Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-09
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

October 81 He has held the position
for seventeen years and has been a
popular official.
A curious mouse nest was dis
covered Friday at the farm of D. +.
Cosgriff, near Queen City Park, Bur
lington. The enterprislng mice had
found large potato in the field. had
dug into the hill and then eaten away
large part of the interior OF the
potato. They then secured some
straw and made a fine nest. When
found there were several young mice
resting snugly within the potato.
Samuel Ames, the demented Shafts
bury man, who imagines that he is en-
titled to a seat in the legislature, ar
rived at the state house last Thursday
He declares that he is ready to submit
to the will of the majority, but thinks
it hard that he should be so long de-
prived OF his rights. He has been at
Montpelier now every session but one
since 1886. He also journeys to Wash
ington at the assembling OF every ses-
sion. imagining he has been elected to
the United States Senate.
The vacancy in the faculty of the
University of Vermont, Burlington,
caused by the recent death of IL. A. 7.
Torrey, will be filled by Prof. Carl V.
Tower, a graduate OF Brown college in
the class of 1898. He has studied In
the Clark university; was instructor In
philosophy in the University of Michi-
gan, Ann Arbor, two years, and In
Knox college, H., for one year. The
German department will be in the
charge of Prof. Theodore f. Hamilton.
Professor Hamilton was graduated
with honors at Harvard in 1899, and
took his A. NJ. degree at the Universe
~ of Missouri in 1901. He taught
German in the University of Missouri
and in Bucknell university.
There is coal famine in Benning-
ton. Not one OF the churches has any
quantity OF coal on hand. The main
graded school building began the sea
son with twenty tons left over from
/ last year. The other school building
has none, wood being used. Not one
of the hotels has a pound of coal and
hardly a business block in the village
has any. The price of wood has been
considerably advanced. The supply
of seasoned wood is limited as no con-
siderable amount was cut last winter
on account OF the light fall of snow
Though there is an abundance on the
near by mountains it will be hard
work to get it until the ground freezes
One of the dealers purchased 800 cords
for which he paid over a dollar a cord
more than the usual price. This will
be dealt out in small lots at fancy
prices. In the meantime wages are
not being increased and the outlook
tor the laboring man for the coming
winter is anything but encouraging.
A petition has been circulated to
test public sentiment on the question
of city charter for st. Johnshury and
so far as they have been seen the bust
ness men and others are practically a
unit in favor of asking Representative
Bundy to use his efforts 10 obtain for
st. Johnsbury some form of a city
charter which may be submitted to the
people OF the town for action according
to law. There seems to be a decided
feeling among business men generally
that st. Johnsbury has outgrown her
present form of government and
either there must be some radical
changes in the present charter of the
village, or else It ought TO be given up
entirely and an up-to-date city charter
adopted. Several Vermont towns
have adopted city form OF govern
ment during the past few years and
have found Ii admirably suited TO the
wants of the people and il would not
be surprising if their experience would
lead st. Johnsbury to see the advan-
tages of a more advanced form of gov
eminent and embrace them. ii. A.
Farnham has had the matter in charge
and the petition has already grown TO
large proportions.-St. Johnsbury Cal
edonian.
The fact is generally known that
the general assembly of 1900 COM
missioned and directed Governor
Stickney to secure portrait OF Capt.
Charles f. Clark, lately in command
of the L. ). battleship Oregon. Under
this resolution Frederick p. Niuton.
a Boston portrait painter, was
awarded the commission. The pic
ture arrived Thursday, and alter
Governor Stickney had taken q good
look az il he directed that the room
be locked mp. Since this time prob
ably less than a half dozen persons
have seen il. and In fact few knew of
its arrival. The Teticence OF Mr..
Stickney j. taken as a sign of dis
approval by those who have looked
at the picture. II represents the
captain a. he stood on the bridge OF
the Oregon in her pursuit OF the
Crsstobal Colon, in the tight OF the
southern shore of Cuba, when the
Spanish squadron made its unsuecess-
full attempt to escape from santiago
bay. The captain is dressed in white
duck. his cap on his head, and marine
glass in one hand, but he is standing
in the shade. the shadow from his
cap covering the whole upper part
of his face. The portrait is life size
three-quarter length. II is under