Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-11-13
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


Four calves belonging to Joseph
Laro in the east part OF Middlebury
have been poisoned with paris green,
two OF them fatally.
The board of bishops of the Metho-
dist church has announced that Bishop
Warren will preside over the Vermont
conference to be held at Mortified
April 8.
F. d. Hale of Lunenburgh has re-
ceiyed the appointment of consul at
Coaticook, Que, succeeding George
n. Dale, resigned. Mr.. Hale will 90
to Coaticook about December /.
II. G. Thomas OF Stowe, fish and
game commissioner, has received re-
ports of about eighty deer that have
been killed in the state this season,
and expects the number will reach 200.
At meeting of the trustees OF the
State library, held Wednesday, Nov. 5,
George w. Wing of Montpelier was
elected secretary of the board and
State librarian, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Hiram A. Huse.
Edna Harrington OF SALISBURY, ten
years old, killed wildcat Nov. with
a fence rail, aided by her dog. The
cat was the largest one seen in that
section for years, finely marked and
measured three feet from nose to tail
with set OF claws that would strike
terror to the heart of any one.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lord OF Mont
pelier have received nearly a dozen
requests from women who wish to
adopt the baby girl who was left so
mysteriously with them recently, but
Mrs Lord believes that she viii retain /
the gilt and the name Dorothy will +
probably be conferred upon the infant /
Norman Collins, 10 years old, shot a
black bear weighing over 800 pounds I
near his home at Chittenden Nov. ,. /
The boy was in the woods with sever
al companions hunting partridges, and +
was armed with 22-calibre ride 4
The bear rushed at the boys and all
but Collins climbed trees He shot
the bear directly through the heart
Now 6 the matron and nurses at
Heaton hospital resigned and the
hospital was temporarily in charge
Of ". G.. Andrews, one OF the trustees.
while matron and nurses were on
the way from New York TO take the
places Of those resigned. IL is cur
rently reported that these resignation
were forced and brought about by
revelations of gross irregularities at
the hospital reported by nurse who
was discharged some few weeks ago
At a hearing held before Judge
Muuson at the county Jail in st.
Adams lately Mrs. NJ. j. Powers was
admitted to bail in the sum of $500
on a charge of breach OF the peace.
which has been pending against her
Tor some time, although the superin-
tendent OF the asylum had furnished
the court with a report as to Mrs,
Powers condition, stating that she
was insane and probably had been
for several years. Mrs. Powers.
accompanied by her younger son lett
for Indiana, where it is said that she :
will reside in the future. I
T. II. Wright OF Auburndale, Mass,
has sold TO John Tudor OF Stamford
and George Tudor of Stratton l2,O10,- :
600 feet OF logs from his wood lot In :
Noodtord, portion OF which is al
ready cut. The logs are mostly spruce,
the price paid averaging ten dollars a
thousand Mr.. Wright reserves the
land. By the terms of sale, he has
about i've years in which to cut and q
deliver the logs. The Tudors will at +
once place a mill on the land and eX- i
pect 70 begin saving In six weeks. Q
The timber is easily available. Mr.. /
Wright has also Just purchased in Z
Plainfeld tract of 3,4O0 acres. COW a
cred mostly with spruce and balsam, y
on which he expects 10 begin cutting S
the timber this fall. The purchase )
price Of this property was about $50 =
900. n
As DR.. Ellie was driving along the y
Causeway in Newport in the evening,
he espied small bundle close 10 the
side OF the road. Reaching il he
tancied the bundle gave forth a sound.
This led him 10 examine it, when, 70
his establishment, he found it con-
tanned live girl baby less than four I
days old The cloth that composed
TIE bundle was OF fairly good quality,
showing that the mother of the child
might have been in comfortable cir
Who left the infant In r,
the road Is mystery. whether @
someone from a passing train. or Z
rom team driving into town, or y
nom some nearby inhabitant is a
matter OF doubt. The doctor took
the infant to his house, had il proper
~ dressed, and later christened in the
Catholic church.
Daniel W. Smith, well-to-do young
farmer of Barre town, and Miss Matte
+. 10y of La Clede, ILL.,, were quietly
married by the Rev. j. A. Sherburne
az his home in Barre Monday evening, r
Nov. 8. The bridal couple went az p
once TO Mr.. Smiths farm. This we'd !,
ding is the elimination of a romance :
Of several months, that began through Z
3 correspondence started by an adver- =
lsement in a Western paper which
Glanced to tall into the hands of Mr.. :,
smith. The correspondence once be- a
gun soon ripened into something more J.
than friendship and resulted finally in 4