Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-03-13

The HERALD is in receipt of long let
ter from friend in the far West, descrip-
tive of that country, and regrets that the
modesty Of the writer in falling to affix
his name makes it impossible to use it.
When some Of his neighbors saw Fred
Smith tapping his sugar place last week
they laughed at him, but be rather had the
laugh on them when he made fifteen gal
Ions of new syrup and sold it for S1.25
gallon.
Miss Minnie Rope of this place and
Arthur Castle of Barre were married at
that city Saturday and passed Sunday
here at the home of her father, Joseph
Rope. The groom's brother, III. j. Castle,
and wife OF Barre accompanied them.
The Christian parsonage is to be repair
ed. viii Gourley is rebuilding a chimney,
which will be fitted with fireplace, j. H.
Lamson bearing the expense, as well as
that Of new hardwood floors. The Ladies'
Aid will repaint and repaper. Some Of the
furniture of the new pastor, Mr.. MetZger,
has already arrived.
A large number were in attendance at
the grange meeting Saturday evening and
listened to a very interesting program
prepared by Ernest Manchester, consist
ing of reading by Mrs. A. B. Manches-
ter, music by the orchestra and
III OflBiHhl lWO-hcI COiutu9 tulllltus
g Mrs. Perkins on the Warpath." There
were several applications for membership.
The next meeting will be Friday evening,
Mar. 21st, and the program will be in
charge OF 4 fired G. Wells, assisted by G.
w. Scarf of Burlington.
In a letter to the HERALD H. T. Clifford
writes as follows from Nero, Fla.:-"I am
having good health and fairly good luck
here. Have 20-aere orange and grape
I fruit grove, besides fine lot of tropical
trees which yield me a good income. !
have sold $50 worth Of grape fruit from
one tree this season, and have Is trees
/ that have averaged s25 to the tree this
season. We have had a cold winter, but
not cold enough TO hurt any trees, but has
killed our beans and tomatoes. | have
seven acres OF beans and tomatoes looking
! fine now, and bid fair for good crop"
| Saturdays Free Press contained list Of
taxes voted at the recent town meetings
/ throughout the state. Such lists are apt
to be misleading unless made up with spe-
cial care. Ii is not easy to know from the
returns made just what taxes are covered
/ by the rate reported. For instance, quite
often simply the tax voted for current
! town expenses is reported, rather than the
whole town tax, which includes the state,
county, state school and state highway
/ taxes. These latter, taken altogether
cannot be less than 203e, and in Orange
county amount this year to 21as. II these
were to be deducted from Randolph
/ town tax OF 40s il would leave only 1879
! for town purposes. Even with these, but
few towns in Vermont have as low tax
as Randolph; without them, counting
each town on the same basis, the HERALD
believes no town raises so low tax.
II has often been asserted that dynamite
will burn without exploding. Voluntary
experiments TO prove this have been rare,
but the people OF Rochester are well salts
fed that it is indeed true, since the fire
that occurred there several weeks ago, IN
which a number of cars standing on the
railroad sidetrack at the station were
burned. The fire broke out at night, and
when the alarm sounded the people hur-
riedly assembled and began fighting the
flames. Ii was soon learned that in one oil
the cars was 500 lbs. Of dynamite, consign-
ed TO Campbell a Greeley, and immediate
ly there was a great scattering, and the
fire was left to do its work. Everybody
momentarily expected an explosion so ter
rife that Rochester would be wiped on the
map. but minute after minute sped by and
no report. Indeed, the fire burned itsel
out, dynamite and all, with no explosion
OF any kind. Ii was remarkable that thu
dynamite, stored as il was in boxes, die
not receive conclusion enough, either by
falling itself or something falling upon II
To set il off.