was young she eloped with
William Havemeyer, but after few
years the two were divorced. Mrs.
Havemeyer married John Bloodgood. Jr.,
the son of the well known banker and
broker, John Bloodgood.
Young John Bloodgood became i'll in
the latter part Of 1897, and he died on
February Is, 1898. 1t was while her sec
ond husband was lying ill that his wife
went on the stage.
Mrs. Laimbeer made her stage debut
in ''The Conqueror" at the Empire the
alter on January 4, 1898.
During the season Of 1901 she was a
member of Amelia Bingham's company,
taking an important part in ''The Climb
ers." At the beginning Of this season
she played in "The Way of the World"
supporting Elsie De Wolfe.
Charles Frohman announced not long
ago that Mrs. Laimbeer would appear
next season at the Savoy theater in a
play specially written for her by Clyde
Fitch, to be called ''The Grass Widow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
Chicago Girl WEEDS a Convict.

To fulfill her promise that she would
we'd her sweetheart, even though he
was sent to the penitentiary, Miss Gene
We've Edwards was married the other
day to Frank Ostrander in Jailer Whit
mans office at the county Jail by Justice
Hamburgher. Immediately after the
ceremony Ostrander was locked up in a
cell to await removal to Joliet.
Miss Edwards is y years old and lives
at Dearborn avenue and Chestnut street
in Chicago. She walks with crutches.
The bridegroom IS handsome man with
black hair and mustache.
Three years ago Ostrander was ar
rested on a charge Of burglary OH the
day that the two had set for their we'd
ding. Seven months ago he was released
from the penitentiary on parole; and lat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
DAWN.

A ship with a cargo laden to the guards
Has come to port! Lo, how her masts and
SparS
Above the kindling clouds begin to lift.
And her great peak has dashed the skies
with light!
For. all OH earth she brings a royal gift.
More precious than was ever sung by
bardS.
Her hold is stuffed with incense and with
myrrh,
And round her clings a fragrance and a
OF Thule or some distant Orient,
With whiffs Of Il divine air, the swift
Sidercal blast that bore her from the stars.
The woods and hills rejoice to welcome
her.
AS though she bore to earth some envoy or
Some God-accredited ambassador.
Sent hither from beyond the pleiades.
Near and more near she draws! The hcav-
grow bright
With her approach! 10, in what vessel
yards
Were her stout tilnbers hewn? What work
man laid
Her starry frame? What fearless pilot
weighed
Her anchor, steered her through the chart
less seas?
William Prescott Foster in Atlantic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
"Why, Miss Douglass!~>, I-that isl

why hWhy +,o Mis- Douglass!~ THAT: is-
Yes" laughed Beth, "you thought
that l was the waiting maid at Doug
lass. Well, so I was; but it you are real
good Ill tell you all about it some day,
but mother must never know"
Whether it was that Beth's "some day.
sounded promising, or that the sight of
Harold ahead with that stunning girl was
balm in itself, he did not analyze, but
Gilbert certainly began to feel decidedly
bright and cheerful. That night he con
tided to Harold.
Say, Hal, old boy. that sister Beth of
yours is Il deucedly fine girl
Yes" responded Harold. I'm rath-
er fond of her myself
And then came the explanation and
confession, after which the men had Il
hearty laugh and finally strolled off,
man fashion, for quiet smoke.
In after years. when Harold and "that
stunning girl We're one, when Margaret
was the wife OF a wealthy banker, ana
Mrs. Douglass had three homes instead
of one, Beth used to ask:
Say. Gilbert, tell me, did you love
Beth, the waitress, or Beth, the society
girl, the better?'
And Gilbert would always answer:
IL think, my dear, that love Beth, my
wife, the best of all.'-New York Daily
News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
PETROLEUM,
Its Discovery and the Increase in the De-
man9 for It.

