Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-01

ard of Boston, DR.. Ian Jackson and
Frederick Martin of New York, was
ably assisted by Miss Gilbert OF Mont
spelier, soprano; Professor Lentini OF
Barre, violinist; George Inglis OF
Barre, bass; Mr.. Jones, cellist, and
Mrs. b. w. Bradley, the Rev. Z. NJ.
Fuller, and Royal Kinney in a sextette.
The festival closed Friday night with
Hadyn's oratOrio, 1.-The Creation at
the opera house with a chorus of 100
voices.
Gen. j. G.. Mccullough was the
guest Of the Young Mems club in Bel
lows Falls Friday night, the occasion
being the first annual banquet of the
club. Previous to the banquet re-
ception was held in the parlors at the
new Hotel Windham. An elaborate
banquet was served. covers being laid
for 100 guests. +. b. Pingree, presi-
dent Of the club, presided at the post
prandial exercises. short addresses be-
ing made by II. E. Hamilton, ID. F..
Pollard and J. A. Pearson. Gen. Me
Cullough then delivered al address on
The Nineteenth Century
The Rutland Railroad company has
received from the Schenectady loco
motive works two large passenger en-
gines of the most modern type. They
are built With three 69-inch driving
wheels on a side, and stand very high.
The 6,000-gallon water tanks with
which they are provided will hold
water enough to enable them to draw
ten coaches between Rutland and Bur-
lington at the rate of 80 miles an hour
without refilling the tanks. The en-
gines are to be used ON the through
trains between Rutland and Montreal.
Six more locomotives of the same type
are ordered
G. p. Hunt OF North Troy has
/ trace of eight or ten ears of field corn
raised on the farm he now occupies
BY his father the late $. p. Hunt, in
1854. This year is known by the old
inhabitants as the "dry year there
being no rain fall in that region from
June | till September 3. Many cattle
died during the summer from lack Of
/ pasturaoe, and from scarcity Of feed,
/ the following winter One man drove
/ his cattle a mile for water. One Of
! the merchants of the village sold corn
| Tor 81 per bushel The first importa-
ton Of Western corn was received
there that year.
An unusual honor was conferred
upon Representative Haskins of Brat
tleboro Apr. 10Th by Speaker Hender-
son, who called him to preside in the
chair during consideration in commit
tee of the whole OF the Notifications
appropriation bill Mr. Haskins
welded the gayel very handily from
/ his long experience in the role in the
Vermont house OF representatives.
There are but few members of the
House whom the speaker trusts To-
preside in committee of the whole and
never before has he invited member
to that duty who is serving his first
term and especially his first session.
The omnibus public building bill
reported in the House Saturday, in
cludes Congressman Fosters bill for a
federal building at Burlington and
appropriates $4,000. Over four
hundred bills were introduced and
received consideration at the hands
OF the committee The bill will carry a
sum of over 1900, 900, and there
are several large appropriations. Con-
gres sman Foster is fortunate, being a
new member 10 have secured so gen.
erous an appropriation, and it took an
earnest effort to get Burlington into
the list at all. There is absolutely
no question about the bills passing.
Senator Dillingham; has presented
the petitions of the Howard Relief So
cietv of Vermont, of Quarrymen's
Union. No. 1866, of Graniteville, Of
Local Union, No. s,693, OF Brattleboro,
of the American Federation of Labor
and orc. l.. Blodgett Lodge, No. 495,
Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen, Of
st. Johnsbury, asking for the enact
ment of legislation providing an edu-
cational test for immigrants to this
country. Senator Proctor has offered
similar petition from the Howard
Relief society and both senators from
this state have presented similar petit
tions from Horse Nail Workers Local
Union. No 9,4S7, of Vergennes.
1t is understood among railroad men
that early this month there will be
some important changes IN the railroad
service through western Vermont, far
superior to any that it has ever before
seen. Through trains will run direct
between Montreal and New York
without any change of cars whatever.
A crew from the New York Central,
with one from the Rutland road, will
make the entire trip from New York
to Montreal going one day and re-
turning the next II is also under
stood that the running time between