Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-15
State of Vermont.
ITS News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

NIorrisville has been in Boston lately to
advise and help Miss Catherine V.
richardson. his cousin. who Is on trial
CHARGED with administering poison to
murder her mother.
Never Loverin has been commits
stoned postmaster at Beecher Falls.
The postoiiice department has estab-
lished an office at Fowler, Rutland
county. Jennie ;. Underhill was com
missioned postmistress.
The eighth annual meeting OF the
Vermont Horticultural society will be
held at South Hero, Tuesday and We'd
nesday. Jan. p and IS. 1t is expected
that this will be joint meeting OF the
Horticultural association.
representative of the Standard Oil
company says that an oil famine in
Burlington is imminent, as the COM
pany is behind on orders. The short
AGE is attributed to the enormous de-
mand because of the coal famine. The
price has been advanced two cents
gallon.
A deed was filed in the county clerks
Office at Little Falls, n. Y, Jan.
whereby DIR. w. Seward Webb con-
vevs 10 w. j. ThistlewaIte of Little
Falls 10000 acres OF land along the
Fulton Chain, Big Moose and other
lakes in the Adirondacks. This closes
all Doctor Webb's realty holdings in
Herkimer county except Ne-ha-sa-ne
park.
Senator Proctor called .pon the
President Monday, Jan. >, to ask to
have the next battleship named after
his state. Senator Proctor reminded
the president that he had made the
statement in one of his books that one
OF the most important naval engage
ments of the war of 1912 was that on
Lake Champlain, in which Macdonough
commanded ships built in Vermont,
which fired ammunition made in Yer
mont.
The annual meeting Of the Rutland
County Agricultural society was held
in Rutland Jan. z IL was voted to
hold a Joint fair with the Vermont
State Agricultural society next fall.
The treasurer's report showed the So
ciety to be in debt 81. l4s.s6. OF this
Sl96. 6s Is the society's share of the loss
of the last Joint fair. IL was announced
countyfair were S6,s02.09.
Henry Ballard Of Burlington has
been engaged TO defend Albert Pear of
Cambridge, Mass, in case brought
against him for resisting the yacclna-
ton law. Mr.. Ballard, is an anti-com-
pulsory vaceinationist and was asked
TO take no this case when he was on a
visit to Connecticut recently. He is
working in conjunction with the Mas |
sachusetts Anti-Compulsory Vaecina- |
ton society. which is engaged in
fighting the case.
In connection with the present coal |
famine an interesting incident has |
come to light in Barre. b. b. Cook, |
who generally lays in bountiful win
ter's supply each year, failed TO get 1t
this past summer and this winter is
burning what has accumulated in past I
years. In this is some coal that he /
bought in 1864 at Montpelier and drew 1
TO Barre with oxen that winter. Mr..
Cook saws il burns nearly as well as
the new. IL has been at the bottom of
the bin and covered up all this time.
Willie Bull, ten-year-old boy. who
lives about a mile east of Dandy. set a
trap for woodchucks in the fields near
his home Jan. ). When he looked at
the trap the next morning he found a
large lynx in It, caught by one of the
hind feet. The animal had dragged
the trap. which Is very heavy one,
about 200 feet. but had stopped from
exhaustion. Young Bull killed the
animal and sold it TO ex-senator Silas
l.. Griffith, OF Dandy, who will have 1t
mounted for his museum.
City Treasurer VIM. l.. Davis an
nonnced the 9TH that the city of Rut-
land realized more money from the IL
censing Of dogs in 1902 than ever he
fore in its history, and he will turn in u
TO the city treasury from this source
this year, S53S.s0. Every year dam
ages caused by dogs in killing chick
ems and in other ways are paid for out
of the dog license money, and, while
the amount taken in from license fees
during the past year is very large, yet
the amount of damage done during the
wear by the CANNES is the smallest for
some time, being only 1910 altogeth-
er.
The New York residence of Cover
nor Mccullough was considerably
damaged by fire Monday, Jan. 3. Il
was occupied by his son-in-law, II.
Floyd Turner. and +. b. Jennings.
The fire started on the second floor in
the apartments of Mr.. Jennings, 1t is /.
supposed from defective wire. The
fire was discovered by the night watch
man, who aroused Mr.. Jennings and
the other occupants, of whom there
We're eight in the house. Attempts to
extinguish the fire with pals of water {
failed, and the fire department was
called. TIE damage to the house and /
furniture is 5000. Governor McCul- {
Tough and family were at North Ben J
nington at the time. IL
The Poultry and Pet Stock associa- a
ton of Vermont held a very successful a
exhibit in st. Adams Jan. and Z.
The exhibit of Plymouth Rocks was J