The first discovery of petroleum in the
United States was made in Pennsylvania
in 1853. Then, as now in the case of
the newer oil fields opened in recent
years, the first use to which the oil was
put was that Of fuel. Even in that early
day the exhaustion of the coal supply
was predicted as being not far distant.
and the oil was hailed as the fuel Of
the future. Before long, however, it was
found that petroleum could be converted
INTO an llluminant at small cost, and
that as such it would be nearly equal
TO the best gas that could be obtained
from coal. The consequence that the
demand for kerosene became so great as
to call for all the crude oils produced
by the Pennsylvania wells. For time
the California oil belt was viewed as a
narrow, strip of land, passing east and
west through the city of Los Angeles,
about three miles long and 1000 feet
wide. Today the oil measures extend in
broken line along an advancing and re-
treating formation from southwest to
northwest for 4 distance Of more than
300 miles. From one district it has in
creased to more than 20, all of which, on
account of the abundance of oil pro-
duced. have justly earned the reputation
OF petroleum bearing property. Although
the oil wells of California now produce
1T rate of 100000 barrels per an
mum they have not sufficient capacity to
supply the demands in that state alone,
for California demands at the present
time a million barrels OF petroleum Il
month. 1t should be borne in mind that in
the past lack of fuel has retarded manu-
coal is cheap in that state at $3.50. The
result was that as soon as oil was pro-
duced in sufficient quantities TO make it a
cheap fuel, manufacturers focked to the
coast, and industries are growing and
multiplying in California now as never
before. This has caused a rapid increase
in the demand for oil. and it will be
long time before the California wells can
produce enough to keep the fires burning
in all the furnaces in the Golden state
alone.
The development of the California oil
fields has enriched many men. In the
Coalinga district there are eight men
who a short time ago were of very mod
crate means, but who have been made
millionaires by oil. The Coalinga dis
trict produces oil of superior quality,
rel. Indeed, so we'll is this oil thought
of that companies in the district refuse
to make any time contracts, feeling con-
fident that the price of the Coalinga
product will soon advance to $1.O0 per
barrel. The oil from this district has
greenish color and is of light gray
ity, and the yield per we'll is greater
than any other field and Coalinga has
more gushers than any other district in
California. Railroad and pipe line facil-
tiles are ample.
On the heels of the announcement that
the United States navy has decided to
experiment with oil as fuel for warships
it is stated that Japan has sent naval
officer to California to contract for a
~ h.
purpose on the battleships and cruisers
in the japanese navy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
Niue-Inch Path to Paradise.

Describing visit to Kairouan, in the
Great Sahara, and the Grand Mosque in
that town, to which so many devoted
Mussulmans make their way, Muir Will
son, writing in the Sheffield Independ-
ent, says: 1.-Two splendid porphyry col
umns are situated at the side of 4 tran
column of plain marble was by chance
erected within nine inches of one of
these, leaving a space which only a very
spare person could pass through. The
faithful are told that anyone passing
through this space alive obtains a COM
plete remission of his sins, and the GER
tainty Of an eternal felicity in the para
disc of the prophet. Countless fanatics
make the attempt, undergoing terrible
privations and compressions of the body
to arrive at the necessary spareness to
pass through. the aperture, but most Of
them die III the attempt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

The detailed reports of Ascension Day
in st. Pierre, the doomed city of Mar
Unique, are now coming in from news
paper correspondents who have visited
the ruins. They are terrible, for it seems
in any view terrible that twenty-six
thousand human beings should be snuffed
out of existence as the light of a candle
might be snuffed out, at single stroke,
and with no chance to prepare for their
fate. Yet to those who have faith in the
eternity of the human soul-to those who
believe that life on earth is but a prep.
aration for life immortal-the history of
Ascension Day at st. Pierre is not dis
quieting. "God is over all, believers in
the comforting philosophy Of immortality
can exclaim. "All that live must die
and what matters it whether death comes
by lingering disease or by sudden stroke:
Gods in His heaven; all's right in the
world.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
CENTURY OLD BILL PAID.
Account for Wine Bought the Year Aft.
er Waterloo Had lust been Settled.

