Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-08-14
state of Vermont.
x.vs Condensed and Rewritten
l's fur Our Readers.


l ltI-s in the interests OF Clement ana
Kenerson of Barnet has on ex-
,,gi,inn 4 freak OF nature in the shape
h.y III mounted. with two perfect
ol a The animal was alive when
h I'm Int died in short time.
prof Frederick A. Wheeler, for the
.t.iy wears principal of the graded
Fsool al Fair Haven, has resigned
~ nosition TO accept the office OF
sgperintendent OF schools IN Mohsoh
mi Brimfeld, Mass, at an annual sal
ay of Sl,500.
bennington l.. Thompson, A. b.,
- Carnen University mas been en-
y,,sd ~ principal OF Hardwick acad-
smy no iii the position made vacant
10 the resignation OF Prof. b. +.
TsrTiam. Mr. Thompson goes TO
ISrIyick from White River Junction,
,rhere he has been teaching tor two
,,s,rs in the academy under Prof.
T. WhitehiIl. Mr.. Thompson's
unity consists OF himself and zone
wife. as one Of the trustees expressed
The abstract of the condition Of ma
tf1naI banks of Vermont al the close
nj business July 10, Just made public
tv the comptroller OF the currency,
shows that the average reserve on that
59fe was 1919 per cent. Loans and
5'srounts OF an the Vermont national
6qpks on that date aggregated sl2,-
lss1s: gold coin, 1929, l54; total
srarie. s6s3. 623 lawful money reserve
s4#5. SOC. individual deposits, ST.
6-5.2,g. The decrease in individual
seposits is noticeable, Tor this aggre-
oste Tor the national banks OF the state
I. usually about Sl9,O00,OOO.
Ia south Walden the storm recently
carried away nearly every bridge IN
tbe Gown anu 80 badly washed out the
Cabot road that It cannot be repaired
anB a new road Is to be worked there.
The loss 10 the town In roads, culYerts
ANA bridges Is estimated 40 $1,000, be-
Sides die damage sustained hy indiEld-
mails Z. L. TAYLOR being the heaviest
loser. His sawmill machinery and
ouIte a lot Of lumber were carried down
stream and every piece Of machinery
was smashed The dam was carried
away after standing the pressure Of
LIgh water for the past 100 years.
President Roosevelt win be In Bel.
lows Falls tor one-hali hour during tue
afternoon of September lst. The He
pabIeAn club will unite with the
various labor organizations in enter
tanning him. September LIST will be
Labor day and the labor organizations
IN the town are planning for a monster
celebration. II is said that at least
HHunion men will be in line for a
parade. It is probable that this parade
with the band and numerous other citi-
zens will meet tne president al the
depot and escort him 70 a platform 10
BE- erected either in Russell park or at
Morgan park, where he will make a
short speech.
There will be no effort 10 remove the
Windham county seat from Aewiahe 70
Brattleboro during the coming session
oi the Vermont legislature. the pro-
m0ters OF the movement having an
u0unced the withdrawal OF the plan.
This change was made because there
had been an attempt to make a poiltl-
ull issue TO further the cause OF the
Democrats and boiling Republicans,
who hoped by this means 70 elect q
county senator. As this Is not politl-
cal matter the promoters OF the scheme
thought il would be unwise 70 allow u
% be treated as such and formally an
u0unCed that no attempt would DC
made to have the county seat moved.
Henry Smelling. who has been en-
ployed at Howard park, Burlington
received a letter last week containing
Information that be was heir TO sl2,-
ul9 which is waiting for him IN Lon
don. Eng. The Information came
from Miss Alice Smith, an aunt oil
young Smelling. and his guardian.
Smelling, who is now twenty years
old. is a native OF England, but has
been in America since he was nye
years old, he having ct that time come
20 Toronto, Can, 10 an uncle. When
thirteen years old. he ran away IRON
the uncle and for a time lived ana
worked in Sherbrooke, Que. lie
went 10 Burlington last May from
Barre and began work at Howard
park The money is Snellings share
IN the estates OF his father and MOTHER
both Of whom died when he was a
'ttNAN w
The old castle" situated in Putney
Falls. was torn down last week BY r.
l.. Pierce. the owner, and the timoers
and boards are being drawn to Putney
as fuel for his mill. The building was
erected BY the late William ;. Bennett
about IS wears ago. Mr.. Bennett in
tended TO use il as wheel factory,
and he equipped il with some OF the
necessary machinery, but for some real
son his ambitions never were realized
and the building was used for storing
lumber and wagons. No particular
effort was made to preserve the build
iug and in recent years its condition
was unsafe, the rear end resting on
tall and somewhat shaky timbers over
the rocks in the village brook. The
Castle was one of the most pictur-
esque old buildings in southern Yer