1t would: perhaps, be incorrect to sup
pose that so old-established and we'll
connected a firm as Messrs. Hedges &
Butler, the wine merchants of Regent
street, could ever be startled out of their
equanimity. But they had genuine sur
prise this week in the shape of check
for f95 lbs Sd from the court of chan
Gerry for goods supplied to an aristocratic
customer in 1916, the year after the bat
tie of Waterloo.
A peep into the firms ledgers for 1916
shows that the customer ran up a small
account, and then, in faded. old-fash-
Toned writing, follow entries of meeting
Of creditors and the payment of a compo-
sition in the pound which reduced the
debt by some fS.
Some months ago an industrious deliver
into the lists of those for whom money
is waiting in chancery, if they can prove
their claim, came upon the names OF
Hedges & Butler. 1t seems that their
customer had set aside for the benefit
of his creditors the sum of over f20OO
in ''new consols." The value of those
consols, with the accumulated interest,
has been greatly enhanced.
Proof of the debt was easy, for the
ledgers go back to 1867, and thus it came
bout that for debt Of about EGO and
nearly century old the firm received
from the court Of chancery a check for
nearly a century of sovereigns.-
Mail
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
FEELERS FOR SHIPS.
Device of Russian Engineer to Lessen
Danger From Collision.


A novel device which aims at the pre-
vention of collisions at sea by electrical
methods is the invention of Russian
engineer. one Nicholas Gherassimoff.
1.-The object of the arrangement is to in
sure against collision between the ship
and any moving or stationary body in
the path of the ship, either at the surface
or at depth Of less than the draft of
the ship. and also to give warning Of
shoals. The inventors idea is to have
electrically propelled bodies or feeders
moving in advance of and at substan-
TALLY the same rate of speed as the ship,
and at such depth under water as t.
come in contact with any obstruction at
depth less than the draft of the ship.
There are three of these 'feelers, one of
which moves ir line with the keel and
the other two in paths 70 the right and
left of this line. respectively. The three
electric cables controlling the feelers are
united ut a point in such a manner that
this point and the position of the three
feelers are at the corners of square.
A cable from the junction point is then
connected with indicating apparatus
aboard the ship. The feelers are con-
trolled by an electric current from the
ship, and are provided with mechanism
before mentioned to show the deviation
in one direction Of the two outside feel
ers, and the deviation in either direction,
of a third or leading fceler Each feeler
is also supplied with luminous floating
signal carried by a buoy at the surface
Of the water. The indications aboard
ship denote also whether a feeler has
come into contact with floating OBJ
struction or is over shoal. ELECTRICITY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
Plea of Vegetarians.

Vegetarians hold that meat is poison
Gus, and condemn it severely in every
possible way. Water forms Is per cent.
of it's composition, they claim, and what
gives it it's flavor is the principle of ac-
say, is admitted to be poisonous, and it
is this blood in meat that causes it to
taste pleasantly. To prove their claim
they state that meat, washed clean Of
it's venous blood, has no taste whatever,
and no one will eat it. "Eat vegetables,
''if you would be healthy. Join our
ranks, for one third Of the worlds in
habtants belong to us already-the mil
lions of Buddhists are with us, their
creed forbidding them to kill any living
thing Tolstoy is a vegetarian, and Tho
fold included Adam, Plato. Voltaire, Ben
jamin Franklin and thousand other i'm
mortal names:"- Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
THE GRADUATING DRESS.

Stand still, ye whirling planets!
Ie have no need to whirl;
We have no eyes for thee, they're on
The graduating girl.
l'<ribboned and belat cd she
Is just about to show
Your brightest considerations
A thing or two, | tr.,w!
Now clips she with her scissors
-, And Yields the si!Lcn thread,
While visions Of her -r,unpn
Are racing through her i,eal--
Md on her finger ninlh,.
She fits the festive I:'il1.b
A rosy, blushing symbol
or youth to conquer sped.
Back, all ye weighty questions
And problems of the day!
We have no time for you now, ,
No matter what you weigh!
Let business complications
And great affairs of state
Stand back; we're near commencement,
And other things can wait.
Let armies vie with armies
Let nations fall or rise,
But for these lesser matters
We have no ears, nor eyes;
We're deep in admiration
Of all this preparation
For early graduation
And incident surprise
Stand STILL We whirling planets,
:. Your dizzy dance suppress.
le deem yourselves important,
:. But stand We, none the less:
You re hardly worth a mention
We riyet our attention
On each demure dimension
OF the graduating dress.
Baltimore News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
Sweet Smelling WI.

chrcnicle. aca a his is{ puneent Engli e
in London. He was student in the
Middle Temple in 1876. and was known
by his proper name of Ng Choy. Sub
sequently after he had entered the pub
lie service of his country at Tien-Tsin
and had been promoted to be a man.
DARN, he followed the custom Of adopt
ing an official name. Ting-Fang is said
to mean hall fragrance and is intended
to indicate that the one so designated
is so just and eminent lawgiver that
the sweet SAVIOR Of his reputation fills
the court"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
Girls Beauty Fair Evidence in Mime
sofa.

The supreme court of Minnesota decid-
ed that girls beauty is not to be count
ed against her and that, if jury is in
fluenced by the comeliness of plaintiff,
it is not for the courts to deprive her of
her natural advantages.
This ruling was made in the case of
Emma Koplitz against the city Of St.
Paul. The girl was injured by all acct
dent while Oh coaching party and sued
the city, alleging defective road. She
was awarded a verdict of $500 and the
city appealed, alleging that her beauty
influenced the jury.
The supreme court denies new trial
and the verdict stands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

The King of Italy's investment of
SS,000,OOO in Virginia coal lands is prob
ably due to his observations as to the
''cinch' which the American coal barons
have upon the earnings of the people.
A King we'll supplied with coal lands
could run his realm without taxing his
own people
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
WEEDS FOR A THIRD TIME.
Clara Bloodgood, Famous Stage Beauty,
Becomes Wife of William
Sainbeer.
j.. p. HALLEN.

Clara Bloodgood, the we'll known beau
tiful American society woman-actress,
whose marriage to William Laimbeer. il
wealthy New York clubman, was re-
Gently announced, is yer; happy in the
change of her condition. Mr.. LaimbeeI
is the famous beauty's third husband.
Mrs. Laimbeer's success on the stage as
Clara Bloodgood was so marked that
Clyde Fitch had written for her a play
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

Those Alaskan volcanoes that are emu
lating Mont Pelee are invited to do their
darnedest now, so that when the tide of
settlement crowds in, aud Alaska is a
state Of the Union, they can rest upon
their record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
Weary of Joke on His Name.

II cannot stand being called a fool in
Joke all the time and having people joke
also by saying I have a pull. said Ed
going to have my name changed" The
play on words was too much for him, so
he appealed to the court and after he has
paid the necessary costs and advertised
as required by law the court will allow
him to be known as Edwin Folmer. He
was born in Rossbach, Germany, and
has for thirty-five years borne the name
he desires to change.-Philadelph
North American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
cages.

The movement in Germany against the
DETACHMENT of scenery with advertising
boards or with designs painted upon the
faces of rocks will be emulated generally
by people who have proper appreciation
of the value of scenic beauty. The OBJ
truslveness of the ''bill board" is bring
ing about the abolition of that form of
Advertising
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

The patriotic action Of Gen. Gomez
in declining the pension voted him by
the Cuban government until Cuba is
ready to acknowledge it's debt to the
Cuban revolutionary soldiers in a similar
manner, stamps him as a hero of the
true blue type. Cuba can never repay
Gomez for what he has done in her be-
bo1f
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

New York has something to brag Of in
the fact that she is to have the largest
drydock in the world. But there is moth
ing creditable in the slowness with which
an enterprise that was absolutely essen
tial to maritime greatness has developed
in the chief port of the United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

Chicago's display Of interest in the
character of her hospital buildings, since
the holocaust in the institution for inebri-
ates on Wabash avenue, should be emu
lated by the authorities of all places
where there are institutions in which peo-
pie are strapped to beds or confined in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05
JOSEPH DUNNIVAN.

once sought out the girl, who he found
had remained true to him. Again a day
was set for the marriage, but on May
IL the young man was again arrested
on a charge of larceny. Recently the
little bride told the guards she was yer:
happy and only wished she could share
her husbands imprisonment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

Why did Mark Twain weep on revisit
ing the scenes of his boyhood? Perhaps
because he recalled the time when he
was Huckelberry Finn, and reflected that
now he is near his Huckleberry finish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

The object Of Commissioner Carroll D.
Nright's investigation is to throw light
upon the coal strike. The people will be
glad to obtain light. However, they need
Lot only light but fuel.